4 years

I cannot believe it has only been four years since we stood beneath those two old trees and said "I do" at sunset.

These four years have flown by but I feel as though I have been with him my whole life. I truly don't know what I would do without him. He's the only person in this mighty big world that gets me. 

I love him with all that I am.

Here's to many many many more!

Happy Anniversary, my love!

Currently 5/1/13

Hello there! It has definitely been one hot minute since I last posted so I thought I’d pop in to give an update!

Truthfully I have been cheating on you. Yes, but it’s not what you think, I swear! You see, I have been writing in another online journal. BUT it is simply for personal reasons as opposed to public posts. Do you forgive me? Sometimes there are things that need to be let out but don’t need to be said to the world, you know?

It’s called ‘OhLife’ and every day you receive an email asking you how your day went. You simply hit reply and type whatever is on your mind. Once you press send the entry has been posted. There’s not a link to your page or a way to gather followers or even change up the font…it’s just an outlet. When I take the time to write the post I throw most writing rules out of the window. I write run on sentences, sometimes I curse, sometimes I jump from one thought to another and don’t connect the two. I find it to be so cathartic!

So what else has been going on recently? Well we officially have patio furniture! *These are the things you get excited for as an adult* Last Monday Adam called me on his way home from work and said he stopped into Target to finally buy us a table and chairs. We often talk about how nice it would be to sit outside on a beautiful evening to read our books or even have a little dinner but we pushed it off. Now, I am so glad we purchased them! As we don’t have a large outdoor space and it is typically just the two of us, we bought a small-ish dinner table with two chairs. They all fold up which means if a hefty storm blows through or we go out of town for an extended period of time, we can simply bring them into the kitchen. Perfect!

A few days ago I made pizza and we sat outside to enjoy the sun going down as pictured in the very top picture. The above photo is the back of our patio area, by the way. 

We hope to bring in some flower pots, maybe an outdoor rug and of course some lights like this!

In other news we spent last Wednesday thru Saturday with Adam’s parents. His dad had knee surgery early Thursday morning *all is well!* and Adam  took him to the appointment. We stayed to help with the animals and meals and whatever else they might need. It was fun to get away for a few days! Also, being that they are 10 minutes north of us, I had a shorter drive to work! Yay!

Saturday we spent time in Nashville at Opry Mills and Green Hills Mall to get some Spring/Summer shopping done. We have a wedding to attend this weekend for a long time friend and I had to find a cute dress to wear so basically I had no choice but to go shopping. Another long time purchase we have wanted to make was for perfume and cologne! Last June when we visited California, we went into Bloomingdales only to smell some of the most amazing scents from Jo Malone. The lady who helped us sent us home with close to 20 samples each. {God bless you woman!} I fell in love with Wild Bluebell and made sure to grab a sample whenever I went into our local Nordstrom. Adam fell just as hard for their unique fragrances so we decided it had to happen. We had lusted after them for a year so we knew it would be a worthwhile purchase. I’ll post those and a couple of other recent purchases very soon!

So that’s been our life lately… I hope you are having a great week thus far! We’ve made it to Wednesday- holla for humpday!

I’ll talk to you soon! Xoxo bd

Weekend Update

If you watch SNL {Saturday Night Live} I'm sure you are familiar with Weekend Update with Seth Meyers. By far, that is my favorite segment. I'm not sure why exactly, but I never stop laughing when it comes on...not  to mention when Stefon is on. The Mother's Day Ideas segment is my absolute favorite. Hands down.  I literally cackle every time I watch it. 

Oh and if you haven’t seen this past week’s episode where Melissa McCarthy hosted, well you best watch that right about now.

Saturday Adam said he quite a craving for sushi so we set out for one of our local favorites, ‘Peters’, only to find out they were closed. Insert sad face. I recalled another sushi joint in town that I hadn't been to in years so off we went! We headed to Bodeli Sushi in Cool Springs/Franklin and found that they had an all you can eat special. Now, if it were 'all you can eat chicken fried steak' or 'all you can eat hashbrown casserole', we would have passed…but all you can eat sushi?! Yes, please!

Can you believe the damage we made at the end of the meal? In case you are curious there are typically 3 pieces of sushi per plate.

