allister and oreos

the gas crisis

The gas issue here in Atlanta is out of control. There were 45 min (plus) lines wrapping around the few gas stations that had gas. I found a station with 15 car lines at ONE pump...leaving the other side of the station almost vacant. I just pulled in right behind one other car, but it doesn't mean I didn't have to wait. The pumps were running so slowly that a full tank would take around 20 minutes or so.

Adding a bit of ridiculousness to the situation, the thing that tells the handle to automatically cut off when it's full wasn't working, so I ended up spilling gas ($4.20 a gallon) on the ground. Luckily, I was able to make the best of the situation and mimed scooping it up to the car of guys behind me who laughed.

Allister with Wes

seriously, look at this kid.

downtown roswell

During our constant search for houses in the Atlanta area, we keep bringing up a town just north of the "the loop" (285) called Sandy Springs. It's sort of pricey, but not too far from SCAD and we've hear rumors that it's a bit "un-bohemian" but convenient. So, we decided to check it out this weekend. Granted we didn't give it much of a chance, but we weren't that impressed.

However, one great thing that came of the trip was a little detour through downtown Roswell. Roswell is just north of Sandy Springs and has a great small town feel, but with several galleries and quaint (aka slightly expensive) restaurants. We ate some of the best Mexican food we've ever had at a place called Ceviche. Allister was cramming handfuls of rice like she'd never eaten before!

I doubt it's worth us making the trip back up to Roswell, but it was a great and unexpected find.

The only other news on the house hunting is that we've basically fallen in love with Decatur (mostly). There are some amazing (but sort of tiny) houses in our price range in great (and not so great) neighborhoods. It's going to take a lot of patience and searching to find the right combination of size and upgrades, but we think it will be worth the wait.

On the swings in peachtree city

On the golf cart with the dales in peachtree city

Allister and Noah in TN

Atlanta is hot!

We aren't even to atlanta yet and we are already roasting. Here's us
in the car.