Mary Wells - My Guy
I think I'm about to get a new camera. My $15 has taken me far enough.
Travels
Picture I took of the Great Smokies on my return home Sunday.
It's illegal to text in TN, but is it illegal to take pictures? I went with no on that one.
So where all did I venture this weekend? Well I got to spend quality time with my friend Catherine. We've been friends since we were in Kindergarten and were inseparable until she moved to Texas after 8th grade.
My drive started Friday afternoon from Johnson City. I was driving along and passed one of those scenic overlook signs. Well I've always been one of those people that wants to stop at every single one of those and never does SO...I stopped. The people there probably thought I was an idiot, and rightly so because I walked over to where a couple of motorcyclists were which was the opposite direction of the actual scenic overlook. I figured this out when I turned around and saw stairs in the distance with a sign that said "Scenic Overlook." Here's the photo I took...
This actually was facing the opposite of the overlook and where I originally walked. I liked that view better apparently.
After laughing at myself, I hopped back in the car. I tried calling mi madre because she was in Asheville for the weekend with some girlfriends visiting the Biltmore aka my house. Unfortunately she was touring when I called, but I decided to drive through downtown Asheville anyways since this is a place I have always seriously considered living...and I loved it. I also took pictures when I hit NC. How gorgeous are the mounts, and how old am I...85?
After Asheville I headed to Columbia to meet up with my friend Catherine. We spent the first night in Columbia and had a blast, woke up Saturday morning and headed to Charleston for the Citadel/PC game. I had never been to Charleston so that in and of itself was exciting even though I only got a midnight tour and 20 minute daylight tour.
Catherine and her husband who I call little Davey both went to school at PC and Davey is now a football coach there. We tailgated there the entire afternoon, went to the game where I got the Citadel fan (an older man) sitting next to me to dance during every song of the game, and then went downtown where we met up with a couple of Catherine's college friends. The hotel we stayed at was literally one mile from the stadium and one mile from downtown so it was awesome. Unfortunately, she (like me) does not really take pictures so I have not one picture from the Columbia or Charleston...just from the road.
I decided to drive all the way back to Nashville on Sunday which gave me a good 8.5 hours on the road. The first leg with Catherine went by super fast because we talked and talked the whole time. The second leg went by super fast thanks to an audiobook by the name of Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. I am loving this book and have totally jumped on the science of happiness bandwagon although I'm really not a psychology buff. More pictures of the Smokies (I think that Dolly is in one of them if you look hard enough).
Happy Tuesday! Go buy a new album today!
It's illegal to text in TN, but is it illegal to take pictures? I went with no on that one.
So where all did I venture this weekend? Well I got to spend quality time with my friend Catherine. We've been friends since we were in Kindergarten and were inseparable until she moved to Texas after 8th grade.
My drive started Friday afternoon from Johnson City. I was driving along and passed one of those scenic overlook signs. Well I've always been one of those people that wants to stop at every single one of those and never does SO...I stopped. The people there probably thought I was an idiot, and rightly so because I walked over to where a couple of motorcyclists were which was the opposite direction of the actual scenic overlook. I figured this out when I turned around and saw stairs in the distance with a sign that said "Scenic Overlook." Here's the photo I took...
This actually was facing the opposite of the overlook and where I originally walked. I liked that view better apparently.After laughing at myself, I hopped back in the car. I tried calling mi madre because she was in Asheville for the weekend with some girlfriends visiting the Biltmore aka my house. Unfortunately she was touring when I called, but I decided to drive through downtown Asheville anyways since this is a place I have always seriously considered living...and I loved it. I also took pictures when I hit NC. How gorgeous are the mounts, and how old am I...85?
After Asheville I headed to Columbia to meet up with my friend Catherine. We spent the first night in Columbia and had a blast, woke up Saturday morning and headed to Charleston for the Citadel/PC game. I had never been to Charleston so that in and of itself was exciting even though I only got a midnight tour and 20 minute daylight tour.
