TOP 5 THINGS to do to keep busy.

A lot of people ask me what I do to keep busy while always being on the road. To me, finding things to do hasn't always been easy, but here are the top 5 things I like to do.
1. KNITTING/LOOMING- I have often thought of starting my own website and selling the products I make. Scarfs and hats are my specialty! I like mixing colors and working with all kinds of yarn to get custom and unique combinations. I have been busy and have already made 6 scarfs and 4 hats this winter season!
2. CROSS STITCHING- I enjoy this form of sewing when I am in the mood for a heavy duty project. Each project takes me at least a couple of months to complete (when I'm working on it a little everyday.)
3. COMPUTER GAMES- I will admit that before I started my truckin' adventure I never played computer games, But now every couple weeks I get in the mood to play. I have played Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and Stronghold mostly.
4. AUDIO BOOKS/READING- I love to read, but sometimes there are just far too many bumps on the road to do so. So levi and I found this website named booksshouldbefree.com where you can download audio books for free. I just finished Jane Eyre and am currently on Tess of the D'Ubervilles. (no worries, the books are free because they were published before 1923 and the copyright has expired)
5. SUDOKU /WORD CROSS- Many hours have been devoted to these brain teasing puzzles. I just reciently learned Sudoku though, so I have been doing mostly those lately. I'm currently working throught the medium level puzzles.
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The Christmas Season is close at hand!

The Christmas Season is close at hand! (26 more days)AND Levi and I thought it would be fun to start shopping! We went to Hobby Lobby three days ago and bought our Christmas stockings, Santa Hats, a 6-inch battery opperated light up Christmas tree, Christmas lights, a reindeer "costume" for the truck, and a tree orniment that says, "Our First Christmas, 2011". It was a lot of fun! Haha, So the Christmas tree is tiny and it isn't much, but the ornament kind of hangs on it alright. We certainly can't drive with the tree up, but we are putting it up every night when we stop. ALSO, we strung the Christmas lights up in the back of the truck where our bed is and at night we put up a strand of lights on the windshield. HEY this is our home for now so we're gonna decorate! The reindeer costume for the truck is somethin' else, lol. We have a big red nose on the grill and two antlers on the
windows. It's cute, but would probably look better on a small car.

We haven't started Christmas gift shopping yet because I think we are going to go out and buy each other gifts the day after Christmas so we can take advantage of the awesome deals. BUT we are going to do stockings ahead of time. =)

Well thats all for now, until next time!
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Thanksgiving Vacation

Back in September I officially was able to join my husband on the road. My truckin' Adventure has been full of love, happiness & well...adventure! Levi & I got to go home to Pensacola for a 4 day vaccation and it was wonderful! We got to P'cola around 5pm on Thanksgiving day & went to check in at our hotel. We checked in and got cleanned up then went to Pensacola Christian College (I just graduated May 2011) to visit my best friend L.J. for Thanksgiving dinner. GREAT MEAL! After our oversized meal the three of us went to the campus sports center for some recreational fun, We went to the Alumni basketball game. (Have I mentioned I played college basketball for the school? I LOVE the sport lol) After the game we went to the Alumni fellowship party where we got free pizza, donuts, and sodas. NEXT up was rock climbing, Whoa! It certainly was physically challenging, but it was a blast.

On the next day, Friday, levi had to get up early to deliver a special load. Thankfully he returned around 2pm and we were able to have some fun for the day. We went to PCC again to pick up L.J. and went shopping at the mall. I took advantage of some black Friday sales & did the Buy 3 Get 3 free deal at Bath and Body Works. L.J. & I shared and each got three. Then at Victoria's Secret I got some PINK body spray so I could recieve the secret santa card. (you win either $10, $50, $100, or $500!) After shopping we dropped L.J. back off at school while Levi and I went and did some shopping at hobby lobby than went back to the hotel to order in some pizza.

The next day, Saturday, we met up with our good friends Josh & Lauren for lunch. It was nice to catch up with them while eating delicious chinese food. Haha than we all went to the mall.

Sunday was relaxing and it was a joy to see the church fam. We went out to eat my friends the Carter's at Wendy's.

What a great vaccation!!!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!! What are you thankful for?

Happy Thanksgiving!!! What are you thankful for? Your family? Friends? A home to sleep in with food in the pantry? The list really truly is limitless because we can be thankful for anything. My challenge for you is to keep the spirit of a thankful heart long after Thanksgiving, Christmas and the holiday season has past. God has given us all so much, So what are you thankful for?
*Leave a comment below! I'll start first*
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My cosmo, very possibly the best dog in the world passed away. =(

It's difficult and painful when trying to handle death.
For me, as a 22 year old I find myself extreemely fortunate to just now be feeling the grief. At this point in my life no one that I have ever truly loved has passed away and as far as humans go things are still the same, but today I have lost my dog Cosmo whom I have had the privelge of loving for almost 15 years. He was a wonderful companion to my 8 year self all the way until I had to leave for college...taking long walks with me and just wrestling around for fun. I remember what a spunky puppy he was- he had too much energy, but I loved him all the same. The day mom and dad brought him home for me on easter of 1997 was a memorable day. He was a tiny lil guy- half Dalmation, half lab. I also remember him getting loose and chasing the cows in the field next to our house. He would come back looking gross and smelling even more gross, but I'd clean him up just so he could come inside
to keep me company. AND I remember when my family moved out of the country and into the city. My poor pup went from a two acre back yard to what seemed like a shoebox, but he'd sure run around that shoebox of a backyard until he was so tired and had to come inside. He was a food guzzling, rambunctious lil guy and today I say goodbye. Goodbye momo, I'll never forget you.
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Small Towns

