Last weekend was our anniversary, and we spent it in Chattanooga (#noogastrong!) because it’s close enough to home, yet still feels like a destination trip. We’ve stayed in Chattanooga a lot, and never at the same hotel or B & B, and always enjoyed the lodging. Same goes for restaurants – even though we have our favorites, it seems like there is always a cool new restaurant to visit, and enough of them that you can never visit them all. Chattanooga is a very friendly family town, yet still has a fresh vibe to it. It seems like a big city in some ways, while still retaining a hometown feel. And, like I always do when we’re traveling, I run around the city. Chattanooga has a lot of bridges and I always try to run over a few of them on my run. Because it’s still summer, I have to run early (ok, I would anyway…) so I usually am able to see the sun rise, and this is what I saw last weekend. Soooo pretty! I had the time to stop and take a picture because our Air Force son, who is on a deployment, Skype-messaged me early (it’s a 7 hour time difference) to run some ideas for his sister’s birthday gift by me. I kept having to stop running, so I was able to get this picture, but when your child is on the other side of the globe and they get in touch, you stop whatever you’re doing!
I hope you have a great week; enjoy your Monday links!
- The Farmer’s Almanac isn’t out of style after 223 years + your winter forecast
- 9 kitchen colors that never go out of style
- Hate it when people step into your personal bubble? Really, it’s just an illusion.
- A more doable interval training (HIIT)
- A way to disinfect your smartphone when you’re away from home
- A deceptive but effective booty workout. I tried it & it KILLS!
- I don’t run as much as I used to, but I love these dramatic life-change running stories
- Diagrams about chocolate and desserts, because…. chocolate!
- 6 words that can change a home. Short read. Important.
- Spicy food can help you live longer
- Wisdom for reaching your life goals
- The easiest way to stop saying “um,” “ah,” and “like”
- Some interesting facts about WWII
- Because all my tomatoes seemed to ripen at once… Flank Steak with Bloody Mary Tomato Salad
- Beautiful and dramatic photos from around the world
- Why coffee makes us … ahem go…
- Helicopter parenting is a thing. How to go about the business of chill parenting
- Mmmmmm…. cherry crisp ice cream
- How clothing sizes have changed through the years
- I love these ideas for making pretty packages!
- What are your strengths? Here’s a free online test to find out
- Archaeologists find the 4000 year old remains of a mother embracing her child in China
- Stonefruits are my favorite – 27 stonefruit recipes
- 22 habits to make your life more peaceful
- Perfect homemade pita bread – I’ve made them and they’re delicious!
- I’m pretty sure my daughter would “quit everything” to just travel (and so would I). Here’s someone who did…
- Close to us, the University of Tennessee has a body farm, where they study this kind of stuff
- Fill your horn with oil and move on… good stuff