Catherine and her husband who I call little Davey both went to school at PC and Davey is now a football coach there. We tailgated there the entire afternoon, went to the game where I got the Citadel fan (an older man) sitting next to me to dance during every song of the game, and then went downtown where we met up with a couple of Catherine's college friends. The hotel we stayed at was literally one mile from the stadium and one mile from downtown so it was awesome. Unfortunately, she (like me) does not really take pictures so I have not one picture from the Columbia or Charleston...just from the road.
I decided to drive all the way back to Nashville on Sunday which gave me a good 8.5 hours on the road. The first leg with Catherine went by super fast because we talked and talked the whole time. The second leg went by super fast thanks to an audiobook by the name of Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. I am loving this book and have totally jumped on the science of happiness bandwagon although I'm really not a psychology buff. More pictures of the Smokies (I think that Dolly is in one of them if you look hard enough).
Happy Tuesday! Go buy a new album today!
working hard for the money
"This song is called balloons but I like to write balls on my setlist. "
- None other than Miss Nunes at her San Fran show
Why are we not friends yet? I think balls is in the top 5 of my favorite words ever. Sorry I'm working late, and this is what happens to me.
- None other than Miss Nunes at her San Fran show
Why are we not friends yet? I think balls is in the top 5 of my favorite words ever. Sorry I'm working late, and this is what happens to me.
Check It
I'm 2/3 of the way to Johnson City and am currently grubbing at my fave Panera in all of the land. I've actually listened to music the whole way here so I thought I'd share a couple of songs that are currently stuck in my head...and I am totally fine with it.
The first one up is an uplifting tune from Diane Birch's debut album Bible Belt. I read quite a few reviews of her before purchasing her cd. The one that caught my attention was a comparison to none other than my fave...Carola King...especially for her song Fools. I can say that I have thoroughly enjoyed her cd...and this song. It's about her childhood imaginary friend...
And The Swell Season's When Your Mind's Made Up...
AND The Avett Brothers new album is on NPR right now before being released next Tuesday. WOOT!
The first one up is an uplifting tune from Diane Birch's debut album Bible Belt. I read quite a few reviews of her before purchasing her cd. The one that caught my attention was a comparison to none other than my fave...Carola King...especially for her song Fools. I can say that I have thoroughly enjoyed her cd...and this song. It's about her childhood imaginary friend...
And The Swell Season's When Your Mind's Made Up...
AND The Avett Brothers new album is on NPR right now before being released next Tuesday. WOOT!
Lady and Her Uke
Why do I always look so damn good in my videos? Just saying. Maybe I'll like shower or something before I record my next vid. Total chaos.
Adam Sandler - Grow Old with You Cover
I don't mean to brag, but I totally did this in like 10 minutes. I am getting good (or careless). Either way...BA.
Ruth! This made me think of you.
Ruth! This made me think of you.
check it
I have never seen any of these until now, but I liked them all so much I just spent an hour catching up. What am I talking about you are asking yourself? Prank Wars. WATCH IT.
And then I found this. I thought it very appropriate now that the parental generation is joining facebook.
And then I found this. I thought it very appropriate now that the parental generation is joining facebook.
The Good Guy (or Gal) Does Win
Kim Clijsters just won the US Open...and I just peed my pants with excitement. Wow. What a story. For those of you who don't follow tennis let me fill you in.
Clijsters was at the top of the women's circuit a few years ago but decided to retire at a pretty young age to start a family, enjoy other aspects of life, etc. Well she was asked to play in an exhibition doubles match in Wimbledon this year to showcase the new retractable roof on Centre Court...and she decided she missed the game or something like that so she came back.
Her third tournament back just happened to be the US Open (one of the four majors in tennis) as a wildcard entry. She not only defeated many top seeded players but ousted both Williams sister in her route to the championship. Her sweet little girl got to watch her win tonight, too. Picture perfect moment if I do say so myself.
First mom to win a major since 1980. Feel good story of the year.
Her daughter kept seeing herself on the big screen and pointing. Love it.
Yea. Hooray. She's back...and rumor has it Henin might make a comeback, too. We shall see. I love that some of my faves are returning to the game after early retirement and are still definitely in the picture.