Sometimes I wish so badly that Levi and I were able to see some places we go through without having to worry about being in a semi. We passed through the cutest town today in Penn. Downtown Carlysle looked like a painting or at least a picture perfect town. It had all of the adorable shops along the road and of course it looked even cuter because it was decorated for Christmas! WHO doesn't love the christmas season? With the garland and wreaths and Christmas trees.... And the delicious foods, family gatherings, presents to give and to recieve, and most of all the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth. *sigh* I love Christmas.
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HaPpY BiRtHdAy HUBBY!!! (Nov. 12)

TODAY my hubby turned 23! Haha yes I know, we're young. Being a trucker's wife makes it slightly more difficult to have any surprises, but I certainly did my best. For his birthday I got him leather driving gloves, new earphones, a usb charger for the truck (so he can plug his phone or mp3 player directly into the cigaret lighter to charge) AND beef jerkey, 2 x-tra large rice crispy bars and a back scratcher from Louisianna. He loved it all and was even a little surprised about the usb charger. =)

Even though it's my hubby's birthday he's still hard at work. We're currently going to Meadville, PA to pick up a load and then we're off too Evansville, IN. Altogether about 800 miles!

But of course we stopped for his birthday dinner at Denny's so he could get his free grand slam! He enjoyed some delicious pumpkin pancakes along with eggs, sausage, and bread pudding french toast. We took this pic there at the restraunt =)
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GET OUT AND SMELL THE ROSES!!!

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Sometimes as a trucker you just have to get out of the truck and SMELL THE ROSES!!! When you've been in the truck for days even taking 20 minutes to get out and walk around is good for you. I would love to announce where we were when we stopped and took these pics while walking around, but we were just at a random rest area haha.

A Great Couple Weeks of Travel... Must Read!!!

Here is my attempt to summarize our last couple weeks of exciting travel!!!!

Levi and I were excited when his driver manager told us we were going to Phoenix to pick up our brand new 2012 Volvo. When we heard this exciting news we were on the East coast and made the long journey out West. Sure it was a long trip, but our excitment made it seem like a shorter trip. On our way to Phoenix we went over quite a few mountains, and of course Semi's are majorly slow headed up any kind of a steep incline. It was mid afternoon when we decided to stop the truck and let it cool. The truck had been turned off a mear 20 seconds when all of a sudden we witnessed a car accident. A truck plunges through the guard rail and down the side of the mountain! We jumped out of the truck and raced towards the scene and to our surprise the man had made it out alive. Just minutes after making it out of his truck the truck caught fire and soon the truck and surrounding grass was ablaze. We caught the fire on video and posted it to youtube.
Once we arrived at our terminal in Phoenix it took a full 2 days to get our truck traded for the new one. Once everything was transfered we could'nt believe how long we had been living in such a dirty truck. Levi likes to say our new truck is like driving a Cadillac!
From Phoenix we got a load going out to L.A. and boy was I excited, it was my first trip ever to California! I guess I never realized how mountainous Cali was, it certainly was beautiful! We arrived in L.A. in the early hours of the morning- I was half aspleep, haha. Just as we enter the city we see a helicopter flying low to the ground with it's search light scanning the interstate. A few moments later a car zooms past us with three police cars following! We were right in the midst of a high speed car chase! Levi coninues driving along hoping and praying the action didn't proceed to the exit we needed to take. Sure enough we take our exit and there on the shoulder is our affender with his pursuers hand cuffing him and stuffing him into the back a Police car. Durring all of this action we were even in the chopper's spot light! Thankfully we were able to get to our stop and park for the night.
The next day we decided to splurge and go shopping at a nearby mall for a few hours. We found an amazing bookstore where we bought way too many books and of course we hit Payless so I could get some winter boots. We finished by enjoying some Chineese food. =)
From L.A. we headed to Dallas. For a bit wed were super excited because my family lives near the Dallas-Ft. Worth areavand we thought we were going to be able to visit. But somewhere in Arizona Levi got a migraine and we had to stop driving for the night. Unfortunately those lost hours landed us not being able to visit with the family.
After we finished our load to Dallas we headed for New Orleans! Lucky for us because we've never been there. We didn't get to see much except for the downtown skyline, but we did stop for dinner and we had homemade gumbo and cornbread....mmmmm yummy!
From New Orleans we drove North to Greenbay, Wisconsin. We had been purusing the South so long that it wasz nice to break out the hoodies and jeans...I got to use my new boots that we bought back in L.A. =) We took a few days to get to our destination. and we were surprised at how small Greenbay was! But putting that asiade I was glad were able to find a cute lil' coffee shop- we ate breakfast there. Right around this time I get a Facebook message from my old Youth Pastor's wife that they are in Chicago and would love to meet up for dinner, so Levi and I get on the road and head that direction! (Luckily it was the direction we needed to head anyways)
This all took place just yesterday so technically I'm all caught up now as far as info goes. SO, yesterday we drove to the outskirts of Chicago and met up with our friends at a Pilot. Haha we ended up just eating at a nearby Long John Silver's, nothing fancy, but hey we were all truckers! We talked and caught up, (they hadn't seen me since highschool and here I am a college graduate and married woman) and then 2 1/2 hours later we went our separate ways.
Now Levi and I are currently headed to Muskogee, Oklahoma and toward new and exciting adventures. =)

So I've been a little behind....

Okay, I will admit that I have gotten a little bit behind on my blog....but my excuse is that I didn't have my own phone to keep up with it and naturally you need internet to blog! So I am proud to announce that I am the proud owner of a new phone! lol But aside from that I am just so excited to be able to keep up on my blog, afterall quite a bit of interesting things have happened in the last couple of weeks....