Play ball!

Finally! After 25 years of living in Atlanta..I make it to a braves game!

I have begged, pleaded, bribed and could never work it out. So this year for my birthday, my sister & bro-in-law made it happen.  With a run dmc concert after the game. :) check off the list!

double axels & cocoa...

last night i did something that happens in atlanta every year & i havent done yet. 

i went and ice skated at park tavern at piedmont park!  yay!

we were supposed to go with family over the holidays but with everyone getting sick, we ended up going nowhere :p

so i used my tickets, took dan with me and we skated.  or at least tried to skate.  neither of us have really ice skated before but that was better.  at least we didn't have to worry about one of skating circles around the other; we got to hold on to the handrail and go at the same speed together. 

the weather was really cold outside but the sky was clear and you could see all of downtown/midtown atlanta!  and of course the best part....the hot chocolate bar.

my new years to do list...

as far as resolutions go, i make them but dont really commit to them.  just like everyone else....

but this year im going to make attainable goals, nothing life-changing, just things i want to get done this year.

and thanks to go mighty, which lets me make an overall life list, i can use my resolutions for 2013 to get other smaller things done.

1 - go to a braves game
2 - go to a falcons game this season
3 - vegas for my birthday (*this one is my favorite)
4 - go to a hawks game

* do you see a theme emerging?

5 - get a job!!! 
6 - do my charity walks this year
7 - finish my scrapbooks/organize photos
8 - see my friends before my december checkpoint

magical night of lights...

one of the projects thats always gone around in my head was a thorough view of my city.  as a resident i know i havent' done all the touristy things that people from out of town do when they're in atlanta.  so ive decided to try to do just that..

ive seen a lot of atlanta things - world of coke, centennial park, piedmont park, georgia aquarium, stone mountain, cyclorama, six flags, atlantic station, etc etc.  but i havent done everything...

december 2012 gave me a chance to get another item marked off my "Project: atlanta tourist" list...

1 - lake lanier night of lights/smores

view my city!!

ive lived in atlanta for 25 years.  ive done a LOT of touristy things through the years thanks to all the people who have come to visit us, but there are still things ive never done.

i feel like i live in a really entertaining city so i should take advantage of it.

heres my to do in atlanta list... i present "project: atlanta tourist"...

1) stay at stone mountain 1nn - CHECK

2) go to a braves game
3) go to high museum
4) see movie at tara cinema
5) eat at STK
6) go to GWTW museum; tour margaret mitchell house
7) go to music midtown

this is just a start... and i did do #1 this weekend and it was good.  so ill have to work through this list but itll be fun doing so!