All Posts Ice Cream Cake with Oreo Crust A few weeks ago, I told you about Mr. Handsome’s birthday celebration and promised that I would share the recipe 'Extraordinary' DVD Giveaway As a way of wishing all my readers a happy new year, I'm kicking off 2018 with a giveaway. I'm 2 Million Pounds of ICE Am I the only one who feels like the holiday season flew by? It hardly felt like there was any Winter Wonderland It's hard to believe that yet another Christmas has passed. It was our third year celebrating as husband and wife. Merry Christmas! Wishing all my blog readers a very Merry Christmas! Hope you are having a wonderful time celebrating with family and Fall in the Smokies A few weeks ago, I posted photos from our recent trip to the Cades Cove historic settlement in the Great Christmas Cookie "Exchange" 'Tis the season for holiday baking! One of my readers asked about my favorite Christmas cookie recipe, and that got Christmas Lights in Nashville This holiday season, we visited two iconic Nashville attractions to see Christmas lights. Do you enjoy viewing Christmas lights?The first Burlap Christmas Wreath Tutorial As promised, I have written up my Christmas wreath tutorial. Whether you're looking for a holiday craft to do with Our Christmas Tree This year, we purchased our seven-foot Christmas tree from the very fancy tree lot at The Home Depot. At the Gift Ideas Galore Christmas is the most wonderful time of year, but finding gifts for all the folks on your list can be Mr. Handsome's Birthday During the week of Thanksgiving, we also celebrated Mr. Handsome's birthday. He requested dinner at a steak restaurant as his Tour of Historic Cades Cove In early November, Mr. Handsome and I made the short drive over to the Smoky Mountains for a weekend getaway. DIY Frosted Christmas Lanterns 'Tis the season for DIY holiday decor! I had a bit of a rough day a few days ago (can Oven-Roasted Whole Chicken Hope all my American readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’ll post about our celebration soon, but in the meantime, I Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers! On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my loyal readers, my loving and supportive Black Friday Shopping Tips Do you take part in Black Friday? When I was young, my mom always jump-started her Christmas shopping with an Peacock Painting It has been a while since I've shared one of Mr. Handsome's paintings. Earlier this year, I showed you the Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cake, Part 2 A few weeks ago, I shared the super moist chocolate cake recipe that I used to make my recent chocolate-covered Movie Night Essentials After a long week, what can be better than curling up on the couch with a good movie? In the Our Last Day in the Rockies I hope you all have enjoyed my posts about our trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I have photos from Cereal Anyone? Have you ever walked down the cereal aisle and felt completely and utterly overwhelmed? There are dozens of options to A Burglary and a Fiasco I'm curious if any of you have security systems and what your experience has been with them. It used to Thanksgiving Side Dish: Butternut Squash Couscous Looking for a unique side dish for your Thanksgiving table? I’m going to share one of my favorites with you. Tragedy in Texas America is reeling from yet another tragedy. On Sunday morning, in the deadliest mass shooting to ever take place in Celebrating 2.5 Years Mr. Handsome and I are celebrating an exciting milestone. Yesterday was the two-and-a-half-year anniversary of NashvilleWife.com! Although I have been Machine Falls and Civil War Trenches One of the reasons I enjoy working from home is the flexibility that it provides. Two weeks ago, while a Introducing Ralph Many of you have asked if we have pets. At the rental house we lived in until a couple months Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cake, Part 1 A few weeks ago, I invited family over to celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday. For dinner, we ate homemade pulled pork 'Champion' DVD Giveaway Earlier this year, I posted my review of the movie Champion one month ahead of its theatrical release. Mr. Handsome Volunteering at VBS I have been reading through the feedback that you all submitted on my Ask Ellie 2.0 post and noticed that a How I Met Mr. Handsome, Part 4 This summer, we shared Mr. Handsome's account of the story of how we met. (Click here to watch those videos.) Lending a Hand A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law and father-in-law were visiting Nashville for the weekend, so rather than go to our Ask Ellie 2.0 Soon after I started this blog (has it really been almost two-and-a-half years?) I published a post titled "Ask Ellie," Homemade Hummus Recipe How many of my readers are hummus fans? I sure am! Last week, I was randomly craving chips and hummus Chipmunk Encounter To help you conquer the Monday doldrums, I have a couple cute photos to share. As I mentioned in my Mr. Handsome's Ship Paintings Mr. Handsome the painter has recently become interested in a new subject: ships. These three original ship paintings are some Flowers of the Canadian Rockies On our trip through the Canadian Rocky Mountains, we hiked 32.3 miles in 20.5 hours and gained a total elevation Ground Turkey Taco Salad We usually eat leftovers for lunch, but today, I felt like making something "fresh," so I whipped up a ground Top Wedding Planning Tips Two-and-a-half years ago, Mr. Handsome and I planned a DIY wedding in just three months. It was a whirlwind, Recipe: Pulled Pork Nachos Mr. Handsome and I try to eat healthy most of the time, but we allow ourselves a couple days each Lego-Themed 1st Birthday (Photos) Another day, another party hosted by Anne the party planner. This summer, I was helping brainstorm ideas for her son's Another TV Segment: Fall Travel In August, I was invited up to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to chat about saving money on back-to-school supplies on WBKO, Another Year Gone By September is coming to an end, and fall is officially upon us. How can that be? Growing up, I was Nashville Shores Treetop Adventure Park Two weeks ago, we spent an incredible afternoon at the Nashville Shores Treetop Adventure Park. Have you ever been to Icefields Parkway Part 3 Two days ago, I told you about the first half of day six of our Canadian Rocky Mountain journey (click Icefields Parkway Part 2 After our Athabasca Glacier tour on day five of our Rocky Mountain journey, we spent the night at the Glacier Hidden History At Hidden Lake Mr. Handsome and I are always up for a hike. A few weeks ago, we heard about Hidden Lake at Balsamic Vinaigrette This spring, I shared the recipe for one of my favorite homemade salad dressings. I’m a real lettuce (and spinach) East TN and West NC After spending all our weekends at home for a couple months, we recently drove out to North Carolina for a Nursing-Themed Party My party-planning sister-in-law, Anne, recently decided to host a tea for two friends who passed their nursing board exams. Per Athabasca Glacier Have y'all been enjoying seeing photos from our trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains? For those who have missed past Strawberry Lemonade Recipe This week, a cold front (highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s, unusually cool for this time of Hurricane Harvey This weekend, Nashville was hit with the eye of tropical storm Harvey. Tornado sirens went off at midnight, and a Homemade Glass Cleaner If you are a long-time reader of my blog, you have probably heard about my love for natural, homemade cleaners. Pectin-Free Peach Jam Tutorial Mr. Handsome and I are celebrating the new week with our fresh batch of homemade peach jam (on homemade Icefields Parkway Part 1 On day five of our Rocky Mountain adventure, we woke up at the crack of dawn and began our road Rocky Mountains Paintings Photos and details from Day 5 of our Rocky Mountain adventure (the day we drove up the Icefields Parkway and Blueberry Pancake Recipe Last Saturday, both Mr. Handsome and I woke up craving blueberry pancakes. I still had a large bag of frozen Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Photos It's Monday afternoon, and we just experienced a total solar eclipse here in Nashville. I wasn't all that excited, but « Previous 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 15 Next »