I can hear it now... "oh, your Valentine's Day was just so great because it was your first one. Wait until you get older, Valentine's Day is the worst."
Well... whatever.
It was my first Valentine's Day with Jimmy, and it was perfect. Couldn't have been better... so sorry to all you guys who hate Valentines Day. You can stop reading now.
If you Love Love (Ginny Branch), you can read on...
We started our weekend by going to see Trey Anastasio (lead singer of Jimmy's number one love, PHISH) perform with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. It was a great show. Trey preformed many classic Phish tunes such as YEM and Divided Sky. He also preformed some songs by the Trey Anastasio Band. It was interesting hearing all the songs changed form their traditional arrangements into orchestral pieces. I liked Water in the Sky best. It was such a beautiful song.
Another highlight of the evening was this violinist's sweet Prada shoes. I was captivated...
A couple in the back got engaged dring the show, which was such a special moment. Trey congratulated them and dedicated YEM to them, where he teased "Here Comes the Bride." I am into romantic stuff, so I thought was was really special.
Speaking of romantic things, Friday Jimmy sent me these beautiful flowers...
Didn't he do a great job? Along with the flowers came tickets to Willie Nelson. NO WAY!!!???!!!
Seeing Willie Nelson was on my bucket list. Did you know he is 79 years old? Can you believe it? I had never seen him live and was dying to see him when he was at the Tabernacle. Jimmy surprised me with tickets, and we went Sunday night.
Since seeing Willie Nelson was such a huge deal for me, I was fairly panicked about what I could do for Jimmy that could even come close to matching that. Luckily I had the stroke of genius to call Nan Haverty, one of our agents here at Beacham & Company. Nan and I do a lot of work together with me photographing her listings. Her husband helped develop Serenbe, which is a sustainable community in Palmetto, GA. There is a great town square with wonderful food and shops. There is also a wide spectrum of real estate and a horse barn with ample acreage. I asked her a for a HUGE FAVOR. I asked if it would be ok for Jimmy and me to stay in her house at Serenbe for Valentines Day.
9015 Selborne Lane is currently for sale and is absolutely breathtaking. I was so thankful when she said Jimmy and I could stay there!
That just left one more thing I needed to figure out, a Valentine's present for Jimmy. I thought and thought about it, and solicited help from all of his friends (sorry-- I am very annoying).
I was so excited about Jimmy's present I almost couldn't stand the ride to Serenbe... As soon as we walked in, I put in on the breakfast table and made him open it.
A record player? WHAT?!? I know!!! Isn't that an awesome present? I know what you're thinking, "How could someone who loves music that much not own a record player?" I was confused myself. After exhaustive research I settled on this Hype record player from Urban Outfitters. Pros: it's portable, it has built in speakers, it has an AUX out so it can be plugged into surround sound, it looks cool. Cons: It's fairly cheap and can break easily. It was the best choice for me at the time, and Jimmy thinks it was the right one, SO YEA BLAYNE. In addition to this record player I gave him my entire collection of records, which has taken a lifetime to build. It includes classic albums by artists such as: The Beatles, Grateful Dead, Pure Prairie Legue, The Marshall Tucker Band, and Jimmy Buffett. Yea, I know, I am an amazing girlfriend.
It seems Jimmy thinks so as well...
See how happy he is? I know. It's pretty cute.
After present opening time we went to The Hil Restaurant, which was amazing.
Yea for Valentine's dinner!
These were homemade potato chips with Vidalia onion dip! yum.
After dinner we went back to Nan's house where I got excited about how beautiful it looked at night, so I took a few pictures. You can see Jimmy walking on the porch in that picture if you look closely.
Isn't that breathtaking?
This is a view of the pool house from the house at night.
This was the view this morning outside my room to the pool house. Doesn't that look peaceful?
While Jimmy packed the car, I walked around to the front of the house and took this picture.
And then walked up to the front porch to see this view. I could have stayed forever, but alas, we both had to get back to work.
I made Jimmy stop the car to get this shot. Photographers say that the best time to take pictures are at dawn and dusk. Since I make it a rule to only be awake for one of those times, I was taking full advantage of the light this morning...
We waved good bye to these guys as we pulled away...
and caught our last glimpse of the country as we made our way back to the highway.
Cheers to an amazing first Valentines Day Jimmy. I'm so in love with you.
-Blayne
P.S. Nan, thank you so much for making this little trip possible. Your home is so beautiful, and we were so lucky to get to stay there! You're the best!
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This is the foyer, which I love. Why? I love a glass front door. It's nice to be able to open the wood door and see out to the front yard. I also like the wood floors. The man in the picture is Jimmy's grandfather. Unfortunately he died before I got to meet him, but everyone in the family raves about how kind he was.
His aunt told me that she chose these Christmas decorations to echo the bronze in the foyer. How clever is that? I would never have thought of it and really admire the fact that she did. The decorations look amazing. Let's walk outside.
Here is a view of the home from the pond in the back yard. They put in a lot of landscaping that all looks so natural and lush (even in December!).
A close up of the fireplace where we had the fire...
How's that? I KNOW, RIGHT!!! CUTEST BABY EVER! Thanks for letting me use that picture :) And thank you to Jimmy's aunt for having us over for a wonderful holiday lunch! I love your house!
