Week Twelve and Thirteen
Atlanta, GA
Our stop in Metro Atlanta was two-fold. First, we were joining Jeff and Helen and
their family for Thanksgiving. Jeff and
Ron worked together at Easter Seals when we all lived in NH. Second, since Atlanta in under
consideration as a “settle down” city, we thought it would be good to check out
houses and property.
Their daughter,
Molly, is a cheerleader for the Henry County 85lb league – Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets. Her squad won the Division
competition for best cheerleading squad.
We attended the Division Super Bowl and watched her team win. It was interesting to see just how serious
these southern families take the game of football – even for the 3rd
& 4th graders. There
were families with both cheerleaders and football players!
Molly
The
weather was unseasonably warm when we arrived on the 20th. We had almost a week of 70° weather and
were thrilled! However, by Thanksgiving
the weather turned cold and rainy.
Considering the weather that the NE was experiencing, we still counted
our blessings and enjoyed the 40s and 50s.
Turkey Day arrived and we had more than enough
to eat. We feasted on turkey and ham,
mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, yams, green beans, rolls, cranberry sauce and
for dessert – pumpkin and banana cream pies.
No one went hungry that day. We
certain hope that everyone viewing this site had a great holiday as well. . .
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
The Cooks
The
Table
The family had a
lot to be thankful for this holiday.
Bridget was born just two weeks before Thanksgiving. Both Molly and Brandon thought it was cool
to have a new sister.
Bridget
Chessie went nuts when she got “released” into
the back yard. She and Sadie ran around
chasing each other to the point of exhaustion.
My
Friend Sadie
The cost of homes -- 30-40 miles south of
Atlanta -- was true culture shock having just sold ours in New Hampshire. All brick homes with 2600 square feet of
heated space sitting on an acre were priced from $259K to $279K. . .we couldn’t
believe it at first! The same house in
New England would have a price tag over $450K.
Starter homes in this area started below $100K.
We explored the area and looked at 20 or 30
houses along with multiple tracks of property. We found the floor plan that we want to eventually build and
will just have to find the lot – big enough for the house, a motor home garage
and multiple sites for motor homes when our friends come to visit.
NEXT STOP: GAINESVILLE, FL