Atlanta, el segundo parte

These pictures aren't in order, but that really doesn't matter. We went to the Atlanta History Museum. It was like a living history place. Here I am churning butter. Churn baby churn. Too bad I didn't know that there wasn't any cream inside. Bummer!

Jorge (the opportunist) found a Georgia Peach tree and it happened to have some small peaches nearby that had fallen from the branches. He snuck in the garden and grabbed those peaches up! I love you my peachy little robber! You're always thinking of great deals!!

Step away from the HAM!!

I'll say this, "it ain't no Serta!

Right outside of Atlanta there is a small park called Stone Mountain. This is a granite mountain carved with the "heros" of the South on it. It's really gigantic! We saw a 3D interactive show, heard a story like they used to tell in the south, rode a train, saw the top of stone mountain, and saw a wonderful lazer show.

Chavela wasn't sure about the gondala ride to the top of the mountain.

These hands are folded and being very patient! Notice the rain drops on my shirt. After the stone mountain photo opp., a huge thunderstorm came and we were trapped. Sheets of rain and thunder and lighting sounded and made their presence known. I wasn't scared, but there were some wierdos that were crying and acting like clowns. We were safe and fine.

Two hours later we were cleared to come back down from the mountain. The sky still looked just awful! But we made it down fine. We had a pinic supper right out of the trunk of the car and watched the most awesome lazer light show ever. You should really see it!!

No, you've gotta kiss the frog!

This the botanical garden in Atlanta. I have no idea why we went. It was really pretty and green, although the whole area is in a drought. Felt pretty humid and hot to us!


Then we took a 3 hour drive to Savannah! Wow!! We were going to go the The Lady and Sons (Paula Deen's restaurant) but after reading many computer reviews and talking to several locals, we decided to go to Mrs. Wilkes boarding house for lunch. We heard it was much better! The wait for lunch was long and hot. You would go inside 10 at a time and sit a large table with people you didn't know. The food was alread on the table before we sat down. We sat with some people from Alabama. There were 23 bowls of food on our table!! It was great. I loved all of that home cookin'. After we finished dessert, we had to take our plates to the window in true "boarding house" style. It was neat. No frills just good stuff.


Here's what my peeps thought about the whole experience.

We made it to the Atlantic Ocean!! I had never seen it!! Well, it looks like the ocean. We had a great time. .. . no sunburns and we ate some great seafood.

Oh, this is the spot that Forrest Gump sat on the bench eating chocolates. There's no bench there but that's where it went down. Also there is a church with a tower just down from there where they dropped the white feather that flew all around at the beginning and end of the movie. We had a blast!!

I DO WORK!some
I just wanted you all blog readers to know that I do work for the Man for 3-4 days a week. I am working Liaison...fancy word meaning that I roam the hanger and help electricians with questions concering our instructions and design. Sometimes there are a lot of questions, other times I evaluate the contents of my belly button. I regularly work 3-12 hour shifts and get paid for 40 hours. Typically it's M-W or W-F. I enter work at 10am and usually commute home (3 miles) around 12 midnight. Now, we are being asked to work overtime, another day! So, now I am 4 days 48 hours or more. 4 on 3 off, not bad at all.

Please send monetary donations (US currency) to 505 Marita Rd.

Back to my Grass
Kiss it. Anyways, nobody has really asked about what kind it is, idiots. It is empire zoysia. EMPIRE Zoysia, a selected native cultivar of Zoysia Japonica, chosen specifically for its ability to reduce production costs while demonstrating very desirable growth characteristics. Reduced production costs are achieved by EMPIRE's rapid expansion rate, reproduction from rhizomes, and its natural chemical resistance for easier weed control.

That last part is straight from the web, take me to jail if you want to. What I learned in my research is that everybody copies the same thing from everybody. What a harsh world.

