Resting..

Hi friends..

We are back home.. after a very long drive. This post is going to be long, I figured what the hell.. Its only 1230 am here.. I am watching tv and blogging .. I have no time that I have to get to bed because I am sleeping in tomorrow.. What a couple of days. draining days that is. I took a few pictures.. I used my phone for them all and if I am not holding very still they dont come out that good. So these pictures are not the best!

The night before my ex husband sprung it on us that Brittany needed to do a school project for Monday.. That she had to do a poster board that was about her and her summer. Honestly, I could have killed him telling us we had to do this before the night we were to leave town. But Brittany got busy and got it done. I didn't get a finished picture because she was finishing up while we were packing the car. That's how close to time we were. But I will have her take a picture with her phone and send it to me. Its cute.. Shes got a little section with a cute underwater picture will all her information about her from her favorite color, to her favorite song. etc.. Then she had a post card from Sea World.. She then wrote out a large paragraph about everything she did there. She put a 5 x 7 family picture of the 4 of us at the Alamo along with notes about that.. And the biggest picture an 8 x10 was of the kittens!! With her paragraph about how much she loved them! She also added another 5 x 7 picture of her friend Morgan and her at the pool and some more notes about the new friend she made. It turned out really cute. I am sure her father was none too happy that he wasn't on there. But he said it had to be about her summer.. and that didn't include him.

I also got this box together for my grandmother. She likes my old magazines so I save them up for her. I also included a really great Julia Child book that I think she might enjoy too.

She asked me for some make up.. I was shocked..She told me she didn't have any at all. I got some things for her.. Foundation, blush, powder, concealer, a couple lipsticks, eyeshadow and some mascara.. I also got her make up remover towelettes too. In that little bag I also gave her a picture of us at the Alamo. The same one Brittany used on the poster.

So then we were packed up in the car..

This smile is fake.. She was upset most of the way.. My mom told me that the closer we get the worse she would get.. Honestly I didn't think she was right.. But it got that way..She was very right. Hard Hard day on Brittany..

Here's our driver.. but he was really tired so I ended up driving a little on this trip.

Passing through the Biltmore area.. I loved that house soooo much!

About at this point Scott was bickering in the drivers seat about the semis taking up the roads on a 2 lane road. That lead to the discussion with the kids that its because of those big trucks that we have food and stuff in the stores.. that was a long discussion!

Love the Mountains.

The drive was really pretty.

In Tennessee..

So pretty!

We will be back to this area on Friday!

In the tunnel we go..

I love this picture.. I think its some what kinda what we will see in the end... But I think it will be a little more elevated.. Just sayin"

Eating on the go..

Sun setting on us.. Still a few hours to go!

Really pretty..

We finally got to the kids house. I said bye to Jackson first and he ran giggling into the house. Brittany was crying really hard so we loved on her a little longer. It was hard. My ex husband was sitting in the dark in his living room with the window cracked like some nut. I hated leaving them. Its always so heart breaking. I feel sorry for them.. I really do. I wish I could have picked a better partner when it came to having children. One that I would still be with. We pulled away and made our way to the hotel.

In we go..

This picture looks bad but that pull was so inviting. It closed before we could get there plus I forgot our swim suits. We headed out to see some family. We fit them in around 1030 and was heading back to the hotel about 45 minutes later. We got to the room.. relaxed for a few then one of my old friends came to see me! It had been forever since I had seen her. We took a walk around the hotel property and found ourselves sitting by the pool talking till after 130 am.. I came back into the room took a hot bath and fell finally fell in the bed about an hour later and then it took close to another hour to fall asleep. I think it was close to 4 am by then..

The next thing I knew Scott was trying to wake me up.. I just wanted to kill him. I kept saying " 5 more minutes " and that lasted for about an hour. I was so tired..But I got up..  

Got a coffee and headed to my grandmothers house. I don't know for sure what I want to say here so I guess I will be honest without a lot of detail out of respect. I don't think she is ok. I was shocked at how she looked and I am very concerned about her. My uncle is doing his best to help care for her. My mom wants to help too..My grandmother is precious and frail. She would barley speak..and she keep reading a magazine that I brought to her the entire time. I am not sure she could even really read it.. I am just worried. They are not going to really listen to me.. I am just her grand daughter and I am not there on a daily basis and there is little I can do. But I love her and it truly breaks my heart to know that she is having a hard time. Its easier for me to talk to her on the phone because I hate to see her like this. We only stayed about 30 minutes. She wasn't really talking anyway.. and I had a lot on the list to get done.

We were then off to my dads for a little bit..

It took a little longer to get to his house that was on the other side of town.

When we were pulling in we saw him walking up the driveway.

He got a new puppy. Scott was playing with it and you can see its nose under Scott's arm.

We didn't stay long and we were back in the car heading to Kentucky..

I know I have posted a lot of pictures of Indiana and Kentucky but for those of you who don't know the bridge or should I say bridges are what separate the two states.

Down town louisville..

That's the Ohio River that runs through.

The stadium

More of down town..

More bridges.. There are 3 and I think they are building another one.

Over there to the left is the hospital district.

It really is a pretty sky line.

We were heading over a cracker barrel off Bardstown Road some where to meet Scott's sister and Brother for brunch.

 

I was pretty hungry by this point.. It was the perfect thing to do before heading on that long drive back home.

I had the eggs in a basket.. Omg.. I love this breakfast. Its like my regular thing to eat there.. Its was really good food.. really good company and it was nice to see them together. They are a close bunch and Scott's mom was happy that they took time to all get together even if it was for only a short time.

