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I Love My Boys (and SweetiePie!)

May 10, 2010 on 11:36 pm | In Family | 57 Comments

Well, hi there! Did you all have a good weekend? How ’bout all you mothers in countries that celebrated Mother’s Day? I had a perfect Mother’s Day Weekend — I got to see my boys!

I left on Friday morning and took some furniture and oddball things to TheSecondChild in Nashville. He got a job in a pharmacology lab a few months ago (I think I forgot to mention that!) and he’ll finally be moving into an apartment in a few weeks. After we unloaded all of his things, he took me to see the lab where he works. Here’s a pretty little statue that sits in the courtyard outside of the building where he works. (How cute are those babies?)

We also went on a little shopping spree to get a few things for the apartment. He’s so excited to finally have a place that will be clean. He’s been living in a temporary situation with a bunch of college seniors — and their place lives up to all the male-frat-house stereotypes. The roommates were all gone on a trip, so I stayed at the house with him and I’m sort of surprised I lived to talk about it. Ewwww. It was filthy! I offered to help him pick up, but he refused, so I held my nose and covered my eyes. (I’m kicking myself for not taking a picture of the sty — for posterity, you know.)

On Saturday, he took me around Nashville — it’s such a beautiful city! They’re an amazing community too — they’re all pulling together and working hard to recover from the awful floods. Outside of Nashville, we didn’t hear much about the floods — and more importantly, we didn’t hear about looting or rioting or begging for help. No wonder so many people want to live there!

TheSecondChild took me to a hill that looks out on the city. In the picture below, you can see the city skyscrapers in the background and all the big buildings in the middleground (on both sides of the trees in the middle) are part of Vanderbilt University. I was so surprised that the campus is so large — it doesn’t feel that big when you’re actually walking on campus.

On Saturday afternoon, I said goodbye to TheSecondChild and drove home as far as TheFirstChild’s and SweetiePie’s home. I was so pooped, I fell asleep on their couch. Very sad. I came home on Sunday and found a little surprise in the mail — some adorable crochet flowers from Ms. Bitty Bit herself. (Picture stolen from Ms. Bitty Bit.)

I won two cute flowers in a giveaway at Kim’s. I love them — Thank You Kim! You can make some too, as Kim is very kindly sharing the how-to here.

So, that’s all the excitement from ThimbleannaLand. Unless you think pulling weeds is exciting — I’ll be doing that all week after work each day. And then, as some of you know, I’ll be leaving this weekend for quilt market. I’m going to help Kellie with her booth. I’m also super excited because it’s been 10 years since we lived in Minneapolis and I can’t wait to visit some of the fun places that I loved so much when we lived there.

If you’re reading ahead…you can guess that I’m going to take a little blogging break. I’m pretty sure you have better things to do than read about my weeding this week and I don’t think I’ll blog during market, although who knows? So, I’ll plan on being back after market, when you’ll already have heard all about it from real bloggers who’ll give you the blow-by-blow. I’ll miss you while I’m gone and I’ll make it up to you by making you suffer through my report when I return. Have a great few weeks without me!

XOXO,
Anna

57 Comments

Nashville looks divine – have a great time at quilt market.

Comment by Fiona — May 11, 2010 #
Man, I offered to carry kellies bags for her..but you get to help out! YAY !!!
Have a great time and give Kellie and extra good luck hug for me on the first morning.

Comment by jodie — May 11, 2010 #
That’s great that your son got a job and managed to stay in the city he wanted to stay in. It does look lovely.

I hope you enjoy quilt market – it sounds like a lot of fun! And weeding does sound exciting! My favourite type of gardening!

Comment by Di — May 11, 2010 #
We’ll miss you but have a good time without us!

Comment by Gina — May 11, 2010 #
I can’t wait until you get back from market with a report. Have the best time. It was great to see the photos, it looks so green.

Comment by Janet — May 11, 2010 #
See you when you return from you mini break! Love the little flower brooch too, very cute.

Comment by sue — May 11, 2010 #
Glad you had a lovely weekend. The statue of the human genome with the babies hanging on is wonderful. Enjoy the time with Kellie (you are soooo lucky) and I’m looking forward to hearing about your adventures in a few week. Take care, Vreni

Comment by Vreni — May 11, 2010 #
Sounds like you had a great Mother’s Day weekend.
Love that statue!!! Congratulations to TheSecondChild on his job!
You are going to have a ball with Kellie!! Wish I could be there with you!

Comment by Miriam — May 11, 2010 #
We’ll miss your posts! Glad you got to visit with the family a bit this weekend! :) And that you weren’t caught in rioting or looting! :) Be sure to take a big backpack or purse, my long-lost-sister! Who knows what you’ll find to fill it with at the show! :) Don’t use it for weeding, though! :) And when you’re done weeding, it’s raining here and making my weeds grow… :)

Comment by Jennifer Henson — May 11, 2010 #
Have a great trip!

