Weekend in ATL Part II

After going to pick up Sister’s friend, we headed to Conyers, GA.  Conyers was a small town that I thought I would LOVE.  I did like it.  The town was a sweet little town.

I especially liked the painted buildings.  It was Saturday, but there was not much going on downtown.  There was an ice skating rink across the street, but I believe the whole town turned out to ice skate.  We couldn’t even get close to the rink.  But that is ok, we had other plans.  Antiquing.

I loved that the building names were in stone.  This “Bank” is now a hair salon.  The Pawn Shop was also a bank.

We head over to Sadie's Antiques and Uniques.  We found some interesting things, but nothing that really knocked our socks off.

Love the Jello molds.  And we found lots of great dresses if we need a 80’s prom theme dress.

I LOVED these old doors.  And this jewelry frame.  I AM going to make this for my sister.  She has wanted one and I know I can do this.

I loved the old hairbrushes and could just pictures me sitting at the mirror brushing my long blond hair as Rhett Butler came through the door.  *sigh*

I LOVE pink depression glass and found these pieces, but as we walked around the corner, we found these two dolls hanging from the wall with these creepy wood stars all over the room.  Very Blair Witch Project.  Can you say CREEPY???

This is Little Dinky.  I think that’s the name and that lead us to the Train Depot.

Afterwards we headed to Covington, GA.  I was looking so forward to this because it had a real town square.

Downtown Covington was just what I expected.  What I didn’t know is that this town is a movie mecca of Georgia.  The Dukes of Hazards, Sweet Home Alabama (yes), Cannon Ball Run and The Vampire Diaries.  In fact, The Vampire Diaries are still filming there.

 

 

 

 

 

They even have a Stars walk of fame.  Notice Ian Somerhalder at the top left.

This is Damon from The Vampire Diaries.  I think I need to start watching this show.   Ain’t he Purdy?

This is the Mystic Grill from The Vampire Diaries.  Sister and her friend kept talking about eating at the Mystic Grill and I was excited.  Then I found out it was a fictitious place and just the part of the set.  WOW, I was a bit disappointed. HA

But we did find a Fish Camp, which was a little funny because we are not near the water.  But their food was really good.

I got a shrimp taco with mango pineapple chutney.  It would have been better with Cole slaw instead of lettuce, but it was still amazing and I would get it again.

Sister got blackened shrimp.  They smelled so good and she said that tasted good too.

And of course we had to get dessert.

Sister and I split Chocolate Cream pie and Sister’s friend got Banana Cream pie.  Both were good.

So, after eating lunch, we had some shopping to do.

Spires Interiors and Gifts was probably my favorite place in Covington.  The ladies in there were extremely nice and wrap a special gift for Sister so she wouldn’t know what it was.  I highly recommend the place if you find yourself in Covington.

Then we headed over to Square Perk Café for the girls to get coffee and use the bathroom.  All this walking and shopping was really hard on the bladder.

A couple doors down, you will find Church Street Antique Market.  The couple that ran this shop were super nice and more than willing to help you find anything.  I loved their jewelry displays.

Another piece of movie magic…this is the clock tower from Back to the Future.

We then went over to Antiques and Stuff which is located right off the square.  They had some great finds.  We only made it through half of the market when it closed.  But not before Sister got two great night stands for a pretty good price.

But here are some of the coolest things I found.

Both of these items I would have loved to bring home with me.  But I had to leave them behind.  Maybe next time…or maybe I can at least make one of them.

By this time it was 6:00 and time to head home.  It started raining so hard and blowing.  I couldn’t go over 45 mph on the Interstate and knew that I would be run over.  After dropping Sister’s friend off, we headed home to let the puppies out.

Around 8:30, we headed over to a great Irish Pub; Olde Blind Dog.

Sister and I split some great Potato Chip Nachos.  I should have stopped there, but decided to get a burger.  I only ate about 1/3 of the burger, but it was soooo good.

Sunday Sister had to head out to Washington DC and I had to get back to Middle Tennessee.  So, I packed up the car and Baby and Luci begged for a couple weeks together, so we all head back to TN together.

Baby and Luci both rode in the front seat.  Baby sure did make a good pillow for Luci.

I was pretty glad I didn’t leave late when I hit the top of Monteagle.  There was ice all over the rocks, but I have to admit that it was pretty.

Sister will be visiting us in a couple weeks and I think Luci will be glad to see her, but I also think that Baby will miss her cousin very much.  They are having a blast together.

Great ALT Weekend

What a week last week was.  By the time Friday arrived, I was ready to jump off a bridge.  Ok, not really, but I was ready to hit the road and see Sister.

You know it started with our Inspectors coming in to evaluate the hospital.  It was so stressful for us.  Thursday morning at 3a.m. middle Tennessee was hit with a by a line of storms.  Our community was under a tornado warning from 3:00 a.m. thru 4:30 a.m.  I was able to get back to sleep for an hour and then back to work to deal with our “great” inspector gadget.

