Christmas Fun!

This year because we actually have the room, we were able to get a tree that was over 4 ft tall! It took us multiple days to decorate the tree. I know that is sort of funny, but we've been so crazy busy lately that we honestly didn't have the time to put up the tree all at once, so we did it in stages. We even have twinkly lights. The result was worth it though. I love it :) We also decorated the outside of our house, simple but fun. Now all we gotta do is get some gifts under the tree and wait for the fat guy in the red suit to pay us a visit! Odds are pretty good that Rob will get coal, but given his new-found appreciation for smoked meats, that wouldn't be half bad.

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Halloween Costumes

Because of lack of time we had to improvise with our costumes this year. We have enjoyed watching the new show "Community" so Rob decided to go as the character Jeff. If you can't tell, I'm a tourist.

Halloween Traditions

Every holiday has its traditions. Most of them seem to stem out of some twisted birth-child conceived by the incorporation of pagan holidays into Christian theology. This red-headed step-child has brought us a plethora of wonderful ideas such as painting and hiding eggs to celebrate the resurrection (if that doesn't make sense to you, don't worry, there's a bunny), and cutting down a tree to turn it into a giant fire hazard in our living room to celebrate Christ's birth. Halloween, however, is a different animal all together.
Apparently, carving pumpkins goes back hundreds of years to a Celtic holiday and the Celts believed that hollowed out vegetables lit within would keep away evil spirits. That must be what's missing from all the good ghost movies. I mean, seriously, if you want to stay alive, just carry around your crappy jack o' lantern and the ghosties will leave you alone. I'm not sure what makes these things scary enough to frighten off a ghost, maybe because the hollowing out process is just plain disgusting. Anyhoo, here is our pumpkin for the year. Yes, we got lazy this year, deal with it!

Yummy!

Icky!

Finally, something to keep those pesky ghosts away! Scary, huh?

A rose is a rose

This is a little outdated, but a while ago my father-in-law came into town and bought me some beautiful orange/peach roses. They adorned our dining room table for a while before they wilted. It was so nice to have fresh flowers in the house. They were gorgeous!

Our new front yard

Our front yard got a makeover!Rob dutifully tore up the old ugly bushes, edged around the lawn, and helped to beautify the front of our house.

Our ugly boxwood bushes waiting to be hauled off.

Some of our new bushes (gardenia, Nandina, and Azalea) They'll get bigger! And our fun rocks that we took from a new Walmart parking lot that had been dug up. Can't beat free!

The other side of the porch. The only difference from the other side....our nice red fire plant.

The red burning bush gets these fun pink tasselly looking flowers on it. Pretty!

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I...Barely Move

In the words of Jim Gaffigan, "I don't know why they call it the IHOP, I never leave there feeling like hopping. They should call it the I...Barely Move, or I Need a Weelchair." So, we went to the IHOP a little while back and had some of their new yummy pancakes. I had the Pineapple Upsidedown Pancakes and Lisa had the Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes. The pineapple upsidedown pancakes were so yummy that I had to have them at home. I figured that if you take pancake mix, and instead of adding water, add pineapple juice, pineapple tidbits and some brown sugar then you'd pretty much have the recipe for success. Turns out I was right. These things are flipping awesome. Just add a dollop of whipped topping and some cherries and you've got a breakfast that'll satisfy every time!

Nuttier than squirrel poo

These guys are hilarious. There are a TON of squirrels on Vanderbilt's campus and Rob likes to count them all as he walks over to have lunch with me. I know this is such a random post, but we get such a kick out of these little fellers. We fed one taffy once while we were waiting for the bus. They also love potato chips and basically any kind of human food. Rob even got one to eat out of his hand not too long ago. There is just something about these bushy-tailed creatures that makes us smile :)I had to add this one in there because, well, it just fits Rob so well!

My garden exploded

This was my garden in the beginning stages maybe a week after planting.

I'm really excited about this guy. He's the plumeria tree that I brought back from Hawaii last year. I wasn't sure how he was going to do here, but so far he's really taking off! Hopefully by next year I'll have some pretty white, wonderfully smelling flowers.

This is my garden now. My beans (in the front) are HUGE and the tomatoes (in the back) will not stop growing. They are monsters threatening to take over the whole box. Hopefully I'll get some delicious, red "maters" on there soon enough to start enjoying them.

This is an aerial view of the garden. My strawberries, peas and carrots aren't doing so well, but my zucchini, watermelon and pumpkin, along with my beans and tomatoes of course, are really taking off. I also have a fun little green pepper that I'm not sure will get much bigger, but it's fun to see. I've already enjoyed 2 pickings of green beans. There's just nothing like fresh produce from the back yard!

Superman Convention

Rob and I took a road trip to Metropolis, IL. Every year they have a superman convention of sorts although a lot of it was more than just superman stuff. We were actually pretty disappointed in what the small town had to offer, but it was nice to get away for a day and we definitely got to see some interesting things (painted green rocks posing as kryptonite that people actually bought) and try out a few new things too!

