…Get ready for EXCLAMATIONS

See Me?!?! Still doing great in Arkansas! That’s me in Little Rock, Arkansas. Thom showed me around on Saturday. Little Rock looked nothing like I thought it would! It’s smaller than Grand Rapids! Did some more shopping 🙂 I think that’s pretty much all I’ve done since I’ve been here….and I can’t even say I’ve bought any souveniers! I did, however, buy the cutest little pair of knitted red & pink slippers. I’ve been wanting to shop at a SteinMart for forever, and there’s one an hour away. Plus…there’s a boatload of Plus Size stores in Little Rock. I must come up with other reasons to drive there often 😉

*Sigh* Hooked up Thom’s camera to the computer and got the picture fix I’ve been craving 🙂 Uploaded a bunch of pics to Flickr that can be seen here.

So…I’m on vacation…and I’ve been super lazy. Thom’s been showing me around Heber and I’m getting a feel for where things are. I drove to Sonic tonight, all by myself 🙂 I think it was the smell of burgers that led the way, but anyway, I digress.

I helped Thom clean up his fishing boat tonight. I’m so wanting to get out on the lake to get a different perspective. Greers Ferry Lake is so pretty…and I can only imagine what Heber looks like from the water. Also, I’m completely fascinated by the lake itself. It was a man made lake…made in the 60’s I think {I can’t wait to get my hands of Thom’s books about the lake}. It was made by flooding 6 towns! Can you imagine? There are six towns at the bottom of the lake! Buildings and all!

The weather here is SO AWESOME!!!! It’s been in the high 70’s and today it was 80!!

I’ve lost 3 pounds since I’ve been here!! Thom assures me that the bathroom scale is accurate 😉 This is an amazing event as I’ve been treated to Sonic 2 times in a week and Thom bought me a slice of Oreo Cookie Fudge and it was consumed within 24 hours {despite it not being the greatest slice of fudgeI’ve ever had..will I ever meet up again with that delectible St. Louis Oreo fudge?}

Last week while in Hastings Bookstore I bought this cool little Book of Arkansas Facts and I’d thought I’d share some facts with you folks. Look for them along my sidebar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>>>
Hope you enjoy!

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Amazing Arkansas Fact #441

“Toad Suck near Conway was an Arkansas River ferry until 1970. Once the site of a tavern where fishermen enjoyed their liquor, it caused a traveler to comment, “Those fellows suck at a bottle ’til they swell up like toads.” Now ’tis the site of the annual Toad Suck Daze.”

Amazing Arkansas by Ken Beck and Terry Beck