The Amazing Race...

This is one of my favorite shows. I started watching the show regularly about 2 and a half seasons ago. I love to see the challenges and the different countries the teams visit.

I do not have any desire to actually participate in The Amazing Race. There are two reasons why 1. My partner would just leave me in another country or 2. My team would be the first group eliminated like the hippie bee keepers last week.

The Movies - Saturday Part 2...

After downtown Franklin I went to the movies. I saw two movies this afternoon The Women and Nights in Rodanthe

The Women - Total chick flick. I would call it a "chick empowering" movie. It has an amazing cast. It is funny, sad and some parts made me mad. So I think the perfect chick flick.

Nights in Rodanthe - Anyone that reads my blog on a regular bases knows that I have a love (some may even call it a slight obsession) of the writings of Nicholas Sparks. Well Nights in Rodanthe is based on a novel by him. I will say that Nights in Rodanthe isn't my favorite book by Nicholas Sparks so I didn't expect much from the movie. It too is a TOTAL chick flick. All of his books are tragic and so are the movies. The movie was okay. I've never read a book then watched the movie and thought the movie was great so I'm not the best judge. Lots of women in the theater were crying. This one poor women was crying very loudly. I can only assume that 1. She has lived through a similar situation or 2. She was not prepared for the movie...she was with a friend...the friend should have warned her.

While I was there I saw a preview for a movie called The Secret Life of Bees. This movie is based on a book by the same name. I've read the book. It will be released later in October...I'll keep you posted.

Historic Downtown Franklin - Saturday Part 1...

Franklin was founded October 26, 1799 and laid out on land donated by Abram Maury. It was named after Benjamin Franklin. The first courthouse was built in 1800 in the center of the public square where there was also a public well. For most of its first 180 years, Franklin was a quiet, small county seat and the wealthy center of plantation economy. However, the Civil War devastated the economy. For more than a century, Franklin seemed remote not only from the capital city of Nashville, but from the rest of the world.

The square in downtown Franklin

The Methodist Church

Another picture of the Methodist church

The First Presbyterian Church

Another picture of the First Presbyterian Church

This morning I got up and went to downtown Franklin. It was a beautiful day. I love the downtown area. It has beautiful churches and amazing old homes. There are a bunch of cute little shops and lots of restaurants.

Disclaimer: I didn't write the stuff at the top about Franklin...I got it from the Franklin website.

It's In The Valleys We Grow...

Well I finished another Bible study meeting tonight...it was great. The name of the study is As Silver Refined. However the sub-title (that's what I would call it) is Learning to Embraces Life's Disappointments. So I think naturally most people start to think about past and present disappointments. I know I have that last few weeks. Well every time I start to dwell on disappointments in my life. I think of this poem. I don't always remember the whole poem but I always remember...It's in the valleys we grow. So I thought I would share the poem with you.

It's in the valleys we grow

Sometimes life seems hard to bear,
Full of sorrow, trouble and woe
It's then we have to remember
That it's in the valleys we grow.

If we always stayed on the mountain top
And never experienced pain,
We would never appreciate God's love
And would be living in vain.

We have so much to learn
And our growth is very slow,
Sometimes we need the mountain tops,
But it's in the valleys we grow.

We do not always understand
Why things happen as they do,
But I am very sure of one thing.
My Lord will see me through.

The little valleys are nothing
When we picture Christ on the cross
He went through the valley of death;
His victory was Satan's loss.

Forgive me Lord, for complaining
When I'm feeling so very low.
Just give me a gentle reminder
That it's in the valleys I grow.

Continue to strengthen me, Lord
And use my life each day
To share your love with others
And help them find their way.

Thank you for the valleys, Lord
For this one thing I know
The mountain tops are glorious
But it's in the valleys I grow!

I hope everyone has a great week!

Personality Test...

I took the personality test that Paige and Nicole took. Here are the results.

Your personality type:
Warm-hearted, popular and conscientious. Tend to put the needs of others over their own needs. Feel strong sense of responsibility and duty. Value traditions and security. Interested in serving others. Need positive reinforcement to feel good about themselves. Well-developed sense of space and function.

Careers that could fit you includes:
Home economics, nursing, teaching, administrators, child care, family practice physician, clergy, office managers, counselors, social workers, bookkeeping, accounting, secretaries, organization leaders, dental assistants, homemakers, radiological technologists, receptionists, religious educators, speech pathologists.

So what's your personality?
Take the test CLICK HERE

Officially A Resident...

Well I am officially a resident of the Great State of Tennessee. I don't plan on singing or learning the words to Rocky Top anytime soon.

It has been a bit of an ordeal to get my drivers license. This summer I got my car tags NO problem. However to get a drivers license you have to have a certified birth certificate or a passport among other things. Well I did not have a certified birth certificate (there has been some discussion with my mother about whether I lost or if she actually ever gave it to me) or a passport. So I sent off for my certified birth certificate.

I finally got it in the mail..then procrastinated a few more weeks then finally on Thursday morning I got my drivers license...it was rather painless. The picture on my drivers license is not all that great...I'm not happy with it. I know what you are thinking no one is happy with their picture on their drivers licenses. I was very happy with the picture on my Arkansas drivers license. Oh well such is life in 5 years I will have a chance to make a better picture.

One Hour and A Full Gas Tank...

Well AAA reports that about 60% of gas stations in middle Tennessee are out of gas. Apparently there was a "rush" on gas on Friday morning...I had no idea. Friday night I decided to fill up. I couldn't find a gas station with any gas. So today I found a gas station with gas...I waited in line for an hour to get gas.

Why I'm in line.

Almost there...I can see well almost see the tanks.

See all those cars....yep I waited in that line.