tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76033427018529128922024-03-13T07:54:10.843-05:00I'm Seriously Kidding... ReallyOK- Who hid my flask?BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-57867365988381761752012-12-20T16:42:00.001-06:002012-12-20T16:42:24.559-06:0026.4.26
I haven’t felt this inspired to write in a
while. Life is busy. My house is dirty. Laundry, Legos and dying turtles. I sit in a pool of things undone and I am
doing just well enough to put on make-up on a consistent basis and even more disturbing is that somewhere along
the way, I convinced myself that being seen in public like this was acceptable.
So- needless to say, blogging takes a BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-42181667432145197252011-04-01T07:33:00.000-05:002011-04-01T07:33:17.994-05:00Full Circle10 years ago today, I left the only life I had ever known and drove six hours east to Nashville, Tennessee. At the time, I’m not sure I was fully aware of the heaviness of the decision I was making. I don’t recall envisioning a life any further beyond the record deal that was surely going to fall in my lap. I don’t remember thinking about where I would be in 10 years and sadly, I didn’t give muchBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-59891823867907567572010-10-28T13:31:00.000-05:002010-10-28T13:31:54.295-05:00Let's see where this goes....Ok- so I am officially a bad blogger. And a bad mommy. And a terrible wife. Not only have I not been writing about random boring crap that I somehow convince myself is funny- but I'm also not writing about things that matter- like Tyson's First Day of School, Tyson's first 6th Brithday, and Riley's first F-Bomb. These are things I need to remember- for the memories, the prosterity and the BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-27657231956520587432010-08-11T21:49:00.003-05:002010-08-19T11:59:37.581-05:00Dear World,
My young son starts to school today...It's going to be sort of strange and new to him for awhile, and I wish you would sort of treat him gently. You see, up to now he's been king of the roost...He's been boss of the backyard...His mother has always been near to soothe his wounds and repair his feelings.
But now things are going to be different.
This morning he's going to walk down the front BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-40320454715612539412010-08-10T14:27:00.003-05:002010-08-10T14:29:37.940-05:00Bright SpacesI am so proud that the organization I work for is able to not only change lives but that in the prcoess, this kind of happiness happens along the way....
Great job, April!
Bright Horizons from Kent Creative on Vimeo.BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-19858993118678238432010-07-31T17:28:00.007-05:002010-08-10T14:32:12.762-05:00PlentyI have moved to a new office that unfortunately for me, is within panting distance of a PEI WEI. Which- by the way- is pronounced, pay-way. Like "I'm broke, yo!- whydontchoo you pay my way, homie?". It is not Pee Wee, as in 'flogshislog' Herman. If ever someone says, "Hey, let's go eat at Pee Wee", I honestly want to point and laugh hysterically like a 7 year old boy.
So we lasted all of a day BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-89229935877417016882010-07-23T21:21:00.002-05:002010-07-23T21:24:04.903-05:00i love this. so wanted to share. you can learn more here .
INCOMPLETEBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-45072978628125545432010-06-27T22:38:00.002-05:002010-06-27T22:46:49.882-05:00BeautyTonight- I am short on three things. Wine- Time- and Energy. Riley Beth has been sick and none of us have been sleeping very well. But I wanted to show off a few picks from the last few weeks and our visit to the Edwin Warner Nature Center today.
Our days are getting better and our spirits continue to rise. Beauty is all around us. And we are breathing it in as much as we possibly can.
It is BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-80113801526346739032010-06-14T01:16:00.001-05:002010-06-14T13:09:41.757-05:00Reasons WhyWell, hello there. I guess if you are reading this than that means you haven’t given up on me yet. And I thank you for that.
Obviously- it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything and I do have my reasons. It’s so easy to share the good things- To plaster photos of family and friends with carefree grins along with stories of trips, evenings out and random musings from my painfully and BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-41005718694309360002010-05-20T12:16:00.001-05:002010-05-20T12:16:35.169-05:00just beautifulBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-20291554620865485702010-05-12T12:54:00.000-05:002010-05-12T12:54:17.851-05:00One more lookDear Friends and Family-
If you live here with us in Nashville- this will just solidify what you've already known or possibly just discovered about the city we call home. If you live somewhere else, please take a moment to take this in. It will give you a feel for what has been going on in the past week and a half.
BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-20786976878795512032010-05-10T09:44:00.001-05:002010-05-10T09:45:54.388-05:00KnotsRecently, I taught Tyson how to tie a knot. The next thing I knew- chaos ensued around the house and he took it upon himself to put his new skill to good use.
First- there's part of his Thomas the Train "Action Canyon" set; which hasn't been put together correctly since it was sitting under the Christmas tree 2 years ago. He finds other things to do with it. Like tying it to Riley's highchair, BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-67611827844811462852010-05-07T08:23:00.001-05:002010-05-07T08:23:35.837-05:00We Are Nashville
I, like many Nashvillians, just cannot find the words. Or perhaps it’s more that I have so many words crowding my head that I don’t know where to start. I am heartbroken. Simply heartbroken and overwhelmed at the devastation that has crippled our beautiful city and so many that call it home.
