Relaxed

I woke up this morning at a crazy 5:30. If you know me, you know that I don't like to wake up at hours with single digits. I did this morning, though, and it was worth it! My parents, my cute boyfriend and I all headed to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to go to the Amish villages. My parents and I are like this, we love going on adventures and doing random things that most people my age wouldn't want to do (like go antiquing, etc). We took the Trace the whole way up and it was a beautiful ride. We listened to some beautiful music courtesy of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and...of course, Lucy Schwartz. When we arrived to Lawrenceburg, we got some breakfast at McDonald's (we couldn't find a place that looked local). That wasn't really blog-worthy, but it was part of my day! We went on down the road and grabbed a map of the homes and toured ourselves for hours around the countryside. It's absolutely stunning to me that the Amish live without the things we call necessities. I love watching all of the children run around the yards and play. It was also really cool to see the men in the fields farming only with true horse power. The simple life they have isn't really simple, it's a hard working life. We got some great deals on some veggies and, of course, peanut brittle and other various sweet treats. I also got a steal on a cute little rug...you'll see it pictured below in a few :)
We were on the hunt for bedroom furniture for my house this fall. I found some AWESOME things, mainly a really beautiful secretary desk. It was a dresser/desk/cabinet and it was amazing. The craftsmanship that they put into the furniture is shocking. My dad and I lusted after a HUGE cedar picnic table that was only $165 (really a table that would go inside, it's so beautiful it'd be a sin to put it out). We came across some really great furniture finds, but ended up not getting anything. It was still a really great day! I most definitely enjoyed my first Saturday off in while!
Here are some pictures of my Tennessee adventure:
This is one of the many houses. They all pretty much looked the same, but I love them

Here is a fun little sight we came upon, piggies in a mudhole. It was quite comedic! They were buried in mud!

Here's my awesome rug I got!!! YAY!!!!!!


Thanks for listening in on my awesome day! If you haven't been to an Amish village...go...tomorrow! Well, they are all closed on Sundays, so maybe Monday :)

Living life in letters,
Jennifer