Elsa and I spent the majority of the day cleaning and tidying up the house. Not just for Mom's visit, but because an appraiser was supposed to come the next day. I did three loads of laundry and dishes as well as watching Elsa. Mom came in the evening and we talked for several hours on the floor of between our two bedrooms. It was awesome.
Friday:
More cleaning. The appraiser came and then we had lunch and a game of Carcassonne. We pretty much just hung out around home. In the evening, Samuel and Lisa went to a concert, so Mom, Elsa and I hung out at home and watched a rather disappointing Gary Cooper movie. We talked and read stories. It was great for Mom to get to hang out with Elsa.
Saturday:
Mom and I went to Franklin, TN for the day. It's an old historic town, much like Old Snohomish, but bigger and more cool historic houses around. It is also within ten minutes of a gigantic shopping mall. We had a blast shopping together and finding some gift type things and mostly drooling over things we could never justify spending money on. It was awesome. We also talked... A lot...
We walked several blocks more to get to antique shops. I found a lovely old Mrs. Southworth book. They actually had quite a few, which is awesome, because I usually have a hard time finding them. For those of you who have never read one of her books, they are super sappy, but fun stories.
I love the name and the picture and the inscription inside. The color green is my favorite too!
We also got a new book for Elsa. She has one called Little Panda, which we got from the San Diego Zoo during our road trip last summer. It is one of her favorite books. I could literally type out the entire thing because I have it completely memorized. So I figured it would be the perfect thing to get her.
We really enjoyed looking at all the historic houses outside the main shopping street. Every historic house had a black sign in front and it saying what year it was made in.
Perhaps the best part of the day I got no pictures of. We went out to dinner in Nashville. A restaurant I had been to before and fell in love with the place. If you go to Nashville and want a place to get REALLY good food, go to Urban Grub. They cure their own meats and everything tastes super fresh. All the waitstaff were super efficient and friendly and answered every question about the menu we asked.
Mom and I had the best dining experience ever there. She got rotisserie chicken with coleslaw, fries and white bbq sauce. The chicken was super tender and full of flavor, The coleslaw was light and fresh and made out homemade stuff just not work anymore. The best part of her meal was by far the white bbq sauce. For everyone who doesn't know what that is, it is a mayonnaise based dipping sauce. I'm working on finding a recipe, so I'm not exactly sure what else is in it.
My meal was Club Carbonara. Homemade pasta with chicken, tomatoes, spinach, onions, bacon and a cream sauce. It was amazing! The pasta was cooked just right so when the hot sauce was poured over and it was brought to the table, it had continued to cook to the perfect al dente texture. It was unbelievably flavorful and was even good the next day cold. We got dessert and it was also delicious. Each bite of food we had there was amazing from the biscuits to the last bite of dessert we could fit.
All in all, it was a wonderful weekend with Mom. We had really good food because we made Superbowl food and played games on Sunday as well as touring a couple new houses in a neighboring neighborhood.
Saturday:
Mom and I went to Franklin, TN for the day. It's an old historic town, much like Old Snohomish, but bigger and more cool historic houses around. It is also within ten minutes of a gigantic shopping mall. We had a blast shopping together and finding some gift type things and mostly drooling over things we could never justify spending money on. It was awesome. We also talked... A lot...
We walked several blocks more to get to antique shops. I found a lovely old Mrs. Southworth book. They actually had quite a few, which is awesome, because I usually have a hard time finding them. For those of you who have never read one of her books, they are super sappy, but fun stories.
I love the name and the picture and the inscription inside. The color green is my favorite too!
We also got a new book for Elsa. She has one called Little Panda, which we got from the San Diego Zoo during our road trip last summer. It is one of her favorite books. I could literally type out the entire thing because I have it completely memorized. So I figured it would be the perfect thing to get her.
We went to the spice shop and got colored peppercorns and peach habanero pepper jelly. It's one of my favorite shops, so if you ever get the chance to go, do so!
Perhaps the best part of the day I got no pictures of. We went out to dinner in Nashville. A restaurant I had been to before and fell in love with the place. If you go to Nashville and want a place to get REALLY good food, go to Urban Grub. They cure their own meats and everything tastes super fresh. All the waitstaff were super efficient and friendly and answered every question about the menu we asked.
Mom and I had the best dining experience ever there. She got rotisserie chicken with coleslaw, fries and white bbq sauce. The chicken was super tender and full of flavor, The coleslaw was light and fresh and made out homemade stuff just not work anymore. The best part of her meal was by far the white bbq sauce. For everyone who doesn't know what that is, it is a mayonnaise based dipping sauce. I'm working on finding a recipe, so I'm not exactly sure what else is in it.
My meal was Club Carbonara. Homemade pasta with chicken, tomatoes, spinach, onions, bacon and a cream sauce. It was amazing! The pasta was cooked just right so when the hot sauce was poured over and it was brought to the table, it had continued to cook to the perfect al dente texture. It was unbelievably flavorful and was even good the next day cold. We got dessert and it was also delicious. Each bite of food we had there was amazing from the biscuits to the last bite of dessert we could fit.
All in all, it was a wonderful weekend with Mom. We had really good food because we made Superbowl food and played games on Sunday as well as touring a couple new houses in a neighboring neighborhood.
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