Charleston Weekend cont'd

Saturday we took a tour on the horse- drawn carriage thru Charleston- This is the Chisholm house.

This is the city jail dating WAY back- they do a ghost tour there. ( No thank you!) There is also a house located next to the jail- the ghost hunters from Tv were just there and found a trap door in the house with bones inside of it.

Jail sign- all old and weathered.

First Moon Pie store was in Charleston- didnt know that before!

Havent seen a Cigarrette vending machine since i was 6!! In a restraunt we ate at in between the bathrooms.

After our tour we drove thru Rainbow Row where all of the multi- million dollar homes are. They are spectacular and full of color. Pictures cant capture the enormity of them and the details each house has.

Some random bride having her portraits taken-

Charleston is GORGEOUS! If you EVER have a chance to visit there, you need to go. The seafood is out of this world! Lots of fun shopping, a straw market, farmers market, and lots of people to watch!

Weekend Charleston Girl Trip!

A Few weekends ago, some girlfriends and i took an overnight trip to Charleston. I've NEVER been there before, but have heard so many raves about it. With one of my girlfriends aunts here from Pa, we wanted to go somewhere that was historic- Boone Hall Plantation was on our list for Friday.

Little did we know it would be so hot- with a heat index of 115, people! That's not dry heat, that's HUMID heat. We spent 3 hours at this place- Now when i say the name of this place, for most of you that means nothing.. However, when i say: remember that summer house of the girl's parents in the movie, the Notebook ?! That rings a HUGe bell i'm sure ;)

THIS was that place!!

I am in love with the moss that hangs from trees- did you know that its actually a fungas, but will grow with the tree and they dont take from each other, so they live in harmony and make weird girls like me giddy when i see them!

Here's that infamous house! Of course the white pergolas on either side weren't in the movie- up close, those are actually covering benches for people that wait to tour the inside of the house. I did tour, however, we werent allowed to take any pictures, but i will say its gorgeous inside- the library with all of the old, musty antique books was my favorite- TALL bookcases, with hinged, see thru doors made out of chicken wire and framed with wood. the details were endless!

these are the slave houses which are in front of the house- there were about 6 of them if i recall, with one of them being the slaves place of worship. In each of these houses, they had facts on the slaves, what they did, how they lived, etc. VERY intriguing!

Another "Notebook" moment.. when her boyfriends driving down to her parents house and you see the LONG stretch of trees. Pictures CANNOT express how gorgeous it was!
( A little fun fact about that movie- remember when he crashes into the big iron fence ? that was NOT suppose to happen in the movie- the gates were suppose to open and failed, but the director like it so much, he kept it in the movie!)

Another shot of the slaves quarters

This is a view of the back-side of the huge house- on this property they have a full farm that runs all year long ( watermelons, pumpkins, grapes). Their biggest crop is Pecans, although with many storms, the trees were uprooted and died-

Many tv movies and shows have been filmed on this property
- Army Wives just finished filming a few weeks ago. This house may look familiar to some. It was built for a set on the movie starring Halle Berry, called Queen.

I saw this tree and went coo coo.. no lie.. my FAVE tree, a Crepe Myrtle, which you will see ALL OVER the place out here, WITH the moss in it.. ahhh.. cant get much better than that!

I am SO glad we all went- it was totally worth the money and an eye opening experience. I will be taking the fam back !!! Its not only educational, but so beautiful.. its heaven on earth, really!!

More Charleston pics to come-

Spring Has sprung at our house!

Spring is in Full effect at our house!!! Thought i'd share some pictures of how we've decorated- i'm a nut about decorating ( Mini me calls me the " Holiday Hoarder" ) . A little Terrarium ( is that how you spell it?) that mini me made with the neighbor across the street for my birthday- we live in the country and they found all of these things, minus the egg out here. The white thing is a baby turtle shell, about the size of my fist-

Good ol plants.. they make me happy and they are my first ones since we've moved here- i had to give all my other ones away when we moved-

Mini me made the brown birds nest in art class- i stole it and used it for decor ;)


The wire cross was also a birthday gift- my plant in my planters is pathetic i know, but i'm holdin out for my dad whose coming in a few weeks so he can spruce them up and i CANT wait!

A bad day- a GREAT idea, and so i rolled with it. Did you know they sell SHEETS of moss?! Any craft store, and you can use a coupon on it!

These too will have plants in them- - -

Bunny from last year ( pi@R 1) that got a little coat of ballet slipper pink spray paint

Birdhouse i stole from the neighbors across the street- they downsized their home, and then her mom died, so i feel like a kid in the candy store when i go over there.. they give stuff to me all the time

Mish Mosh- Corky's daughter birds nest and eggs ;)

Another nest- pack of 3 last year from Tj's

EgGS! i'm OBSESSED!

More Mish mosh from everywhere! Just painted the frame and will print out a word to put in it. The white stand - Corky's, and spray painted white


This picture- EVERY time i pull it out, i cant believe how little she was!!!! She fit into an Easter basket- this year, this picture means even more to me. Gosh.. i miss her!

How have YOU decorated for Spring?

This much snow- First time since 1985!!

Wow--- what a suprise to have the weather men RIGHT this time with predicting snow and actually having it happen! It started around 2 ish in the afternoon- i ran some errands getting mini me's hair cut and then to Wally world for some pull ups for the muffin- News crews were at the store.. it was pure chaos!! By the time we got home, there was enough fluff to play in ( thank goodness daddy was home, because i'm SO not an outdoors, playin in the snow kind of gal!) Wanna know something special about lil muffin's snow pants? NO LIE- they were MINE as a little girl! LOL-

After hours of playing in the snow last night - while i sat next door at a neighbors to gossip, we all came home about 8 pm.. i went to throw some dinner together and all the lights went out..
So, we lit some candles and ate sugar wafers ( !!!!!) in bed for dinner and all slept in our bed- apparently the power came back on around 230 this am-

This was the view this AM from our back porch- i LOVE living out in the country!!

Poor little cocoa just didnt know what to do!!