house updates

adam has been working really hard all summer & fall to make our house even more great than it already is.  here are the newest updates:

a firepit!

it used to be just a concrete slab.  adam had to take that out first, then he replaced it with this beaut.  we are totally loving it so far!

the sand hadn't totally settled at this point...

you can also see a couple of pics from when my italy girls came to visit here.

 

new living room color  :)

goodbye high-gloss-in-your-face-lipstick-red living room, hello tranquil-deep-mountain-trees-green.  adam did it in just one day!  love him.

old color - patching up the walls first

primer second and drying the drywall mud

he finished up painting the ceiling a very light grey then added the crown moulding.

ta da!

 

better picture to come (when i get my camera back)

 

all hallow’s eve & western wear

adam and i went back to indy for halloween weekend to do some wedding planning.  we got to hang out with a best-in-life of mine (maggie b!) and her husband, trent.  naturally, adam and i had to dress as something country/southern since we now have to represent ole dixie when we head back to our old stomping grounds.  we didn’t have much time to put together an outfit (and only one goodwill to work with), so we went as johnny cash and june carter!  so fun  :)

of course i don’t have pictures because i’m the worst about actually using my camera (even though i bring it everywhere!)

since you don’t have pictures i must admit that i have given in and bought cowboy boots.  i was holding out alright – sticking to my midwest roots – no boots for me for a whole 5 months.  then *bam* in less than an hour my mind was completely changed!  really!  adam and i were out on lower broadway and he mentioned the boot shop – just like that i had my first pair.  i’ll tell you what party people, i love ‘em.  adam used to always say this but it’s true: they are so comfy!  especially compared to the heels i usually wear for work…  anyway, i guess the point is don’t judge and if you don’t have a pair, just consider the idea  :)

 

boot scootin' boogie?

 

 

go horse!

adam and i are long-time colts fans and we love watching the games every week.  so far this season we’ve been to two games – fun!  and it’s definitely autumn once we’ve been to a cool evening game  :)

the first one was here in nashville vs the titans.  the titans got killed, no shocker there.  there were a bunch of colts fans though!  we were sitting by several.

field at night

great seats huh?

that game was the same weekend as maggie and tyler’s wedding!  we flew home on sunday morning, unpacked, cleaned up, i did homework, then *just* made it for kickoff at 7:30pm.  kind of crazy but worth it.

the second game was up in indy over halloween weekend versus the 49ers.  if you aren’t a colts fan, then i must tell you that indianapolis built a new stadium downtown.  this is the colts’ second season under the new roof, which is retractable!  because it was a *perfect* autumn day (sunny and a little bit chilly) the roof was open – very neat.

i’ll admit that i didn’t have any particular feelings about the new stadium before this weekend.  i mean, you’ve been to one you’ve seen them all, right?  mistake!  the stadium is actually really, really cool and adam and i were super impressed with everything.  we had a great time at the game and didn’t have any issues with space or getting around.

this is about where we were sitting (our seats were a little closer to the field)

oh yeah!  and there is this very cool deck that looks out over the field.  if we would’ve gotten there earlier we probably would’ve explored a little more… next time  :)

this is a side view of the deck

(i left my camera at maggie’s house so these are pictures from asenseofplace.com)

another busy weekend but so much fun!

our nashville – layla’s

Layla’s Bluegrass Inn
418 Broadway (downtown, lower broadway)

slight misnomer, layla’s is actually a bar on honky tonk row.  it’s one of the only places that plays bluegrass and they consistently have fantastic music.  adam and i saw one of our new favorite bands there, jypsi (who we just saw on CMT with a crazy new music video).  we’ve taken all of our guests here because we enjoy this place so much.  i’ll tell you what though, unless you need a break from country music for a while saturday nights aren’t the best time for layla’s – they have rockabilly bands.  don’t get me wrong, rockabilly can be really fun!  (yeah, deb remembers our night out at zeno’s in state college).  but me?  i only need about one rockabilly night every few months and i’m set.

anyway!  we like layla’s every other day of the week.  it’s easy to get drinks and the bathrooms are usually free.  we typically grab seats in the back (by the red light of the bar) where the music isn’t so loud that we can’t hear each other.

some photographic evidence of us enjoying this bar  :)

 

you might recognize this picture from my july 4th post... or not.

 

gwyn & corrie are rockstars!

from my italy girls weekend

 

see?  it’s fun.  and we have drinks in every photo – proof of great service!  haha.  seriously, it’s a cool place.

NashTrash twenty oh nine

oh my goodness ya’ll.  adam and i went on an insane tour of nashville this past weekend.  it was completely ridiculous and a TON of fun!  we laughed our butts off and learned next to nothing about our new town – so perfect!  the NashTrash tour is actually kind of famous.  they’ve been on the today show, it’s consistently rated the #1 attraction in nashville on TripAdvisor.com and celebrities will rent out the whole bus for the people that work on their tour when they’re in town.  we heard about it from our realtor who hasn’t steered us wrong yet!  thanks tim :)  anyway, here’s the premise (from their website):

A one-of-a-kind country musical-comedy tour extravaganza, so hang on to your wigs and spandex, and get out your best set of press-on nails and pointy boots as the Jugg Sisters – Sheri Lynn and Brenda Kay – take you on a campy and hilarious journey through Music City USA!

you really do ride on a big pink bus (an old school bus!).

what a gorgeous day, right?

look how ready i am!  money in hand and a big smi-es  :)

the “tour guides” (that is a very loose interpretation of the word) were these two wacky ladies that were full speed the whole time.

they sang songs, told tons of actually funny jokes and made lots of inappropriate comments.  good thing we brought our cooler full of beer and mikes  :)

we stopped for a bathroom break about halfway through the show (that’s a better way to describe this, rather than “tour”) and talked to the girls for a little bit.  we •tried• to get a picture with them.  here’s what came out:

close enough...

they LOVED adam (obvi…), thankfully we weren’t sitting in the front row.  a guy up there was really getting the brunt of the jokes – all of them – hih. lair. e. us.

so yeah, it was awesome.  we would definitely go again.  so if you want to go on the tour when you visit you’ll have to let us know way in advance.  we booked our tickets in june – and we took the second available weekend (the first one we were on our couples retreat).  point being, they sell out really quickly.