Down at the end of Lonely Street...

So last weekend, my dear hubby and I decided to take a little road trip to Memphis! It was such a great time!!! DH is a huge Elvis fan, so we definitely wanted to hit up Memphis and Graceland before we moved away from the South.

We left Friday morning and went straight to Graceland. We toured the mansion, and all the museums (including the Car Museum, and the airplanes - The Lisa Marie and The Hound Dog II. Here is an Overview of the tours and exhibits). It was so fun!! Even though I am not a HUGE Elvis fan (don't get me wrong - he IS the King!), I totally felt his vibe and spirit all over the place. My DH was especially moved by the experience, which was very exciting for me! He was so happy to be there and so excited - seeing him like that was so fun!

Here are some pictures from Graceland!!

The living room:

The kitchen:
The dining room:
The TV room:
The Pool room:

The Jungle room:

The Racquetball building - this held hundreds of awards (this pic doesn't even do it justice), records, as well as a couple of Elvis's famous suits:




The meditation garden:





A couple of things from his Car/Motorcycle museum:



After some fabulous recommendations from a fabulous friend, DH and I went to Central Barbecue for the BEST BBQ in Memphis!!

Later that evening, we went to Beale Street!!! There was a huge street fair kind of vibe going on! Music pouring out of everywhere, people walking around, dancing, drinking - it was a BLAST!!!



To top it all off, we stayed down at the end of Lonely Street - at the Heartbreak Hotel!!


It was the most awesome little trip!! It came at the perfect time - I have actually been itching to get out of town for a while.

Thanks for coming along to the recap!!

Little bitty story time!

Hooray!!! It's Tuesday!!! I decided to have a "Little" story time today - should be fun!!! The books we are reading are:

Little Pea by Amy Rosenthal

Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Aylesworth


Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth

And, as always, it's FMKNS!! WHOOOOT!!! So, we're down to the top three of American Idol - how exciting!!! We'll definitely be watching that tonight. And we've also kinda gotten into Hell's Kitchen - that Gordon Ramsey, he's an ass, but fun to watch! After AI and HK, we'll be watching last weeks episode of America's Next Top Model, which I taped on my VCR (yes, I am still in the stone age!). And THEN, even after all that fabulousness, we STILL have our FMKNS Feature Film!!!! Could the evening get ANY better?!?!?

We watched Girl With a Pearl Earring last week (amazing!! Scarlett Johansson was perfect in that role!!). We still have a stock pile of movies, so there is a lot to choose from! I don't think we've officially decided, so I'll give you the rundown of what our options are.

Blackboard Jungle, a drama from 1955 with Glenn Ford and Anne Francis.
Private Benjamin, a comedy from 1980 with Goldie Hawn (LOVE her!), Eileen Brennan and Armand Assante.
Escape to Witch Mountain, a family adventure from 1975 with Eddie Albert and Ray Milland.
Yankee Doodle Dandy, a musical from 1942 with James Cagney and Joan Leslie.
Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy, a sci-fi adventure from 1968 with Jane Fonda.
WarGames, a drama thriller from 1983 with Matthew Broderick (LOVE him!), and Ally Sheedy.
Fail-Safe, a sci-fi/drama/thriller from 1964 with Dan O'Herlihy and Walter Matthau.

What to watch, what to watch?! Our last comedy wasn't too long ago (The Gods Must be Crazy - also from 1980), and we just watched a movie from the 50s (The Day the Earth Stood Still- also a sci-fi), a movie from the 70s (The Spy Who Loved Me) and a musical (Hair - and also the 70s!). I'm guessing it will either be WarGames or Fail-Safe, but who knows what we'll be in the mood for!!

P.S. We also have School House Rock to watch - but those we watch in between movies and after the feature. I had seen a few, but not a whole lot. They are terribly fun and very informational all at the same time!!!!








Stay tuned for an upcoming post!! My husband and I took a little road trip to Memphis this past weekend!! I'll be sharing tons of pics from our adventure - including pics of Graceland!! Thank you, thank you very much!!

Children's Book Week!

May 12-18 is Children's Book Week!!

Check out the Children's Book Week website to find ways to celebrate!!

A Mother's Day Story Time Celebration

First of all, I just have to ask where did April go?!?! I mean it's almost Mother's Day - the second Sunday in May!!! Yikes.

