Living on Cloud Nine

Mar28

FRIDAY FAVORITES THE SICK ONE

Hi babes! It’s been a sickly one around here! NOT a favorite! Mr. Nine and I have both been sick and we must be better as we have a fun day planned tomorrow and a big week next week where I might be turning another year older, lol! But anyway, let’s get to some Friday Favorites! No matter what the circumstances I can always find them!

Girlies are 18 Months TODAY!!!

Today! Those beautiful twin granddaughters of ours are 18 months old today! Just the light of our lives! We’re hoping to enjoy a fun discovery museum, pizza and carousel day tomorrow as an early birthday celebration for Grammy‘s birthday, lol

Etsy shop where sweaters

are from: HERE

Because everyone asks, lol...so cute!

Gigglescape Stuffed Animals

Gigglescape is such a great line from Target! They have more than stuffed animals, but my goodness their Easter line of stuff’s are the cutest! I almost want a CHICK for myself! Here is the chicken and the LAMB I got for the girls, so darling!

Lemon Tray

I can’t believe I have not shared with you that I’ve been decorating my tiered tray again. Not all three, lol, just one of them, but I changed it out last week from St. Patrick’s Day to bright cheerful lemons! It’s a little different than the lemon one I did in the past ( see post HERE), but I just love it!

White Wood Tray HERE // Wood Beads HERE // Mug Hat HERE // Faux Lemons HERE // Cute Etsy Lemon Signs HERE // Mini Pedestal Stands HERE

Neighborhood Cat and Stella

Last Fall, a cat, which I believe to be a neighborhood cat started coming and laying on our outdoor sectional on the porch. I put a blanket out there for him in case he wanted to lay there during cold evenings. Didn’t see him all winter, but he’s back and he often comes to the back patio door looking for his friend Stella. She’s not so keen on him, lol.

One Outfit

Sorry, friends just one outfit this week and a comfy one when I had to go out. I sure do love this sweater though from Quince. I was in lounge clothes and pajamas the rest of the week, lol.

Tiny Beautiful Things

I might be late to the viewing game on this one as it came out in 2023 but this limited series on Hulu has my heart! Have Kleenex ready. It is so good! Have you seen Tiny Beautiful Things?

Blast from Last

Since we’re talking about the girls turning 18 months old, I thought I would share a picture from last year to show you that their shoe game has been strong for the beginning, lol! Just look at those fuzzy slippers!

And Chicken Soup/Post of Week

My mama always makes me chicken soup when I am sick and it has hit the spot this week! And speaking of mama....in case you missed Mondays Post. It was about a trip to Nashville's for 2 mama's birthday's! Read it HERE!!

Stay healthy loves and enjoy the

last weekend of March!

Linking up with Momfessionals and Between Naps on The Porch // Thursday Fashion Files // I Do deClaire // Hello Monday // Sunday's on Silverado // Life and Linda

xoxo

Mar24

NASH BASH FOR OUR MAMA'S BIRTHDAYS

Last November, my friend Jenn, and I did something super fun! We celebrated our mom‘s birthdays in Nashville! Let me tell ya these ladies danced at the Honky-Tonks like nobody’s business! They were sung happy birthday to so many times and enjoyed every second of it! Not only did we have our mamas but we had Jenn’s mother-in-law and her sister and her daughter joined us with some of her friends too.

Can you seriously believe these ladies were turning 77 and 79! Beautiful!

We stayed at the sweetest Airbnb not far from Broadway and luckily all had early morning flights, so as soon as we settled in, we were off running. But first look how cute the lobby and our Airbnb is!

We started with a tour of the country music Hall of Fame, including a private tour of studio B. Elvis Presley himself stood in this very spot he recorded “Are you Lonesome Tonight” and it was so moving when they turned out the lights and played his recording. It happens to also be my favorite Elvis song!

Excited to show our husbands...that's their bus!

The Hall of Fame is so rich in history, and it was fun to tour.

That night called for a fun Italian dinner at Coco's Italian Market and some more ladies joined us.

Jenn’s mother-in-law and I got ourselves into a little bit of trouble when we accidentally got into the wrong vehicle in the parking lot, we were laughing so hard we were crying it was a hoot!

The next morning, we were ready to tackle a day on Broadway! We started out at the Garth Brooks bar and oh my gosh it was so fun! We got everybody dancing upstairs at the “Oasis” and had the best time.

One of my Favorite pics and Outfits of the trip!

Outfit Details

Shirt HERE // Boots HERE // Earrings HERE // Jeans HERE // Birthday Sashes HERE

Then Luke Bryan's Bar for Lunch.

That night, it was a trip to the Grand Ole Opry! We had a great night because Steven Curtis Chapman was getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, Carly Pearce was there along with Russell Dickerson and Lady A!

My Dress HERE (sale) and HERE

What a day this was! A limo picked us up to take us stocked with Champagne to the Arrington Vineyards, which is owned by Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn. It was a beautiful day. The driver rollout the red carpet and even made signs!

The limo was late because he couldn’t get through due to a parade, but the vineyards were so sweet to hold our tasting room where we had so much fun wine tasting.

The Dearest of Friends

Afterwards, we spent some fun at the vineyards, drinking slushies, laughing, making friends and taking pictures! It was just beautiful there!

