Weekend fun

Happy Monday from Tennessee! I know fall isn't officially here, but boy do I want it to be! We had a nice weekend and M even took some time off studying since he just took his test! It was so nice to have a weekend with him not worrying too much about studying.

Thursday, I mentioned his 5 hour long lab was cancelled, so he spend the day writing papers and studying so he would be able to watch the Green Bay game that evening. We made "football food" and had a great time watching the first Packers game of the season-even if it didn't go the way we wanted :(

Friday, we had several errands to get done and we had a nice surprise come up for that evening. Our good friends, Taylor and Jamie were passing through Memphis and since we aren't very far, and we LOVE to go to Memphis, we met them for dinner. We went to Rendezvous and had Ribs, of course.

I been to Memphis several times and I can probably count on one hand how many times we didn't eat at Rendezvous while we were there. It is just the best place to get bbq. Mitch and I were talking after dinner and now that we live here, we will have to branch out because there are so many other great places we want to try. Before we've always just been visiting and why would you not get bbq when your visiting Memphis? But anyways, dinner was good and we really enjoyed getting to catch up. After dinner, we did a quick walk down Beale St. and then headed back to Jackson. We went straight to some of our friends house to hang out. We have met several couples in this program, but we are hanging out with one couple a lot. And when I say a lot- I mean everyday ha! They have a black lab, also named Bella, and they LOVE to play together.

They are from Alabama and went to the University of Alabama-Ashley actually cheered for Alabama-so they are HUGE fans. Football season will be fun this year with them-even though I have no doubt they will destroy our Hogs.

Saturday, we got up and headed to the farmers market with Cory and Ashley. Downtown Jackson has a pretty neat farmers market.

They have so much stuff and we love spending our saturday mornings there. Mitch was depressed this trip because they have several food trucks, and one is an Amish donut truck and these donuts are HUGE!! Well he had been talking all week about getting one and they were gone this week! We ended up getting some churros from a cuban truck and they were surprisingly really good!!
After we left the farmers market, we had to go to walmart and get our groceries for the week. We had NOTHING at home. I have been cooking a lot and have some really good recipes to share, and hopefully I will have some more to share after this week. Speaking of meals- I got another letter from my sweet Hadley, and she included a recipe for her favorite meal. So I will be making it soon and hopefully sharing it as well.

While we were at walmart, we discovered Milo's famous sweet tea. Cory and Ashley have been telling us about it since they found out we love sweet tea and its big in Alabama. So we tried some and our hooked!

We also got some of our fall decorations out. I put out my fall wreath and of course our OSU flag! I also have been waiting for fall/football season to wear my orange monogramed hat! If you haven't noticed, live in this hat ha!

Also, on saturday afternoon, I made Bella some homemade dog treats. I have been wanting to do this for a while and I made cinnamon pumpkin flavored treats! I went and got a dog bone shaped cookie cutter and they didn't turn out very pretty, but I am guessing they are pretty tasty, Bella loves them!

Saturday night, Cory and Ashley came over and brought wings and we watched football. Cory is actually an Auburn fan, so we watched Auburn win! Sunday we tried a church for the second time and this time we went to the later, more contemporary service and really enjoyed it. There are still a few more we want to try, but we are liking what we have tried so far.
Sunday afternoon we cooked lunch and took a short nap. I so did not want to get up, but I am training for the Tulsa Run and my runs just have not been going well. This summer, I def haven't been running as often as I usually do, but I have been running. I guess I am really out of shape and I hope this training helps (and gets a little easier). I ran 5 yesterday and it was tough, I hope I don't regret signing up to run it. I run it every year and it is one of my favorite races ever. Its just long enough that its challenging and not everyone can do it, so it makes it feel like i've completed something challenging, but its not anything like training for a half. After I ran I went and met Mitch, Cory, Ashley and the Bellas at the trails and we went on another hilly 3 mile hike. I was exhausted when we got home! I took a shower, cooked dinner and went to bed!

Today is back to reality. I loved having so many fun things planned this weekend with Mitch and now its back to him getting up at 6 every morning, studying and leaving for class. I am still waiting and trying to figure out what I want to do about a job. I could use some prayers on that, as I'm still bummed about not being able to teach. Also, I am having to go to an Ear specialist on Wednesday morning. Most of you know, but I have been having awful ear issuer for about a year now and it has just gotten so bad. So I'm praying they can figure something out.

Until next time~