Happy New Year!

We spent our New Year's Eve with some friends from J's school and rang in the new year East Nashville style. We missed our friends from home this year, but we're also excited to be in our new hometown to celebrate. Here are a few of the pics. from New Year's Eve and the bbq on New Year's Day:

Southern Luck New Year's day meal...Blackeyed peas and collard greens


Happy New year 2009!


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We hope 2009 brings you lots of peace, joy, and lots of fun times!

Farms

I am really interested in Community Supported Agriculture, or CSAs, and the opportunity to actually know where your food comes from! Plus through CSAs you are supporting local farmers and helping the environment by buying food locally. I think food security will continue to become an increasingly important thing to tackle in our society as food prices continue to rise ( I paid almost 5 bucks for milk the other day!) and hopefully I will be able to get more involved with Nashville Urban Harvest in the spring.

I was watching an old Martha Stewart episode today and she had this cute little family of farmers on from up north. They have a farm rental house that you can stay in and also learn to work the farm while you stay. I know this probably isn't most people's ideal vacation, but I think it would be a really neat experience! Summer vacation anyone? lol

Here is the link if your interested...and if not look to see if there is a CSA in your community:
Tide Mill Organic Farm

Holiday Decorating!

With funds somewhat low this year, we decided on a Christmas tree fund limit ($20 big ones) and threw caution to the wind!!! As we arrived at Home Depot we were pleasantly surprised to find elf-size trees. After contemplating over the huge selection under $20 (all of 2) we went with the cutest little tree you could imagine:


(Warning tree looks bigger than it actually is due to a. the tall stand and b. I'm only 5ft tall-same height as the tree)
Here's to a MINI Christmas!




Setting up the tree!

Worst Week Ever!

This has pretty much been the worst week EVER! All I'm going to say is tons of papers, car accidents, and a MOUSE!!! More to come later.... In case you are having a horrible week too here is a funny holiday cartoon :)

2nd year Anniversary

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Today we are celebrating our 2nd year anniversary! We cannot imagine life without one another and are truly blessed to be together. We are celebrating on Saturday with shopping, a nice dinner, and going to see live music! Today was just too crazy to try to fit all that in. Two years has gone by so fast and we have learned even more about the hard work marriage takes. Here's to another 100 years!



At Eastland Cafe (yummy) for our Anniversary dinner!

Pictures!

Here are a few pictures, as promised in the previous post, from Trish's surprise party and our Halloween Extravaganza!


Hanging out before Trish gets there


The birthday girl has arrived! Surprise!


Trish and Brian (love them!)

Halloween Party:

The Corpse Bride and her Groom
(not the best pic., but the only one we have so far!)

yummy cupcakes

most of our neighbors + The Adams from Atlanta

The Priest trying to excercise the demon from J?!

First Nashville party was a success!

President Obama!!!

We could not be more proud to be Americans than tonight when we elected the first African-American president in the USA!!!!
This was a long hard-fought election, but in the end the American people spoke and Obama came out as the winner. No matter where you stand on the political spectrum you have to be proud that America has over come some (not all) of their racial prejudices that have held this country back for so long.

We have always been blessed to live in America and tonight we could not be more happy to be a part of the amazing historical moment! President Elect Barack Obama! He sure does have a long road ahead of him, but we believe he will be the best President for our country through these tumultuous times.

Here's to history and Obama as United States President Elect!!! Yippee!