Working on my Chattanooga Bucket List

Nashville is calling and Chase and I will be living there from the first week of September, so we are working on experiencing things in Chattanooga before we leave. Last year we went to Lake Winnepesaukah http://www.lakewinnie.com/ and had a real great time, so we have that done already.
Two weeks ago, Aretha Frankenstein's http://www.arethas.com/ (GREAT pancake place!) was the destination and it was certainly living up to our expactations.
Our latest adventure was to go to Rock City. What an amazing and magical journey! A visual surprise was waiting around every corner. The beautiful views were breath taking. Time and money well spent.
http://seerockcity.com/

Lookout Mountain

The cliff The Lover's Leap ...

Suggestion: wear comfy shoes and watch your step

Happy explorer

Simply wow

View from the cafe over Seven States Flag Court

One tired hiker (no, just posing for the "dramatics")

... and the rest is downhill.

Favorite places to eat at in Chattanooga Part I

Souper Salad off of Gunbarrel Road. They are located at the same plaza as Best Buy and Hobby Lobby  .... http://www.soupersalad.com/. They have a great salad bar with everything imaginable. Not to mention their pasta salads ... especially their Fettuccine Pasta Salad ...  heaven for a pasta connoisseur like yours truly :-)  Soup, baked potatoes, tacos and pizza available as well. And all kinds of desserts. I'd do best to stay away from the latter though ... What I wonder now is why in the world I would write about eating and food when it was over five hours since I last ate ... sigh ... better bite the bullet and ... go to bed and forget about it. Dream about food? Who? Me? :-)

An enjoyable hobby

Some of my hobbies are to grow things, to enjoy life ... and food. Preferably vegetarian. I do eat dairy products and eggs and if it is absolutely necessary and nothing else is available I'll have chicken or fish.

Anyway, one way I enjoy food is looking at it, so why not capture the moments in pictures:

A home grown green bell pepper that soon becomes an ingredient in ...

... salads that my husband and I made. He prefers French dressing and I Ranch or Vinaigrette dressing. We got a little creative and put peach slices and strawberries in the salads this time. Delicious!

This made my day

I can't help it. I have to post a music video by one of my favorite contemporary country artists Brad Paisley.

It was while researching the nominees for the Music Row Awards and who to vote for that I came across it. Since I want to be fair I watched and listened to all the nominated songs on youtube before voting. Much to my happy surprise I saw that Mr. Paisley was running around in Stockholm Old Town in almost all of the video! yeeaay!

Now he can say that he has walked where I have walked ....



 PS. I did vote for this song, not for the Stockholm views but for the message in the song about broadening one's horizon.

Spring in the air/Vår i luften

  

Spring is in the air

 Here in Chattonooga they are saying that it has been the coldest spring since they don’t know when … main thing is that that it IS spring, and that everything is starting to burst with life: flowers are starting to bloom, the leaves on the trees are about to bud and birds are singing and nesting. Chase and I saw a bird that dropped a long straw of dry grass today, but Chase put it where the bird could pull it to the nest-to-be. A little later on the straw was gone, so I guess the bird made use of it after all.


The pear trees are blooming now and they are very pretty:

　

　

In Swedish/på Svenska:

Det är vår i luften

Här i Chattanooga säger de att det har varit den kallaste våren i mannaminne … huvudsaken är dock att det ÄR vår, och att allting börjar sjuda av liv: blommorna börjar att blomma, löven på träden spricker ut och fåglarna sjunger och bygger bon. Chase och jag såg en fågel som tappade ett långt grässtrå idag, men Chase lade upp det där fågeln kunde dra det till det blivande nästet. Något senare så var strået borta, så jag förmodar att det kom fågeln till nytta i alla fall.

 

Prydnadspäronträden blommar nu och de är väldigt vackra (se bild ovan).
 

Christmas Goodies

Just before Christmas, my parents sent me and Chase a monetary Christmas gift. We bought some Swedish/European cheese for some of the money, and we went to see the movie Lincoln for the rest.

On Christmas day, I found some Swedish candy (Kexchoklad and Daim; I know that you can find it at some World Market stores here) in my Christmas stocking. Thank you Santa! :)

På Svenska/in Swedish:
Strax före jul skickade mina föräldrar en julklappspeng till Chase och mig. Vi köpte lite Svensk/Europeisk ost för en del av pengen, och vi gick och såg Lincoln på bio för resten.

På juldagen hittade jag lite Svenskt godis (Kexchoklad och Daim; jag vet att det finns på vissa World Market-affärer här) i min julstrumpa. Tack tomten! :)
 

 

The triangular cheese is a piece of Scandic Farmers Cheese (in the States it's among the higher price cheeses, but in Sweden it's among the lower price cheeses. Well, it's ok, because it is imported and I enjoyed it very much!). The rectangular is a Muenster cheese and the round one with red "shell" is an Edam cheese.

Den trekantiga osten är en bit Hushållsost (i Staterna är den bland de dyrare ostarna, men i Sverige är den bland de billigare ostarna. Nåväl, det är okej, för den är ju importerad och jag njöt mycket av att äta den!). Den rektangulära är en Muenster-ost och den runda med "skal" är en Edamer-ost.  

Believe it or not ... but I still have some of this candy left ...

Tro det eller ej ... men jag har fortfarande en del av det här godiset kvar ...

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

Thank You Lord for … my life; the planet I’m living on; my parents; my children; my family over in Sweden and here in the US; loving friends; music lovers and fans; my health; roof over my head; clothes to wear; food to eat; clean water to drink; hot running water; soap; shampoo; washing machines; roses; trees; loving animals; churches; means of transportation; an income; helpful people; joy; love; happiness; daily teachings; a comfortable bed; music; my voice; my eyes; my ears; my guitars; pens; paper; computers; the internet; pretty blue skies; books; tables; chairs; comfortable couches; roads; trucks; fuel; grocery stores; restaurants; art; flower pots; people specialized in different areas to make our world go around; electricity; light bulbs; trains; boats; the wind; the sun; beautiful scenery …. and last but not least: Thank You for my loving husband.

The list is by no means complete …. every moment brings new realizations of things to be grateful for …



In Swedish/på Svenska:
　

Tacksägelse

Tack Herre för … mitt liv; planeten jag bor på; mina föräldrar; mina barn; min familj i Sverige och här i USA; min musikfamilj, musikvänner och fans; min hälsa; tak över huvudet; kläder att ha på mig; mat att äta; rent dricksvatten; rinnande varmt vatten; tvål; shampoo; tvättmaskiner; rosor; träd; älskvärda djur; kyrkor; ett transportmedel; en inkomst; hjälpsamma människor; glädje; kärlek; lycka; dagliga läxor; en bekväm säng; musik; min röst; mina ögon; mina öron; mina gitarrer; pennor; papper; datorer; internet; vacker blå himmel; böcker; bord; stolar; bekväma soffor; vägar; lastbilar; bränsle; matäffärer; restauranger; konst; blomkrukor; människor specialiserade inom olika områden så att vår värld snurrar runt; elektricitet; glödlampor; tåg; båtar; vinden; vackra landskap … och sist men inte minst: Tack för min älskvärde man.

Listan är på intet sätt komplett … varje stund ger nya insikter om saker att vara tacksam över …

Thanksgiving Day November 22, 2012/Tacksägelsedagen 22 november 2012


Kriz Rogers

PS. I especially look forward to having Green Bean Casserole today! Jag ser mest fram emot att äta Grönbönsgratäng idag!