• Food,  Holidays,  Illness,  Nashville,  Restaurants,  Shopping,  Weekend

    Christmas Village, Hattie B’s Hot Chicken, and Diverticulitis

    This is often what our mornings look like. I often sit here in the chair along with Maddie and prioritize my to do list. And Dexter sits on the bed and George works on the computer a bit, checks the news, checks the bank, pays any bills. We sip coffee, get our showers and then head in. I’m pretty sure this was Saturday morning though. We had only a bit of time before needing to head out the door for Christmas Village. I got a protein smoothie which was really good. I wanted to get another Acai Bowl but a quick glance at the nutrition chart showed it had 50…

  • Shopping,  Weekend

    Christmas Shopping Local and Getting Things Done at Home

    George and I had a great day yesterday. I needed to have my morning until lunchtime at least to get a few things done. And then we ventured out on the town for the afternoon hours for Christmas shopping, to vote, and he needed a few things from the store for our dinner last night. I started on laundry in the early hours of the morning. I got up about 4:30 or 5 because my eyes are normally used to being open then. This helped get most of the laundry done. I wanted to show your our very inexpensively bought laundry baskets that are collapsible (might come in handy to…

  • Restaurants,  Shopping,  Travel,  Video

    Fun Little Mountain Shops in Waynesville and Asheville, NC and Fun with Family in Knoxville, TN

    Happy Saturday Morning! Here’s some fun entertainment for you to watch while sipping your morning coffee (or by chance your afternoon beer if it’s later in the day when you see this). George and I went to Waynesville NC and onto Asheville, NC for our shopping adventures and I wanted to put this together. I have been looking forward to editing this video for a long time. I LOVE Waynesville and after seeing a different part of Asheville (other than the Biltmore, lol) I have learned that shopping there was fun also. This will give you a GOOD taste of what it was like. And the music – ahhh yes.…