Busy Little Bee

I've been super busy lately and haven't had a lot of time to post anything new about my life. Not that there has been much to post actually. I lead a fairly boring existence. However, this past weekend was fun filled and more exciting that usual. So I thought I'd blog about it a little.

First...I got a car! Finally!!! I've been without a vehicle since last September. Yes, that's right, Little Miss Road Trip has been car-less for roughly six months. Unbelievable! I'm not sure what has taken me so long to get a car, I guess its just been because I've had so much on my plate recently. All I do is work and go home and when I am home, I have about a zillion things I need to do. So I never really had time to do more than just browse the internet for vehicles. What I did know was that I wanted something a tad bit more roomy than my precious Cherry Darling.

Cherry was my first ever brand new car. She had five miles on her when I bought her. It was grand! A cherry red 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt. I've always been a Chevy girl and I was in love with her the minute I saw her. Plus red is my favorite color, so that helps. ;-) Anywho...Cherry and I had a good run. We went a lot of places together in the two short years I owned her. We even traveled half-way across the country together that first Summer, but alas, all good things must come to an end and Cherry was no more as of September 10th, 2009 when a little green Camaro hit me head on, totaling my little red Cobalt.

After months of fighting with both my insurance company and the other guy's company, I finally received an insurance settlement (which I did not expect). A week later, I was on my way to a dealership in Nicholasville to get a 2009 Dodge Caliber. It was perfect. It was the very basic edition (which means no power anything - and I like that!) and a standard to boot! Plus it was RED!!! I was excited! However, when I got there I found out they had sold it the night before. Bummer. :-( I let the salesman talk me into test driving a Toyota Matrix, which I really liked, but it was when they put me behind the wheel of a 2009 Chevrolet HHR that I realized I had found MY car. I've named her Maisy (well technically its Juniper Maisy, I just call her Maisy for short). She's not exactly what I wanted (she isn't red, she has power everything, and she's automatic - darn), but she suits me perfectly. Furthermore, she is plenty roomy enough to haul around the wee ones in my life (Bella-Bonita and Turnip Head, and any others that may come along).

Saturday found me hitting the roads (who can blame me, I've been without a car for six months). My good friend Amy and I went to Richmond and ate at Olive Garden where we both had super yummy chicken and then we both got a tattoo. Her's was a moon and star on her bum...or at least just above her bum. It was cute, but not really my style. I don't typically go for a lot of color or anything TOO girly (the one exception being the daisy on my wrist in honor of my Mother who has a matching tattoo on her chest). I opted for two feathers behind my left ear. They are in honor of  my Cherokee heritage (something I get from my Mother's side of the family). Now I just have to figure out what to get for my Irish side (which makes up the rest of the majority of my blood line).

After dropping Amy off at her home, I headed to Richmond yet again (like most of my peeps, Amy lives back in Jackson County). I was supposed to be picking up another old friend that I've not seen in years (whatup Mel!) but sadly she wasn't able to meet up with me. We'll make plans for another time I'm sure, but in the meantime, I headed back to Rich City by myself. This time to the Paddy Wagon (Richmond's version of an Irish pub) to have a little St. Patrick's Day celebration with some cousins and friends. My lil' cousin Kayla's boyfriend was playing a show out back and it was a lovely day for it. I missed watching Jacob perform, but I had a blast anyway. A coupla hours later, my friend Hattie (and her boyfriend) showed up and we all hung out a bit while the UK game blared out from the screens inside. More live music followed, as did some yummy food, and well...I'm not gonna tell too much else on myself. I have enough people out there in the big wide world
 that know enough dirt on me, I'm sure not gonna go and help them along with even more. ;-) Nothing too bad though. Promise.

All in all it was a great weekend! One of the best I've had in a LONG time. :-D





(The last two photos were stolen from the other gal in the pictures. You know, my super cute baby cousin Kayla.) :-)