Lauren Braddock Havey's Blog, page 14

A flippin' good time

After our grown up night out last night (a drink at the fairly new and fabulous Hutton hotel, and a dinner at the quirky Green Hills restaurant Firefly...grown up mac-n-cheese app. was yummy) we spent the night "in town" at my dads. We got up this morning and went to a fun and family friendly spot in Nashville's Berry Hill called The Pfunky Griddle. It has a grill on every table and they bring you organic whole grain pancake mix and unbleached flour pancake mix with a topping included, or fre...

Steal The One

Today Jim and I are celebrating our eleventh wedding anniversary. We are so busy with life that we almost forgot about it this year. We decided not to worry about gifts and just to sneak out for a nice dinner somewhere. I googled 11th anniversary and the traditional gifts are steel. Well, our gift will be "steeling" a moment to ourselves. Ar ar ar.

Not every year can be a ten year anni. Last year we had a whirlwind Viva Las Vegas weekend complete with a visit to an Elvis Chapel to have "Elvis"...

Oops ... wrong womb!

Hey IVFers, ever afraid that this would happen to you?! (Wrong embryo implanted)
What would you do if it did???
Thank goodness for clinics with reliable systems to help avoid mistakes.

http://m.cnn.com/cnn/archive/archive/...

No Fair

We told Little Man that we were taking him to the last day of the season of the Tennessee State Fair yesterday but, alas, it was raining. We pulled in anyway, me whining along with my four-year-old that it wasn't raining too hard ... while my husband and dad voiced their opinions that it was actually starting to pour and we had no umbrellas, so ... we decided to leave. As we pulled out of the parking lot the sign said "Thanks for the memories." This was especially sad because the news reports...

A date with a prince

Muddy day soccer game cancellation leads to catching the last day of Cinderella at the Nashville Public Library with the renowned Tischner marionettes. This is right up my alley! Little man was a little afraid on the way in (for the same reason's he doesn't want to go into a mall if "Santa" is there?) but was enchanted in no time. This is the stuff magic memories are made of!
Nashville is lucky to house the gorgeous marionettes of Tom Tischner and to have Wishing Chair Productions (a trio of t...

Letterman, a song nomination and a proud daughter (or Dave's Rave)

If a girl can't brag about her daddy then who can? My dad, songwriter Bobby Braddock, just got a 2009 CMA "song of the year" nomination (his 6th) for a song he co-wrote with Troy Jones, People Are Crazy, recorded by Billy Currington.
David Letterman just gave it the most amazing review you could ever ask for. Like, I was sitting at home with my jaw dropped when I heard what all he said about it! To read more, click here ...
http://www.billycurrington.com/news_d...
But, dudes .....

Dig this bag

Since a mud mama is a "watered down earth mother" I s'pose every now and then I should give an earthy offering or two! Here is a product I recently discovered (through another mommy blog) that I paid for, this is not a review or an official endorcement. I just think they are really cool and a great solution. Scratch using plastic baggies for your kids lunch box off of your list of things to feel guilty about! A company, 3greenmoms, has come up with eco-friendly sandwich and snack bags called ...

My little love bug

Little man made (mostly) good choices at preschool on Friday and "kept his sticker"(a wonderful thing!) So, last night my dad told him how happy that made him and gave him a dollar (for the first time) He lit up as if it was the best thing in the world. When we asked him what he was going to buy with that money he hugged me and said "I buy you a love bug!" (He knows I love the little VW bugs and I told him once if he made a lot of money someday maybe he could buy one for me). God, I love that...

No Service Sunday

It is Sunday morning and I am craving a little spiritual nourishment. There is a spiritual living center nearby that Jim and I like to visit. But the last time we went we had a bit of an issue.

Little man was in the nursery (oh, how I love a gated room) having a great time. But before the end of the service they line the kids up and bring them while the band plays an instrumental version of "Feeling Groovy" (yes, there are some hippies in the house!) and they all get up on the stage and everyo...

Book trailer park

Here is one of the places where the little trailer we made for my book will park. Thanks to fab friends and sis/bro-in-law Siobhan McCauley and Jay McCaffrey (of BeMultimedia) for getting it just right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fntMCH...

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