Home Today, Remembering Seth

We left Nashville about 10:00 central time and drove into our driveway about 5:15 Eastern. We stopped once for gas and stopped longer than we planned for lunch/dinner in Louisville. We were south of Cincinnati just as the traffic report was describing stop-and-go conditions along much of I-75 through the city, so we took I-275 around past the airport and on up to home.  Evelyn called the Vineyard to say she'd probably be a few minutes late for her volunteer floor monitor duty at the Healing Center, and, after checking, they told her she didn't have to come in. She was delighted! Me too!
We were able to sort mail, cut the grass, and settle in for the rest of the week during the evening and ate pop corn while watching the "60 Minutes" we had recorded while we were out of town Sunday night.
None of this created any scenes really worth photographing, so I'm posting a couple of pictures from our outing Monday night in Nashville.

We went to a dairy bar for dinner with two of Jennifer's best friends, Greg and Jana Perry. We love Greg and Jana, but the most smiles come in interacting with their 2-1/2-year-old, Seth.

We had a big time with  Seth, and he had a big time at the dairy bar. Not only did he get to eat his own grilled cheese sandwich and enjoy spoonfuls of chocolate soft serve from his mom's banana boat, but he also got to greet and jabber with another toddler who came for ice cream that night, and play with two puppies who enjoyed his hugs and pats.

We had lots of fun connecting with his folks, and playing with Seth. Greg and Jana plan to come to Jen's wedding next month, but we'll probably have to enjoy seeing Seth grow up as Jana posts pictures on Facebook.

Workday in Nashville

Today was work day at Jennifer's Nashville home. We worked a couple of hours this morning and several hours this afternoon turning her house into a warehouse. Actually, we started yesterday afternoon, and by suppertime today we had packed all her books (and that's a lot of books!), her office, and most of her kitchen. I snapped a couple pictures of the boxes stacked in her living room and her kitchen. There are more in the sun room. (Jen packed all her nice china herself.)

We have a trunk full of stuff either for the wedding reception or items Jennifer offered to us on their way to Goodwill. We'll head home tomorrow by 10:00. This will have been our last visit to Jennifer in Nashville.

 We celebrated this evening with dinner at Jack's barbecue, a great little place tucked between the honky-tonks downtown. Tasty pulled pork and green beans and macaroni and cheese.