This is a blog post that I have been working on for…well…weeks. I keep coming back to it, deleting sections, adding more, pouring over my words tediously examining my intent. Needless to say, this has been a labor of love. Love. Love. Love. (you’ll get it in a minute) Sooooooooo…… Ask someone if they know…
Archives for July 2013
Suddenly I Saw Polka Dots and Moonbeams…on the Wall
Inspired by this inspiration post over on How About Orange, when we painted our hall bathroom, I decided to pizzazz it up a bit with some metallic paint. I was particularly drawn to this post and this post. I also really liked the streamlined look of polka dots over at YHL on this post. Ultimately…
Disney Fantasy | Eastern Caribbean | St. Thomas part Deux
So we wanted to break up St. Thomas into a couple of parts because we got so many awesome pictures of us pulling into port right after sunrise. It was beautiful and quaint just like a painting. So how about our actual day in St. Thomas? Well…just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…….
Moonlit Walk in Cades Cove
Cades Cove is an isolated little valley located in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Erosion created this unique and historic place that is surrounded by the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee. John Oliver and his wife were the first white settlers here in the early 1800’s – you can still visit their original cabin…
Happy Friday Favorites!
Happy Friday, y’all! You know what that means for us over here at the Brown house – time for a few of our favorite things. When the dog bites, when the bee stings When I’m feeling sad I simply remember my favorite things And then I don’t feel so bad Oh, sorry! Sidetracked there by…
A day in the life of being fit
Since making the decision to “live healthy” a couple of years ago our lives have changed. Living clean is a lifestyle choice, not a passing fad, or a diet. It’s changing your whole life…for the rest of your life. And in doing this we’ve found that people are often curious what eating healthy really looks…
Disney Fantasy | Eastern Caribbean | St. Thomas Port
The week that we booked for our cruise happened to be the Fantasy’s Itinerary B for Eastern Caribbean, which meant that instead of stopping at St. Maarten first and then St. Thomas, we got to stop at St. Thomas and San Juan. We were glad that we did the alternate itinerary because we fell in…
Happy Friday Favorites!
We hope you all didn’t miss our favorites post too much last week and were enjoying a nice 4th of July weekend! We were busy getting stuff done around the house and waiting for the sunshine! It feels like it has rained for a month straight around Knoxville. In fact, we’ve had more rainfall so…