DIY If You've Been Wondering Where I Went...

Hey ya'll! Happy New Year! How was your Christmas?! How was your novel year?! Are yous laid upwardly for 2014? I took a duo weeks off from the weblog to recharge my batteries, travel, sentinel 48 episodes of New Girl, pass fourth dimension amongst family, together with nap.

And oh, how I've missed you.

We only got dwelling trouble solid from opor-garai yesterday, together with I came dorsum totally rejuvenated together with laid upwardly to kicking 2014 correct inward the belly.

After much thought, I've chosen this equally my anthem for the novel year.

I've got some genuinely corking novel projects that I've been waiting until afterwards the holidays to portion amongst you, but it's gonna accept me a few days to retrieve how to contribute to society, become mutual coldness turkey amongst the napping situation, together with halt eating Honeybaked Ham.

So, until my ham euphoria wears off, I idea I'd portion a few piddling snippets of our vacation.

We started past times driving 10 hours downwards to Florida to see Jesse's family. His parents, both his sisters, their husbands, together with all the nieces together with nephews were all inward attendance. And together with then my brother, Mathias, fifty-fifty drove downwards to run across us there, on exit from the Navy. I've non been able to pass much fourth dimension amongst the piddling fella since he left before this year, hence it was only genuinely nice. All inward all, at that spot were most xiv of us there.

It was a packed house, but I enjoyed every minute of it.

Mostly because I got to stretch out inward comfy recliners, drinkable mass quantities of hot chocolate, together with completely disappear into my Kindle.
All. Week. Long.

Sidenote: Please await at the overstep of the tree. That chocolate-brown blob is a rattling large brassiere that my brother-in-law gifted Jesse. I receive got no existent explanation for that chip of awesome, other than to state yous that it ended upwardly equally a tree topper for most 8 days.

And no 1 blinked an eye.
Which is only 1 of the many reasons why I beloved Jesse's family.

It was generally lots of relaxing, but every hence oft nosotros ventured exterior the house.

The boys golfed a lot.

We saw some corking movies.

We went thrifting.

Just yous hold back together with view what I found. Some of my BEST thrifty scores ever.

Coming soon to a weblog nigh you.

Oh, together with and then nosotros works life Herbert. Our novel pet.

We brought him dwelling trouble solid to Tennessee, together with Tootie together with Cheese absolutely adore him.

Kidding, of course.

That's only some random photobombing Longhorn.

He never told us his existent name.

After most a calendar week together with a one-half inward Florida amongst family, nosotros left together with Jesse took me to Savannah to celebrate New Year's Eve.

I had never been, together with Jesse has wanted to accept me at that spot for a long time. We spent three days there, together with it's officially 1 of my favorite places. Just such an amazing place.

My favorite expanse was the downtown historic district. We spent a lot of our fourth dimension there, sightseeing, eating, together with walking around.

So much hence that I currently receive got a glorious representative of shin splints.

Totally worthwhile shin splints.

I intend I took most 115 photos over three days, 111 of which I won't brand yous endure through, hence hither are only a few of the highlights of Savannah.

Ok. Forrest wasn't genuinely there.
I'm providing this photograph for your referential needs.

Like full nerds, Jesse together with I made it our mission to notice where Forrest's bench was inward Chippewa Square together with accept a picture. Much to my dismay, nosotros got at that spot together with discovered that at that spot was inward fact NO bench. It was manifestly only a pic prop that they removed from Chippewa foursquare afterwards the filming of the movie. But, I forged forwards amongst my mission, enduring quite the show from a Equus caballus drawn railroad vehicle that stopped correct behind Jesse equally he took this photo. Ponies volition go ponies.

I'm grinning on the exterior together with crying on the inside.

Completely unfazed, Jesse decided to accept the political party upwardly a notch amongst his posing-choice.

There was a line of people behind us, waiting to larn their painting inward this same spot, together with all followed suit.

It was a movement of sorts.

In other Savannah highlight news, nosotros went to tons of restaurants spell nosotros were there, equally I am unashamed to acknowledge that this is my favorite opor-garai hobby, together with every unmarried house nosotros went to blew my mind.

Savannah has some crazy adept food, ya'll.

I tried a Moscow Mule spell I was there, too. Oprah told me to practise it years agone (on a favvvvvorite things episode), but I didn't listen.

I should receive got listened. They're delicious.

Sidenote: Shortly thereafter I decided I MUST receive got a copper mug. Until nosotros googled it together with discovered that they toll most $60 each. So, straightaway I'm reworking my plan.

It involves pennies together with hot glue.

I'm kidding, U.S. Mint.

Google tells me that pennies are made of zinc anyways.

After going all over the house the starting fourth dimension 2 days, nosotros met upwardly amongst some corking friends who were also at that spot for a few days together with celebrated New Year's Eve at a rooftop eating seat on the river.

There were fireworks, champagne, corking friends, together with a completely inappropriate amount of fried pickles.