Honest to Blog: Weekend in Review

Well this weekend I had planned on venturing up to Washington for some fun times, but things just didn't work out as planned. So instead, I had a weekend all to myself and to be honest...I was quite excited about it!!

So Friday after work, I just wanted to lazaaayyyy. I had a pretty rough day at work, so the last thing I wanted to do was talk to people, and I just wanted to relax with my chuggy!

Shammy and I ordered a pizza, Pineapple and cheese thanks, and picked up some ice cream, and then came home, and just watched Netflix and chatted it up with some friends. It may sound boring, but it was actually JUST what I needed. I have a super hard time being lazy...EVER, so it was a miracle I was able to camp out on my couch. I also found some leftover Gewurtztraminer from last weekend, and so had some of that. I am pretty sure it gave me a migraine though, no bueno! So just drank wine, watched Jersey Shore (don't hate) and Keeping up with the Kardashians. (also..dont' hate. Love me some trashy television).

Saturday morning, was a day of being productive. OH my goodness, I can't even tell you how good this day felt!! I went to Salem early in the morning to go to one of my favorite consignment stores (Funky Munky, HOLLA), If you haven't gone there yet, you must go NOW! All the girls are super sweet, and it is a designer clothing mecca. (not really sure what that word means,I just felt like using it right there). If any of you ever come visit me, I will take you here, seriously so aweseome. Well anyway, it was their 2 year anniversary, so they were having all sorts of sales, and drawings, and refreshments and stuff. I found a ton of cute sweaters, but only 1 looked good on. Sad. But it was half off! So $8.00 sweater! Yippee!

Then I went to downtown Salem because I was thinking of printing off a few pictures and replacing some of the ones in frames that I have currently in the house...didn't quite get there though...because....

I stumbled upon a HUGE and I mean GINORMOUS, Rummage sale! The weather was a bit cray cray, and sketchy, like super sunny and warm one minute, and then 30.73 seconds later, it was thunder storms! But I went to this sale, and found a pitcher and a brand new pair of shoes for .75! I know right?! SCORE!

I love me some garage sales, I am kind of like a grandma in that sense.

No pics of these finds..boo.

After the rummage sale it was really starting to pour, so I headed to Salem Center to grab a few shower gels at Bath and Body works, since their semi annual sale is going on right now. I had run out...which is weird..especially if you know me! I have rows and rows of lotions, candles, body sprays, you name it. All organized by season...I cannot be smelling like an apple pie in July...that ish does not fly.

So after that, I drove home, and took Sully for a walk where she proceeded to roll in poop. Awesome. Took her home bathed her and got to work on my house! Scrubbed the floors, cleaned the bathrooms top to bottom, picked up things, cleaned the kitchen, emptied the kitty boxes, wheww..it doesn't sound like a lot from this list...but it definitely made me so much happier :)

After I did that, I drank tons of coffee in anticipation because I wanted to stay up all night, and watch Netflix! I have so many things I have to catch up on, so many shows, so I was determined. BUT that plan was ruined because apparently, someone was using my netflix account, without my permission. It kept coming up with an error that too many devices were connected on my account. Well I called them because that was just ridiculous, and sure enough, someone was watching all these stand up comedies on my account, preventing me from watching my shit! They were able to log them out, and deactivate the account, but it took 8 hours for them to do that! SO annoying, so I drank all that coffee and stayed up...for nothing basically. I think when we sold the Xbox to she who shall not be named, it kept the ID saved, and so she or whomever has it now...was logging on. Well not anymore..weird..you were using me? That has never happened before.

So since I wasn't able to watch Netflix, I made cuppycakes! Oh my gosh....I made Malibu Rum Cupcakes with a Lime zest frosting. OhEMfuckingeee!! Seriously, nothing so delicious has ever been in my mouth before. Seriously...AMAZING. I wish I had people to share them with. I will look like I am ready to join my pod on Monday. No bigs right?

Here are a few pics of me baking the little slices of heaven...

This was mixing in the pineapple and the coconut

The final product!

These are SOOO yummy, they have a pineapple coconut cake base, and then a malibu syrup was poured over them..and then topped with the lime frosting! yuM!!

