Also, just so you know

Also, I started a travel blog. Brandon and I love to travel (who doesn't...), and although we don't go a whole lot of places very often, we do travel some (and we plan to increase that in the near future), so I have started a travel blog (on a separate blog site...because blogger just wasn't up to the challenge on this one) on Travel Pod. I have already added a link to your right, as well as a tab above that provides a little explanation, but I thought I should post a little post about what I love about this site so far, and to introduce it to all of you.

So, the way blogger works is that you have a blog and you post posts on that blog. Straight forward.  However, Travel Pod allows you to have a separate blog for each trip you take and then you post however many posts underneath that blog that you want.  AND you can post straight from an app that is available on the iPhone, which I have, so I find that quite convenient and amazing for when I'm out wherever, traveling it up. Also, you tell it where you are (I'm pretty sure that's required, actually, but since it's a travel blog, that's exactly what I want it to do), and it pins all of your locations on a map for you.  Right now, I'm catching up on our trips to Boston, Missouri '11 and Missouri '12.

Love it.

Here's another link: Entsminger Clan's Travel Pod.

Something looks familiar...

Well.
Remember how I said that I was going to blog more often? {A post here from my personal blog that says it} Well. I didn't. Who would have thought? (Other than myself....that would probably be -everyone-)
I admit it. I don't entirely apologize, because I never really feel like I have anything to say, so therefore I don't say anything. But let's move on.  Acknowledge and move forward.

I need to catch up, but instead of doing it in pictures, (just check in with the family Shutterfly Account for those...but as I write this there is nothing new on there...so check back later) I'm going to do a generalization.  Especially because I'm in the middle of the process of uploading all of my pictures to Shutterfly, and then I'll move them to albums for you to see later. You may not know this about me....but I take -a lot- of pictures. So, literally, it has taken me 9 straight hours of uploading to put them on there (and that's just February through August!). Don't worry, I give you the condensed version in the albums, I use Shutterfly as my online backup for my pictures and then give you guys the interesting ones in the public albums.
But anyway.
Let me see if I can remember the highlights of the year so far since I blogged in January-ish.

February -

• Valentine's Day (Brandon made me dinner) 
•  It snowed, and thank GOODNESS we didn't have anywhere to go that day, because we lived in a house that had the driveway of death.
• I decided that I wanted to live in a Manor House (ideas on how to fund this house to come...).
• I passed my PTCB exam (the national pharmacy technician test).
•  I started working full time at the Kroger Pharmacy in Vinton, VA.
•  The Oscars.

March - 

• Brandon had a birthday and turned 31 (don't remind him, thanks).
• St. Patrick's Day...but I don't think we did anything. 
• Brandon started working at Bell Nursery (which is for plants, not babies).
• The flowers started to bloom, including the dogwood trees in-front of out house, one of which had a hollowed out gourd made into a birdhouse that played home to a family of bluebirds.

April -

• Brandon packed my lunch for me, and made cutsie strawberries that were all fancy.
• We went out to Missouri to visit my parents. Where we:
• Went through the Open House for the new Kansas City, MO temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Visited the Jessie James Farm Museum.
• Enjoyed a few bonfires.
• Met Steve Lightle (a comic book artist).
• Visited Watkins Mill.
• Toured the National WWI museum.
• Walked around downtown Kansas City a little bit.
• Saw an Apple store for the first time. Wasn't impressed.
• Went to Opening Day with the Kansas City Royals.
• Met my Mom & Dad's cat and chickens.
• Fell in love with the Missouri countryside.

• Joined Pottermore (after waiting for a very, very long time).
• Got sorted into Hufflepuff.
• Started a new Pottermore account in order to work the system, where I then got sorted into Ravenclaw.
• Realized that I really am a Hufflepuff and went back to my old account.
• Went to a Salem Red Sox game.

May - 

•  Free Comic Book Day!!
• Watched animals in my yard, including: deer, bluebirds, our kitties, etc.
• Went to a Memorial Day get together at Brandon's cousin's house.
• Had a nice cook out at home on Memorial Day.

June - 

•  Made lemon bars for the first time. Oh my gosh...SO GOOD!
• Went on our Annual Family Vacation to Atlantic Beach. Where I (along with my family):
• Went swimming a lot.
• Went to the beach a lot.
• Painted toenails.
• Ate at Amos Mosquitos.
• Went on a boat tour in New Bern and saw Nicholas Sparks's house.
• Visited the NC Aquarium.
• Played with sparklers and fireworks.
• Made tie-die shirts.
• A huge storm hit the Roanoke area and we were out of power for 4-5 days.

July -

• Watched fireworks at the Salem Fair.
• Attended the Salem Fair later.
• Brandon and I got hair cuts.  Both were much needed...
• We made some sushi together. Love it.

August - 

•  Went to another Salem Red Sox game (and we lost again).
• Found a couple of gigantic mushrooms in the front yard - and I couldn't help but picture a caterpillar on one of them.
• I had a birthday. I'm still depressed that I'm now 27... *sigh* but we ate out at Annie Moore's Pub, so that made it much better.
• I discovered the awesomeness that is DrawSomething on my phone.
• Isabella turned 6! We went down for her birthday party and I made her cake.
• We found our new house, since our move date was coming up.

September - 

• We started packing up our house (ah!) and I realized that we have way more stuff than I thought.
• I put in my notice at work and it broke my heart, I really grew to love some of the people there.
• Went to another Salem Red Sox game, and we won!
• Went out to dinner at Macado's with Judy and Sarah from work.
• I bought J.K. Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy.
• Things went crazy at work...
• I literally stayed up all night packing up the rest of my house and then...
• 29th - Moving day! We moved down to Burgaw, NC, which is where I grew up. In-fact, we moved into a house that's right next door to the house that I grew up in.

October - 

• I rested for a good 2 days after moving. It's rough!
• I started reading J.K. Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy.
• We made a castle out of boxes for Isabella.
• I went to River Fest with Beau, Kayla & Isabella.
• We went to Isabella's cheer competition - where they didn't really compete because they're so young, but they did perform, and she was so stinkin' cute.
• Unpacked our house...some...
• Brandon's parents came down for a visit, and we:
• Went to the beach.
• Explored the arboretum.
• Checked out P.T.'s Grille.
• Went shopping.
• Toured downtown a little bit, including a house his mom saw on TV that was a renovated firehouse made into a home.
• Halloween!

Okay, that's enough for right now. I'm tired of blogging.  {And that, self, is why you should do it more often, and not after 8 months of not even a peep...}