Had the perfect pocket for water bottles and

HAD to smell the posies, LOL

Jumpsuit WHICH I LOVED HERE

and Jenn's daughter nicknamed me Pinky, lol

Random couple that loved the Birthday crew, they were so cute!

And I’m telling you, I literally have 300 to 400 pictures from this trip. We packed so much in that I’m having a hard time condensing it all for this post, lol.

What a great dinner we had that evening. A couple of the ladies were tired so four of us went to The Mockingbird in the Gulch and the food was out of this world Delicious! Just look at one of the desserts!

Another Favorite Pic!

Matching shirts for brunch and Broadway! Tootsies was a must!

Our Shirts HERE

Then we ended up at Lainey Wilson’s bar, which was spectacular! The decor was amazing, and we met so many cool people and garnered enough money to get the band to play The Devil went down to Georgia! So much dancing, lol!

By this time, all these old ladies are starting to get tired, lol! Just kidding, it was us young's that were tired, LOL! We grabbed pizzas, headed back and had birthday cake for our birthday mamas! Such a great day!

Jenn’s daughter is a nurse in Nashville so she took her grandma‘s, mom and aunt to her apartment and to check out some things. So, Mom and I took advantage of the day and went shopping down on 12th Ave. We had a great coffee at the frothy monkey and found some cute little shops. Of course, mom had to get her pic by the famous Nashville mural.

By that time, it was back to the condo to head to the airport.

What a treat to get to celebrate with our mamas! These ladies are precious, and we made every second as special as we could! Great memories made!

CHEERS GORGEOUS GIRLS

In fact, I even made my mom a picture memory book and this post is also great to remember it by. That’s something I love about the blog; it truly is an online diary! Because Lord knows the older I get the more I forget, lol!

Have a great week, I've got the Spring Cold..

pray it gets better ASAP!!!

Linking up with Momfessionals and Between Naps on The Porch // Thursday Fashion Files // I Do deClaire // Hello Monday // Sunday's on Silverado // Life and Linda

xoxo

Mar21

FRIDAY FAVORITES HELLO SPRING

Did Spring get ushered in in Indiana yesterday or was it Winter for another season? Yes, kids on the first day of Spring, we had SNOW! All you can do at this point is just laugh and cherish when the days are beautiful and get cozy when they’re not, lol!

Easter Porch

I really have not been into decorating my porch as much, but since Easter is quite a bit later this year, I had to do a little something after St. Patrick’s Day before I get my flowers planted on the porch. Look at these giant bunnies I got from Michaels. You can also get them at Hobby Lobby. This made for the cutest little front door display. I got out two of my flowerpots. I put some plastic wrap on top of the dirt and then little faux grass mats! Then I shoved dowel rods up the bunnies butts, LOL and down into the dirt they went! The BOWS on the lanterns were a great find from Amazon! Love how all this turned out. More links below pic 2!

BUNNIES HERE // BOWS HERE // CARROTS HERE// EGGS HERE // GRASS MATS HERE // PLANTERS HERE // LANTERNS HERE // SIMILAR WREATH HERE

Girls

Pop Nine and I got to play with the girls. They were cracking us up, especially when one of them wanted two “hats” (what she calls bows) on her head. So cute! Aren't their watercolor jammies so pretty!

My heart!

They weren't feeling good this week darn it.

French Press

My barista’s name is Mr. Nine, lol! Well, he does not cook or clean, lol this man is so good at making the coffee! He decided instead of our regular drip coffee, he wanted to try a French press and of course, being a man, it needed to be the New Yeti French Press! These things are so cool. We got the smaller one (34oz), but you can’t get them in a 64oz and so many colors. It totally gives the coffee a different taste and we have enjoyed it the past couple weekends. We also got an electric tea kettle with button saying French Press to get the water to the perfect temp.

dibs Beauty Products

Here is a new to me beauty brand that I have fallen in love with. dibs Beauty! The blush and contour sticks called GlowTour Duo make life so much easier I absolutely love it. The Dual Face Brush is one of the best I’ve seen for blending and foundation and the Bronzer Status Stick is such a beautiful golden shade I especially like it on my clavicle.

Outfits

Buttercream Yellow

From what I’m seeing and hearing, buttercup yellow is the color of the season! Look at this cute little top I got; I love the back, and it is an exact and I mean exact free people do at $30 less! I’m going to get two more colors.

Top HERE // Hat HERE // Leggings HERE // Sneakers HERE // Socks HERE

I’ve shown you the sweatshirt from Aerie before, but I can’t

get enough of it!

Sweatshirt HERE // Jeans HERE // Slippers HERE

Coffee

Wednesday morning had me scared and then had me happy within 20 minutes, lol. I celebrated at a fav coffee shop and the sweet barista there made me the most precious Cinnamon Churro Latte! How CUTE!

Blast from Last

This is a fun one because one of my besties on the far left and I are having dinner tonight and this was taken last summer when her mother-in-law was visiting from Florida. Her MIL just happens to be one of my mom’s besties and her son is one of Mr. Nine‘s besties! Lol! We enjoyed a wonderful brunch at the Tipsy Biscuit

Grand Ole Opry turns 100

If you’re a fan of Country Music, I hope you caught the 100-year celebration of the Opry on NBC. So good. Garth and Trisha singing George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s “Golden Ring” was my favorite! My mom and I were so excited about his and watched together.