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Sunday, May 25 - We got home from our trip to the tropics only to find the tropics had invaded our back yard thanks to a lot of rain while we were gone. Our two-year-old calla lily in the backyard by the patio was booming with blooms. Top that, Costa Rica!! |
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Monday, May 5 - Let's get our hungry, hungry hippo on! After only a day of rest from our trip, the super hostess with the mostest, Ashlee, dodged most of the forecasted rain to throw a darn good Childhood Games Partay today on Memorial Day. It also served as a milestone birthday party for three of our friends: Brenda (60); Wendy (50) and Lisa (50). It was a hoot and a holler with this giant version of human Hungry Hungry Hippos blown up in our backyard as the crowning achievement. |
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We had great themed food (Sloppy Joes, Hamburger Helper and Beanie Weenies), cakes for all three birthday girls and tons of throwback candy. Note that these no longer say "cigarette" on them. |
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Thursday, May 28 - An inspiration from our recent trip to Costa Rica arrived today in the form of a nice-sized Dwarf Cavendish banana tree that we hope will grow and become part of the household just like our palm tree that we've had now for over 10 years. |
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| Saturday, May 30 - I stopped at the Emeraude Bakery in Mt. Juliet this morning which is also near my current pet-sitting house and picked up some tasty pastries for me and Ashlee. These chocolate croissants were so big and so buttery! I also got a giant cinnamon roll to split as well as a huge chocolate chip muffin. |
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Monday, June 1 - When a new Waffle House opens less than 3 miles from the house, you make the artistic decision to go visit it ASAP. And we did that tonight for dinner with some tasty grill cheese sammies, Bert's chili, and a peanut-butter waffle! Yum! And the staff there were so nice! We shall return!! |
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Saturday, June 6 - We FINALLY made it to Awedaddy's Bar and Grill on Old Hickory Lake in Gallatin for a meal today. We've been wanting to check it out for quite a while and circumstances fell right today with Ashlee taking our Subaru to the Gallatin dealership for an oil change and me in Gallatin pet/houae-sitting this upcoming week. Our friends, Todd and Kelly, joined us and we had a very tasty and nice;y-priced lunch (fish tacos for Ashlee and sweet chili salmon for me, plus some excellent corn dip as an appetizer) out on their deck with views of the lake and marina next door. Great place! We've got to get back up here again as soon as possible! |
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Sunday, June 7 - Fresh flowers look great in a clean house! We bit the bullet and hired a house cleaning company for our cluttered, messy home and it's been great so far. They did a deep-clean last week and will now be coming every couple weeks on a regular schedule. It will also motivate us to keep things tidier for them to be able to clean. |
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Sunday, June 13 - Ashlee had to bring the Subaru back up to the Gallatin dealership this morning to get our broken grill replaced and I was on my last day up there pet/house-sitting, so we met at Keke's Breakfast Cafe. It's a very nice place and the food and beverages were outstanding. We did a little shopping afterwards around town. |
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Tuesday, June 16 - We went to see Augustana at the new (and improved) Cannery in downtown Nashville tonight. They were co-headlining a tour with Phantom Planet who we've actually never really heard of. Thank goodness, Augustana went on first so we could cut out of there at a decent time (old people issues). |
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Thursday, June 18 - We went to see one of our favorite old-school comedians, Dave Attell, tonight at Zanies in Nashville. Dave's a legend for sure. |
Thursday, June 25 - USMNT World Cup game at Fogg Street Lawn Club?
Saturday, June 27 - World Cup game in Atlanta. FanFest beforehand.
Saturday, July 4 - Independence Day Pool Party
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