S.W.A.K.

Comment by Marsha — May 11, 2010 #
I’m glad your son found a job and is enjoying Nashville in spite of the flooding. Have a great time at market:)

Comment by Vicki — May 11, 2010 #
Oh Anna you are going to have a great time at quilt market and no weeding there … woohoo, have fun!

Comment by Shawn — May 11, 2010 #
Have a great time! You’ll be missed but we’ll want to hear all about it when you get back! Don’t shop too much now!

Comment by Jen — May 11, 2010 #
Isn’t Nashville beautiful? My brother went to Vanderbilt law school eons ago, well it seems like eons anyway. But I digress, love it there and so nice you got to see your son, albeit in a “pseudo frat house”. Still nice though. Hey, I am gonna miss you at market. I go in the fall to Houston. Do you think you will go then?

Comment by Jackie — May 11, 2010 #
That sounds like a wonderful mother’s day weekend :-) Have fun on the market and I look forward to your return! x

Comment by Karin — May 11, 2010 #
Have fun in Minneapolis!
Love the crocheted flower! Thanks for the link to her blog – looks like another one I need to check out!

Comment by Janet — May 11, 2010 #
Have a great time! Please take lots of pictures!

Jennifer :)

Comment by Jennifer — May 11, 2010 #
well, hurray, you are headed this way!!! i certainly hope that i get to meet you at quilt market!!!

Comment by amandajean — May 11, 2010 #
We will miss you but have a good break. And have lots of fun at the market xoxoxo Clarice

Comment by clarice — May 11, 2010 #
I wish I were going to be at market with you!!!! I’m so excited for you!
Have the best time ever.

Comment by your favorite tree hugger — May 11, 2010 #
I’m jealous, you get to go to market and visit Minneapolis! Have a wonderful time.

Comment by Mary Ann — May 11, 2010 #
Going to market is going to be so awesome! I can’t wait to see the pictures.

When my son was in base housing, his place was a mess. Now that he has a house he keeps it spotless! Funny! I’m glad you had a great visit with your sons.

Comment by Miss Jean — May 11, 2010 #
We all deserve a break now and then. Nashville. I’ve never been there but I’d like to go sometime. Weeds – hate those rotters! They yell at me every time I drive in my driveway.

Comment by nanette — May 11, 2010 #
I love Nashville! My girls ran a marathon there and we went to cheer them on! Loved the city! So glad you had a fun weekend!!

Those snickerdoodles look soooooo yummy! They are my favorite cookie!! But I don’t dare make them as I would eat them all.

Your sister’s dog is so darn cute!!! Love the photos of little to big!

Have a fu, fun time at th quilt show!!
Joni

Comment by jonipossin — May 11, 2010 #
Love that little baby sculpture – and Nashville looks a lot like our capital city Melbourne from that green hill

Comment by Annie — May 11, 2010 #
Wow, you have been a busy lady!!! It really is weed pulling season, isn’t it….I think that warm April we had just gave all the nasty stuff a jump start. I’ve gotta enlist my minions (oops- boys) and get them out there with me. Have a great time at quilt market- that’s gotta be lots of BIG FUN!!

Comment by rohanknitter — May 11, 2010 #
But, Anna, of course we’ll miss you! Weeds and all. (That’s what I need to be doing, too.) Oh well. Have a good time at market, and I will look forward to a great report when you get back. Hugs, Elaine

Comment by Elaine/MuddlingThrough — May 11, 2010 #
Have a great time, can’t wait to see some fabulous photos from Market!

Comment by Beth — May 11, 2010 #
You will be missed, Anna. But we will all look forward to hearing about all the wonderful things you’ll be doing on your bloggy break – even the part about pulling weeds! :) Enjoy market!

Comment by Trina Christenson — May 11, 2010 #
Your gonna have some fun at market. You’ll be on overload from trying to see it all. But enjoy yourself!!!!!
Love the little babies. I wanna go spend a week with Boo after I’m done with my JOB! Soon, very soon. Boo love Nashville. I’m sure your son does too. Maybe you and I should meet up there. :-)

Comment by sharon — May 11, 2010 #
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Nashville two summers ago, it was a wonderful place. Your son will be so happy living there.

Congratulations on winning those adorable flowers, they’re so pretty.

Enjoy your blog break; we’ll all be here when you get back. It’s good to just step away sometimes and have a bit of time off from blogging.

Comment by Junie Moon — May 11, 2010 #
Nashville sounds nice – I’ll put it on my “Places to Visit” list! Hope your son can keep his new place clean, since you won’t be there to housekeep.

Have fun on your trip (and with your weeding…?) I’ll miss you while you’re gone. If you get bored or miss us too, you can come back early!

Comment by Rachel — May 11, 2010 #
Those babies are cute!! I love Nashville and have fond memories of a trip there with my sisters many years ago.

Have fun at the yarn market! We will miss you …

Comment by Stacy — May 12, 2010 #
Oh, and I really like those little flowers you won. Very cute.

