Oklahoma Adventures, Part III: Route 66 (West)

This weekend we took a spur of the moment trip down the Historic Route 66. We traveled west through Weatherford, Clinton & Elk City. Two of our best friends, Mollie & Josh came with us and we had such a good time. Unfortunately, a lot of our lessons didn't have pictures to go with them so I'm sorry!

Oklahoma Adventures, Part III:

The things you learn on westbound ROUTE 66



1. El Reno smells like farts

2. I have family in El Reno.

3. This is what Weatherford considers "restored"

And then we realized that it always looked like crap

4. Lucille's Roadhouse might not have the best service or onion rings

BUT they were fancy with their Dyson Airblade and heated toilet seats.
(The chicken, sauce, rolls & mashed potatoes were delicious though)



5. Josh really loves seasoned salt

6. Molly is a Griffis!
The book at the Route 66 Museum says so!

7. The Indians @ the Cherokee Trade Post watched over us

when our tire went out going 70mph on I-40.

8. Small town tire places are fast and they're really nice.

So thank you Gene @ K& S Tires in Clinton, OK.

9. Dogs love me everywhere I go.
If you are ever out that way, you should check out the White Dog Restaurant
It is beautiful and rustic and heart warming. Plus you'll get to see the happiest pups in town.
Meet Beans:

 

He was moving so fast it was impossible to get a good picture
but he gave me an instant bath of kisses when he saw me

10. Blizzards from Dairy Queen are amazing.
But I'm still too scared to hold them upside down.
This was my first DQ experience & it was a good one!

11. The Hampton was nice but still had it's ghetto quirks

They don't know their own address (the address on the confirmation is Ramada's address)

The fridge didn't work so this is how we cooled our drinks

12. Josh is a free spirit.

I have no clue what this means but it apparently meant something to him.

13. Coconut rum with cranberry juice & sprite is amazing.

14. Oklahoma's grass has turned into Ireland's countryside.

It's so beautiful right now.

15. Semi trucks love us.

We got several to honk for us.


  

Things we learned that didn't get a photo: 

• Ryan has an alter ego named Rude Rectal Ryan and he hates hippies
• Josh is a Juggalo and Mollie & I are princesses
• Clinton loves Ron Paul
• Elk City doesn't have a Taco Bell but they have a Maurice's?!
• Body builders can swim in freezing pools without any hesitation
• Limos will follow you if you make them mad

Our final destination was Elk City which is kind of funny because we didn't actually do anything there except see how ghetto it was! It was a successful trip and I can't wait to go East on Route 66 next time!

"Peel back our ribs again and stand inside our chest. We just wanna' love you." - John Mark McMillan

The past few weeks have been really tough for me. I feel emotionally and physically drained.
Why? I couldn't tell you. I have been extremely discouraged.


I am tired of being flesh. Of making human mistakes. I want to live righteously. I am sick of stumbling. I am tired of messing up.


Ryan and I were talking last night about finances and what we want and our selfishness and we both came to the conclusion that we think God is trying to teach us about sacrifice. We have lived a coushiony life as a married couple. We haven't had to make sacrifices. Even when Ryan got laid off two years ago for two months we didn't have to give anything up. Here lately, if we want to stay on the right path, we're going to have to give things up. It won't be easy and we might whine at first but I'm thankful for the lesson. One year of sacrifice ahead and I know we can do it.

For a less serious note, and to keep you updated on what we've doing lately, here you go:


We celebrated Jeremy's birthday this past weekend by taking it old school and having a roller skate party at Skate Moore complete with 3 hours of skating, pizza, soda, cookie cake and the Hokie Pokie. How can you go wrong? It was a blast and it was awesome exercise. I can't stop thinking about when we're going to get to go back. Happy Birthday Jeremy. We love you dearly.


Ryan started his new job and it's gone really well. His eyes lit up when he told me all about his first day and it made my heart so happy to see. I've got such a good feeling that he will thrive there and really find his place.


We're addicted to a game called Wahoo and if you've never played it, you are seriously missing out. It calls for 4 people to be able to play and it's a blast. Although the past two nights we've played and I've gone home with what felt like a fever because my blood pressure got so high. Ha! It really makes you anxious and nervous. I can feel my heart pounding towards the end because it's such an intense game. We play with the wonderful Marshell family and we're currently Boys - 10 and Girls - 9... which means we've played 19 games that generally take atleast an hour to play each. Yikes!


Ryan and I thought we were going to have to bite the bullet and buy a second car this week because of his new work schedule. We spent all of last night driving all over Edmond, Del City and South OKC test driving cars. It was frustrating. All in all we fell in love with the first car we drove (a 2010 Jeep Patriot). I even got Ryan to love the burnt orange color but decided we needed to think it over and see more cars before we made a final decision. I am so glad that we did because after we were done seeing all the cars and we were driving home I started to realize how much it would suck to have two car payments, two cars to put gas in, two cars on the insurance, two anual tag renewals and two cars to maintain. We came to the conclusion that although yes we can technically afford it, we don't want to right now. We can deal with sharing a car for one more year until the Cube is paid for. After all, Dave Ramsey taught us better than that. It was hard falling in love with a car we knew we couldn't have though.


My birthday is next Friday and I could care less. Is that weird? It's not a "I don't like birthdays" kind of thing. I just honestly haven't thought about it. There are so much more important things I want to do or care about than turning one year older... Maybe this another step to adulthood? Haha.

Jean Valjean.

Jean Valjean, you have been a wonderful little car to us. You've been loyal and never given us trouble. I bought you two weeks before my 18th birthday (post-dating paperwork's not illegal is it? It is? Oh! Shhh!). We have driven the crap out of you and it's time for you to say goodbye. We're sad that you just sit sad and lonely every day so please be good to your next owner. Please bless them like you've blessed us.

Although I am a little mad that we discovered your tag expired in September so we now have to go buy you a tag before we can sell you... and probably an oil change. Let's just hope someone pulls through and buys you for what we want. Momma's trying to pay off her debt!