Rob’s first word, as a child, was “hate it.”
Spoken distinctively, conclusively, as if it were one word: “hateit.” As in, “Here come the peaches, little Robby! Zoom! Oh boy, what do you think of those peaches?”
“Hate it.”
Then there was the second word, uttered scornfully while pointing at the tools his mom had left out on [...]
So we are finally, really moving to Nashville. The moving van comes on Thursday.
Rob’s firm actually hires movers to pack up new employees and move them to Nashville. Now even though it has technically been six months that Rob has been at his new job, I am told it still counts.
This is, obviously, wonderful, as [...]
Part 1: Andy and Sarah are coming to Chicago soon! Sarah wants to go immediately to Nordstrom from the airport. I love this girl! I miss Nord’s from Nashville, so I can’t imagine being in Bumble, Italy. I can’t wait to see them!
Part 2: Last night, Grace Michelle was born! Yes, Eric and Aimee have [...]
As in, I was voluntarily approached by a sales associate at Home Depot who wanted to know if I found everything OK.
The gravitas of this scenario speaks for itself, but I have to add that no one chased me out the door demanding to check my receipt to make sure I wasn’t stealing anything. Incredible.
Rob and I spent some good quality time in “the buckle of the Bible Belt” this weekend, scouring Nashville’s various areas in search of our new home. Here’s what we learned:
Nashville is the new LA. Basically a sprawling suburb. You have to drive through everything. A “neighborhood” can be defined by no fewer than three [...]
