Jumpy Out-takes Part 1

This collage of photos was quickly taken before the sun set on Tia's last day visiting me in Bridgeport, NE.

My visit with Tia couldn't have gone any better. Really.

We stayed up late talking. (And laughing 'til we almost peed our pants.)

We talked about all things serious & silly. (And I think those were my favorite times.)

We texted & emailed each other. (Sometimes from the same room.)

One night we cooked together. (A homemade meal of beef stew, coleslaw & cinnamon rolls.)

I played the piano & we sang together. (She even got to be a part of the worship team at church on Sunday morning.)

We visited an antique store. (My first one since arriving here.)

We watched Julie & Julia. (Not as good as we had hoped.)

We spent nearly all afternoon one day in a coffee shop. (Leaving only because the girls were getting out of school.)

We played the Wii. (And for giggles we made up some hawt Mii characters.)

We got pulled over by a cop. (But you already knew that.)

We took our cameras wherever we went. And got several quizzical looks & a few questions. (One guy even stopped & stared at us taking a picture of our feet against this really cool red painted brick wall. He asked what we were doing & I tried explaining, but I realized how silly it all sounded. And, really, if you have to ask, well, I'm sure my explanation won't help you understand any better. You either "get" it or you don't. He finally said, "Whatever." & went on his merry clueless way.)

We walked up & down Main Street in Bridgeport. (Do these people know what random awesomeness lurks in the corners of their town?)

We saw Chimney Rock. (Been there. Jumped that.)

I had my heart set on jumping in McGrew (population: 99) in front of this AWESOME pepto pink building. And so we did.

We lounged in the now famous cardboard bedroom, thanks to features on CRAFTzine & apartment therapy. (And oooh, there are some mean people out there who have nothing better to do than make fun of cardboard. *insert catty screechy meow noise with some hissing thrown in*)

We slept in.

We jumped. (Until our feet hurt & our foreheads glistened.....OK, my pits were smelly too.)

We went to a Bridgeport High School Basketball Game. (It was fun! I didn't understand half of what was going on, but I sure enjoyed my licorice rope.)

We ate lunch one day at a restaurant where you eat peanuts & throw the shells on the ground. (My girls thought it was the coolest place on the planet.)

And finally, we said goodbye. (Which wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. No tears were shed....except for maybe that next day...& the next....)

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WANTED:

The Crafty Minx & Mac Packin' Mama

Most recently, these rabble-rousers have been caught in their minivan hustling down a Nebraska highway. Other possible indictments may include, but are not limited to...

• Fanatical jumping on private property. Repeatedly. 
• Superfluous giggling. 
• Consuming an amplitude of the java brew.
• Indulgent photography of the self portrait variety.
• Random acts of merriment.
• Premeditated hoopla.
• Enthusiastic thesaurus usage.

REWARD:

Lollipop$

(Anyone with information regarding these rascals should leave a comment immediately.)

Outlaw. Bandit. Hooligan.

The adventures have already begun.

I picked Tia up from the airport (Wheeee! I can't believe she's HERE!!!) & I got a bit too excited I guess --& chatty-- while inadvertantly hightailing it down the dark unlit highway. Enter... the po po. All the blue & red lights were very thrilling. And the spotlight was quite dramatic. Then the nervous giggling began. I have never been pulled over before. And I made sure to tell that to the officer. All he mumbled was, "Oh, I see...." He didn't care. And then he asked what brought me from Washington to Nebraska. "Oh, my husband's a new pastor in town. hee hee?"

Thankfully I only got a warning & some terrible self portraits.

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Tacky to the Max (cont.)

Tia & I had a GREAT time hunting for the perfect tacky Christmas sweater! There were so many to choose from. Our shopping cart was piled high with all things awful & awesome in the holiday sweater department. We tried on 13 sweaters, all varying in ugliness. Some of the best were: a faux cross-stitch mitten sweatshirt, a completely sequined angel sweater, & a teddy bear sweatshirt--lined in gold glittery puffy paint! After our impromptu fashion show we both fell in love with some fabulous sweater vests.

Here's a video of our vests in action...

And, yes, I do realize I look like a Christmas whale. My vest is 3 sizes too big. I thought maybe it would make me look smaller because of the surplus in size. But, nope. And I'm pretty sure I broke that "black makes you look slimmer" rule by a longshot! Who cares though, it's all in good fun. And I have great plans for my tacky sweater vest. I'm hoping to pair it with some red leggins (wouldn't stirrup pants be the icing on the tacky Christmas cake?!) & a long-sleeved turtle neck.

Oh, & Tia's vest has major bell overload. It's awesome! And the back is my favorite!

This picture, my fave of the day, shows some ugly sweaters that almost won us over.

Yay for silly days with friends!

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