This month we put the flight benefits to use again on two different day trips, both to Atlanta.
The first trip I went with my Mother-in-Law. -I'll have you know that I'm one of the lucky, seemingly few, wives that has In-Laws she loves! We get along great, have similar interests, and we always have a good time together!
Anyway, Mom and I were trying to go to Fort Lauderdale to see Josh's Aunt Debbi, who I haven't met yet. However, the draw back of free flights is that we fly standby, and it happened that the Saturday we went was to soon after Hurricane Sandi so it was impossible for us to find a flight out of Atlanta to Florida.
It was unfortunate that we didn't get to see Aunt Debbi, but on the bright side we did get to spend the day in Atlanta. Aunt Debbi even found us an Ikea in Atlanta and texted us detailed directions on how to get there!
Since we had planned on going to the Ikea in Fort Lauderdale I already had a wishlist a mile long prepared. I think I did pretty good though. I was able to say no to several pretties. Of course, it helped that it all had to fit into our carry-on luggage! As an extra bonus to the trip, Mom and Aunt Debbi surprised me by paying for all my goodies. (If you guys are reading this -Thanks Again!!!!)
I'm pretty excited about all of it. I love the canisters and I'm looking forward to using everything. The rainbow fabric is going to be perfect for the colorful bedroom!!!
The second trip was just for Josh and me. One of Josh's friends at the airport was telling him about the aquarium in Atlanta and how amazing it was so we decided we had to go.
We had to squeeze this trip in before the holidays, a little earlier than we had been planning because Josh is going to be starting a new job soon! (More on that later!!!!)
Hehehehe this medium guy has teeth!
Poor guy was trapped with no hope of escape. (Cute though.)
A Sea Dragon!! This was probably my favorite new animal to see. There was also another picture of a tank of fish that had so many neat colors. I have it saved somewhere - i just thought it could be a good source of inspiration for a quilt later in the future.
Penguins gathered around the water grate! (Get it? Ha!!!)
I'm thinking "dang glare", and the fish is probably thinking "dang human".
Last, but not least, another MARTA is another example of a great public transportation system. This was dirtier than Minneapolis at times, a couple times it was much more crowded, and once it was a little scary, but still it is better than Tulsa.
