36, Day 35 (Written Saturday January 14) ~ Pickin'-n-Grinnin'

Usually when you read those words they apply to a joyous group of folks on their guitars, banjos and mandolins, just pickin’ around makin’ music. Sometimes it refers to a two year old who has realized for the first time that the hole in his nose is exactly the same size as his index finger. For me, at least today, it meant spending some time with good friends doing something really cool.

This morning Kase and I took a trip with our friends the Yap family. Both Kase and Callum (who is so much like Kase it is amazing) are big fans of the television show “American Pickers.” Recently we all found out that they have a shop in Nashville, called Antique Archaeology, so we decided to make a trip and take the boys. We had a really fun day doing something we all said was “different.” How many times have we gone to the mall or the movies? This was something unique and interesting. The shop was smaller than I imagined, with fewer things for sale than I imagined, but about as expensive as I expected.

The best part of the whole trip was the company. We have so many really great friends that are such a pleasure and a blessing to be around and today was a demonstration of that. Here are my two highlights of the day: getting handmade, personalized luggage tags as a gift for each of us, and learning that most all white, blue eyed cats are deaf :)