So why did I go with it? If you guessed, Texas Monthly, you are obviously my wife. I read an article about the major issues facing Texas in the next 50 years. I figure I might be around for some of that so for once, I want to be part of the solution. awww. Just got a kiss from my wife, with lengua. She's nuts. So, the article totally talked about H2O, water. Pretty much I found out that North Texas has a bunch of water-mongers? We dump over 60% of our water on our lawns. Of course, St. Augustine (not a real saint) is the culprit. So they talked about how people should choose drought tolerant grasses or landscapes. That started my search. Zoysia was the best choice since it could live in heavy drought, was disease resistant, insect resistant, shade tolerant (lots of large oaks to shade the place), and was a popular choice for golf courses. I was sold and spent a ton of time picking out which one I wanted.

Palisades, Jamar, & Empire were my choices. Jamar & Empire were the closest to me. Empire was finer bladed...and in Rockwall, sold! That's what we got, hope one day you can see it when it's all set in. Pray that it lives!

Donations for my water bill next month can be sent to 505 Marita Rd, CASH ONLY.

Atlanta, Georgia ????

A few months ago Jorge suggested that we go on a vacation to Atlanta. Atlanta?? What? Isn't it hot and humid there, you might ask. Well, yes. But, do you know what is in Atlanta? The World of Coke!! Yep, that's right the Coca-Cola museum is there. That was enough for me! So, Jorge's parents, Jose and Chavela went with us in my Honda Civic. Yep, Civic. Do the numbers on space per person would ya! We really made it just fine. We went to a Braves game (they were playing the Astros). The game was 17 innings long!! We had fun. Here are some pictures.

She smiles! I should get a journalism award for capturing that on camera!

The little drummer boy with the GIGANTIC drum! Jorge even bought the foam hatchet thing.
Check out Downtown Atlanta!
World of Coke!!! This was the best part!!! The only bad thing is that my camera ran out of batteries. I though that I had packed extra batteries in my purse. . . but I was wrong. So, I don't have as many pictures of the world of Coke as I would like.

I took pictures of the signs so that I could have my favorite father-in-law paint a mural for me in my dining room. Yes, I'm cheezy like that!!

Of course the Coke store was a must. But before we went to the store, there was a HUGE coke tasting area. Africa, Asia, North America, South America and Europe had their own circular fountain areas and you could go and taste any coke product that is sold in that part of the world. It was awesome. I liked North and South America and some of the European products. I didn't like ANY of the Asian or African ones. They were awful!! You could go and taste as many times as you wanted. Super cool.

So we bought some trays and plates. And. . . wished for much more!

The next day, we went to the World Aquarium. If you ever go to Atlanta you must do this!! They had 4 touching pools. Jorge is touching a stingray. They had sharks, sea anemones, shrimp, starfish, and horseshoe crab. I know that's more than 4, but some of them shared a tank. You could touch these animals. The sharks felt like rubber and the stingrays. . . . like SNOT. The coolest thing to touch was the sea anemone. I though that it might sting, but our skin is too thick for it to sting us. God's so smart! Jorge is touching a stingray.

That tank behind us has more than 600 species of fish in it. You can scuba dive for $200 for 2 hours. There are sharks in there. I'm just not gonna do it!! It was however, awesome!

This was another tropical tank. Chavela hates cameras. She really was having a good time. . . she just acts terrible when a camera's around. There were fresh water tanks there too. Some tanks went over your head and twisted around. It was really something to see.

I just thought these jellyfish were cool looking.

I'll post more later.

We Got GRASS!!!

Jorge and I awoke Saturday morning to 6 pallets of grass from the grass fairy.

This is our front yard before the grass was down. Dusty. . . dirty. . . brown and yucky!!

Jorge, had some of our hermanos from church come and help us. I was not there. . . funeral. So, Hermano Catos, Hermana Tania, and some of their kids came over to help Jorge with the grass. We could have never made it without them.

Hermana Tania

Monse and Cristofer

The hard working and tired crew; Rachel is in the pink.

She took most of the pictures during the day.

The finished product plus a gook looking man in the front yard!