More Nashville Flooding Pics and Video

Many people around the country don't even seem to know that we had floods in Middle Tennessee. The oil spill and other catastrophes have seemed to triumph the "front page" attention in the news.

Even though I have seen videos of downtown Nashville the past few days, nothing prepares you for seeing it in person. As we passed by this morning, it was shocking to see HOW MUCH water has engulfed downtown.

Here's a picture of downtown that I found on a friend's blog.


Last night I saw a picture album on facebook of Opryland... Opryland was my home away from home growing up and it still feels that way. I have spent most of my life doing shows there...

This is the guard shack where we would meet every morning to head into the themepark. And the brown building was where we rehearsed for EVERY show. I even rehearsed there for my Grand Ole Opry performance. This was also where my first fan letter EVER was sent when I was 10.


Many of you have been to the Opryland Hotel for vacation or Conferences...




And then the historic Grand Ole Opry House


The artists' entrance to the Opry House


Here's a video that Tim Denbo had reposted on facebook. I thought it was worth sharing.

The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwCGz1vSh_M&feature=player_embedded#!


The video:


Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

Or visit the link below to find out how to volunteer and other ways to help.
http://www.uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_nashville_ac.nsf/

And PRAY for Nashville!

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

The Push Down Sink Knob

You know the sinks in some public bathrooms where you have to push the knob instead of turn it... and after about 5-10 seconds the water stops?

I wonder if those faucets achieve anything other than frustration. I assume they are supposed to save water. And maybe they do by discouraging people to wash their hands for as long! But I find that I have to push the knob down a BUNCH of times to get the soap off my hands. And when I have to push it down 1 more final time for just a second or two to get the last little bit off... the water just keeps running after I am done. So really... it achieves nothing. If I could control the water myself, I would have just turned it off when I was done... and it wouldn't still be going!

Apparently the people who made those did NOT watch the Today show the morning where they said to sing "Happy Birthday" to yourself, TWICE, while washing your hands... that's approximately how long you should wash them. :)

Oh well. Just the musings of my trip to Pei Wei tonight. :)

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie