AudioFeed and Big News for the Furman Clan!

A couple of weeks ago we went out to Champaign, IL for Audiofeed Music Festival! It was a grand time, and most certainly cured my Cornerstone blues. The first day of our arrival just happened to by Dustin and Holly's 3 year anniversary and also... the day of their engagement! That's right, my little boy is going to be married to Miss Holly and I couldn't be more excited.



So yea! We are aiming for an October wedding...EEP! So much to do! Such excite! WOW!

As for the rest of AudioFeed, well it was a blast. All I have to show for it is iPhone pictures. I got there with my camera and realized I forgot my memory card! Do'oh!

Regardless, I got to save a few memories from the week.

(don't ask)

I did something fun...

Over the weekend my hubbie went away with the guys camping. I had a lot of work to do, so that was fine...but I was so bored at the same time! After watching Amélie Friday night I felt inspired to do a random act of fun! I had seen these "Free Compliment" signs here and there on the internet, and always thought it would be fun to hang one! So found THIS blog post with a free download. LOL! I was set. It was so fun! I went all stealth-like after dark to the nearby bus stop. I quickly stuck it up with painters tape and took off. I honestly expected no one to ever take one, or it would be gone in a day or two. Well, it's still there today and four compliments have been taken!!! I check on it every time I take the dogs on a walk. It brings such joy and amusement to my heart when I see another slip of paper torn off. It makes me wonder if the person needed that particular compliment, or were they taking it to give to someone else? I guess I won't know...but it's so fun dreaming about it! You should try it!



The ones that have been taken said:

-I think you're awesome
-You look great today!
-You are beautiful exactly as you are.
-What you are doing matters.

 ❤

Spontaneous Mini-Vacation!!!

This is our last weekend here in Virginia that we will be "without puppies". They have been staying with Dustin and the Bro's for most of the summer. I miss them so much! At the same time it's been VERY freeing. We can do whatever we want, for however long we want. It's been hard because we don't have anyone to watch the puppies or check on them here in Virginia. So no day trips for us unless we take them along.

So Travis had Friday off. We were trying to think of what we could do for fun and Travis mentioned that he still had some points for a free hotel...so why not go to Ocean City, MD and ride our bikes up the coast? YEA!! Why NOT? So we booked the hotel, packed and took off! It was great!

Friday evening we just took a bus over to Ocean City to walk around the boardwalk. It was a little rainy, but not bad. I hit all the spots on Penny Collector and got quite a few! Sadly, there was one I didn't get at Ripley's Believe it or not. The lady even let me go in without paying to get the penny, but sadly it was out of order. I guess she didn't realize.

Also, I got to meet a SMURF!
I think it was a fake... especially since he was taller than me. :p

Saturday we rode our bikes all the way up to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It was about a 29 mile trip.
Never did I think I would even GO to Delaware, let alone ride my bike there. LOL! 

 

Can I please brag about my husband a minute? He is seriously the best. My best friend. What guy would offer to spontaneously go on a little vacation? He totally catered to my penny smashing fantasies and constantly put up with my weirdness the whole time. He's sooooo amazing. I love that we can ride our bikes all over the place together and just hang out. It's total bliss. What a blessing he is to me! 

 

We got to eat at a nice place out on the deck. The wind actually made it cold. 

 

Travis cutting a coupon out of the little welcome booklet with a pocket knife. That's my kind of man!

 

Penny pressing!!! 

 

Nine new pennies this weekend! Woohoo!

I plan on getting one on the way home to PA this week in Breezewood,

and then a couple on our bike trip. 

Did I mention we were going on a sweet bike trip next week? Starting one week from today, Travis and I are riding from Point State Park in Pittsburgh all the way to Washington DC and straight to our home in Alexandria, VA. It's a 5 day trip doing around 60-70 something miles a day!

SO EXCITED! 

A Commission.

"Lauren"

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