Skip to main content

Staycation

Hey, heyyyy! Hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend! Josh took Friday off (I always have Friday’s off) so we’ve been enjoying ourselves for 3 days now. We originally wanted to go to Savannah, GA, but Josh didn’t want to spend 16 hours driving. So instead, we’ve been having a “staycation” at home. This is what we’ve been up to….
Friday:
We started off the day shopping, went to Las Palmas for lunch, as Chuy’s had a HUGE line, and finished off the night with sugar-cane ginger ale (it was so good! And I don’t even like ginger ale) and flavored kettle corn (I had jalapeno white cheddar, Josh had birthday cake) at Much Ado About Nothing (for Shakespeare in the park, Centennial Park that is). 
IMG_1586
Saturday:
I made a big breakfast of eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns then we ran off to Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. It was super hot, but really pretty and very kid friendly for those of you with tots. After that we tried to lunch at Tin Angel, but they were closed so we went to Rotier’s Restaurant and had some truly great burgers. We finished the night watching Batman Begins and making Dirty Monkeys, a favorite drink from out honeymoon. To really bring on September, I made some pumpkin spice cookies as well. Sooo good!
IMG_1573IMG_1574IMG_1578IMG_1585
Sunday: 
Got up this morning with the intention of going to Music in the Vines at Arrington Vineyards, but got rained out! After church I still managed to make us a cute “picnic” (okay it was in our living room) of chicken salad (I added bacon, green onions, and sunflower seeds), strawberries and cream, sea-salt chocolate, and Blackberry Arrington wine. Instead of live music, we listened to our Black Key’s Rubber Factory vinyl.
IMG_1589IMG_1592
We even took some time to shame Optimus (it’s a funny site don’t worry, he’s still spoiled…and shaming him for eating his dog bed did not work). We finished off the day by having dinner at Waffle House, which is actually something we do most vacations, and then went over to the neighbor’s to play games. I eat my dog bed
Tomorrow we’re going to visit the Belle Meade Plantation Winery and then head off to Tin-Angel for a re-do. We may even head out to Murfreesboro or Franklin depending on what we feel up to. What’s this have to do with parties? Not much unless you’re looking for some pretty good recipes or a fun place to throw a party (Cheekwood would be an ideal wedding location in my books). Hope you all are enjoying your weekend as much as me and the hubby are enjoying ours! I'll be back to wedding planning come Tuesday!
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dog Days of Summer

Well, my acrylic stamps didn't happen to work out on the cookies, but I found a purpose for them. I was practicing dipping Oreos in white chocolate when I got the bright idea to stamp them. I tried a few different methods, but my husband had the winning idea. Take a look. My methods- leaving the stamps in the white chocolate while it dried, using a greased stamp (gross, don’t do it), and using a stamp on nearly hardened white chocolate The winning method (eh hem- Josh’s method), putting the stamp in the white chocolate then freezing the cookie That man is a genius! I think they turned out super cute. I can’t wait to use this for a party. I’m kind of a sucker for my dogs so I was actually thinking about hosting a dog’s day out. If not, then I’ll probably keep this in my back pocket for Optimus’ birthday. Like I said- I’m a sucker for my dogs.
Post a Comment
Read more

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

First of all….Can you name the seven dwarfs? Just try it. Kills me every time.Okay moving on. Of course today’s party I’m working on a Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs themed party. I think I would start by setting up a little “forest” for the kids to walk through on the way in- complete with either stuffed or cardboard cut-out animal bunnies, chipmunks and deer. Little birds (most likely paper) would be hanging from the door frame. I’d be going for this kind of feeling (but with the princess not so sad let’s hope!) I would love to have a dress up station with a nod to “Mirror Mirror on the Wall”. Maybe something like this but more down to earth like this . Of course there would need to be apples galore. Candied apples? Carmel apples with a carmel apple decorating station? Rice crispy treat apples ? Donut hole mini apples ? Oh the options. (I also looove the Snow White cut-out in the mirror- adorable). Some sort of poison potion (with dry ice) would be super cute too. Maybe...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Daniel Fast

When Josh and I moved back to Bellevue this summer we joined a new church, Zeal, which we really love. We've felt more challenged there to really engage, and twice a year the church as a whole focuses on 21 Days of Prayer. In January we fast during the 21 days, andre encouraged to give up something we feel hinders our focus (Instagram, sweets, etc.) We chose to do the Daniel Fast. The Daniel Fast is based on the following verses... “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink." Daniel 1:12   In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks" Daniel 10: 2-3 So basically, we've been eating a vegan, gluten-free, no sugar or sweetener-added foods for the past 11 days. We don't have fried foods either as they're 'rich', but we do have whole grains. We drink 100% juice and wat...
Post a Comment
Read more