Sweet ’16

2016 has definitely been sweet so far.  I wrote about my birthday trip to London and Paris earlier.  While that currently is the highlight of my year, I have other experiences to be thankful for, including:

• Ringing in the new year in Los Angeles
  

  

  
• More productions at the performing arts center: Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, and Mamma Mia
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the Grand Ole Opry

• Country Music Hall of Fame                                                 
• Tedx Nashville

    

• A Floral Centerpiece Design Class

• Way Late Play Date at the Adventure Science Center – Dystopian Worlds

    

• New haircut (the shortest I’ve had it since early childhood)

  

I continue to explore Nashville, try new restaurants, learn new things, and meet new people.  Upcoming events I’m looking forward to are a production of If/Then, playing the Escape Game, trips to Orlando/Disney World, Seattle, Vancouver, and LA, seeing Beyonce and Adele, and my sister’s wedding (in which I’m a bridesmaid and the wedding coordinator).  Here’s to life only getting sweeter!

Better Late Than Never

As I mentioned in my previous post, I neglected this blog last year (and looking at my archives, the year before that too).  I let life and laziness take over, but just because I didn’t write about it, it doesn’t mean nothing happened.  2015 was full of many blessings and adventures, and although we’re more than a quarter into 2016, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on and express gratitude for 2015.

THANK YOU for:

Theatre: As a volunteer for the performing arts center, I’ve seen numerous productions – Once, Camelot, Book of Mormon, La Boheme, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Dirty Dancing, Nutcracker, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Going Local (Exploring Nashville): Belle Meade Mansion, Christmas at Cheekwood, Nashville Zoo, East Nashville, Bicentennial Mall, Jellystone Lights

                   

Concerts: Janet Jackson, Ed Sheeran, New Kids on the Block with Nelly and TLC

   

  

  

Education and Inspiration: Cooking Homemade Pasta, Wine Tasting and Pairing, Creative Mornings, Painting

     

Family: Sister getting her Doctorate and planning her graduation party, attending a wedding convention with another sister, my mom retiring

Career: Getting a raise and then my own office and an assistant

Health & Fitness: New gym membership, completing a 3 day juice cleanse

Travel: Jack Daniels Distillery, Smoky Mountains, Memphis, Boston