Marietta Square

On our trip last weekend we made a stop at the farmer’s market in Marietta.

I always love going to Marietta Square.

I wish the weather had been better. The gray skies did not make for pretty pictures.

The market was filled with lots of home grown and home baked goodies.

I would have loved to take some of these home.

 The Strand theater was brought back to it’s old glory.

It’s so pretty inside. It’s been around since 1935.

In the center of the square is a beautiful fountain.

The kids can run around and play.

There are lots of benches to sit and read or just people watch. 

There is always something going on in the park.

So many gorgeous old homes are around the square.

Look at that deep wrap around porch!

I wish I had taken more shots. But it was starting to rain.

Do you know who lives in Marietta?

Aton Brown from The Food Network.

Yup.

Not in that house though.

Also, have you seen the movie Zombieland? You should, it’s hilarious.

Anyway, there were some scenes shot in Marietta.

That evening we stopped in a coffee shop for some cappuccinos.

A friend, who’s more like a 4th son, works there and he made them special for us.

They were so good!

I hope everyone is have a relaxing weekend.

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Road Trip Tales

We had a great trip to Atlanta this past weekend.

I thought I’d share some of the shots I took while driving. Well, I wasn’t driving.

It helps pass the time.

They have absolutely nothing to do with the story I’m going to tell you.

Just so you know.

Our main goal was to get #2 son a bed for his apartment. Something I didn’t think would be such a problem. But nothing is easy for us. Oh no.

We get to the land of the Swedes and enjoy a nice lunch of meatballs and crepes.

Let me just say this here and now.

Never, NEVER go to Ikea on a weekend. And especially right before college is starting.

As my son so eloquently put it: 

It’s like the 3rd level of hell.

Never.

Ever.

Again.

After we were all herded through the showroom, mooing along the way, we made our frame and mattress selection and squeezed our way downstairs to the market place. 

(Why do people insist on going against the flow?) 

We picked up a few nonessentials. Does my college age son need a wine rack? 

No. But I’m so frazzled I buy it anyway.

Then it’s time to locate the bed, load up and then proceed to spend hours putting it together.

(find the car in the clouds)

We find the frame, the platform and then the mattress.

Where is the mattress? The big empty palette is not a good sign.

I check with the man.

Nothing until maybe Tuesday or Thursday he says. Maybe.

So we decide to just pick up a mattress elsewhere. Yes. That’s a good idea.

So we unload the loot at the apartment. 

Which by the way, is quite the hike from the parking garage to his door. 

Then the bed is put together. The boys handle this since we did not have a power drill.

It went together surprisingly well. That should have been a clue.

We will shop the next day for the mattress.

(sharing this shot with The Kat Eye View: frame within a frame)

After a few issues we locate a full mattress to go into the full frame. We hurry to pick it up.

What? There are no more in stock? The truck is late they say, should be here any minute.

We do a little browsing at the antique mall next door while we wait. 

Go back. No truck. Not until tomorrow they say.

 

Off we go to find another mattress.

Finally, someone has a full size in stock. Hubby wheels and deals and gets a lower price. Yay!

We squeeze it in to my Trailblazer. We had measured and it should fit. Whew, it’s in. 

Off we go to deliver it to the apartment. The boys are putting it in the bedroom while I’m removing sticky stuff from the thrift store lamp I found. 

Then I hear… what the hell? 

That can’t be good.

It is not fitting in the frame. What the…..enter whatever swear word you’d like.

There were many.

Is a full size bed different in Scandinavia? The sizes must be off. 

They must make the beds so you have to buy their mattresses from Ikea. Ugh!

It fits perfectly on the outside of the frame but not down on the base. 

The engineer-to-be devises a plan. 

No one wanted to take the frame apart and return it to Ikea. 

So we head to Home Depot, in the middle of Atlanta, so they can build up the platform. 

Some plywood and 2x4’s, a few nails and we’re good to go. College is paying off. It worked.

After some dinner we head to the hotel.

(i really loved the color of this sofa)

It's late, we’re tired. The phone rings. I hate when the phone ring late at night.

Son #2 is calling. What now?

I know why the mattress wouldn’t fit, he says.

He must have been struggling to put the sheets on and then looked at the tag.

It was a queen!

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Road Trip

It’s time to get in the car and hit the road before the summer is over.

I’ll be heading to Hotlanta this weekend. And. it. will. be. hot.

Hotter then it is here in Florida most likely.

But I get to see my boys. I’m so excited!

And I’ll be making a few stops. 

Like maybe here ……

and of course here ….

and I have got to squeeze in some time to go here…..

I will be also be hitting the thrift stores while I’m there.

#2 son is moving into an apartment downtown for his last year at Georgia Tech.

Yay, one more year!

So, I need to find a few things on the cheap. Nothing fancy as things don’t seem to last very long around a bunch of college kids. Boys especially. They’re just gross.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

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Labor Day Weekend

Hope everyone had a fun labor day weekend. I would like to thank Karen over at The Graphics Fairy for the feature on my coastal mirror. That was exciting to come home and see that. 

We did absolutely no laboring. We hopped in the car and took a drive to Atlanta to visit son #1 and son #2. I thought I'd take you along on the drive with me. It was a beautiful day and the clouds were amazing. It's a long post so if you have to pee, go now.

Henry and son #3 took this position for most of the ride there.

The first leg of the drive from Niceville to Atlanta we take hwy 331. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with this road as it's the fastest way to get to the beaches. We pass through a lot of teeny tiny small towns. Try not to blink. You might just miss them. First up is the town of Florala. A litte bit of Florida and a little bit of Alabama all mushed into one tiny town. The truck was for sale. Wouldn't that be fun to drive while hunting for junk?

My favorite tiny town to go through is the town of Brantley. It's the front porch capital of the south. There is a sign that says so. One cute porch after another. You should see how cute they are around the holidays. Some may be a little blurry, I couldn't snap fast enough. You can make them bigger if you click on them.

I love this green door!

They were having a boiled peanut festival in Luverne. Southerners will come up with any excuse to have a festival.

After getting through the hoards of people trying to get to the boiled peanuts we got stuck behind this guy. I'm guessing the spoiler on the back is just to make him look like he could go fast. He caused the vein on hubby's neck to bulge just slightly.

We passed the Smart factory. All the smart people of the world come from here.

We passed a lot of this....

and this.

Not sure where the chicken is going but apparently it's the finest.

More beautiful scenery....

 Are the clouds not amazing?

Finally we hit the interstate. We can move it along at a quicker pace now.

Until we hit a bunch of these. Auburn fans heading to the game. I took this shot for Linda @ Coastal Charm. We should have timed it better as GA Tech also had their first game just ending as we hit Atlanta. Oye!

But we made it fine and found this cushy bed waiting for us at the Double Tree. I loved the orange and green together. And their cookies are like a bite of heaven.

We had to go eat here. Everyone loves it here. If you can't find something on their humongo menu then just go home and eat a bowl of cereal. I had the crabmeat melt with sweet potato fries. Yummy.

And look what just happened to be across the street from our hotel. All of these stores all conveniently located in one shopping area. How nice of them to do that for me. I may have picked up a thing or two or three.

I squeezed in just a little bit of time on our way home to stop here. It was so insanely packed with people. It was like a herd of cattle moving through the store.  I didn't even get anything. I picked up the new catalog and #1 son can go back for me. It was crazy to think I could just browse quickly here.

And this is how the trip home looked. We all pretty much slept. So, what did you all do over the weekend? Was there labor involved?