Before leaving Cracker Barrel I purchased this owl light. It was freaking adorable! Wait till I post a picture of it tomorrow night.. Its cute!

We gave hugs and kisses and on the road we were.

Scott had his belly full and was tired.. He wanted to stop and nap 30 minutes into driving. So we pulled over. I read some on my IPad and then I decided that was silly so I started driving. I drove for a while then he was ready to drive again.. So we stopped at

But we didn't go through the drive thru.. we went in..

I mean how else can you see all the yummy treats!

A few minutes later I was back in the car..

With some pure love!!

I don't even have the words for my love for Starbucks. I think its almost as perfect as perfect can get.. I got a black tea with lots simple syrup and also got a couple sweets in those little boxes...

Look at that!!!!!!!

That's a mini red velvet woopie pie!!!!

I was so in love with this.. and I love the packaging!

I still have one for a snack later tonight or tomorrow.

=)

A family member gave Scott some moonshine. As you can see not much.. Scott added some sour apple jolly ranchers and in the back the car it went..

I totally didn't think about this being a problem if we got pulled over..After we got home a friend and I were chatting on facebook about it and I quickly realized that we could had serious trouble over this.. Thankfully we made it home!

It wasn't long after Starbucks when I fell to sleep. Scott says I slept 4 hours. He woke me up because he was hungry.. We ended up stopping at Wendy's where I had a

for dinner. I wasn't too hungry.. I didn't even eat all of it..

I stayed up the rest of the way..

Back through the..

tunnel again.

We finally made it home.. realized that we needed to go to the store for a few things for the animals so back in the car we went. Neither of us wanted to go but we had to..

Finally we get back and we just took it easy since. He is sleeping like a baby right now.. I am going to bed in just a little while and tomorrow I am going to just work around the house. Scott has a 730 tee time with Michael. I don't even know if he will be able to play golf because its suppose to rain.

Today kinda hard.. My ex husband was on a complaining rampage today. I seriously thought he was maybe having a break down. I mean it was non stop text messages.. I was tired of hearing his shit. I don't want to say too much because my kids might read this one day.. but he was just a jerk today. I think he is wore out with the kids and me bringing them back messed up his happy little quite summer. He wanted them to stay longer and then complained he didn't have enough time to get things done. He also cut Brittany's hair today... to her shoulders. I don't know what to think about that. He just made today really hard for no reason. Hard on them too. I tried explaining that making things hard on them 2 days before their school year starts is about the stupidest thing a person could do. I wont have to talk to him again till next summer or till the holidays anyway. Thank goodness we pay for a phone for Brittany..

Another thing that sucked about today is actually being in that drug and crime infested town. I have no idea how well my kids are going to turn out living there. Its dirty and just seems to be a miserable place to live anymore. I made tons of great childhood memory's there. But its not the same anymore. I think its a mess around there. There were so many cops sitting around that I was scared to j walk. I hate that they live there. Hopefully they will move out of there before they are teenagers. It really worries me. Sorry to all my friends that didnt like that I insulted New Albany on Facebook tonight. I loved it too.. but once I got older.. started seeing what was happening around there.. I love my family who lives there.. I just don't trust it anymore. I kinda think of it as its own planet or the twilight zone. I thought I hated North Carolina.. Nope.. not compared to that place. It made me grateful to come home.

I miss the kids a lot. It was strange driving home in the car without them. Brittany was upset all day. She called probably 50 times and texted too. I hate the first few days. In the coming weeks it will get a little easier but I just have to try to stay busy.. and I am going to be really busy. I have that community service to start on Monday or Tuesday and we also have house guest coming. Scotts daughter Larua, her finance Jerred and their baby Ashlynn are coming for the week. I cant be here with them all the time and Scott has to work too but we will be here most of the time. Then on Friday we head back to the Mountains of Tennessee for a weekend with them. Should be a lot of fun! I have a lot of packing to do for that trip too.

This post is really long and now its 220 am. Its took longer than expected because these kittens are all over me wanting loved on. Right now the big one is in Coopers dog bowl eating some kibbles and bits. Hes identical to Giovanni.. Personality, looks, and he acts the very same.. But they are handfuls at this point. The add is in the paper.. Fingers crossed I will sell them. I saw another ad for Persian cats for 275. That's 100 $ lower than mine.. But they didn't mention anything about papers. I hope that they sell! I love them but they are a bit much! Its like a herd of cats around here! I so want to move them to their own room.. It would make things much easier but right now all the rooms are going to be used up.. but we should be moving after the cruise and I will give them a room then.

Oh.. we are seeing a house tomorrow at 630. It the house that kinda looks like a doll house. I am not so sure of the inside but we will take a look. She said pets are fine. They act like we could get right in with no problems.. So maybe..I will keep you guys posted. I don't know if I will be able to get many pictures because the people who are living in it are showing it to us.

I have a ton of emails and stuff to do tomorrow. Another thing.. Thanks for the new computer emails.. I don't know if I will review this computer or not. But I will do a post about it when I have time. Also the house isn't too bad but I need to pick it up tomorrow too. I am sure its going to be sad seeing the kids stuff that they forgot laying around.

Hope you all you guys are having a great weekend.. shoot me a email at kishajaggers@aol.com and let me know what you are up too the last few weeks of summer. Has school started for your kids yet? This year Brittany has her first male teacher. She is pretty unsure about him but hopefully he will inspire and impress her!

Got to spell check this and get to bed.

xoxo

K Jaggers

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