A Favorite Nashville Blog

If I want to find out what's what here in Nashville, this is my go-to blog. Two local girls who blog about everything here in Middle Tennessee. They also just won Nashville Scene's 'Best Blog' award. Congrats Liza and Elizabeth! I love your blog!

www.styleblueprint.com 

*photos from Styleblueprint

A McIntosh Chief

My nephew Nick was on his football team float for the 2010 McIntosh Homecoming Parade in Peachtree City, Georgia. He is the cute tall one on the back right. He is now attending my high school Alma Mater and boy were the coaches happy to see him coming in the door. He is in 9th grade and is already an inch taller than my Dad/his Poppy (6'3") and just below his own Dad (6'5"). Go Chiefs!

More Monhegan Photos

Delicious Fish chowder from the Fish House

White Head/Black Head Cliffs- 150ft straight down to the roaring sea

                   Lobby of the Island Inn

Monhegan Library

            Glorious Flowers

        The Daily Newspaper

   Hiking in Cathedral Forest

Local humor at the coffee shop

               Sparkling Blue Sea

               911

My Cozy Dream Cottage

I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this cottage and decor from the movie 'The Holiday'. Iris played by Kate Winslet lives here outside London. Isn't it cozy?! What a perfect setting for the actress who plays an editor.

Current Reading

Sisters Yearly Traditional Trip

Once a year my best friend and I take a girls only trip. No husbands, no kids, just the two of us. Oh, my best friend is also my precious only sister Leslie. We live in different states and miss each other terribly, so we look forward to our sisters trip every year.

We have been all over the country, from Santa Barbara to New York. And each trip has been special in its own way. We catch up on all things that we have been dying to tell each other. Les and I tell each other everything, keep each others secrets, usually have one argument and laugh until our make-up comes off and our bellys hurt.

Well this coming weekend we meet up in Portland, Maine and drive to the coast and catch a boat for the beautiful island of Monhegan. It is located ten miles off the Maine coast and is a slice of heaven. No cars, very few people and not a lot to do except BE. We are taking our paints, journals, cameras, hiking boots and books. This beautiful island sits in the middle of the Atlantic ocean with a population year round of about 65 people. No cars. No paved roads. Les and I are packing in our back packs. DH says he has no interest whatsoever going here and likes that we are not going to New York again. That one hurt the wallet for a while. Perfect for me and Les!!  Four nights of peace, quiet, conversation, beauty, family and laughter...it doesn't get any better than that.

...more pictures to come!

It Is All Getting Better

Okay, I feel old. Yes, I am an empty nester. I am having to learn lots of new things. Things I did not ever even consider. For example:  Tonight I fixed supper for DH and I. It was too much food. We will be eating left overs for two more days. Let me correct that...I will be eating left overs for lunch. DH is not big on left overs. I notice lots of little things like that.

It is very quiet around here. I have been trying to stay busy every day, but there still comes a time of extreme quiet.

It has gotten better. I was thinking it was going to take a really long time, but we are adjusting a little bit each day. It helps that Savannah is happy as a lark. Friends and family are very supportive since most have gone through this at one time or another.

One thing that helps is we usually have a day to look forward to. Seeing Sav, going on a trip, dinner with friends, a new movie coming out, seeing extended family soon, etc. Anticipation is a good thing.

I have been getting new ideas every week of things I want to do with my life now. I pray for God to put the right something in my path.

I refuse to sit around and mope. Life is beautiful today!