In the middle of the restaurant is the “kitchen” or prep space where the sushi chef prepares all of the rolls and then places them on small plates that go around on a conveyor belt. Each plate has a colored ring around it that indicates the price of the sushi/item.  They had everything from simple Philly Rolls to sea weed to dumplings to cabbage rolls to tempura rolls. See something you like? Grab it! It gives new meaning to instant gratification, you know? We were in heaven. I made a little video on Vine HERE to see it in action!

Sunday we took the day off of our normal commitments as Adam had planned to work with his boss but it turned into another date day for us. 

I like him a lot…I really really like hanging out with him. I still have a school girl crush on that man. 

We got groceries for the week and later spent the evening cleaning our home. Every window was open bringing in the sunshine and a light breeze. Here’s an instagram of what we did:

We changed all of our winter bedding out, cleaned the master bathroom, vacuumed all of the floors and wiped the baseboards, organized our closets, did loads and loads of laundry, dishes, and took out the trash literally 3 times. By the end of the night we cooked some vegan pizza for dinner and conked out.  We felt very accomplished! 

I hope you enjoyed your weekend and are ready to start the week! I'll talk to you soon...

xoxo bd

Happy Tuesday - Birthday Week

I hope that you are having a lovely Tuesday! It is quite gloomy and rainy here in middle Tennessee and the light in the office seems to mirror the light in the photo above. 

Can I get a blanket and a nap time scheduled? Please? Pretty please? Anyone? No? Okay....Moving on....

Drumroll please! It is officially my Birthday week! I cannot believe 25 years has passed so quickly. I always thought of the age 25 as being an adult but I still find myself saying things like "One day when I'm a big girl" or "An adult would probably have....".  Yet I'm not there yet except for when I pay taxes or insurance or think about efficiency. Kids don't think about efficiency...they just don't.

 I spoke with a co-worker recently and at 47 she said that she still thinks those same thoughts. At what point do you turn into one? A grown-up, that is. 

Well any way, to start the b-day week off right, this past weekend we spent with family and friends! Saturday the Mr. and I got to hang out with each other as we spent the day shopping {I got some makeup goodies} finished by dinner and a movie with close friends. We saw Silver Linings Playbook in case you were curious. Jennifer Lawrence is my new favorite, I'm so glad she won the Oscar! She is just plain funny and I appreciate her self deprecation after the whole trip up the stairs thing. You go girl.

Sunday was special; we got to spend time with my family! We walked around downtown Franklin, took lots of pictures, chomped on yummy pizza and browsed around the boutiques. I love my family and our little niece. I truly truly love them...'nuf said.

Yesterday my main man {My only man by the way} treated me to a mani/pedi and dinner at Carrabbas. How amazing is he? Rather than our usual Monday routine I think I prefer pampering and going out to eat. 

So that's my wee update...again, I hope you are having a lovely Tuesday. February is almost over which means the year is flying by and next Thursday will probably be Thanksgiving. 

Okay, I'm gone :) I'll talk to you soon.

xoxo bd

Sunday Date Day

Holy moly, it is officially the middle of October!  This month is flying by and it feels like Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I would really love to slow things down a bit and enjoy my days more but when you are in a building for 8 hours in a day and the sun begins to go down as you leave, the time only seems to speed up. May I also mention that these weekends feel like a flash in the pan?

We have a weekend routine that begins with dinner at Adam’s parents’ home and ends on Sunday with lunch with my family. We usually take Saturday as our date/errand/cleaning day but this Saturday my brother, sister-in-law Amber and our new niece, Charlotte came for their first visit to the grandparents’ home. My dad grilled out, my mom made a cake and we all took turns holding little Charlotte. She’s a hard one to put down; all you want to do is cuddle with her!  We ooh’d and ahhh’d at everything she did from a simple sneeze to her sleeping. We are in the palm of her teensy hands…wrapped around those precious fingers!

So… being that we spent all of Saturday soaking up sweet family time, we knew by Sunday morning that we needed some “us” time.  Sunday date day it was!

After talking about where to eat for lunch, Adam mentioned a craving for burgers and thus our decision was made, Burger Up!

