New Month

October was pretty bad for me. School, work and the other thing collided at once, leaving me emotionally and physically drained. October is usually my favorite month, but this year it was a whirlwind of insanity. I'm  dealing with a lot of emotional baggage, courtesy of October, but hopefully I can get back in a regular posting/baking schedule this month. I've made several things but just haven't had the energy to type up the posts or download the pictures.

In the meantime here's some photos from the Dale Chihuly exhibit at Cheekwood Botanical Garden in Nashville.

Daytrip

Saturday we drove up to Nashville to spend the day, just to do something different.

We had lunch at Silly Goose, a little place in East Nashville. I had a couscous dish with olives, bleu cheese, red peppers, basil and balsamic. Highly recommend it.Visited the Sweet 16th Bakery and picked up a couple of things before they closed.

Went vintage clothing shopping at the Hip Zipper.Got slightly freaked out by the huge Billy Graham statue downtown, at least I think it's Billy Graham.Saw an exhibit at the Frist Center. (no pics allowed inside so this is us outside looking dorky)Had a mocha at Crema, which is supposed to be the best in the city.Found two books from one of my favorite authors at Bookman/Bookwoman.Ate biscuits and country fried steak after waiting an hour at the Loveless Cafe.Then we drove home, or rather I drove for about an hour before Doug decided I should not drive as it was raining steadily and I was making him nervous because the 18 wheelers kept passing me and splashing water all over the window shield causing me to freak out.