Hometown Advantage

I ventured back home again this weekend...

I left T in Savannah to play bachelor!

The weather was fantastic and I kept seeing little signs of spring everywhere

I'm going to brag a little bit about my awesome hometown...

Madison, GA.

Most of you aren't from Georgia, so let me give you a little history on my hometown.

Madison is one of the few towns General Sherman did not burn during the Civil War.  There are reports that Madison was too beautiful to burn, but I've also heard he had a friend who lived in Madison.

Madison has rows and rows of historic antebellum homes that are beautiful!

Here are a few:

How awesome is this picket fence?

This home is currently for sale

It is a huge home on a huge lot!

The best part is both there is no real "back" to the home...

It faces two streets

Here is the "back"

And here is the "front"

See what I mean?

This home is currently being restored

If I were a gahzillionaire, I'd buy one 

restore it

and buy the most fantastic antiques to put inside...

Here is another one...

Don't you love a picket fence?

This house was recently remodeled -

they gutted it down to the studs

They did a GREAT job!

Here is a home in serious need of a renovation...

It has great potential

This is the cultural center in town

It used to be a school

My grandmother actually went to grammar school here

Here is some of the historical placards in front of the building

The cultural center was hosting an antiques show this weekend

My gosh there were some GORGEOUS things

Sadly, they were WAY out of my price range, so I just did a lot of looking

and wishing

and hoping

I mean, just look at the rug selection

I die...

This home was having an estate sale and I picked up a few items

Good thing I got there late 

I didn't spend too much...

Since I got there late, everything was an additional 20 % off, so I bought...

these puppies

Aren't they cute?

They're hanging out on our mantle till I decide exactly where I want them to go...

See...

Also, making the journey back home with me was

THE BLUE & WHITE GARDEN STOOL!!!

My Mom bought it for me for Valentine's Day!

What a GREAT Mother

and wonderful gift!

T asked me what in the world it was after I brought it in and I informed him it was a garden stool...

His reply...

"We don't have a garden!?"

It's still wedding season...

...it's still wedding season at our house...

We just got our wedding album...

and I love it!

Here are some of the pictures inside

The only problem is we have no where to display our album in this house...

plus, it's white so I'm scared it will get dusty and dirty 

What to do?  What to do?

Tell me, do you have your album displayed or is it tucked away in your storage closet?

Today, the lovely UPS man brought me my wedding dress today...

I shipped it all they way up to NYC to be cleaned and preserved by the J. Sheer & Co.

They've been on the Martha Stewart Show 

fancy, fancy

My wedding dress was FILTHY!

I mean, it was a hard night of partying!!!

T asked me what in the world I was going to do with my dress now that we've spent a small fortune to have it cleaned...I said it would probably just sit in the box for the next 30 years...

They send you white gloves to wear when you take it out...

I told you it was fancy :)

 

They did such a good job cleaning the sash

By the end of the night, it was black at the ends

The veil was in pretty good condition because I took it off before I hit the dance floor

The wedding dress was black on the bottom

A lady from the cleaners called me and said, 

"We've tried to repair the bottom of the gown as much as possible, but it was in pretty bad shape"

That is the sign of a good party, I'd say

So, I guess, its now safe to say that wedding season is now over in our house..

I think T is relieved because he said

"Please tell me this is the last wedding thing I have to pay for?!?"

Men...

Tequila Sunset

It was gorgeous this weekend!

The sun was shining and it felt like spring!!!

On Friday, I sat here...

(no, not on a new porch swing! maybe birthday?!?)

with this girl..

my dear friend, Laura, who is leaving Savannah soon :(

I've now known her for 9 years...

We got "hazed" together - :)

not really

and we drank some of this...

via

This stuff is good

and strong

It's 100 calories per serving

Even better!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Here's to good weather and good friends!

xx.

And the winner is...

The winner of the Savannah JL cookbook is ...

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Town & Country Mom!
I'm a follower, and I love cookbooks. I guess out of loyalty I must say that my favorite is the Greenville JL book, Uptown Down South, and, of course, Charleston Receipts is a must-have. And all of Ina's!
Congrats!
Thanks to everyone who entered!
I may try to do another giveaway soon because I still have several cookbooks left!
Happy Thursday!!!

Dead Bird

I'm I the only one dying for Spring - and COLOR?

I'm so ready to start wearing my sundresses I can barely contain myself

(however, I need a tan)

Anyway, that little rant has nothing to do with this post...

This weekend T and I went quail hunting

not to be confused with snipe hunting!

This is the back of the buggy we rode on - 

It's named the "Miss Anne" for the guy's wonderful wife who let him buy this little contraption!

This is Bandit - one of the best "dead bird" retrievers I've ever seen!

Plus, he liked to sit with me when he wasn't out helping his Dad hunt so that made me like him even more

When someone killed a quail, they'd say "dead bird" and the dogs would jump out, find it, and bring it back to the buggy...

Tough life...

No, I didn't hunt 

I sat on the buggy and played with the dogs and chatted and asked a lot of dumb questions

One being, "Who is going to clean these?"

Response:  "The women, of course!"

Very funny

How funny is that little Jack Russel perched on the top of the buggy?!?

and his little hunting vest!!!  How cute!!!

Alright, here is the dead bird picture

Look away if you're squeamish!

This is part of the group

I had a little photography fail and my shadow ended up in the picture!

Oh well.

Be sure to enter the giveaway if you haven't already -

the BIG ;) winner will be announced tomorrow morning!!!