And here we are...being all..."taking pictures in a restaurant...cause this will go up on a blog later"

Their stance is, the more local, humanely treated and grass fed, the better. Everything from their cheese to their sauces are either homegrown local or freshly made in store. Yep. It’s good stuff.

See what I mean? They even make their own ketchup….those fancy pants people!

I ordered the Turkey Burger with Avocado and the Mr ordered the Woodstock. 

We both became pretty quiet once the plates arrived. I mean, hello warm, juicy burger-ness! But, just in case you woud like to eat there but would rather not eat meat, they have a quinoa and black bean burger, salmon burger and lots of other veggie options. 

You should definitely check them out if you are in the Cool Springs or Nashville area!

The rest of our day was just as nice but flew by way too quickly.

I absolutely love spending time with that man! When our weeks are full of work, house stuff and extra work followed by busy weekends, I cherish what I can get with just the two of us. I’ll end the mushy paragraph here and will sign off for now.

I hope you had a lovely weekend and are having a great start to your week.

Talk to you soon!

Xoxo bd

Happy Weekend

Happy amazing relaxing joyous Saturday! I so look forward to my weekends especially after the work week can sometimes wear you down.

If you recall from a previous post about a month ago, Adam and I were given a gift certificate for a local restaurant, Mack and Kate's. We were so blessed to be given a gift so big that we could spread it out amongst multiple meals.

I have heard wonderful things about M&K's brunch so it seemed fitting on a long weekend like this, to check it out. We came at the perfect time where we were seated and served immediately. 

Wanna see my date? Okay, fine fine I'll let you take a gander :)

 Can you tell he's ready for game day? LSU plays tonight so we both wore purple in honor of the Tigers.

Chances are that I will be playing on Pinterest, but I love him and try to support his interests. {Ha, I rhymed!}

Like I said, I like to support him so I wore my purple ruffly top for the day...and for LSU, of course! 

Okay now, back to the good stuff, the food.

Instead of serving biscuits before brunch they serve muffins. Such a cute touch, don't you think? 

The chocolate chip cappuccino was scrumptious! Oh and that's honey butter just in case you were drooling wondering; it's the little things I tell ya.

But because we had money to burn we said, let's have biscuts and jam too!

 {Side note: The Mr. isn't much of a muffin fan}

 You might think I thirsty from all of those pre-meal goodness bites of heaven, why yes I was, so I sipped on an iced cold tea. I'm southern, tea goes with every meal!

We both ordered the open faced BLT with fried egg and hash browns. Oh. My. Word.

This melted in our mouths; every bite was filled with crunch, gooey egg, crispy bacon and sweet wheat bread. I was full from the biscuits and muffins that I only ate half of my sandwich but don't you fret, I finished it later on in the afternoon.  Delightful.

Guess what? We still have money left on the gift card and are already planning a day for us to catch another bite to eat. Gosh I love dates with that guy, he's the bees knees!

If you are in the Nashville/Franklin/Brentwood area, please check this lovely place out, Mack and Kate's.

Until next time, I'll talk to you soon.

xoxo bd

 

Happy Anniversary!

My, oh my how three years have flown by! I am married to the love of my life, the man of my dreams and my best friend.

We have been through good times and bad, richer and poorer, sickness and health (and the bar).

Shall I name a few? Supporting ourselves in a city far from family, making pizza, scouting out the best donut joints in town, watching movies, dancing through the house, overcoming multiple car troubles and having only one car, a long bout with the flu, finals, the train that went by our home at all hours of the night, Disneyland, planes flying overhead at all hours of the night, surviving southern “snow storms”, using vanilla soy milk instead of regular…in a spinach cream sauce (yuck), putting up Christmas trees, running out of the shower, coffee runs, moldy books, coming up with our own language, obsessing over tv shows, graduating law school, scrubbing the floors of a prison (don’t worry, he was a part of a cleaning crew! They left at the end of the day), carving pumpkins, killing spiders and roaches, making gingerbread houses, walking around our neighborhood for hours just to talk, burning pizza, worrying over money, getting jobs, moving back to Nashville, passing the bar, dog sitting, road trips, food poisoning, GEAUX TIGERS, making fires, Central Bar-b-q, falling asleep next to each other every night, saying I love you after every conversation, praying and worshipping together, carving pumpkins,  making the bed, birthday surprises, thousands of kisses….the list for go on for at least another 10 pages.