Then Friday morning at Zero Dark Thirty {great military term} I get up and look out the window.  Guess what I see?

Could this week get any better?  SNOW, REALLY?  SNOW?

As you know, I hate snow.  I’m not a cold weather person.  I hate being cold.  This is not the way I thought Friday would go.

But it gets even better.  My neighbor backed into the side board of my garage with his truck Wednesday morning.  Busted his tail light out and really scratched up the siding on the house.  I noticed busted tail light glass in my drive way, but do not put two and two together until I backed out of the driveway on Friday morning and see my neighbors broken tail light.  Friday when I get home from work, I confront him and is shocked that I notice.  When I told him I figured it out because his tail light was busted, he was more upset about that than hitting the house.  I told him that I would be in Atlanta for the weekend and He said it would be fixed.  UG, really?  I have the worst luck with neighbors.  I come home Sunday night and the garage is still not fixed.  CRAP!

As I am about to leave the house after packing the car Friday night, I get a call from the office.  I need to come back and program the doors.  This is after having to stay late for a fire alarm going off.  Finally at 6:15 I hit the road now very ready to be at Sister’s house.

I got in and hit the sack.  I was so tired and Sister was already asleep.  Our plans were to hit some antique places the next morning, so sleep was going to be a must.

She woke me up at 8:30 (body time) 9:30 ATL time and head to our favorite coffee shop, Roswell Provisions.  Then we hit their home shop Provisions Home around the corner.  I’m in love with this shop and picked up a cute journal for Mrs. McG.  We met the owners husband and I wanted to take him home with me.  I loved his French accent and he had the prettiest brown wavy hair.  {insert deep sigh}  HAHAH.

After we talked to him for a while, we headed across the street to The Painted Monkey.  We have been trying to get into this shop since October.  I could have spent so much money in this shop.  WOW.  Here are some of their goodies.

This was my favorite piece.  I loved this black & white picture and thought it would be perfect over my bed.

 

 

 

 

 

{from top left clockwise} The Painted Monkey paintings.  There is not a way that monkeys are not portrayed in these little pictures.  I also loved the sweet little owls.  Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.  And the furniture was stupendous.  I wanted this piece, but it was a little over my budget. HA.  And they had great jewelry.  Great jewelry.

We could have stayed there all day, but we had places to go and people to pick up.  Specifically, we needed to pick up Sisters friend who was going to head with us to two small towns to antique shop.  There is a Vampire twist involved.  I’ll have that for you tomorrow.

Finally….

Today was a much better day.  And although I just got home at 10:30, I feel so much better than I did yesterday.  My desk looks so much better and I only have one pile instead of three.

Around 5:00, I received a call from my friend Linda who asked me to go to supper with her.  So, we met at Pei Wei and spent a good hour talking.  I LOVE girl talk and being with my friends.  I don’t do it enough and I have to be better about that.

I got the kids portion, Chicken Teriyaki with Brown Rice.  It was so good, but as usual, I was not able to finish it.  But what I was able to eat, was amazing.

So, I leave tomorrow for Atlanta and I can’t wait to get on the road.  I miss Sister so much and really just want to get away.  We always have such a fun and relaxed time.  We both need that right now.  And to keep me relaxed, I’ve asked my friend to house sit while I’m gone this time.  Now I know my house is safe too.

I hope you have a great weekend.  Don’t worry, I will take lots of pictures of our adventures and share them Sunday.  Oh, the Superbowl…who are you routing for?

What a Day!

Today could not have ended soon enough.  I hate wishing the days away, but the last two days have been so horrible.  Last week I mentioned that our hospital was going to be surveyed this week.  Well, it have happened.  They showed up yesterday morning and lets just say that our Life Safety inspector is not a nice person.  He is a Yankee (I mean that is a loving way) and I honestly believe that he thinks that we are all rednecks and he came to deliver us a word of knowledge.  Well, I can think of a word or two for him, but my Mama raised a lady.

Last night blogging was the last thing on my mind.  Bed was the first.  Of course that was not on my mind this morning at 3:30, when my weather alert radio went off with a tornado warning.  I was up until 4:30 and then went back to bed for an hour then back up and to work.  Makes for a great day.  Especially with the inspector from the North. HA

So, tonight I finally got my hair done.  I am letting it grow out a little.  I’m pretty excited because I always felt that my face was too fat for longer hair.  Now, I think it looks cute.  I also went blonder.  Here are the results.

Tonight I also started my Art Journal.  I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to do with it, so I just started and went with it.

Watercolor pencils and great decorative tapes.  These are some great new additions I got on Saturday.

And here is my first page.  The big circle is a print that I got off the internet and colored it in with my gel ink pens.  Then I used my black sharpie to journal and added a flower with my watercolor pencil.  It turned out pretty good for my first page.

Well, I’m heading back off to Atlanta this weekend and I’m pretty excited.  I can’t wait to share with you all the places that my sister has found for us to explore.