Anyway, back to the cool stuff. Since it's the story time before Mother's Day (is that like the Night Before Christmas?), of course I will be doing books about moms!!!

What Moms Can't Do by Douglas Wood


I Love Mommy by Lizi Boyd


Does a Kangaroo have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle


We will also be doing this Muffin Flower Craft from DLTK Printable Crafts for Kids!

And it's Tuesday, so it's FMKNS!!! WHOOOOOT!!!! I am always so excited for Movie Night because every single movie we watch is totally worthy of being called "Fabulous." Since we are desperately trying to finish the list before my big move, A and I have been adding Bonus Night and Double Feature days. Last week, we had FMKNS: The Original, Bonus Night, AND Double Feature Friday!!!! On Tuesday, we watched Music Box, a drama from 1989 with Jessica Lange and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

For Bonus Night on Thursday, we watched The Day the Earth Stood Still, a sci-fi thriller from 1951 with Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal. I have to say - what a message!! And from the early 50s! If you haven't seen this movie, you really should. And the world should take Klaatu's message to heart. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if Gort came back...

For Double Feature Friday, we had two seventies movies. The first was The Spy Who Loved Me, a James Bond from 1977 featuring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach. The second feature was the musical Hair from 1979 with John Savage, Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo.

A bunch of stuff came in for us at the library, so we have several choices for tonight's Feature.

Girl with a Pearl Earring, a drama from 2003 with Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.
Blackboard Jungle, a drama from 1955 with Glenn Ford and Anne Francis.
Private Benjamin, a comedy from 1980 with Goldie Hawn (LOVE her!), Eileen Brennan and Armand Assante.
Escape to Witch Mountain, a family adventure from 1975 with Eddie Albert and Ray Milland.
Yankee Doodle Dandy, a musical from 1942 with James Cagney and Joan Leslie.

What to watch, what to watch?! Our last comedy wasn't too long ago (The Gods Must be Crazy - also from 1980), and we just watched a movie from the 50s (The Day the Earth Stood Still), a movie from the 70s (The Spy Who Loved Me) and a musical (Hair - and also the 70s!), so it might be Girl With a Pearl Earring. Then again, something else might have come in for us that will catch our fancy!! Stay tuned to find out!!

P.S. We also have School House Rock to watch - but those we watch in between movies and after the feature. I've seen a few, but not a whole lot. They are terribly fun and very informational all at the same time!!!!

Creedence Clearwater Revisited!!!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am for tonight!!! Creedence Clearwater Revisited is coming to the World Famous Wild Horse Saloon in Historic Downtown Nashville!!!! And just GUESS who has tickets?!?!?! ME, baby!!!!!

I have been in love with Creedence Clearwater Revival since before I can remember. My dad has always been a huge fan and has instilled his love for this band in me. And, though I know that John Fogerty, won't be there, (The girl at the ticket office made it a point to tell us "You DO know that John Fogerty isn't playing with them, right? That's why they are Creedence Clearwater Revisited." Um, what self respecting Creedence fan doesn't know that? If you don't, then maybe you shouldn't be at a Creedence show in the first place... Oops, was that harsh?) I am equally sure that this is going to be a great show!!!

Anyway, I'll be rockin' out to Proud Mary, Lodi, Fortunate Son, Down on the Corner, and SO MUCH MORE!!! Who's jealous??

The ONLY thing that would make this better? If I also had tickets to see George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic the next night!!!

Mmmm, Pizza!

I bet you can tell what this weeks story time is going to be about!! I'm really excited - because pizza is one of my most favorite things!!

I choose these tasty pizza books for this week:

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges


Pizza at Sally's by Monica Wellington


"Hi, Pizza Man!" by Virginia Walter


And, as always, Tuesday is FMKNS!!! WHOOOOT!!! Last week was actually filled with FMKNS - we had a bunch of extra time, so we had an Extra Bonus Night on Thursday evening, and a Double Feature Friday!!! So exciting, and filled with fabulous movies. We decided to go with Trekkies on Tuesday (unbelievable - just unbelievable!!). So Thursday we watched Time After Time. Double Feature Friday consisted of The French Connection from 1971 with Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey, and The Gods Must be Crazy.

This week, we're planning on watching Music Box from 1989 with Jessica Lange and Armin Mueller-Stahl.

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