SOOO much to blog and so little time!

I am working on blog challenge #2 from Online Christian Parents and I also want to share about my recent return to my old church and also about our day in Atlanta yesterday at the American Girl store and Bass Pro Shops! But I am so overwhelmed right now with housework and errands to catch up on so I'll have to put my real blogging on the backburner for now. Until then, hope you enjoy this in the lighthearted humorous way it is intended:

TEN THINGS I NOTICED ABOUT GEORGIA

1. They have just as many crazy drivers as Alabama!

2. All the crazy drivers in Georgia drive either incredibly SSSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWW or REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY SUPER SPEEDY FAST!!!

3. They have way more road construction than Alabama! I'll never again complain about our road construction because it was just crazy. It was only by the grace of God that we didn't get stranded on I-20 once because there was NO SIGN telling you the road was actually going to RUN OUT in the right lane at a certain point. It just so happened we got in the left lane with the road split due to construction. I felt so sorry for all those who stayed in the right lane and I don't know how they got out of it.

4. You really have to pay attention to interstate signs, which may explain why so many drive so slowly. There's no indication of the direction you're supposed to go in until you almost (and sometimes do!) miss your exit point.

5. Apparently the roads are so crazy in Georgia that even expedia and mapquest can't keep up because the directions I had downloaded were off.

6. The people who name the streets in Georgia have NO imagination (must be the same people who name the Cabbage Patch kids!). Everything in Atlanta is Peachtree something. Peachtree Street, Peachtree Blvd, Peachtree Court, Peachtree Parkway, etc. and then each of THOSE has a North, East, South, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest. Go north to Alpharetta and all the roads are named North Point something! Go east from Alpharetta to Lawrenceville and all the roads are some kind of bridge street or Amber something until you get to the sugar section (Sugar Mill, Sugarloaf, etc.) Sheesh! Could ya be a little more confusing there? LOL

7. Drivers in Georgia need a LOT of space to back up/park etc. regardless of the size of their car. (you'd have to be there, but me, I can park a Mack truck in a bike stand!)

8. It must be appropriate or stylish or something while in the malls to let children run wild like bucks! Maybe next time I'll try that!

9. We (bama) have nothing on their malls. They are huge and there are several of them. All good if you're a shopper, which I am NOT. I'm thankful to be back close to my Walmart!

10. Speaking of Walmart, I did not see ONE Walmart in the entire Atlanta/Metro area. Are they all hidden somewhere? I could not survive there!

Nonetheless, we had a great time! I love road trips (confusion, mess and all) Georgia is beautiful (hey, it's the south, it's gotta be!)--almost as beautiful as her neighboring state, Alabama THE beautiful!!