This man makes me feel like I can conquer the world! But I’m pretty sure that he hangs the moon every night so we are even, right?

Here’s to many, many, many more years of being with my favorite person in the world. I am blessed beyond belief that I found him so early on in my life. I cannot wait to have and raise children with him.

I love you my love! Happy 3^rd Anniversary!

Little Lovelies and Lamps

Sometimes it's the little things that make your day sweet...

On an impromptu trip to TJ Maxx during my lunch break, I made a fun purchase for a great deal: Originally $125, I was able to grab the lamp below for only $25! 

In perfectly good shape, the warm golden lamp has made me a happy lady.

After arriving home from work I found out my husband had a slow day with only a few cases and decided to clean the house! How amazing is he?! *Clean floors, freshly washed towels, candles burning*

Once the heels came off and I slouched into the couch he handed me my latest Birchbox that came in the mail .

It still never gets old- a lovely treat in the mail every month! I couldn't believe the amount of goodies I received from body scrubs to lip gloss, hair serums, herbal tea and moisturizers! Looks like a pampering night is in my future.

Later on in the evening we decided to run out for a bottle of wine and check on the TJ Maxx that's a little closer to our home. My thought was, if I can find the twin to the lamp I just bought for the same price, my love of symmetry will come to life in our living room! Lo-and-behold, we saw two others that were slightly lighter in color but only discounted to $49...not $25. I was frustrated that they weren't cheaper as I had found earlier in the day, but with Adam being such a great negotiator, he got the guy to give us 50% off on both! 

We ended up placing them in our bedroom and I love how chic they are. 

As you can see in the close up it almost resembles the inside of a shell! So beautiful in person, I am quite happy with our purchase(s).

I guess today's lesson is, "You never know what good negotiating and great customer service will get you until you try".

I hope you all have a lovely day, I'll talk to you soon...

xoxo bd

Roadtripping to Louisiana

Happy Friday, friends! This is the last Friday we will have in the year of 2011 and I cannot hesitate to mention how quickly this year went by.

Our 2011 was filled with graduations, moves, new jobs, new friends and new lifestyles. We were excited for what this past year had to hold as we knew many things would come about.

I am currently writing this in the back seat of a “boat” aka Grand Marquis that my father-in-law rented for the trip we are taking to Louisiana.  Apparently my F-O-L, Joe, wanted a Hyundai. That car is his favorite one to drive on roadtrips but instead were given this upgraded vehicle. Joe wasn’t so happy, he likes the Sirius XM radio that the other car comes with. Oh and by the way, Joe says High-Un-Day not Hun-day. I laugh everytime he says the name.  Everytime.

Disregarding the fact that this car is a “boat” it sure is comfortable.  Cue naptime!

I’ve got magazines, my iPod, laptop and cell phone to keep me occupied. Did I mention this was a 10 trip? Oh yeah.  

Adam’s grandparents live in northern LA in a small town where his  mother grew up as well. We haven’t been back since last October and seeing as his grandfather’s health is declining, we decided to join Joe on the drive down.  We’ve decided to find cheap LSU gear and a place for me to get my nails done while visiting.  This should be fun so I will try to keep updating as much as I can. More than likely you can find my updates via Twitter or Facebook. Stay tuned :)

I’m recovering from a cold/sinus infection for the past couple of days and as you can see and still reliant on my Puffs tissues and Vaseline. I wish you could look glamorous while sick but it’s just not happening.

We’ll be stopping in a minute by a Target in Birmingham to purchase some undergarments I regretfully forgot to pack. So with that TMI sentence, I’ll talk to you later.

Have a lovely Friday!

Xoxo bd

Vlogmas: Day 14 {Sushi and Dirty Santa}

Hello Hello!

With the muck and rain of this morning I am thinking fondly of our warm sunny weather yesterday.

We're so close to Christmas and yet it was 70 degrees out.

 If you have ever lived in the Tennessee area you are familiar with the schizophrenic way our temperatures act out. Last year around this time we had a day where its high was 80 and then a week later we had a "snow storm" with 6-8 inches. Craziness. You'll hear all about it in my vlog, so let's go ahead and get into it!

