Tennessee

We recently enjoyed an AMAZING vacation to the Smoky Mountains. I love, love, loved it there! I may just chuck it all and buy a cute little cabin on the Pigeon River and spend my days in a rocker on the front porch, making rag rugs and playing the banjo...

Okay, probably not. But I am certainly taken way by the beauty of the TN mountains. I am positive that we will be there again. Even the kiddo had fun...and that's something!

The Icebar

Why yes, I would love a drink at your establishment sculpted entirely out of ice.

They say that if you bring your children into the kitchen to cook with you they will be more likely to eat what they are cooking. Although, it doesn't hurt that we were making Snickerdoodle cookies...what could be better than buttery sugar cookies rolled around in cinnamon sugar?!

There are VERY few things I like about winters in the Midwest. But one thing I absolutely love is when dense fog rolls in while the temp is still below freezing...the fog wraps itself around trees, bushes, anything you can think of, and gets in every little nook and cranny. When you look at it from far away it looks like some shimmery silver web has surrounded everything...it's magical looking really! When you come up closer, the fog creates these amazing ice crystals on everything. It's CRAZY! They stick straight out like metal reaching for a magnet. Nature amazes me on a daily basis...