It seems that in January there is this kind of "blah" feeling since all of the holidays and gift giving is over and it's BACK TO WORK.
Dave and I were feeling the "January blues" recently but we do have somethings that are going to make this month a little more exciting. Dave is getting a new car! He researched some different ones and found an awesome car for a nice price. It's the Scion TC. This will be nice for Dave because it has a bit more pep then his good trusty Toyota truck. We are still keeping the truck for now.
Also this MLK weekend Dave and I are going to go to Virgina. We are going to see some of Dave's old memories. Plus we will see my great Aunt Delle and her daughter Tony and her husband R.D. We will also go to D.C. for a quick tour.
In other news: work is work, and Douglasville is Douglasville. (o;
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Christmas Holiday
For Christmas, Dave's family (Pat, Tom, and Ellen) came to Atlanta for a whirlwind tour of the best the city has to offer. Here's what we did in no particular order:
Stone Mountain: There's a lot to see and do there if you want to go all tourist-out. We decided to take the cable car up to the top and then hiked down, one of several hiking/riding combinations possible. There were many names and dates carved into the mountain by previous visitors. Because we are all so ridiculously silly, break time during the hike included a fun shadow puppet show. Once we reached the bottom, we saw the confederate generals ("the dudes") carved in the side of the mountain. It was a gorgeous view and we enjoyed the fresh air.
Also we went to the new Georgia Aquarium. We saw beluga whales, penguins, otters, all kinds of fish, and many more creatures. It was quite the aquarium.
Hmmm...let's see....We hiked in Sweetwater Park, which is just around the corner from our apartment. The view was nice and the weather was perfect for a hike.
Allison had heard of a great restaurant from her friend Melaine and we wanted to take the family. So we ate at the Flying Biscuit. We all chowed down on the "towering" buttery flaky biscuits. No, that's not all we ate, but they were quite buttery and good.
While Allison took the GRE downtown, everyone else explored the Georgia capital building and saw MLK Jr.'s church, childhood house and grave.
After the GRE was over, we all went to a downtown market with fresh produce and "meat." Interested in a whole ox tail? Or maybe some pig ears? How about cow stomach? Naturally, we ate lunch there and had some excellent desert of red velvet cake, caramel cake, and sweet potato pie. The lunch did NOT include any of the above meats.
For our official Christmas night we opened many presents. Plus we played Shanghai, Scattegories and Scrabble. Hmmm...all S's.
Each evening, we got a recap of pictures from Dave and Tom. And everyone thought we were annoying with just ONE camera!!! Mwahhahahaha! We took many pictures throughout the holiday and we got to see ALL of them. (o;
We were both so happy to have had everyone to our new place. Plus it was great to see them again since the last time we saw them was the wedding!
On the real Christmas Eve/Day Dave and I just spent some quality time eating fondue, watching cheesy Christmas movies, playing games, opening our presents to each other and just enjoyed our first Christmas together.
We will email out an email (o: when we get the pictures up on Shutterfly.
Stone Mountain: There's a lot to see and do there if you want to go all tourist-out. We decided to take the cable car up to the top and then hiked down, one of several hiking/riding combinations possible. There were many names and dates carved into the mountain by previous visitors. Because we are all so ridiculously silly, break time during the hike included a fun shadow puppet show. Once we reached the bottom, we saw the confederate generals ("the dudes") carved in the side of the mountain. It was a gorgeous view and we enjoyed the fresh air.
Also we went to the new Georgia Aquarium. We saw beluga whales, penguins, otters, all kinds of fish, and many more creatures. It was quite the aquarium.
Hmmm...let's see....We hiked in Sweetwater Park, which is just around the corner from our apartment. The view was nice and the weather was perfect for a hike.
Allison had heard of a great restaurant from her friend Melaine and we wanted to take the family. So we ate at the Flying Biscuit. We all chowed down on the "towering" buttery flaky biscuits. No, that's not all we ate, but they were quite buttery and good.
While Allison took the GRE downtown, everyone else explored the Georgia capital building and saw MLK Jr.'s church, childhood house and grave.
After the GRE was over, we all went to a downtown market with fresh produce and "meat." Interested in a whole ox tail? Or maybe some pig ears? How about cow stomach? Naturally, we ate lunch there and had some excellent desert of red velvet cake, caramel cake, and sweet potato pie. The lunch did NOT include any of the above meats.
For our official Christmas night we opened many presents. Plus we played Shanghai, Scattegories and Scrabble. Hmmm...all S's.
Each evening, we got a recap of pictures from Dave and Tom. And everyone thought we were annoying with just ONE camera!!! Mwahhahahaha! We took many pictures throughout the holiday and we got to see ALL of them. (o;
We were both so happy to have had everyone to our new place. Plus it was great to see them again since the last time we saw them was the wedding!
On the real Christmas Eve/Day Dave and I just spent some quality time eating fondue, watching cheesy Christmas movies, playing games, opening our presents to each other and just enjoyed our first Christmas together.
We will email out an email (o: when we get the pictures up on Shutterfly.
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