There is so much to prepare for this weekend, we have family and two sets of friends coming into town. With cleaning the house, grocery shopping and Christmas shopping I am sure to be exhausted by Monday. 

Have a lovely day, I'll see you tomorrow!

xoxo bd

Vlogmas: Day 13

Happy beautiful Wednesday, I hope yesterday was wonderful for you!

After working all day I came home to find that I received my first VoxBox by Influenster in the mail.

I filmed a video on what Influenster and VoxBox are about which I will share with you soon. For now I wanted to post Vlogmas Day 13.

I promise to be back shortly with more information and happenings. Have a lovely day, talk to you soon!

xoxo bd

Vlogmas: Day 12 {Adam's Birthday}

Hello friends, I hope that you're doing well!

Yesterday was Adam's Birthday, the big 2-6!! Sadly,  because both of us were working full days, we didn't get to spend much time together aside from our evening. Spending every day of my life with him is an 

absolute treat.

I adore that man, I really really do. 

I feel like it is rare that you find someone who not only gets who you are as a person but also loves you despite your shortcomings. He is kind, gentle, loving, strong, brilliant, caring, creative, hilarious.....that man hung the moon in my opinion. He is my love and my best friend. A girl couldn't ask for anything more than that, right?

Before you decide to stop reading for all of the mushy feelings I have, why don't we jump into day 12 of vlogmas.

See you tomorrow!

xoxo bd

Vlogmas:Day 10 & 11

Happy Monday!

This weekend flew by but so many things happened. For an easier recap, I'm just going to post both vlogs for your enjoyment.

I hope your days away from the office or the stressful days at your job were enjoyed and relished. We're on to a new wonderful week and are less than two weeks from Christmas. Eek I've got to get on the ball!

Vlogmas Day 10 {Saturday}

A doctors visit and The Dickens of a Christmas Festival

Vlogmas Day 11 {Sunday}

A Sunday Funday filled with burritos and a movie

I will talk to you soon,

 xoxo bd

Vlogmas: Day 8

TGIF. Yes.

Not only is it Friday but it is also casual day at work meaning leggings and not as super high heels as normal. My poor feet....they go through so much.

Tonight we're going out with my parents, Josh and Amber to The Opryland Hotel to see the Christmas lights! My parents haven't been back in 10 years so I know it will be fun to visit with them and take many pictures. Without a doubt you'll be able to see it all on tomorrow's episode of Vlogmas...and tomorrow holds many fun activities as well. Gosh I love Christmastime!

Let's get this show on the road and begin this beautiful weekend ahead of us.

Have a lovely day, I'll talk to you tomorrow!

xoxo bd

Vlogmas: Day 2

Welcome to the second day of vlogmas...

As I said in yesterday's post, I will be vlogging everyday until Christmas.

Normally I would talk about all that we did but to be honest, the video speaks for itself. Literally and figuratively.

Here's a look at our lovely little life...

xoxo bd

Merry Vlogmas

Happy Friday, everyone!

I apologize for my lack of entries this week but I have something that should be a lot of fun to do on a daily basis.

As of yesterday I started Vlogmas which is essentially Vlogging (video blogging) everyday until Christmas day. This is a great way for me to remember the little things we do in our lives but also a way to keep me on top of blogging in general.

Seeing as it was only for a short period of time, I thought I'd give it a go.

Most likely I'll post the day after we do our activities and you can follow us through this holiday season!

Day 1 started off with us driving to the Tennessee Supreme Courthouse in downtown Nashville for Adam to officially be sworn in as an attorney. I swear (no pun intended, seriously), there are so many things you have to do in order to become a full-fledged lawyer. Granted I think that's a good thing...but still...so many steps have to be taken and money to be collected from us.

It was about 27 degrees outside as we walked against the wind a couple of blocks just to get to the building but of course it was all worth it. You got to see a very momentous time in our families life.

Check back tomorrow for all of today's activities.

I talk to you soon,

xoxo bd

Sunday Funday and a Gloomy Monday

Good evening, you!

