Taking on More Jobs

For some dumb reason, I offered to take on creating the weekly newsletter for my Rotary club. Tonight was my first one, so it took a little while to finish. Hopefully future editions will come together more quickly.

Looking for the Perfect Chair

I took a vacation day today to swap the new pool pump. I just bought it in June, but it stopped working on Sunday. Luckily I had the receipts, so I just had to drive to Nashvegas and swap it. Anyway, I'm still looking for that perfect cottage, comfy, upholstered, desk height chair for my office. The one pictured above was so so close - great fabric, wonderful lines, but the frame is the wrong color. I want a distressed white/cream frame, not black. If I were more handy at refinished these things, I would have given a it a try. But I'm not. So the search continues!

Hangin' at the Hangar

Today, Karen, Beth, Jennifer Graham, and myself ventured to the Maury County Airport for a lunchtime tour of one of the hangars to use for our Leadership Maury 20th Anniversary party. We wanted to have a party where no one else had done one before. I think the hangar will be fantastic! It's big, open, and very moody. Our theme is going to be WWII/1940's. We're having a big band play, great food, and 20 years of Leadership Maury alumni!!

At Sam Hill's

I went to Sam Hill's for lunch today, then again tonight with Jennifer, Corey, Justin, Amanda, and Jacob. Steve and Sully were out of town, so Jennifer wanted to stop by and have drinks. It was a fun visit, but my tummy didn't like eating at Sam Hill's twice in one day. I can only handle heavy greasy foods from there once per day. I've learned my lesson - trust me!

Groovy Fun Lamp

I saw this great lamp in TJ Maxx today. It's tall, has 3 bulbs in the column in the middle, and looks really fun. I think I know where this could go in the house!!

Zelma the Great

Tonight we had Chris, Suzanne, Carly, and Abbey over. We hadn't had dinner with them in ages. It was great spending time with them again! Anywho, Carly was playing with a scarf thingy and did this little ditty on Chris's head. Tres chic, n'es pas? He kinda looks like some lonely old lady, living alone in her apartment, with her 14 kitties, always at the ready to pull out a tissue from her sleeve. Project Runway - watch out!

A Very Full Saturday

Today was my Rotary Club's big fundraiser event - Sunset Symphony. You can see folks in the picture above rolling the tables out on the lawn at Elm Springs. We set up 60+ tables and chairs for each table this morning. Then this evening, the magic happens. The MCCB plays from 6:30-7:30 and a 20+ string orchestra plays after that. It's the 11th year our club has done this event. It's a lot of work, but it's so unique for our area. It really is a magical night!



Today was also the Demastus family reunion. This year, it was at Kevin & Carla's new place on the river in Florence, AL. It was a wonderful setting - there were shade trees along one side of the yard, the water and dock was at the back of the yard, the house was well air-conditioned!! This picture shows all 8 brothers and sisters together. This summer river reunion is the only time each year that all of them are together.

iPhone 2.0 Madness

Today is the release of the next generation iPhone. This was the view at our local AT&T store. I know it's not the best picture - I took it with my first-gen iPhone while driving past the store, yelling "loser" out the window. If you can make it out in the pic, the parking lot is full, and there are about 50-60 folks standing in line. And this was at 7:30am - a full 30 minutes before the store opens. Oh well, I'm just anticipating the new version 2.0 software for my own iPhone. And I can do that upgrade from the comfort of my own home. Have a good day y'all!

Calla in Pink

Greg and JoBeth brought us a Calla lilly on Friday night. I put it outside and took some photos of it this morning. I really like how delicate these flowers are. I've never grown them before this year, so I'm excited to have one.

Saturday in the Garden

Finally, the ferns hanging on the deck have filled out. For the longest, they just sat there, not really doing anything. Now they are full and lush. We've thought about hanging ferns on the deck before, but never got around to it. Tim put these up this year, and I've really enjoyed them.

Get That Thing Out of My Face

Sweet little Ada was none too pleased with me taking pictures of her this morning. This was the start of our 3 day Independence Day weekend, and I was taking some snaps around the garden. She was on the deck, not happy about the camera being out. Oh well, she'll get over it!

Wednesday in the Garden

One of the final blooms from the Sweet Bay Magnolia opened this evening. I love the scent of this bloom - it's very lemony and citrusy, but oh so sweet. It's just dripping with Southern grace and charm.

The Cat House

We stopped by Vince & Susie's this evening to take pictures of the back of their home. They have commissioned Tim to do a watercolor of the rear of their home to go along with the painting he presented to them at the garden tour party of the front of their home. And they love cats. This is their outdoor cat house. It's quite large, has heating, a/c, and radio. And the cats seem to adore it - they are always in there lounging around. Must be such a rough life for the kitty kitties.