So I want to write this down, to get it out, to have something to remember it by and to give others BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-36290133514617662242010-05-05T23:20:00.000-05:002010-05-05T23:20:06.656-05:00Late night SnackI finally caught a full episode of American Idol tonight and just my luck. Harry Connick Jr. was this week's mentor. Gosh... I haven't seen him in a while and I forgot just how utterly delicious he is.
So there... that's for you. You are welcome. BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-60291729853955447922010-05-04T11:19:00.000-05:002010-05-04T11:19:59.210-05:00Our City is BrokenBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-91975957888053599482010-04-26T12:31:00.002-05:002010-04-26T12:43:34.854-05:00When The Week's Away, The Browns Will PlayWhat a fantabulous weekend! Although I failed to take my camera along to two of our planned outings, I think I'm able to rumage through my memory attic well enough to recollect a few moments to share...
In our normal 'last-minute-let's-see-just-how-close-we-can-cut-it' fashion, we secured a babysitter 2 hours before dinner and drinks with Kyle's cousin Melissa and her husband Tom- BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-64361776501184939442010-04-19T22:15:00.003-05:002010-04-19T23:11:41.332-05:00Home Tour 2010If you have talked with me at any point in the last few weeks, you will already know that I volunteered our home to be on the 2010 Nashville Downtown Partnership Live It Up Home Tour. They came and checked out the place- liked what they saw and many headaches and arguments with Kyle later, close to 350 people trudged through our private quarters! So, I'm happy to report my friends, it has BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-5622853067327476212010-04-13T09:56:00.001-05:002010-04-13T11:07:15.531-05:00Back Where I Come From...That would be Anderson South Carolina- you see things like this in bars:
a plump jolly ol' lad with a hat the color of prison shoes proudly showing off his gut and a "3" shaved into his belly hair. MMMmmm- it just doesn't get any better than this.
OH WAIT- yes it does. Does anyone else spot the oh-so pregnant chick to the left in the background? And if I'm not mistaken- she has a cigarette inBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-24308952269785109472010-04-09T18:42:00.002-05:002010-04-09T22:12:26.619-05:00I Didn't Even Have To Use My A-KEven Mr. Cube would approve.
Score one for the city living team! Nashville MTA just began a free- did ya hear that?- FREE bus service called the Music City Curcuit. Not only are the buses super nice, they are super green using a clean diesel hybrid electric propulsion system that produces fewer harmful emissions and uses less fuel. *SWISH*- Nothing but net.
So the offspring and IBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-3760195008601601962010-04-01T13:21:00.005-05:002010-04-02T21:44:23.338-05:00Attention April Powell, The 20's Called- They Want Their Final Rose Back.This is my former neighbor, my co-worker, my wedding florist, my comrade in all things "The Bachelor" and my friend, April.
She turns 30 tomorrow.
She is awesome.
Somehow, and I'm not sure what I've done in this universe to be so lucky- life has lead me to a handful of really exceptional, positive and charismatic people. Human beings who are nothing short of magnetic and who choose to run theBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-21740637146145295202010-03-18T15:14:00.001-05:002010-04-01T15:38:34.288-05:00Stuff That Makes Me Feel Smarter
Methuselah
The world’s oldest individual tree lives 10,000 feet above sea level in the Inyo National Forest, California. A staggering 4,765 years old, this primeval tree was already a century old when the first pyramid was built in Egypt. The tree is hidden among other millennia-old Great Basin bristlecone pines in a grove called the Forest of Ancients. To protect the tree from vandalism, BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-83249300838535978942010-03-12T11:47:00.002-06:002010-03-12T13:55:35.792-06:00The House That Built MeLyrics by: Miranda Lambert and Adam Shamblin. Not only is this BRILLIANT songwriting but it is so remeniscant of how I feel about the house I grew up in. I never looked at it "building me" until I heard this song. But it did. I don't listen to country music much anymore... but if every country song was written this well- I'd never listen to anything else. Enjoy- oh and Mom- grab some tissuesBrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-10508305683337813392010-03-11T23:27:00.000-06:002010-03-11T23:27:11.136-06:00Dance Like No One Is WatchingThis is what we do in the mornings- and sorry for the crazy motion sickness movements- You know this song- Sexy Bitch? Quite the classy title I know- but this song is like crack to your ears. I literally cannot stand still when this song is on. Neither can the kiddos...
BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-83766568564610102172010-03-11T23:22:00.000-06:002010-03-11T23:22:07.443-06:00Bret Michaels said it best...."Give me something to believe in..."
I believe that these two books can change your life. They have changed mine. In the words of my SC relatives- "You skeered?" BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603342701852912892.post-66936172989500199932010-03-11T23:11:00.000-06:002010-03-11T23:11:13.159-06:00Jason's DeliI have never met Jason but man- I love his deli. Several years after I moved to Nashville, I heard of this place called- Jason's Deli. I thought- "Wow, could Jason not have come up with something a little more creative than that?" Then I remember thinking- "what a po-dunk place that must be!" But alas- I have since discovered the organic oasis that is the 'deli a la jason'. Oh- Jason... I could BrandyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984566495550049080noreply@blogger.com0