Clijsters was at the top of the women's circuit a few years ago but decided to retire at a pretty young age to start a family, enjoy other aspects of life, etc. Well she was asked to play in an exhibition doubles match in Wimbledon this year to showcase the new retractable roof on Centre Court...and she decided she missed the game or something like that so she came back.
Her third tournament back just happened to be the US Open (one of the four majors in tennis) as a wildcard entry. She not only defeated many top seeded players but ousted both Williams sister in her route to the championship. Her sweet little girl got to watch her win tonight, too. Picture perfect moment if I do say so myself.
First mom to win a major since 1980. Feel good story of the year.Her daughter kept seeing herself on the big screen and pointing. Love it.Yea. Hooray. She's back...and rumor has it Henin might make a comeback, too. We shall see. I love that some of my faves are returning to the game after early retirement and are still definitely in the picture.
BA
Yeah...so I wrote this on Tuesday but was waiting on some pics. Still waiting on the same pictures so I thought I'd go ahead and post this baby. Happy weekend!
Descriptive word of the past weekend...badass.
Hot air balloons at Callaway. They actually put them up due to
"weather." There was like a .05 mph wind. Lame...but we did get
to play putt putt, race paddleboats, and watch a dog show. Holler.
She's screaming not yawning, and she let me stay with
her this weekend.
I finally have an American to cheer for on the women's circuit.
Yes. I know my big toe is the size of my other nugget toes
combined. You could literally see the outline of my sandals.
This picture doesn't do the level of grossness any justice.
Yea for football and tennis all day!
Descriptive word of the past weekend...badass.
- Labor day weekend...badass.
Saturday...
Longest flight I had ever seen. The eagle totally peaced out of the stadium
for like five seconds. Hilarious. This guy got some great footage, and I'm glad
he did cause I kind of remember this...if you know what I mean.
for like five seconds. Hilarious. This guy got some great footage, and I'm glad
he did cause I kind of remember this...if you know what I mean.
Sunday...
Hot air balloons at Callaway. They actually put them up due to"weather." There was like a .05 mph wind. Lame...but we did get
to play putt putt, race paddleboats, and watch a dog show. Holler.
- My friend Dallis...badass.
She's screaming not yawning, and she let me stay withher this weekend.
- Melanie Oudin...badass.
I finally have an American to cheer for on the women's circuit.- My feet after gameday...gross. Ha! Gotcha!
Yes. I know my big toe is the size of my other nugget toescombined. You could literally see the outline of my sandals.
This picture doesn't do the level of grossness any justice.
Yea for football and tennis all day!
Happiness is Bliss
I am like super, extremely, ridiculously happy today...like can't stop smiling happy. And I love it. Did you know that there is an article on how to be happy and optimistic on wikiHow? Well now you do.
Electric ukulele jam 101...
WORD.
YouTube, Anti-drug...You know the routine
Since I'm waiting for a few pictures (I don't own a camera so I have to rely on others for pics) to update y'all on my wonderful, 4 day labor day weekend, I'll leave you with a song that is currently stuck in my head...so it will be stuck on yours, too. No worries. It's a great one to have in there.
Lady and Her Uke
I went with an upbeat song this time, and let me tell you...this song doesn't make me smile at all. I might also be smiling because it's FOOTBALL SEASON. YEA!
Happy Labor Day weekend!
CCR - The Midnight Special
I just realized that I said fork instead of pork. Whoops. Apparently, I was feeling anti-pork at the moment. Please forgive me because I'm definitely not redoing this now seeing as how I am on vacation and all. Maybe later. I guess that shows that I can't be perfect all of the time. Funny, funny.
Happy Labor Day weekend!
seriously?
Burning questions of the day...
1. Why am I so mediocre? (ongoing joke between me and my friend KK)
2. Why are Asians so disciplined/motivated?
1. Why am I so mediocre? (ongoing joke between me and my friend KK)
2. Why are Asians so disciplined/motivated?
Obviously I answered my first question which helped me form my second question. Check this kid o.u.t.
