Around Our House

Here is a glimpse of random things around our house! It is hard to believe we have lived in Tennessee for over a year!

These are kitchen canisters that my Granny had in her kitchen for YEARS! I remember them being in her kitchen when I was little. She passed them on to me when I got married and I LOVE them!

I LOVE Elvis! This is our Elvis calendar in the kitchen!

This is our bedroom. Bindi Lee actually stayed put for the picture!

This is a little "set up" under one of the side tables in our bedroom!

These are Barrett's jerseys from playing football at Alabama. We have them in our Alabama guest room! The crimson jersey is from the Cotton Bowl and the white jersey is from the Music City Bowl.

This is the Alabama clock in the guest room. My brother gave me the "Bama Blvd" sign for Christmas and underneath is a team picture from when I played volleyball at Alabama!

Hope you enjoyed a tiny glimpse of a few random things in our house!

Football Fridays

Tonight was the Panther's first football scrimmage of the Fall 2009 football season! I LOVE football, and I especially LOVE watching one particular assistant coach :)! I was excited to leave work, run by Sonic to get my favorite drink (Diet Coke with Lemon), let Bindi out, and head to the football field! It has been awesome to watch Barrett grow from being a player himself, to now coaching.


I definitely think he has a gift and the high school guys seem to really look up to him. Even though I really enjoy the football games, it is bitter-sweet for football season to start. During the season Barrett's weekends are almost completely consumed except for Sunday. He usually doesn't make it in on Friday nights until 2 or 3 in the morning and he has to go back up to the school on Saturday from 8am until 3pm to watch film for the next weeks opponent. By the time Sunday rolls around I am definitely needing time with my husband! My mom gave me the cutest little wall plaque that we have hanging in our living room. It really sums up being a coaches wife:



Stay tuned to the blog for updates about the Panther's football season! In the mean time, here is a picture of Barrett in action last year! :)

PANTHER PRIDE!!!

Veggie Tales

Here are pictures of the growing veggies!

Tomatoes (Bob)

Cucumbers (Larry)

Promotional Codes Website!

For those of you who know where Barrett and I live in Tennessee, you understand the adjustment I have had to make when it comes to shopping! When I lived in Texas I was spoiled by having a great out door mall 3 minutes (5 minutes if you hit a red light) away. Any type of store you wanted to go to was at most 30 minutes from my house!

Now, in order to get to a "good" mall we have to travel 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours! Due to our location, Barrett and I are constantly shopping online. The thing I hated most about shopping online was feeling like I was throwing away money by paying shipping and handling. Last week I made an AWESOME discovery and I wanted to make sure I shared it on my blog! So, for those of you who are online shoppers, this post is for YOU!

My major discovery is a website where you can look up promotional codes to use for online shopping. It has promotional codes for thousands of stores! I questioned whether or not it would work but I have ordered items from two different stores and used two different promotional codes for each order...and it worked!!!! I was able to get free shipping with one order and 15% off with another order simply by entering in the promotional code from the website!

So now that you are all dying to know the website go here!

Check it out and let me know what you think! I hope it changes your online shopping experience! I know it did mine!

This Weekend and a New Recipe

We had a busy week and it is hard to believe the weekend is already coming to a close!

Barrett had a football scrimmage Friday night, so I traveled to Loretto to spend time with my in laws and niece. We went shopping and then ate at Demo's! It was yummy! Here is a picture of me and Miss Aubrey Grace!


Saturday we had a girls day of shopping! We went to Kirklands, Robbie's, and the mall in Florence. Saturday night we celebrated Barrett's dad's birthday with a wonderful dinner of: chicken and dumplins, fried okra, hominy, deviled eggs, grape pie, and chess squares! It was delicious!!!

Today we have picked up around and outside the house. Barrett mowed and I went for our weekly grocery run. Tonight we had dinner with one of Barrett's coaching buddies. It was excellent! We had pork tenderloin, baked potatoes, and corn. I made a salad and rolls.

This is the recipe for the Parmesan knots I made! They are really good and simple to make!

