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Good Afternoon! So I'm at work (on my lunch break), and am just thinking about all the things that are coming up, and how I LOVE fall. On my bike ride to work this morning it was cool and crisp, and I was watching the sun rise as I peddled up and down the hills of downtown Nashville. It was beautiful. September is just around the corner, and I couldn't be more excited!

E's Top 10 Fall Pics (in no particular order):

1) UT football..... ok please let me first say that yes, the Vols have had a rough last year on and off the field but mostly off. But Rocky Top will always be my home sweet home.

2) My Birthday! October 10th, put it on your calendar =) I'll be 24

3) Halloween- gotta love a night where adults are supposed to act like kids

4) Changing of the leaves- coming from the smokies, it's almost a religious experience watching the leaves change each year. Can't wait!

5) Sweaters, and fall clothes in general- there is nothing like currling up in your favorite sweater in front of a campfire with good friends. I'm just sad I wear scrubs everyday...

6) Camping- now camping in the summer is awesome, but it gets soo hot and sticky and miserable, camping in the early fall is perfect. And I'm going Labor day weekend!

7) Fall flavored coffee's and ciders- Hello first spiced chi of the year!!

8) Christmas Lights- yes... in east TN I am used to chrsitmas lights going up WAY before Christmas... sometimes they just don't come down at all.

9) Chilli- you can eat chilli anytime of the year, but its never as good as it is in the fall.

10) Running outside- who wants to run when the heat index is 116? not this girl...

I just found out today that I am going to the beach in September! Thank goodness! I very much need a vacation... we are going to Orange Beach, Alabama for 5 days. We got a condo on the beach, and I plan on doing pretty much nothing. I won't have enough money for shopping so I'm going to devote the week to the last of summer tans, reading some books (leave me some ideas), and perfecting some culinary feats in the kitchen. Since I won't have enough money to eat out, I plan on cooking all but maybe 1 or 2 meals! Look out Lindsey, you are my new guinnea pig =). I think it will be a wonderful opportunity to just relax and recouperate and celebrate the summer of 2010 one last time!

Tonight I am going to Bud's and Sud's, a benefit concert for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's.. It's at Loser's downtown and I am just cool enough to be on the list, ok well Lindsey is on the list but I am a designated +1. Greg is tour managing for Lee Brice and they are playing tonight! Maybe I'll even bust out one of those fall sweaters to mark the occasion...I can't wait... and before that I'm making dinner- on the menu: mexican grilled chicken with guacamole and baked sweet potato fries! Yummy

Love it! Enjoy!

Much Love,
  -E