It has been rather gloomy, yesterday and today, the rain has yet to stop. We've been told that snow is on it's way...I'm assuming sleet or slush but not snow...we're not that lucky.

While Saturday was semi productive we ended up sleeping in way too late on Sunday morning, so much that we slept through our alarms to get up for church. We got our little selves ready and started the day regardless of productive inabilities.

Seeing as the weather wasn't letting up and we had been given a movie gift card from Adam's aunt, we decided to check out what was playing.

About 15 minutes north of us is an area called Green Hills known for the glamorous lifestyles of the rich and famous but also to some great shopping. I like great shopping, FYI.

We opted for a late lunch at Whole Foods and split a wrap while coincidentally seeing the drummer of The Black Keys! If you don't already know who they are by their name, I'm sure you would know them by some of their songs {Next Girl, Howlin' For You} which have been featured in commercials and all over the radio. In our nerdy music-obsessed way, we got super excited inside (Adam basically jumped for joy) and then walked away. We're not the kind to talk to celebrities or ask for autographs, we just admire from afar and oogle at how well they're dressed. We are weird- it has been settled- now lets move on.

After filling up on yummy wrap-ness we shopped around and bought some grooming goodies then headed to the larger mall for even more wallet emptying.

Give me a shopping center and I'm your girl. Amen.

I'll skim over the boring details of window shopping but wanted to quickly mention that before the movies we stopped by Trader Joes to pick up some special cookies that are only out for the holidays:

We went to see Hugo which I was so enthralled by. If you have the chance to check it out while playing in theaters, spend a couple of extra dollars and see it 3-D. It was beautifully made and the story completely drew us is. The dvd will undoubtedly be purchased by these Davis's mind you :)

I hope this week treats you well, you deserve a good start to this holiday madness.

I'll talk to you soon...

xoxo bd

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Hello again, friends! 

As long weekends away would have it, there was much to do when we got home.

Last night neither of us got much sleep ; hubs stayed up playing with his new Xbox and I watched numerous videos on Youtube. I’m beyond interesting, can’t you tell!

With us fighting the urge to take a 3 hour nap in the middle of the day, we ran some errands and made it back to our little home for the yummiest dinner, made by hubs himself! To die…so good.

Oh and something really cool as well, Adam received the limited edition Birchbox Man in the mail and has now used the shampoo, moisturizer and a few other things. For what the box is actually worth, you get so many cool items and high-end products. Kudos to BB, you guys and gals hit it out of the park!

Here are a few snapshots of our evening:

 

I would like to say that our life has exciting events with parties to attend  and people to meet but lately, it has been more or less laundry, home tasks and work…as you can see. Someday soon :)

After devouring our meal we watched all of the behind-the-scences from Super 8 (It’s a must see if you haven’t already) and put up the tree.

I’m really glad to have one more day off so that all of the other necessary tidbits I have to take care of will be done by Monday.

Have a splendid nights sleep, I'll talk to you soon.

xoxo .bd

Bonfires and Cider

Our weekend was filled with classic Autumnal favorites like bonfires, apple cider and cozy blankets as we went over to an old family friend’s home for their annual bonfire get together. It was so nice to be with people I hadn’t seen in years and catch up while sipping on hardcore cider and warming our hands by the fire.

Saturday was busy from morning to night with Adam spending time with his law school friend Zack and myself with my good friend Lisa! While the boys were having lunch and talking football us girls were all about Nashville trying to find the perfect dress for Lisa's brothers wedding in Tahoe this December. You would think with the many stores we have at our fingertips that something would be amazing but 6 hours later and 30 dresses back on the racks, there was nothing. Both of us were worn out from the shopping and ended the night by trying and failing to craft. Exhausted, I fell asleep watching my current obsession, Pan Am. 

Sunday was surely relaxed as we went to a new church we've been visiting and doing Mexican with my parents for lunch! Every Sunday we make it a point to spend time with them to catch up on each of our lives.

Did I mention I made them watch my above mentioned obsession, Pan Am? Yes, of course I did! Now I realize I must do a little post to coerce you all to catch up with the episodes on Hulu.

It is Beverly Hills Housewives time so I must bid you a bientot!

Here's to a classic autumnal week... xoxo bd 

{Photo Credits: Books-Cats-Coffee}