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This is going to be one long post. I am quickly running out of time to post the things that have been on my blogging back-burner, and so I have no choice but to do a double feature. Just think of the money you could save, if you actually paid to read my blog....not that anyone would do that, but I'm just sayin'. Just consider this the blogging version of the nesting instinct that I've been experiencing. First of all, the other day, I snapped some pictures of my fair land while I was driving to my weekly OB appointment. I had the idea the week before when I was driving there because our fall color was at its peak, and I was literally overwhelmed by the beauty of that autumn day. This week was not as breath-taking, but it was still pretty, so I drove and snapped away, and only ran off the road one time. Indiana Mimi will have a heart attack when she reads this post, but it will probably make all of you feel better to know that it was just Peanut and I in the car. Annaleigh and Harrison were occupied other places. I actually started my drive from Big D's office, where they were gracious enough to host a baby shower for us. See? My back seats were filled with all the loot....
Big D works in area called Cool Springs, which is basically just a large business/shopping area. It's really pretty....
It was a well-planned area, and they've always kept it really nicely maintained and landscaped, which is nice since if you come through there at the wrong time, you're going to be stuck in traffic for a while just staring at all of this pretty vegetation. After I make it through this area, I'm basically on a country road, heading for the neighboring town where my doctor's office is located. It's still fairly rural, very hilly and beautiful...
(Right after this shot is when I ran off the road, but don't worry....I didn't hit that telephone pole or that mailbox.)
Shortly after this, the scenery starts getting more residential. Here I snapped some shots of what Big D and I have always referred to as "Big, Ridiculous House Row"....
There are some that are even....if you can believe this...bigger than those, but they're set too far off the road for pictures from your car that's traveling...and swerving...at 45 mph. We like to always come drive around this area at Christmas because apparently people who spend that much money on their homes also like to spend ridiculous amounts on holiday decor. Here's a golf course...
"Hello, Golfers! Please tell us all what it is you do exactly that allows you to golf at 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon and afford 8,000 square feet homes?" And then here's my doctor's office...
Not very attractive, is it? When I was done there, I headed towards my small town, where I was picking up my kids from their TaeKwonDo studio. Come along with me. I'll take the scenic route. Here we have some shots from the town where we attend church. It is without a doubt the cutest town ever...
(OK...that's not a great shot, but it's the home of Toby Mac, of Christian music fame.)
I then have about a ten mile stretch of more rural highway before I reach my town. This is Winstead Hill, one of the sites of the last battles of the Civil War...
This is the Harrison House, a historic Civil War era home...
Unfortunately, this is what's happening to more and more of our countryside....
Now we're getting to the outskirts of my little town...
One of our newer and more important structures...
The main street...
And then here we are at the TKD studio...
Now, aren't you glad that's over? I thought maybe a few of you that live in Florida or someplace like that might enjoy that. Some of you that live in the New England are probably laughing. Now, for feature #2: Big D's birthday! Last week Big D turned 39, which almost got lost in the shuffle of all that's going on in our lives. Yet, that would be very sad, wouldn't it? Well, not on my blog! Here's' the birthday boy in one of his gifts, a Tennessee Titans 10th Anniversary hat...
I got him this...
He wanted a pot with a timer. He also ordered some things from LLBean. And then we went to our town's newest establishment, Gigi's Cupcakes, a gourmet cupcake bakery...
I am sad to report that they were actually rather gross after about the third bite. Too sweet. Too much icing. Here the kids are trying to make it through theirs...
Harrison made it. Annaleigh didn't. Big D didn't either. Neither did I. Those statements tell you a little bit about the make-up of our family. Tomorrow I may or may not post my very last pregnancy update, as it will be my last day of actually being pregnant. I may or may not post a sneak-peek of our nursery, which is actually coming along...finally. And I may or may not post a photo of me and my huge watermelon belly. You'll just have to come back tomorrow and find out..... |
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