YASNI

Yeah I had no idea what YASNI was either until today. It stands for "You Are So Nashville If". A friend of mine, Chris Thomas, recently (or at least to my knowledge) started a blog-Nashville Is My Home. Since I have been born and raised in the Nashville area and still have no idea what goes on in this town I check it out frequently because he puts out things that the ordinary person may not know about. Recently one of his posts was on the Nashville Scene's 19th year of YASNI where people finish the sentence"you're so Nashville if..." I'll be honest and say that the winners I didn't get but under what's titled "the rest" is absolutely hysterical. Go check them out and tell me which ones made you laugh. My personal favorites....

You know that Demetria's wardrobe is provided by the French Shoppe

You've lived here for 20 years and still haven't been to the Grand Old Opry (no I've never been)

You drive your dog to the dog park for a walk (GUILTY)

Life is busy

To all of those that I may have not returned a phone call, made a phone call, or been able to get together with I am truly sorry but let me recap for you what my life has looked like the past couple of weeks. As you know we have had puppies so taken care of them alone has filled my plate, however they went in the paper this past Sunday so my phone has been ringing off the hook (Praise God) ! I have had to answer numerous questions regarding them but my absolutely favorite came from a vet whose wife was inquiring about them. After several of the normal questions-color, sex, price, health, parents, etc.-here's what he asked "have you felt to see if both testicles have dropped?" Ok so that is probably something I might should do but come on I feel like that would be a little on the violation side for me. I would like to say right here Praise be to God because as of about 7 tonight we have sold all of our puppies!!!! In some way it's sad but then again a total relief b/c we are listing our house on Aug 4 which takes me to my next thing.

Yes you read that correctly, we are listing our for sale on August 4. Jeremy and I have lived here for 5 years now and as great of a house this is we need some more space. I know I've said it time and time again "if we just had a bonus room" but I mean it. Constantly running into toys not to mention each other gets a little hectic all in itself. We have looked at a couple of houses and although we have found one that we like God hasn't said yes yet. He hasn't said no but it is a wait (the hardest thing for me to do). Once we started looking we quickly realized that we are ready to move (we had originally wanted to wait until Spring) but we have some things to get done before we can actually list it. One of those things is replacing the vinyl floor in the kitchen and both bathrooms. It's something that needed to be done regardless and after I burnt a spot in the kitchen floor (long story, ask me about it later) it became mandatory. The floor guy came today and will be back tomorrow to finish up, Jeremy touched up some paint Monday, mulched yesterday, and will do more touch up as well as some more odds and ends (thanks Kim!) Saturday. It's amazing how once it was a go, how quickly things are taken place. I am really sitting here in awe/shock/daze at how things are coming together. Please be praying for us though as we continue this process and seek God to show us the place He is preparing for us.

On top of all of that I am also trying to de-clutter my house, take care of a 2 year old and 10 month old, going to birthday parties, swimming, oh and getting ready for a yard sale. Next week, August 2 & 3, I'm having a yard sale. We will be selling a treadmill, deep freezer, various home decor, sofa and loveseat slipcovers (only a few months old), wood bakers rack, possibly Nintendo NES (yes the original), kids toys, some clothing, etc. If you have anything you want to put in or would like directions let me know!

So in a nut shell that's what I've been up to...hopefully I'll get back to some kind of "normal" schedule soon!

Puppy update II

Well I tried to add pictures of Brock and Gabbie but it wouldn't let me so I decided to start over. The puppies are now 6 weeks old..can you believe it??..and went in the paper this weekend. We have 4 males and they have had 2 rounds of worm medicine, tails docked, dew claws removed, and will be getting their shots today. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy....***note*** the puppy in this picture is not in the current litter. This picture of the parents was taken last year

Public Service Announcement

A friend of mine recently told me about these 2 websites:

www.thecheapmoms.com
and
www.mommysavers.com

Oh my! They are wonderful! The first gives you info on things that are happening around town that are either free or cheap for the family to do. The second one has various kinds of information. I have only checked out the bargain shopping so far but WOW! Yesterday there was a link to a website that had Car tennis shoes on sale for $6.89 and free overnight shipping. Today there is a link to a couple of websites with GREAT toy deals! Go check them out and I hope you love them too.

Funny things Gracie says

Yes my child cracks me up all the time with the things she says but this one tops the cake. In the last couple of days she is no longer calling me momma..oh no it is now Mrs. Sarah or Mrs. Momma. Go ahead laugh I know you think it's funny...yeah I guess I do a little too!!

We fought hard

This past Tuesday was the championship game for the women's league at H'ville Drakes Creek. I've played on my church team for 7 years now (minus 1 year off b/c I was pregnant with Carleigh). We have a great team and it is always fun to play..hey what better way to shed a couple of those baby pounds?!?! It seems like each year or nearly every year it comes down to LH vs. 1st Baptist for the championship. In 2005 after 3 hard fought games in the rain LH came out victorious. We had aspirations of that again this year but at the end of 7 innings the score was 7-6~1st Baptist. Hey we can't win them all but is sure was an exciting game and as the old saying goes.."there's always next year" and we're hungry for the T-shirt!!!

iPod update

I have had several people ask me about the iPod so I guess I need to do an update. Believe it or not the thing still works!!! Praise the Lord that we don't have to buy another one! We did have to purchase new earphones because they totally got trashed with all the swirling they did but hey that's hardly anything compared to the cost of a new Shuffle. You may be wondering at how it could possibly still work. Well once I found it I left it in the HOT garage most of the day (not necessarily on purpose) and then put it in the freezer. That's right the freezer! Do you know what happens to an ice cube if you leave it in the freezer too long? It evaporates! Same thing here or with any other electronic device. I guess sometimes it does pay off that I paid attention during chemistry class!

Happy 4th of July

I hope you had a safe, relaxing, fun 4th of July this year. I know we did! To begin the day we went over to my aunt and uncle's house for a cookout since my cousin, his wife, and daughter are in town. His little girl and Gracie are 5 months apart and love to play together so it was fun getting them together. my cousin now lives in Kansas so the girls don't get to hang out like before but they throughly enjoyed the time.
Once we left there we headed home for naps and a quick dinner. Then when we were rested and feed we headed over to the church to hang out with friends and watch the firework show. It was actually quite a humorous night for us. Carleigh literally took Gracie down to steal her Ring Pop (see pictures) and then during the firework show Gracie kept saying "Look the fire's working!". Oh the things kids will say. All in all it was a great day and I am so thankful to have the freedoms that this day symbolizes. Thank you to the men and women that serve this country so that we may continue to celebrate Independence Day!!

9 months already

My o' my where has the time gone? I can't believe that my little girl is almost a year old. It is so amazing what a child learns in just their first year of life. They eat, sleep, roll over, crawl, go from strictly liquid to solids, and then if you have an over achiever like I do they are standing and almost walking on their own. Whew! No wonder she takes such long naps!! Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy....