Summer fun

Do you have your underground pool network in place for the summer? I do! Your UPN is all the pools you know you can go to when you want/need to swim. I've got four right now, plus the lake so I'm determined to swim at least once a week until it gets too cold! One of our favorite's is at a subdivision in Bellevue. The pool is so nice and has a separate adults only pool. Awesome!

I'm really enjoying my waterproof camera! I promise I won't post photos of every pool trip I made this summer, haha!

Travis and I are all about sun hats. I can't believe I resisted so long! I'm hoping to go all summer without a bad sun burn.

This day was PERFECT. It was hot and sunny with beautiful blue skies. We floated around for more than three hours laughing.

On the adult side most people are just laying out, so we almost had the actual pool to ourselves.

Bobbie's Dairy Dip is a fun summer dinner spot. It makes me feel like I'm on vacation.

I really wish there was somewhere to get a vegan dip cone! I really miss those.

I want that poster.

I got a veggie burger that was really burnt. Ah well. The fries were gooooood.

Crystal and Marc got frozen bananas! Don't those look good!

We shared a chunk of frozen pineapple. It was good!

We had such a fun Sunday afternoon. I can't wait for our family vacation in July! We're going to Asheville with Crystal and Marc for a week. There will be lots of swimming hole times and tubing and maybe boating? Do not spend the summer dry!

Have you seen the stories about the new trending pose, sparrow face? It is really funny and we've been trying to perfect it. You open your eyes wide and let your mouth hang open like a baby bird. So cute, right? Ha!

Vintage car show in Nashville!

Nashville had its first big vintage weekender (that I've heard about anyway) back in May. It is called Nashville Boogie! I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy tickets as they were kind of expensive and I don't dress vintage (I wish!) but I think I'll go next year! We stopped by on Saturday for the vintage car show and it was so fun! I was craning my neck to see into the main room where they had the rockabilly bands and the pin up contest!
I'm not really into cars, but it was fun looking at all these vintage beauties.

Pretty pin striped details.

Look at the kitty face!

And this Tiki!

Gosh there were so many beautiful ones. Wouldn't it be cool if vintage cars drove like modern ones? Or I just need a friend who will drive me around in one whenever I want.

Look at those red windows!

So many cute details.

The Munster mobile was there! Eddie Munster was too.

The main reason we went was to support our best friends Crystal and Marc who were vending. Did I mention she is working on Olivia Frankenstein full time starting at the beginning of this year? I'm so proud of her! And I'm in love with their Nashville monster shirts. I wear one almost every day (is that too lame? haha)

The vendor area wasn't as big as I'd hoped. Maybe next year!

I finally found a charm bracelet! I've wanted one forever but never found one I liked. This one is so cute and full of clovers, wish bones, horse shoes and pennies. I love it!

We had a great time at the car show, I can't wait to go back for the whole event next year!

Cabin in the Smokies

The best part about going to Gatlinburg (in my humble opinion) is renting a cabin in the mountains.Don't just stay in a hotel! You need a hot tub with a beautiful view! We usually rent through Mountain Chalets (though I just noticed they don't post your reviews if you post anything negative. All I said was the only problem with this cabin was the terrible water pressure in the shower. Oh well.) Everything else was great!

Look at that view!

If you want a private cabin look for ones advertised as honeymoon rentals, or with names like the cuddle bear.

Here is the view from our hot tub on the porch. Glorious! We picked a good time to go. It was warm and beautiful during the day, then chilly at night. Perfect hot tub weather.

We also had this sweet heart jacuzzi in the room! Haha! Most cabins we've stayed in have had a black bear theme, but these people chose pandas. Interesting choice. I loved our little cabin, it was perfect for just two people. Also, did I mention we payed for this trip with the money we've made since we started doing Kon Mari? We've sold a bunch of stuff and saved it up to do something like this.

On Sunday we tried to visit my holy land, the Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers but it wasn't open until later and we couldn't stick around. I was super bummed because this place is amazing! Over 20,000 sets arranged by category! I mean, of course I've been before, but it was still disappointing. You can see my previous posts on it here, here, and here.

After we went mini golfing and go karting Travis wanted to visit Smokey Mountain Knifeworks, so he dropped me off here.

I wonder how many of these they sell. Those things that look like rocks? They are huge sharp chunks of glass. So weird.

You could by a bucket of sand and glass shards for 20 bucks. I passed.

I'd been to this antique mall before and remember it being great. It was just ok this time. Here are a few things I saw and loved:

I was tempted by that sweet celluloid dog!

Big pile of Christmas! I bought those little made in japan bears. Too cute to pass up!

And I bought that paint by number. I love the aqua background!

On the way through Knoxville we made a pit stop at Tomato Head for kepner melts and vegan pizza. Yummmm. That sandwich is so good. It has WALNUTS on it. which seems weird, but so delicious.

What a great weekend we had. Now I'm super pumped for our July trip to Asheville! The swimming holes are calling my name!