New Letters!

I made some new letters today! I made "Cunningham" for my friend Julie and "Adalyn" for Ashley's baby girl! I'm going to be selling these at a craft fair in October if anyone is interested!

Loveless Cafe & Home Sweet Home!

On our way out of Nashville this morning we stopped at the world famous Loveless Cafe for breakfast. It's been featured on Bobby Flay's throwdown, Martha Stewart, etc. We had a really great breakfast before our long drive home. We got to Jtown around 1:30, unloaded and then headed to Batesville at 2:00 to pick up the dogs. We officially got home around 6:00 this evening. It's so nice to be home even though I have a ton of laundry to do. I also have to get back to reality and start getting my classroom ready...yuck! School starts in 2 weeks...dum, dum, dum.

Okay...I cheated a little.

I originally said that I would not read Breaking Dawn while we're on vacation. However, last night was our last night there and Travis was already engrossed in ESPN so I cheatd a little bit. I read around 200 pages last night and then again on the whole way home. All I can say is that this book is definitely different than the others...a little wierd for my taste. I hope it gets better so that I feel satisfied with the way things end! Guess I'll just have to keep reading to find out! :)

Pancake Pantry

We slept in today and then got up and went to Pancake Pantry. We waited an hour just to get inside the building. Then we waited another 45 minutes for the food but it was well worth it. I had the Sweet Potato Pancakes & Travis had the Swiss Chocolate Pancakes. Both were delish!!! Then we went to Macy's to shop a little but the mall was soooo crazy we didn't stay long. This evening we went to San Antonio Taco Company (thanx Joslyn for the tip) and Ben & Jerry's for dessert. Both were really good as well. Now we're relaxing at the hotel getting stuff ready for us to leave early tomorrow morning!

Hyatt

We're staying at the Hyatt for the next two nights...quite a bit cheaper than the opryland. It's really nice as well! We've shopped pretty much all day. It's tax free weekend here so no tax on clothes! That's great but everything is packed, packed, packed!

Opry...YeeHaw!

We went to the Opry tonite. We were awestruck to be there. Yes...I will admit...it is quite hillbilly. First of all, there are "Opry Stars" who lead/perform in each segment. And apparently to be an Opry Star, you must be over 70 years old. The first lady was quite crazy...her wig was out of control and she kept forgetting what to do. Maybe her medicine needs to be adjusted. But for the most part, there was really great music. Travis and I are both fans of bluegrass and there were a few really good bluegrass performers. The main acts that we were excited about are the ones pictured above. In order they are: Mark Wills singing "Don't Laugh at Me", David Ball singing "Thinkin' Problem", and Buddy Jewell (who is from Lepanto, AR) singing "This ain't Mexico. We really had a great time and would recommend that everyone should experience the Opry at some point! YEEEE-HAW!!!!

Fancy Shmancy!

Tonite was our big night out. We got dressed up and went to a really nice restraunt here in the hotel, "The Cascades". It was beautiful and the service was amazing. However, it ended up being the most expensive and yet the sorriest meal we've ever had! I had the salmon (one of my favorite foods) and it was horrible and waaaaaaay overpriced! But we had a nice time anyway before we headed to the Opry!

Problem solved!

My blog was blocked for awhile...I found out it was due to having sitemeter on the site. So if you have sitemeter on your blog, delete it now!

The Ryman

We took a shuttle this morning to the Ryman Auditorium & the Country Music Hall of Fame. We really enjoyed both places but didn't take any pics of the Hall of Fame. The Ryman was really neat...it was the original home of the Grand Ole Opryand before that, it was a church. It was breathtakingly beautiful. And to think that we are sitting in the pews that millions of other people have sat in. And we stood on the stage that Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, etc. had stood on to perform. We even had a seriously cheesy picture taken of us on the stage holding guitars. They claim the acoustics there are second best in the world (second only to the Mormon Tabernacle) due to the curved walls and wooden pews, etc. We had to wait 30 minutes or so for our shuttle to come back and pick us up. Therefore, we sat there and played with the camera lens to entertain us. We realized we could use the hood to make me look like I had a moustache! :)

How cute is he?

I got Travis this outfit for our Nashville trip awhile back. I have always wanted him to wear plaid shorts but he's not the typical plaid shorts kind of guy. I thought he looked so cute today!