Memorial Day 2009 in Tennessee

It has been years since I've not had a wedding over Memorial Day weekend. How nice to be off! Or... um... well I guess it probably maybe could've possibly been better if I'd had a wedding and brought in some money, but what the hey? I've spent my share of long weekends working, happy to have a change. Anyway...

We headed up to Tennessee in search of cool weather and relaxation. What we found was wet weather and $29 pitchers of margaritas, so I won't complain. Since we had no set agenda I was planning on hooking up with an old high school acquaintance that I found out via Facebook was going to be there also, but as so often happens I found that each day of the vaca was filled with frivolities from sun-up to sun-down and it just didn't happen. Oh, well, what's 20 more years between friends.

Little Brucester has been boarded since Friday so I can't wait to see him this afternoon!

Blue Angels

Over the weekend we went to the Beaufort Air Show to see the Blue Angels. Freakin' bad-a$$. I don't care who you are, seeing how fast these things go and how loud they are will put a smile on anyone's face!

Speaking of faces, mine was burned to a crisp in the hot sun. I've stated before that I have an aversion to sunscreen, and as a result I got one of the worst sunburns I've ever had. Probably 3rd degree. My face was purple. After a few days feeling like I had plaster covering my face, it's finally peeling away to reveal the nice pink, fresh, raw skin underneath. I skipped the beach on Sunday for fear that my face would literally burn off. We're going to Tennessee this weekend so now I'm in the market for a nice giant hat to hide under. Some of those hats from the Kentucky Derby looked pretty cool. Or maybe I can find a knock-off of Aretha's hat from the inauguration. I'm sure those would go over well in the hills of Tennessee!

Later That Day...

After the photo session we headed downtown for our weekly Sunday morning lazy brunch. J.Christopher's is our usual Sunday morning brunch haunt, but this week we wanted to change it up a bit. Right around the corner in the bottom of Drayton Towers is Harris Bakery, and hol-ee, is it good. I had the most delicious club panini on fresh crusty bread with this great garlic mayo. We took Brucester with us and sat outside on the sidewalk. I kept my back to the traffic on Drayton, figuring if somebody loses control of their car and takes us out, at least I won't see it coming. Abigail took the picture of Jarrod and Brucie; she was mad because she couldn't play with Jarrod's Gameboy and didn't want to be photographed.

After brunch we headed to the in-laws for a low-country boil. Of course I ate again. Today is really the day I start a diet.

Impromptu Mother's Day Portraits 2009