Here is what you will need:

• 1 tube (12 oz) buttermilk biscuits
  
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried parsley flakes

Roll each piece into a 3" rope, tie into knots and tuck ends under. Bake at 400 degrees for

8-10 minutes. In a large bowl combine remaining ingredients. Add the knots and gently toss.

Finally, the other exciting news is that our tomato/cucumber plant finally has baby cucumbers and tomatoes! I will have to keep you all up to date on the growth process, but here is what I found today!

Baby Tomatoes

One Baby Cucumber

Around Our Backyard

Here are just a few pictures from around our backyard:

Cute initial flag from Kirklands! :)

These are our cucumber plants! Not too much longer and we

should have a few baby cucumbers!

This is our tomato bucket! They are planted in the side of a bucket! Yum!

These are surprise lillies that have bloomed all around our house!

This is what Bindi does while I blog....

Summer Happenings

I have not blogged in FOREVER!!! This summer has been filled with friends, family and fun. I spent most of my summer having to adjust to Barrett's summer schedule. Trust me, it was not fun getting up to go to work while Barrett was still snoozing! Being a teacher definitely has its perks! For the most part, Barrett's summer is over. The Panthers started football two-a-days on Monday. Now Barrett leaves the house before I do and doesn't get home until 8:30 or 9:00pm. I am going to do my best to do a quick run through of events from May-July!

May -

• We celebrated Aubrey Grace's 1st birthday! I love being an aunt!
• I took a trip to Jackson to visit extended family and to celebrate my cousin Natalie's birthday. I really enjoyed getting to see everyone!
• We celebrated Debra's retirement at a dinner put on by the high school.
• My mom celebrated a birthday in May. Although I couldn't celebrate it with her in person, I celebrated in spirit!
• Also in May, I started helping with the Lady Panther volleyball team. I am VERY excited to be involved at the high school and help with such a great sport!
• We spent Memorial Day weekend with Barrett's friends and family having a cook out and the guys playing yard ball.
• The last weekend in May Barrett and I traveled to Pensacola for Trisha and Billy's wedding. We had such a great time, and I was honored to be a bridesmaid for Trisha & Billy's special day!
• Barrett's brother Rylie celebrated his 17th birthday! :)

June -

• Barrett went to CoCoa Beach, FL with a group of his guy friends. Bindi and I stayed home and had girl time!
• I had a training for work in Nashville the 9th-11th.
• I helped with the annual golf tournament for work. I had a lot of fun being the "Cart Girl".
• June 18-20 Barrett surprised me with a trip to Gatlinburg, TN. I had never been to the TN mountains and we had a GREAT time. He was so thoughtful to take me on a mini-vacation.
• Barrett and his family went back to Gatlinburg during June for their family vacation. I wasn't able to go because of work :(.
• At the end of June I got a hair-cut! I actually got it cut shorter than I ever have! I am really enjoying my new "style"!

Although we are still in July, here are a few highlights so far...

• July 2-5th we took a trip to Hot Springs, AR! We met my family there and had a BLAST! It was so great to see them!
• Volleyball for the high school has started up. I am helping with evening practice when my work schedule allows. I am really enjoying getting to know the girls and being around the sport again!
• Barrett celebrated his 24th birthday! We went to eat at a Japanese Steakhouse and I pre-ordered NCAA 2010 for his PS3! I am such a good wife!!!!
• I went "junk sale shopping" for the first time since I have lived in Hohenwald. I found a STEAL of a DEAL on an entertainment piece for our big TV. Barrett and I decided the piece of furniture would be an anniversary gift to each other!
• July 19, 2009 we celebrated our 1 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!! I cannot believe it has already been one year since I married my best friend and love of my life! For our anniversary we ate at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Nashville! It was so yummy! To make our dinner even better, our dinner was "anonymously" paid for. ;) We know who paid for it and are so thankful for a great anniversary treat!
• Barrett started back two-a-days on Monday (July 20) so we are gearing up for the 2009 Panther football season!

I will try to post pictures soon from our summer events!