This is just a junk post, one of those that is so random that it possibly makes no sense. You know, like your junk drawer. Just a rambling mess and maybe a good surprise at the bottom. Like when you find your favorite scissors that have been missing for months. That was a happy day! It is after all about the small things.
The sun is shining today!!! I am so thankful because last night they were calling for more flooding in North GA. While we personally haven’t been affected by the flooding I have several friends who have been and they just couldn’t take anymore. And they didn’t have to activate the school alert system to send the kids home early which had also been talked about yesterday. Us Georgians have decided that we would like to send the rain elsewhere for awhile. Who needs it out there? Cause we will be more than happy to send it your way.
I have 3 dogs now. THREE! And when it rains do you know what happens to 3 dogs? Yep, MUD PUDDLES. So, all 3 dogs had a bath this morning and when I got done I felt like I had run a marathon. They are worse than kids.
Giving 3 dogs a bath also means lots of towels to wash. I had finally caught up on all the laundry and now get to start over. Oh what JOY! (insert sarcasm here)
I am leaving Friday for a long awaited weekend away. Some of us Hicktown girls will be traveling to the big city of Atlanta for a Girls weekend out. Thank you Country Inns & Suites for providing the room!! Can’ wait to tell you about all the fun we are gonna have.
Now at the bottom of the junk…a giveaway. SURPRISE! You can enter to win a Mr. Clean AutoDry Car Wash System
Forget about spending countless hours in your yard or driveway with a sponge, bucket, and towels. You have better things to do. With Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash, you can wash your car and watch it dry to a spotless finish in just minutes. Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash cuts dirt and grime for a spot-free clean and shine with no need to hand dry. So throw those chamois, shammies, or chammies (however you like to spell it) away-stat. Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash is safe for all car finishes, does not strip wax, and helps protect your car’s clearcoat by cleaning dirt and water spots-leaving a shine on the surface. Simply hook up Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash to any garden hose, choose the rinse setting on the nozzle of the implement, and begin washing. The technology behind Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash does the rest.
Cause with rain…also comes a dirty car. Maybe you will do much better than me and will actually wash yours. Me, I have a dirt driveway. And I live in Hicktown.
To enter: Leave me a comment about your weather. I hope it has been better than mine. All entries must be received by 8 AM EST tomorrow (Thursday Nov. 12th). All entries must have a valid US mailing address. The winners will be selected by random. Winners will have 3 days to respond to the verification e-mail or another winner will be selected.
This giveaway is sponsored by The Post-It Place and is in no way connected with Mr.Clean.
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Yep, it is raining here once again. We have had more rain this year than in about the past 10 years combined. It has been crazy! We are no longer in drought status which is a very good thing. But all this rain makes me tired…and sleepy.
Lots of things are going on here at The Post-It Place. As you know by now we are in the throws of the Holiday Gift Guide. I hope you are enjoying seeing some of the neat, unusual gift ideas I am throwing at you. There are lots more ideas coming to you as well as many giveaways! So exciting. Have you even started your Christmas shopping? I have done a little. Not much, but I plan to rectify that this weekend!
I will be traveling to Atlanta this weekend for a girlfriends weekend retreat! I am so excited. We are going to relax, shop, eat, and play. No worrying about mouintains of laundry and mouths to feed here at home. We will be hitting not only the mall but Olympic Centennial Park (they have the ice skating rink open), Underground Atlanta, Piedmont Park, the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, and more as we stroll around taking in some fresh air and leaving all our worries behind. All thanks to Country Inns and Suites for providing us with a 2-nights stay and to their Retreat and Refresh itineraries for some fabulous ideas. You can see all their iteneraries through their Retreat and Refresh promotion. But, you should also check out other specials they have going on. Country Inns and Suites has made it a point to make travel fun and easy for all…whether you want to take a trip with your family, your friends or all by yourself. During their Free Night Fall Promotion, you can stay 2+ nights now and enjoy a free night on a 2+ night stay later.
So, while I am doing this:
Looking at this:
It is going to be up to you to hold the fort down. We are leaving Friday afternoon and will be home sometime on Sunday. Look out Atlanta, here come the HickTown Gals!
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On the way home from Asheville I traveled 64 most of the way in. 64 brought me by the Ocoee which is where the Olympic Canoe and Kayak competitions were held in 1996. It is some beautiful country and a very popular place for river rats to congregate and play and it is only about an hour from my house. Due to all of the rains that we have been having lately the river was VERY high. I was amazed that there were people on the river. I was thinking the whole time that I hope those people had gotten some term life insurance rates.
The river was not only high…it was flowing really really fast.
I love to go rafting, but there was no way in the world that I would have ventured out on the river in the shape that it was in.
There was even water spurting out of the mountains at every turn and making the road like a slip and slide.
All of the rains have made it a beautiful site to behold. But I am so thankful that it has FINALLY quit raining here.
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Yesterday we had a little reprieve from all of the rain that we have been having. It was so nice to see the sun shine, even if it isn’t to last. We are scheduled for more rain…and then even more rain. Thank goodness that we are not effected by the flooding, but I know many people that are, either directly or indirectly. How can you be indirectly effected? Well, when it floods water sources are contaminated, there are power outages, etc. So while I have some family and friends whose houses are flooded, I have others who have no water and power. Directly, Indirectly. Cause, Effect. If the rain keeps up like they say…we are all going to be so shriveled up and wrinkly that even the top wrinkle creams on the market won’t help.
And what about HickTown? Well, the main little shopping center always floods, even when it just rains a regular rain. There were some trees downed in places and a few roads closed here and there, but we were not effected as bad as a lot of surrounding areas…that is one benefit to living in the foothills of the mountains.
I am packing and getting ready to go tomorrow to the Type A Mom conference in Asheville NC. Asheville is a beautiful place and worth a visit. One of the big draws to Asheville is The Biltmore House and surrounding estate.
Thanks to my sponsors: Wooden Toddler Toys, Relish, Kinesys , Habitwise and Intromark I expect to have a wonderful time and will tell you all about it upon my return.
Till then, I hope you all stay dry and have a wonderful weekend while I am out playing in the mountains.
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