I wanted to talk a little about my new place! I will be renting the lower portion of a house in northern Asheville. The house is located in a nice neighborhood, partway up a small mountain. I will have my own entrance through the deck and a private bathroom. I am really excited about this place and hope that it works out well!!

Lions and tigers and bears!! Oh my!!
The owner of the house was telling me about the bears that wandering into the neighborhood! He said that last week he was outside with his dog when he heard a strange noise coming from the woods. After a little investigation he went back inside and looked out the windows and saw SIX black bear walking through the yard!! I thought.. "Wow! well.. this is quite different from seeing a few deer walk through your yard! and very different from Bedford, TX!!" Good thing black bears don't eat kitties!!

Anyways.. once I get moved in and have more information, I will be sure to let y'all know!

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P.S. The pic above was taken from the Biltmore Estate earlier today. To see more pics like this one... visit my online photo album at

http://picasaweb.google.com/laurensprouse

First Blog from Asheville!!

So, it's been quite an adventure since my last day at CAR! As some of you may already know, I got off to a rough start in the move! The movers were supposed to arrive around noon on Thursday, but they never showed. After numerous calls, we finally gave up! Do not worry though; I will be writing a strongly worded letter! Without a mover to help, my mom and I rented a U-Haul and moved out all by ourselves. I bet you wish you were a "fly on the wall" during that episode! It wasn't easy but we managed.

24 hours behind, we left Friday afternoon and drove straight through to Nashville. In Nashville, we toured the Grand ole Opry and the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. I have to say, Nashville is much cooler than I would have originally thought! It is a pretty city and it’s very clean. I loved all the flowers!

We finally arrived in Asheville on Sunday! I love it so far! It is everything I expected and more! Today we drove down the Blue Ridge Parkway, which was beautiful, of course. The city is very interesting… you can be driving down the road and feel like you are in the middle of the woods and the next thing you know.. .you are in the city!! Downtown is full of restaurants and street musicians. You will find many people walking around and riding their bikes! Ahh... it is definitely a nice change from the busy DFW area! I am not giving it justice in this description!!

I am still meeting with prospective roommates. I have one gal scheduled for tomorrow which I am very optimistic about! I will let y'all know soon how that works out. Justin ( my brother) is coming down on Friday to help me move, so I will have made my decision by then!

Until next time, Thanks for following!

3 more days!!

I was kindly reminded yesterday that I am a bad blogger! I intend to be more compliant once I have more exciting news to blog about!

Any-who... I am almost ready for my big move! I have painted my walls back to original color (boring!), sold my desk, and am about 1/2 packed. Last night was my "farewell" party with all the friends that I have met over the past year and nine months! We all had a lot of fun and I am definitely playing for that today! I was very happy to catch up with those I have not seen in a while and obviously pleased to see the regulars!

The next couple days... well weeks, actually… are going to be pretty crazy! I will be working the next 3 days and spending my free time packing. My mom flies into DFW on Wednesday, Thursday I send out my things and Thursday night we begin the drive. We should be in Asheville by Saturday.

I have several places lined up to visit for prospective housing. I am really looking for a house renting month-month until I figure out where I ultimately want to be. I am hoping to find a house share that has a yard and is suitable for my kitties! Speaking of Luca and Lola... they have no idea what’s coming!! I keep telling them that it is going to get worse (car ride) before it gets better! They are really in for an adventure!!

Well that is all for now! My next blog will be coming from Asheville!!

Ninja Cat

Okay.. So, this video has nothing to do with "my adventures" but I just love it!!

"Ninja Cat" has been floating around on YouTube for a while now. I was reminded of it today after my cat Lola was doing something similar! To bad I didn't have my camera aimed and ready... darn!

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