Through the Roses: Tennessee and picture overload!!

I'm back from Tennessee! We had a phenomenal time! It was weird being out there disconnected from the outside world, but at the same time it was incredibly peaceful. Phillip's Dad is doing as good as can be expected, his pain is getting worse, but they are meeting with a pain specialist when they get back to Florida in a few weeks. I think that should make everything easier for everyone. All things considered, Phillip's mom is doing wonderfully. She is handling this so much better than anyone expected. She is holding her own while taking care of EVERYTHING that needs to be taken care of.

We got in on Friday morning at 0230. Roman and I woke up pretty early and took a walk, some of these pictures are from that walk. We all had a nice breakfast together and then went into town to run some errands. I am trying to think of everything we did...it is all running into one another. We went to Walmart to pick things up, we picked out a hummingbird feeder that has definitely attracted the babies. I love it. Friday night we went to dinner at a local place and then Sherry and Wilson's friends, Cindy and Carol came into town.

On Saturday we all got up and had a big breakfast and then Phillip and I left for white water rafting. We had a blast! We spent an hour and a half rafting down the river, we hit probably about 15 class 4 rapids and it was AWESOME! After we got back Phillip was smart enough to get a nap, that is definitely something I should have done considering how much sun we had taken in that day. All I remember is that we had fajitas for dinner.

Then Sunday rolled around and I don't remember what we did. I honestly can't remember, apparently I should have taken notes, lol. We went to a AA baseball game, we left about 1530 to head into town fro dinner before the game. I love baseball, we had a great time at the game. Chattanooga lost, we are starting to realize that they aren't that great. They are the Dodger's farm league team. Pretty crappy memory huh?

Well Monday, that was yesterday, I should be able to remember yesterday. We got up late, 1030ish. Then we quickly got ready and headed to town. We first stopped by a winery for some wine tasting. The wine was actually decent I didn't think it would be since it was middle of nowhere Tennessee, but it was. After we left the winery we headed just down the road to an Amish farm. I was in a little sun dress, of course the first thing I see is a sign that says something along the line "we appreciate our customers and we appreciate them dressing respectfully," crap! Luckily Cindy had a sweater I could borrow. I strapped that sucker on and we proceeded to buy, a ton of strawberries which were completely blood red all the way through. They were incredible. We also bought apple butter, strawberry preserve for Shelley, cucumber, blueberries, Cindy and Sherry also bought a gord to paint...whatever that means. :) We also then went and bought flowers from Lowes for Sherry to plant sometime later this week. We went home and then BBQed last night. I spent a good amount of time on the porch reading my book. I am currently reading "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks, I love him, I love his books.

Other than that, Phillip and I got home today around 1600. I have been just puttering around the house--checking email, catching up on blogs, laundry, baking brownies, the essentials, you know!?! That is all I have to say for tonight, I have clinicals in the morning and I am giving meds and doing my NPR, I don't know how I got so lucky to be stuck doing both of them on the same day. I am viewing it as punishment. Definitely punishment. Oh yeah, one more thing. Phillip and I decided to work on being more romantic. We are alternating days, he is evens, I am odds, on our respected days we have to do something romantic for each other. I am really excited about it. I'll let you know how that goes.

Anyways, without further ado...picture overload with of course, a tour!