Flood Relief

Today, my boss gave us the day to go out and volunteer and do some flood relief. Not only do I work at a great place, I also have an amazing boss...

I told you I'd keep you guys posted with pictures of the flood relief efforts...Here are some pictures from today...It looks like a war zone out there...

The Cross Point and Gurley Girls Crew

(You can see how high the water level got)

I am so physically and emotional exhausted...I can't seem to put what I witnessed today into words.

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I am proud to call Nashville Home

I am so proud to call Nashville home... This blog sums it up quite well, take a look.

We Are Nashville.

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#othersituation2010 AKA: 2010 FLOOD

As many of you know it has been a rough couple of days here in Nashville. 18" of rain has fallen and the river is still rising. I am one of the lucky ones, yes I am with out power for the next couple of days, and yes there was a mud slide in my parking lot. But I'm still alive, and have a place to live, and my house isn't under water with out flood insurance.

This kind of flooding hasn't happened in Nashville since 1926 and before that it was in the 1880's... I have collected several photos of downtown Nashville this morning that are amazing...and not in a good way.

The power went out at my place sometime yesterday afternoon and there wasn't much to do. I decided to go take a look and see what was going on in my apartment complex and this is what I found...

A mudslide...

That turned into a bigger mudslide...

14 hours later still one big mess to be cleaned up...

Of course we did what everyone else would have done...we grabbed a beer and went and stood in the rain and watched the hill side slide...hey, there was nothing else to do...and everyone else was doing it...

I also went on a hunt to find out how we lost power...I found it...Another mudslide, this one was on the other side of the building...A tree got uprooted and fell on the power line...

NES came out around midnight and cut the tree down, and restored power to the A and B building in our complex...but the rest of the complex is with out power. Maintenance is saying that it will be three days before we get power. I guess it will be more mini camp stove cooking...

What an adventure!

All in all we are dry, safe and sound...We are so lucky that we didn't lose a thing, like so many have here in Nashville...

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has been affected by this horrible flood.

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ONE MONTH FROM TODAY!

1 month

or 4 weeks

or 30 days

from today

I turn 27! But more exciting I am (cross my fingers) going to be closing on my house....

Here are some pictures from this weekend...Lets play who can spot what has changed on the outside!

So here is the Front...

And the back....

I don't think you have seen a picture of the side yet, so here you go!

Look at all the little windows!

So excited!!! All I can think about is what color it is going to be, and how I am going to decorate it... Silly little stuff like shelf liners and soap holders. I have some great ideas for change of address cards and house warming parties! I wish I could start moving in TODAY!

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Weekend Get Away!

In January I took a spur of the moment trip to see Zach and McCall in Seattle, well Port Orchard actually, and had a FABULOUS time! (Ironically Casey went to Portland this same weekend)

I had a Southwest Rapid Rewards ticket to use so I left Nashville after work on a Thursday and was in Seattle by 10pm! I missed "thesituation2010" aka: a Nashville snowstorm, work was even canceled.

I love to travel, airports are the best place to people watch. Also you never know who you are

going to run into...

Friday: I got to lay low! It was so nice and relaxing, I watched sappy girl TV, I read a book. It was exactly what I needed.

Zach came and picked me up mid afternoon and we went and picked McCall up from work and went for a great dinner! Then we went out to a local pub and had a BLAST. There was a nice big

soft sofa to sit on and relax. My kind of a place!

McCall and I got up and showed the whole bar how to do the Macarena Dance (We were drug up there...we would have been perfectly happy just chair dancing). We also got some awesome people watching in too...

(I can't seem to get the video to upload, I'll try again later)

Saturday: Strange Brew Fest - Port Townsend, WA

The name of this brew fest if fairly explanatory... All of the brews were strange...Everything from Green Tea Beer to Tabasco...There were several Minty Stouts...There was also a coconut one, as well as a creamsicle beer...It was a ton of fun. I even met a real life Lumberjack while I was there! :)

Sunday: Back to Nashville I go...It was such a quick trip but so nice to see Zach and McCall! It was great to take a trip and get out of Nashville for a while... THANK YOU Zach and McCall for being my tour guides and letting me come visit for the weekend!

After Zach dropped me off at the airport I was walking to my gate and I hear someone calling my name...I thought I must have been hearing things, really, I was in Seattle, who would know me there...I looked up and just happened to be on a flight back to Nashville with my friend Kim.

What a great end to an even better trip!

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NEON FOOD COLORING

Happy Spring! Because it was spring I thought I would break out the Neon Food Coloring for the very first time just to see what was really special about it. Boy am I in LOVE check out my mini cupcakes.

I don't know how these couldn't bring a smile to your face...

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TOWNHOUSE UPDATE

Ok so I now know what the outside of my town house is going to look like...Although I don't know the color yet...I am so crossing my fingers for green!

I have a pergola!!! How cute would it be to string little ball lights from it :)

I am too darn excited...I can't wait for May 28th to get here!!!

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