I think he was 10 in the first video. TEN. When I was ten, my main concern of the day was when do I get to jump on the trampoline with my friends. Kids amaze me these days.
Time for work.
Time for work.
check it
I told you it was awesome. I'm watching two matches at once full screen style. Sorry just had to post this real quick. Two posts in one day. Woot!
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I have a love/hate relationship with the US as I'm sure we all do.
Why do I love the US right now? Because there is live US Open footage online of five different courts (for free) during the day...and they're not the crap courts either. No other major does this. So much for getting any work done in the next couple of weeks. Just kidding. No...but really.
Just go to www.usopen.org and click on Watch Live on the right.
Why do I not love the US right now? The no failing grades K-3 rule that is coming into play in Memphis. I guess this isn't really a US issue, but I still think it is ridiculous so I'm gonna vent. I mean what happened to the whole learn from your mistakes philosophy? It always worked for me. Instead of helping kids we're hurting them whether advanced or slow. I mean the material taught in 4th grade will eventually become 3rd grade level material while the kids that weren't failed will still be on a 2nd grade level. Lose/lose situation my friends. When did people become so soft?
I know all sorts of random news stories like this now because I have plenty of time to catch up on my news in the morning...at the gym so beware of me posting these often.
I was actually reading an article last night about how to have a lighter summer. It was an older magazine obviously since summer is almost over. One of the suggestions was to quit watching the news since a majority of the stories are bad/sad news. I found this kind of funny because I did drop a lot of my news watching over the summer but have recently picked it back up pretty full force. I mean what else is there to watch in the morning at 6 am while jogging (soft j)...and don't give me that Saved by the Bell jazz.
Oh...I was behind this car the other day that had a 140.6 sticker. I'm sure we are all familiar with the 13.1 and 26.2 stickers that people get for running a half and full marathon. 140.6??!! I was actually on the phone with the broseph, and we were curious as to whether that person was even alive after completing whatever that distance represented. I was trying to do a conversion from miles to kms, but 140.6 was the mileage. Come to find out it's the distance for the full Ironman. Ridiculous.
I just did spell check, and it didn't catch "gonna." Does that mean that gonna is now in the dictionary?
Wow. Sorry I'm all over the place today. Now you know what it's like to be me.
Why do I love the US right now? Because there is live US Open footage online of five different courts (for free) during the day...and they're not the crap courts either. No other major does this. So much for getting any work done in the next couple of weeks. Just kidding. No...but really.
Just go to www.usopen.org and click on Watch Live on the right.
Why do I not love the US right now? The no failing grades K-3 rule that is coming into play in Memphis. I guess this isn't really a US issue, but I still think it is ridiculous so I'm gonna vent. I mean what happened to the whole learn from your mistakes philosophy? It always worked for me. Instead of helping kids we're hurting them whether advanced or slow. I mean the material taught in 4th grade will eventually become 3rd grade level material while the kids that weren't failed will still be on a 2nd grade level. Lose/lose situation my friends. When did people become so soft?
I know all sorts of random news stories like this now because I have plenty of time to catch up on my news in the morning...at the gym so beware of me posting these often.
I was actually reading an article last night about how to have a lighter summer. It was an older magazine obviously since summer is almost over. One of the suggestions was to quit watching the news since a majority of the stories are bad/sad news. I found this kind of funny because I did drop a lot of my news watching over the summer but have recently picked it back up pretty full force. I mean what else is there to watch in the morning at 6 am while jogging (soft j)...and don't give me that Saved by the Bell jazz.
Oh...I was behind this car the other day that had a 140.6 sticker. I'm sure we are all familiar with the 13.1 and 26.2 stickers that people get for running a half and full marathon. 140.6??!! I was actually on the phone with the broseph, and we were curious as to whether that person was even alive after completing whatever that distance represented. I was trying to do a conversion from miles to kms, but 140.6 was the mileage. Come to find out it's the distance for the full Ironman. Ridiculous.
I just did spell check, and it didn't catch "gonna." Does that mean that gonna is now in the dictionary?
Wow. Sorry I'm all over the place today. Now you know what it's like to be me.
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