Annual break

Hello everyone. We are taking our annual break from the blog. We have had it going for three years and over 350 posts! If you have a blog you know, and if you don't you should know, that it takes a lot of effort to keep them going, and it's nice to take a break every now and then. I'm so glad to everyone who keeps up with us and we'll get going again soon. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.
Patrick and Nancy

Week in Vegas

In vegas this week training for a new job. Ill tell you all about it when I get back. Last night we went down to the strip for dinner and were able to catch the Bellagio water show- it never fails to impress!

Bank Warning!

Here is my consumer alert for the day. Patrick heard this thing on the radio yesterday about how banks are taking people with accounts in good standing and automatically upgrading their accounts so they can reach their quotas and earn all the fees that go with them. Lo and behold, I open our account today online and see a $20 fee for some Whole Access thing. Apparently since we don't overdraw and we have some savings, we were a target. I called the bank and yes, I was apparently upgraded without my knowledge to some checking account I don't want. They claimed that I must have done it myself at some point which made me even more livid. I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT change the status of my account and wouldn't even know how to if I did. The radio bit said they are hoping to get extra money from those who don't care or who don't pay attention to their accounts. If you think about it, if they get even 25,000 customers at $20 a pop that is an easy $500,000 in extra money made. If they did this every month they would get an easy $6mil in a year! I spent 30 minutes on the phone trying to figure this out- Am I cheap? No. I'm just trying to fight for what is right and I refuse to be taken advantage of! We have Bank of America, but I'm sure all banks are doing this same shady thing. My advice is to check your accounts and check them often. Don't put up with this crap!

Colorado Trip

We just got back from a very busy week in Colorado. Our main purpose of the trip was to visit out new niece, Teal, but we did find some time to visit some friends too. We had a great time seeing some of our Denver friends and our La Junta relatives. As always, it was unfortunate that we didn't have time to see everyone, but hopefully we'll be back soon!

Brandon is super busy and won't stop moving for anyone- not even his favorite Auntie with a camera.

A rare glimpse of Teal with her eyes open... she's a sweet, sleepy girl!

Sassy got plenty of attention too!

Children's Clinc Fashion Show

The last show I did before leaving for Colorado was a fund raising event for Mercy Children's Clinic in Nashville. Here's a few pictures of the outfits I did for the show. The event was covered by the Tennessean- for more pictures of the event click here.

Baby Teal

Jackie and Fred had their little baby girl this week. Teal Reece was born on Wednesday with a little difficulty but ended up ok. We are leaving today to drive to Colorado. Can't wait to meet her!

Pancake Pantry

This place is famous in Nashville. On the weekends there is a line around the block. We went for the first time today. It was good but a bit overrated.

NFL Shake-Up

If someone had told me that my #1 team, The Broncos, would start this season at 4-0 and my #2 team, The Titans, would start at 0-4 this season I would have never believed it. But, here we are in week 4 and this is the case, and I know I'm not the only one surprised. I was able to watch both teams today for the first time this season (they usually don't play the Broncos games out here) and here is my review:


The Titans looked TERRIBLE today. This is the first game this season where they really did look like an 0-4 team. Up until this week, they looked good, but just couldn't get those last plays they needed for the win. I feel like they are letting their record get to them and unless they can make something HUGE happen next week, we here in Nashville will be looking at a long season.


The Broncos, on the other hand, looked pretty good and gave us a great game. I was very impressed with the defense, but the offense has a little work to do. I'm not really in love with Orton- he will have to improve his accuracy before I buy into him. I am, however, in love with Josh McDaniels.... so so SO cute! Even if they were losing I still think I would be a fan of his... : )
I also liked all the pink accessories today- very cool.

Well, time now for the night game. Hope you all had a good Sunday!

Girls' Night Out Event at the store

I get a little flack for never putting pictures of myself on the blog. Well, here you go. Click here to see one of me that was on the style blog run by the local paper. The picture was taken at a big event we have at Belk called Girls' Night Out.

Bath time for The Sass

Here she is after- all wet and pissed.

Fashion Week in Nashville

Another fashion show today- this one was for a ladies social group. It was a small show but a good one. I have two more next week then one more in November. I'll be ready for Fashion Week in NYC next year I think.

Out of the phone stone age

After 3 years with crappy phones Patrick and I finally got new ones today. l got an LG Dare and it's pretty cool. Here I'm experimenting with the camera. I wanted a phone with a good camera on it because I can never seem to keep up with my real one. This way
I'll always have one with me. Of course my first photo subject is The Sass.

Tennessee State Fair

So last week was a fun one but really busy. Sarah and Sadie and little Atticus came out for a few days for a visit. I know, I know,- where's the pictures? Well, like always, the camera was lost and out of batteries so I didn't get any. Sorry. I did, however, snap this one on the phone of Patrick at the state fair. The 5 of us went on Thursday to see what the fine people of TN had to offer us. It is not nearly as good as the CO fair, but it was fairly entertaining, and worth the $5. The most entertaining part was seeing the giant vegetables. There was a pumpkin in there that weighted over 1200lbs. Pretty incredible! 

It was great to see Sarah and her kids. Sadie is getting so big- already in kindergarden, she is becoming quite her own little person. She still likes lots of attention and had quite the time playing Guitar Hero with Patrick. Atticus is his own little man and doesn't need anything from anyone. He want to do everything himself and is interested in anything that he can make noise with. I don't know how Sarah keeps up with them all the time- after 2 days Patrick and I were exhausted! 

Breast Cancer Fashion Show

The first fashion show of the season I have done for the store was one for a breast cancer recovery program. All of the models were from the program and were great to work with. The camera was out of batteries, as always, so we didn't get the best pictures to share with you. For the most part, the show went well and was a good kick off to my fall season. 

Today, I dressed some ladies for a fall fashion segment for a TV show. It was a bit stressful because the style writer from the newspaper was supposed to come commentate, but was really really late. The show was live so they had me all mic-ed up and ready to be on camera. I was a bit freaked out, but at the last second the lady showed up, so my TV debut will have to wait for another day. 

The freshest Colorado Chilies.....

...here in Tennessee! These were only picked on Thursday and Mom sent these to us yesterday. We probably have fresher chilies all the way out here in The South than most Coloradoans are buying them at home. As you can see, we do have quite a few, so I have been spending the day roasting them. I have also already made green chili and chili rellenos. We have been without them since last winter, so we have both been really dying for some Colorado Mexican cooking. I must say, this white girl can make rellenos and chili to rival anyone south of the border! Now, if only I had a mexican stomach that could handle all of it I would be fine. As of now, I take mine with a side of Tums, oooh but it's so worth it!

Welcome back football!

NFL opening weekend! It's my favorite holiday! Here's to a great season.

The old arcade

On our last day off together, Patrick and I wondered into a arcade with all old games. It was a cool concept- you paid to get in and then all the games were free. We spent 2 hours playing old school games like PacMan, DigDug, Area 51, and Tetris. These are the only games I have ever really been able to figure out anyway, (I was never into those "new fangeled" X-Box things) so I was in heaven. It was really fun!