I finally was able to get to bed around 3am. Awesome...and still laid in bed reading my new book, 50 shades of grey..I will totes give a review when I am done!

The next morning I had decided to go on a hike! I didn't want to stay in the house, rain or shine and do chores like it did the day before. So gosh dang it...I was determined! I woke up around 10...ick..that is sleeping in for me, and I HATE sleeping in.. UGH>

But since I went to bed at 3am...I suppose I should have expected that! I researched a bit, and found this waterfall near Salem that I hadn't heard of. You can take dogs on it, so I was down!

We headed off to Shellburg Falls

Ready to go :)

On our way

The directions say that once you get to Lyons, Oregon you are supposed to turn on Fernridge Rd. SO I put Lyons, Oregon into my GPS, and followed the prompts. But there is no Fernridge Rd. I go all the way through Lyons, all the way to the next town which is Mill City. STILL NOTHING. I really had to freaking pee, and I was in the middle of nowhere. Seriously. I kept looking for a gas station or anything that looked like it had intelligent life somewhere NOTHING. Everything was boarded up in these towns...I guess its not a top destination tourist spot? So at the end of Mill City, I finally see this little run down grocery store (think Family Grocer kids....if it were to be in Sultan...yeah.. I know).

So I go in there, and I talk to the lady at the deli counter, I say I am lost and I am about ready to pee myself. She was very sweet, and like bolted to the bathroom to give me the key, like seriously bolted. YOu would have thought a tornado was coming, and this bathroom was the cellar. She was on it. And then when I asked her for directions, she said, "Im sorry sweetheart, but I don't know street names" and I was like umm okay...and then all of a sudden like she had an ephiphany, she was like oh yeah...FernRidge..its a scenic road...umm I thought you just told me you didn't know what it was. I think she was humoring me. But anyway, she told me I really had to go back the other way...so I did...got turned around a few times, still nothing. Finally I drove to the very end, before Lyons, and pulled into the gas station, asked the attendant, and the road I was looking for was right across the street! Oh boy! I am so happy I drove 40 minutes in the wrong direction and back...I really just wanted to see your abandoned town...yeah.

So I finally found it, and parked and set afoot! I did not really know much about this hike at all, so wasn't sure about letting Sully off-leash, but after a bit, I didn't see many dogs at all, so I let her run. That is where she is most happiest, as long as she doesn't go all bite club on other dogs...ugh.

So yes...just in brief, you hike up this gravel trail thing to the trail head, and then there are supposedly 3 waterfalls. Shellburg falls (which I think is 2) and then Stassel Falls. I am not sure if I just didn't know what I was looking for, but I dont' really feel like I found Stassel falls. I got lost and turned around, and ended up back where I started..so might have to investigate that another time! These waterfalls were beautiful...and peaceful. Just super fun for Sully and I.

Pictures will tell it best of course..

The first waterfall-there is a rock that you can basically be like on the cliff of it..but I felt scared with just Sully and me.

The top of that waterfall

Another view, the rock is on the right

Waterfall through the trees

Stopping for some salad

This was the big waterfall and you can walk behind it, almost under a rock cliff thing...super cool!

The rock you go underneath

More salad

Behind the waterfall

Under the rock looking to the other part of the trail

Sully climbed this rock all by herself!! I didn't even ask her too! mountaineer chug :)

I got a little bit lost on our hike, a wee bit scared too because I realized, I didn't pack anything to defend ourselves if a wild beast gored us. And then...I realized I only had Teddy Grahams as a food source. I don't think these rations would sustain Sham and I.

On our way back Sully saw these birds on the ground, and she ran after them ( like normal, she never, ever catches them). Well...this time...she did. She pounced on this baby bird, and was trying to play with it...and ended up killing it! It all happened so fast, and at first, I just thought the birds had all flew away, but I saw that she was pawing at something on the ground. I called her away from it, and when I went over there, realized this little bird was on the ground. I was so sad. I feel terrible, even though Sully had no idea...she was so excited, "Mam, I finally caught one" Cool...well now its deceased..congratulations Sully. Future bird dog in training? She doesn't swim well...and she would have to take to punching these birds to death. the poor dear. anyway..

After our hike we went and got some hot dogs because we had worked up an appetite