Monday, November 26, 2007

Visited Schermerhorn! Also, I can die now.

Tonight Ben and I randomly got an invite to this thing at the Schermerhorn from our friend Carolyn. It was the first ever induction ceremony for a new Nashville institution, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. I went for one reason only, which I will tell you about in a minute, but let me just say it was such a great night!


For the purposes of this blog, I did in fact visit the Schermerhorn, which is the new symphony hall here in Nashville. It is a stunningly beautiful building and it was a real treat to actually go inside - up until tonight I only ever drove past the lovely grounds. Here is the inside of the concert hall:

Plus, random fact, a guy from my church and his company did all the wood floors throughout the building. Great job Bill!

So the Schermerhorn was lovely, and I'm checking it off the list! To find out why I can now die a happy woman, visit my other blog at http://amyelizabethjames.blogspot.com.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Works in Progress

Okay, some updates...

French Fries - This is going well, so far I haven't missed them too badly, except the other day when we got Chick-fil-a. I confess I stole one of Ben's fries. Just one!

Bookshelves - We are so close... just one more clear coat to go! I will post some pictures soon.

Salad - I wasn't going to officially start this one, but I might as well because I have been eating a good number of salads recently. I was inspired by trying and LOVING the delicious Quesadilla Explosion salad at Chili's. Just look at it!

It is beautiful and tasty. Anyway, obviously I can't afford to be eating out every day, so I started making my own with lettuce, cheese, a few tortilla chips, and fajita chicken strips. Mmmm!

X-Files - Man I stinkin' love this show! I used to watch it when it was on in the 90s with my dad - he would monitor if he thought a particular episode was too scary. Now I am watching it by Tivo-ing repeats on TNT and Sci-Fi channel. I think I may actually want to invest in getting all the seasons on DVD. Seriously, if Ben can have all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H, I can have 9 seasons of X-Files. Anyway, I think I am getting close to the end of Season 7... I'll keep you posted!

That's all for now!

Friday, November 2, 2007

French Fries!

Oohkay, November is going to be the month without fries! This will accomplish #5 on my Health list. But, I must confess, today I accidentally had about 5 french fries from my Chili's take-out order before I realized what I was doing. I then promptly scooped up all my fries and gave them away to my preggers coworker Shanna. So I figure that good deed makes up for the 5 accidentally-consumed fries.

So once again, starting NOW, November is the month without fries! I gave up fries once before, for Lent, and kept it up for a few months after. It was a good thing, to be sure. Pretty much any time I ate out, it forced me to pick a different, usually more healthy, side dish.

So long, my delicious friends. Who knows when we shall meet again!