I still haven't heard from our winner of the OperationNICE giveaway. :(
I love the niceness print. My friends were there for me when I had my first baby; bringing food and helping out around the house.
p.s. Though I know you want to, please don't just the ugly mug picture of me. I had just taken a shower, had no makeup on, and was wearing my painting clothes. The Knight snapped my picture before I could go "put my face on." My mother would die if she saw that I had put this picture on the Internet!
Psssh! Did you see? Over to the left. See? Some of my dear readers! I have the best ones, you know. If you want to be included, just "follow this blog" and your purty face will show up too!
I know, I know - 2 posts in the same day. What's gotten into me?
Do you like my blog design? You do? You wish your blog design looked as good as mine? Well, unfortunately, I can't take any credit for my blog's design. The incredibly lovely and kind (and now pregnant!) Marina over at the Penny Lane Blog designed it for me!
So. Wanna hear about our camping experience?
First, it was definitely a fun weekend. I got to watch the Knight go all testosteroney on me and chop firewood,
build fires,
and carry around fierce woodland creatures.
We got to see beautiful waterfalls,
mysterious grottos,
natural bridges,
babbling brooks,
homes built over 150 years ago (can you believe this tiny cabin housed 2 parents and 9 kids?!?),
and trails made just for lovers.
We even sported our VOL pride in Razorback country, much to the chagrin of our fellow campers. :)
There were certainly some interesting events, as well.
First, remember how scared I was about camping on Friday the 13th? Well, in the middle of the night, I had to give in to Nature's Call. I figured Betty needed to go too, so we stumbled out of the tent with tennis shoes untied and bleary eyes. We half walked/ half slept to the the campground's (surprisingly clean) restroom. As we approached, I saw a rope hanging from the door handle. I couldn't figure out what it was until I got right up to the door and saw that it was a NOOSE! I about died. What in the world is a noose doing around the ladies' bathroom door handle??
Well, I didn't wait around to figure out the answer. Betty and I hightailed back to the tent, and decided that going to the bathroom was WAY overrated. I spent the rest of the night wide awake. I kept waiting for some crazed Arkansas Deliverance man to slash through our tent and string me up! So creepy.
Oh, and did I mention that at night it was FREEZING? Yep. 30 degrees at night. Guess who was a genius and only brought her 10 year old Target cheapie sleeping bag? Poor little Betty wore two sweaters and slept inside my sleeping bag with me. During the day, the Knight and I took turns carrying her in our coats until it warmed up outside.
I wore 2 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of pants, a long sleeved tee, a fleece, my hoodie sweatshirt, a coat, mittens and a scarf, and I was STILL cold!
We hiked about 7 miles on Saturday and another mile or two on Sunday. Betty was a trooper and hiked almost every step with us.
When we got back from our hikes on Saturday, we wrapped her up in a blanket and placed her on the camping chair ottoman.
She didn't move for about 6 hours. I'm pretty sure we wore her out! I was a little concerned that she might be sore the next day, but she was fine and ready for more hiking!
On Valentine's Day night, the Knight and I cooked sausages and made mashed potatoes. We drank wine, stared at the fire for hours and talked about our future, our dreams, and how far we have come. He even remembered to pack the card he bought for me!
All in all, it was a perfect weekend. Perfect for puppy love. Perfect for people love.
Guess what?
I'm doing another giveaway! This time, it is all due to the awesome (in so many ways) Melissa from Operation Nice.
Remember Melissa? She designed our adorable "we've moved" announcements this past summer. 
THEN, she came up with this great idea and launched Operation NICE. She's all kinds of fancy pants now and has all kinds of great press about her NICE website - Decor8, Daily Candy, Good Morning America, the list goes on and on.
Melissa has so kindly offered to donate one print from her OperationNICE etsy shop to one of my readers! 
The winner can choose from this vibrant "Put the "KIND" in Mankind":
Or this adorable "Niceness is Priceless" one!
I loved both of them so much I ordered one of each for myself this afternoon! I'm going to put the orange and red one in my office and the blue and gray one in my craft room. I have to admit that the Niceness is Priceless one is my favorite. All those little girls holding hands reminds me of all my wonderful girlfriends and our support for one another has gotten all of us through some really tough times.
If you want to enter to win one of these great prints, just post a comment about a time where your friends were there for you!
The contest will end Monday, February 23rd, at 5 p.m., Memphis time. I hope lots of you enter! And even if you don't win, check out OperationNICE's shop...the prints are super reasonable, and I can personally vouch for its owner's warmth, kindness, and awesomeness!
Well, we're back from camping. And we are all alive. I know you are relieved! I have all kinds of stories to tell, but I want to upload pictures to go along with the post. Soo, hopefully I can do that tonight or tomorrow!
>When we planned our camping trip, I did NOT realize that we would have to spend the night, in a tent, in the woods, on Friday the 13th! Yikes! Plus, have you seen the new Jason movie previews?
Do picture me as a camper? Sometimes I wonder what people who read this blog (who don't already know me in "real life") think about me. What I'm like. Do you think of me as being a shee-shee-poo-poo, silly, happy, girly-girl? Well, you would be right. Of course, if you also thought of me as a "likes to get my hands dirty and sweat a little" girl, then you'd be right, too.
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