Sunday, October 25, 2009

Guestlist is in Time Out

Odd Places I've Put My Child into Time Out
by Heather (Mother of The Adventures of Clara)
  1. The closet/organizing section of Bed Bath & Beyond
  2. In the parking lot of a Walgreens on Summer Avenue
  3. Outside of the Wal-Mart on Austin Peay

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Things About Which I Didn't Get to Post Status Updates While My Facebook Was Broken

  1. Driving to Nashville and back in one day to pick up my paintings, and that eating at Noshville made it worth it
  2. Watching soccer on a Sunday morning with friends and mimosas
  3. How pilates kicked my butt
  4. Making plans to visit my Mom
  5. What a great time I had skating
  6. Looking forward to bookclub
  7. How awesome bookclub is
  8. How I should really carry my own hardhat in my car
  9. A fun dinner at a Korean restaurant
  10. Something about our anniversary - probably something like this: "Elizabeth Alley + Toby Long = 18 happy years"
  11. How it was weird that it was cold at the Farmer's Market
  12. How much I love Project Runway
  13. What a delicious dinner we had for our anniversary
  14. The lazy Sunday I spent in my pajamas

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Guestlist: Wedding = Good Lord!

From Stephanie Chockleyblog

Wedding Weekend Lists (Sunday, October 11, 2009)
Bridesmaids:
Amy
Kayla
Cathy
Libby
Jen
Laura
April
Stephanie
Libby

Places where I ate and drank:
Paulette's
South of Beale
Nail & Skin Bar
Majestic
Jack Robinson Gallery
BB King's
Bogie's
A rented bus
Hunt Phelan

Toasts at rehearsal dinner:
Louis
Stephanie
Brian
Jackie
Susan
Ellis
Cathy
Mark
Tiffany

Shows my DVR recorded:
The Office
Flash Forward
Smallville
CSI
Medium
Monk

Locations for the wedding photos:
Hunt Phelan
AutoZone Park
Main Street
City Hall Fountains
Train station
Butler Park

Salons visited:
Nail & Skin Bar
La Nouvelle
Paggio's

Relatives in from out of town:
Roy
Sherri
Cory
Chris
Shannon
Carrie

Pregnant women at ceremony:
Jamie (38 weeks)
Amy (37.5 weeks and drove in from Chicago)
Carrie!

Places my kids ate while I was too busy to feed them:
Central BBQ
Las Tortugas
McDonald's

Day-of tasks assigned to me by the bride, delivered on index cards in an envelope that also contained a phone list of everyone involved with the wedding:
Deliver/pick up cake servers
engagement ring wedding rings (give 2 Brian before ceremony)
deliver cake stands yours & Sherri's take home cake stands
pick up wedding dress/tux from Hunt- take home

People who received their own similar envelope:
Everyone in wedding party
Bride and groom's parents
Shannon
Carrie
(at least)

Places I slept besides my own bed:
Tiffany's bed
The Magnolia Room at Hunt Phelan
(I don't have a third place, so this isn't really a list. Sorry.)

Cake flavors:
White chocolate with apricot creme
Strawberry with strawberry mousse
Maple with caramel filling
Vanilla with almond creme
Chocolate with mocha creme

Groomspeople:
Brian
Chip
George
Seth
Tom
Laura
Brad
Jamie

Thursday, October 8, 2009

What We Learned at Bookclub Last Night

  1. Though we enjoy participating in spontaneous singing, we only enjoy watching spontaneous dancing.
  2. Earwax is bad.
  3. There is something primal in Beyonce's "Single Ladies" that the babies really respond to.
  4. Having short chapters is an important characteristic of a good book.
  5. The non-remembering spouse has no business acting like he/she remembers things.
  6. Many of us have no time for philosophy, but too many of us know what a "Lady Gaga" is.
  7. If you look for it, sometimes life can be Beautiful with a capital B.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009