It's Been a While.........

We have had an interesting week and a half...to put it mildly. Two major things happened. First, we bought our first house! YAY! There was so much chaos leading up to the closing that I really didn't think it was going to happen. The day after closing it began to rain..and rain...and rain. Our little family lived through the greatest flood Nashville as seen in a century. There was so much devastation, but we lived up to our nickname...THE VOLUNTEER STATE! The day it stopped raining people we out in droves helping neighbors, family, and even strangers. I was a nervous wreck Friday to Sunday. You see our little nest egg we just purchased has a cute little creek that runs along side our property. Well, the cute little creek quickly became a raging river. Amazingly, it did not come out of it's bank. I don't know how. Every creek in middle TN came out of its bank. Here are some pics of our interesting week:


Yep, downtown Nashville underwater. An unbelievable site to see.

These two pics are a mile or less from our house in opposite directions. I don't know how we got lucky!

And here is our cute little home. The front door is red, but I have it open so you can't see it. The creek lines the yard to the right if this picture.

One of the three bedrooms. Notice the popcorn. We are in the process of taking it down...ohhh the fun!

Living room area. Notice the stain on the hardwood. There are two of these. Previous owner had a dog. Let me tell you. She must have not owned a vacuum. There was dog hair everywhere. Nasty gross...gross and nasty. Hopefully the couch will cover that spot for now.

Dining area. Hate that light...it's coming down. Love all of the windows though!

Kitchen. Hate red...it's going bye bye.

The next few pics are for my green thumb of a mother :)

We have beautiful peony bushes. I wanted so badly to have a bouquet full of peonies for my wedding. It wasn't in my budget, so we had to do a mixture of roses and peonies...still beautiful. Ironic isn't it. I can go out my back door and make my own bouquet now :)

I can not tell if this is a peony or not. I think so, but it doesn't look like the others ones...what do you think mom?

This is an interesting plant in the front yard. What are these berry things????

Back yard

We got a new wet vac to help with popcorn clean up....Nolan loves a box!

Today is Mother's Day. We had a nice little dinner at the park. Nolan loves to gnaw on an apple.