Strange Things Are Happening

            Never let it be said that Nashville is a city without quirks.  In fact, this city is rich with the unusual, the unique, and the down right weird.  Don’t get me wrong, it is one of the things that I adore about Nashville but I have seen a few things around my neighborhood over the past couple of days that have made me stop and wonder “What were they thinking?!”

Man on a super tall bike.  Funny thing is, he is not the only person I have seen since I've lived in Nashville who is riding a bike that is freaking huge.  Apparently, there is a bike brigade of sorts that builds these bizarre contraptions and rides them around town just for kicks.  Weird.

These purple stairs have been parked at the dead end of my street for the past week.  Not gonna lie, last night as I was taking an evening walk with some girlfriends I climbed to the top of them and belted out a little show-tune.  I imagine myself on Broadway at least 3-4 times a week.  But regardless of the smile that these random purple stairs bring to my face every morning on my walk to school...they are weird.

Nashville is also home to the world's smallest art gallery.  Not kidding.

This is weird.  'Nuff said.

What weird things are happening around your town?

Morning Y'all!

So it’s been one of those days…already.  Do you ever have those days when nothing seems to be going your way?  When you wake up on the right side of the bed but everything in your world seems to be pushing you over to the dreaded “wrong side”?  Well, that is how my morning has been thus far.  Until a few minutes ago that is.  The morning started off like any other with my alarm blaring in my ear right around 6:15am.  Ugh.  Feeling exhausted and still a little delirious in my sleepy state, I padded down to the kitchen and made myself some coffee.  Which I then poured onto my cereal.  Damnit.  This seems like a very strange thing to do but since I have become a grad school grandma and my dependence on caffeine is bordering on the need for a little celebrity rehab, I am basically brain-dead until I have had a cup of coffee.  As a result, I pull this little coffee-on-the-cereal trick more often than I would like to admit. 

Next in the series of events on this best morning ever, came the seemingly ever present bug-with-a-bajillion-legs in the shower.  Nearly gave this girl a heart attack.  But never fear…I smashed that sucker to death with a flip-flop and proceeded to shower in the dark, scary basement shower.  At least there were no killer bugs down there!  Okay, so in the grand scheme of things this morning wasn’t all that bad but I may or may not be a little bit of a drama queen who tends to blow a thing or two out of proportion.  Nah…I never do that! ;-)

But regardless of my less than ideal morning, I literally just received an email that my first client of the morning has been canceled and I am not needed in the clinic until 10am.  Guess it’s not such a bad morning after all!  So I am back in pj’s enjoying my coffee and cereal (not in the same bowl), and some celebrity gossip in the warm Tennessee sunshine!

Okay, so I know my toes look gross but I wanted y'all to feel like you were right here with me!

The Little Things

             Settling in for a long night of studying craniofacial anomalies and the very cute barista at Fido presented me with this:

Nothing like a little lovin' in your coffee to brighten your day, er, night!

Time for a Change

            I love a chance to redecorate.  Even when I was little I would beg my mom to help me rearrange the furniture in my room far too often for her liking.  This may be surprising to some of you loyal blog stalkers because I have made it abundantly clear that I am a creature of habit.  However, I don’t like to get stuck in a rut and when the rest of my life seems to be spinning out of control I like to straighten up and rearrange a little. 

            So I am very excited about the chance to totally redo my room when I move into my new house…aka the brothel…in 6 weeks.  That’s right, despite finding my adorable townhouse after an exhausting search last Spring I have decided to move again.  I was offered a room in a charming old house just a block away and my rent will be half of what I pay now.  Needless to say I jumped at the chance!  The house is adorable…complete with front porch and balcony off of my room.  I die.  And though some might be wary of moving into a house with 7 girls due to the sheer overload of estrogen (not to mention the fact that it is technically illegal in the state of Tennessee to have that many non-related females living in one house), I am giddy at the thought being surrounded by that many friends 24/7.

            Here is what I am thinking for the new room.  Keep in mind I am on a grad school grandma budget so some of the staples will have to stay but as an HGTV addict you can be certain I have some “design on a dime” ideas tucked up my sleeve.

The room gets tons of sunlight in the morning so curtains are a must...love the pattern on these!

My room already has a beach-y theme (despite the fact that I am completely landlocked here in Nashvegas) so I think these prints would look great on the wall.

Scatter these babies around the room to tie in the blue from the new curtains?

Love these beach-inspired throw pillows

Hug Your Dad

Happy Father's Day to this handsome man!  Wish I could be home to celebrate you!