Super Lisa

Super Rob

Road trippin' it up to Metropolis, IL for the Superman Convention.

You could pay money to get your picture taken inside the Batmobile. We settled for just taking our own picture of it without us inside.

This was someone's personal car they had painted. Kinda cool, but really?

We stopped by Harrah's Casino, not to gamble, but just to look inside. I'd never been inside a casino before. It wasn't that great. A lot of old people gambling away their life's work.

Can you see the resemblance?!?

Rob's first experience with a fried snickers.

I also tried a fried snickers. I think I'll pass from here on out. It's one of those things you have to try at least once though.

Lisa is SOOO OLD!

Lisa'sbirthday was this past Wednesday and she turned 28. That's old! She's steadily closing in on 30. Although she had already gotten her "big gift" (an eliptical) there were plenty of surprises in store.Here's Lisa with her gifts and her glowing nuclear cake.

She was sooo excited to see that her collection of old films was getting started with North By Northwest.

And of course, what would a birthday be without lighting a cake on fire....we've got some weird traditions, don't we? As you can see 28 candles would have been too much for Lisa's old lungs to blow out. So we put two on the left and eight on the right.

All in all we had a good time celebrating Lisa's birthday. We got to eat at Carrabba's, which is a little Italian restaraunt kinda like Olive Garden, Lisa got to go shopping at the nice mall, and we had some good cake with minimal wax candle drippings.

Radnor Lake

Radnor Lake is a strange place. It's a beautiful lake in the middle of the woods like you're somewhere in Idaho or Yellowstone. However, it's smack dab in the middle of Nashville. Who knew? But, we really enjoyed being "in nature" for a while!

Rob and the lake you would never want to swim in, but it looks pretty!

This deer was right on the beginning of the trail not too far from a parking lot. We got super close to it and it didn't even flinch.

Lisa enjoying the trail and being in nature in the middle of Nashville.

These turtles were SO funny. All lined up on a log just sunbathing away. It cracked us up!

Bathroom Remodel

We finally are done remodeling....well, with what we've already started anyway! The master bathroom is finally complete! The kitchen is basically there with the exception of a little molding to go around the bottom of the cabinets. Here is the progression of the bathroom from start to finish!

Tearing out the floor was a nightmare! There was an inch of concrete underneath the tile. The old tub was a big fiberglass concoction and we ended up tearing it down the the subfloor and the studs.

New sheet rock on the walls and the floor.

The wonderful old wallpaper we found behind the old vanity.

The new master bath! New tile, new floors, new tub, new toilet, new paint. It's gorgeous!

The new vanity. It sure took a lot of time and a lot of sweat. Also it took a LOT of trips to Home Depot and Lowes, but we are glad that we took the time to do it because the rewards of having it done are great!

Kitchen cabinet remodel

We also remodeled some of the kitchen. The bottom cabinets were basically useless so we decided to change them out for some new ones. The top cabinets will eventually get their turn.

The kitchen as it was before.

No more kitchen cabinets; however, there was some nice mold.

Lisa tearing out the old cabinets. She did get to do some of the dirty work!

Rob installing the new cabinets. We got unfinished oak cabinets and stained them ourselves. We did keep the old counter tops because they were new with the house and in great condition still.

The finished product! 3 Cheers for whoever invented the lazy susan :)

Tight Britches Altered Here!

I got a crazy good deal on this elliptical. I found it on Craigslist. The lady bought it 3 years ago for $900 and she only used it for 1 year. She sold it to me for $150 and when we went to pick it up I think she was having buyers remorse for not selling it for more. Oh well! 10 pounds........see ya later!

One of my favorite things!

Little herb plants coming up!

These are wild strawberries that we have growing on the side of our house. I'm not sure if they are okay to eat, but they sure look pretty!




My garden! I love it. I've wanted one for a long time now, but apartment living doesn't really lend itself to tending a garden. This thing has everything...zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, strawberries, lettuce, beans, peas, watermelon, pumpkin, spinach, and onions. I can't wait! I love going out there everyday and finding something new that has peeked it's head out of the ground! It'll be so nice to not have to go to the store to buy vegetables---especially zucchini. I mean, who does that?!? Isn't it just supposed to appear in the back seat of your car or on your front door step?!?

FINALLY!

We are finally ALL moved in. We've been slowly getting there for about a month, but we brought over the last box last night. Since we have to be officially out of our apartment tonight, we ended up cutting it pretty close. We still don't have everything completely done inside the house (such as putting up the new vanity and painting the bathroom), but we can deal with that for a few more days. Pictures will follow soon once we get the boxes unpacked!
In the meantime here are some fun pictures of Rob in our neighbor boy's Superman cape. (It even makes noises!!) Rob was jealous!