Comment by Stacy — May 12, 2010 #
Darn, I meant the quilt market. I will stop leaving you comments now.

Comment by Stacy — May 12, 2010 #
never been to a quilt market…have a great time & will be eager to see your posts!
no worries…we will be here when you return!

Comment by linda — May 12, 2010 #
Glad you had a great Mothers Day with your boys! Enjoy your trip to Quilt Market – I will look forward to hearing about your adventures.

Comment by Lisa — May 12, 2010 #
I hope you’re having fun with that weeding, take time to smell the roses Miss Anna and enjoy
Kimx

Comment by kim — May 12, 2010 #
Just catching up after my holiday – thanks for your comments, looking forward to hearing about the quilt market

Comment by frayedattheedge — May 12, 2010 #
Market? You lucky duck. I hope your accomodations are a little bit nicer at market than they were in Nashville… LOL! Oh the things we do for love…

Take care, Anna~
Cassie

Comment by Cassie — May 12, 2010 #
Nashville is one of my favorite cities….and I’d say that even if I weren’t originally from there.
Congrats to your son landing a job in such a great town!!

:)

Comment by Cathy ~ Tadpoles and Teacups — May 12, 2010 #
i follow a limited number of bloggers.
very. limited.
it’s getting boring out here while you’re on hiatus.
i think posts about you weeding would be just fine.
maybe it will motivate us to do yardwork…
well, probably not, but we could make fun of YOU for doing it

Comment by your favorite tree hugger — May 13, 2010 #
Congrats to your son!!! :-)

Have fun at quilt market!

Comment by MJ Smith — May 13, 2010 #
I just love Nashville. It is the most friendly city and I have no doubt that thye will bounce back and be better than ever!
Have a fabulous time at market! I’m jealous. ;) You will have to tell us all about it when you return. One day, one day……..

Comment by Karin — May 13, 2010 #
I’ll miss you Anna, but I sure do hope you enjoy your break. Quilt market should be a wonderful experience.

My “boy” has an apartment to himself this year at school, and he has really enjoyed it. He still sees his friends nearby, but he enjoys the quiet and has enjoyed creating his own space too. The best of both worlds.

Best wishes to your son as he begins this new journey. I know he’s going to do really well for himself.

xo
Lena

Comment by Lena — May 13, 2010 #
We’ll miss you – don’t work too hard on the weeds!

Comment by Emma — May 13, 2010 #
You’re helping Kellie? You do realise that makes you blog royalty, don’t you?

I LOVE that statue. As you know, I am an uber geek, so you could probably have guessed I wish I had it in my garden!

Comment by dottycookie — May 13, 2010 #
Enjoy your break! toni xxx

Comment by toni — May 13, 2010 #
Love that sweet flower!! We are going to miss you but can’t wait for your report. So jealous of you going to market….but in a bloggy, friendship kine of way :-)!!!!!

Comment by Cheryl — May 14, 2010 #
What a lovely way to spend Mother’s Day! Have a great time at quilt market! Lucy x

Comment by Lucy Locket-Pocket — May 15, 2010 #
Your Mother’s Day sounds lovely :o)

Have a fab time at quilt market – can’t wait to see the photos and hear all about it!

xxx

Comment by Lesley — May 15, 2010 #
I’m so glad you had a great mother’s day with your boys Anna! Hope you’re having a nice blogging break!

Comment by Penny — May 16, 2010 #
Happy Mother’s Day to you too!!! Now don’t you shop too much will you… LOL!!!

Hugs :)

Comment by Jodie — May 18, 2010 #
Enjoy your break and Happy “belated” Mothers Day. I’m glad TheSecondChild got a job. I would love to live in Nashville but it’s too far from my grand babies.

Comment by Judy — May 18, 2010 #
Enjoy your break Anna.
I have just been savaged, for the first time, by Morty! I think he had a ‘kitteh snap’!! LOL.

Comment by meggie — May 19, 2010 #
Hello Anna ~I’ve just strolled in for my first visit…I’ve enjoyed taking a peek at your past posts. You’ve got so many wonderful ideas. Your blog is so beautifully inviting.
We share similar taste for so many of the same creative design elements.
What a beautiful day in Nashville. Shopping is always a delightful way to celebrate any occasion, especially Moms day. Your great weather has me anticipating summer.
I’m looking forward to a little baking/cooking with fresh grown fruits and veggies.
Don’t you love the aroma that fills the air during this season?
It’s definitely invigorating.
I will come by your charming blog again.
Come by for a visit. Your company would be nice.
Sweet wishes,
Sara

Comment by Sara's Sweet Surprise — May 19, 2010 #
Glad you had a great mothers’ day…my son phoned me from Australia, it was so nice to hear from him. Enjoy your blog break. I am so busy with school right now but tonight I am playing hooky and visiting blogs.

Comment by raina — May 22, 2010 #