Written Tuesday, March 9th.
I have been at Susanna’s for just over a day. It is my first visit to Atlanta (outside of the airport, that is) and it has been really fun and interesting to see the different landscapes. Of course, seeing Susanna’s house has been delightful as well - she has an amazing talent for interior design and every room of her house is beautiful, as well as practical and useable.
First though, back to the landscape. Flying in, I was amazed to realize that most of their dirt is really red - as red as the reddest dirt in southern Utah. Susanna confirmed this saying that every time her kids play outside, they come back in with the knees of their pants stained red. It was also interesting as I flew over to see where the forest has been cleared for housing developments. Sometimes there were bits of forest left between the houses - mostly tall pines of some sort interspersed with tall deciduous trees. At Susanna’s I’ve gotten to see this close up. Her house is in an area of rolling hills and there are bits of forest between each of the houses. Next to her house is a little stream. Its very pretty. I guess they had snow/sleet last week, but yesterday and today have been in the high sixties and sunny.
Susanna’s house is three stories, with lots of nice storage areas. The basement has a guest suite and a large storeroom and a walk-out patio, the main floor and upstairs are the main living areas. She is lucky enough to have her laundry room on the top floor next to the bedrooms and has a really cute walk-in attic for storing off-season clothing and that kind of thing. I wish I could adequately describe her taste in décor - it reminds me of the most tastefully done bed and breakfasts I have seen. One thing that is cool is her little girl’s room has a secret hide-away that goes into part of the attic. I haven’t gotten to play in there yet, but I’m hoping Sara will let me. Sara is in second grade and is learning about telling time and using a calendar in school at the moment. Niklas is just a little younger than Audrey and he loves I-spy books. He also likes to build with duplo blocks and is very good at it. Niklas likes to help clean things.
Wed, March 10
Yesterday the weather was gorgeous and I took the opportunity to explore the neighborhood and the little bit of woods next to Susanna’s house. Last night it started to rain and rained hard all night and almost all day today. There were even flood warnings.
Today Susanna took me to see some of the cool stores in the area. After having heard about "the container store" (that's its name) for years, today was my first chance to go there. What a great store for someone who likes to organize. :) We also went to a really neat farmer’s market store (Harry's) that had great produce of all kinds and lots of other foreign and specialty items. Since we were able to get the ingredients there, I attempted making the Pad Thai recipe Elaine had made for me last week. It came out quite well, for a first attempt.
Susanna has ordered new bunk beds for her kids room that will be delivered tomorrow. Also, Carolee and Gary and Jeniel arrive tomorrow. We will probably have a bunk-bed-putting-together party sometime this week!
I have been at Susanna’s for just over a day. It is my first visit to Atlanta (outside of the airport, that is) and it has been really fun and interesting to see the different landscapes. Of course, seeing Susanna’s house has been delightful as well - she has an amazing talent for interior design and every room of her house is beautiful, as well as practical and useable.
First though, back to the landscape. Flying in, I was amazed to realize that most of their dirt is really red - as red as the reddest dirt in southern Utah. Susanna confirmed this saying that every time her kids play outside, they come back in with the knees of their pants stained red. It was also interesting as I flew over to see where the forest has been cleared for housing developments. Sometimes there were bits of forest left between the houses - mostly tall pines of some sort interspersed with tall deciduous trees. At Susanna’s I’ve gotten to see this close up. Her house is in an area of rolling hills and there are bits of forest between each of the houses. Next to her house is a little stream. Its very pretty. I guess they had snow/sleet last week, but yesterday and today have been in the high sixties and sunny.
Susanna’s house is three stories, with lots of nice storage areas. The basement has a guest suite and a large storeroom and a walk-out patio, the main floor and upstairs are the main living areas. She is lucky enough to have her laundry room on the top floor next to the bedrooms and has a really cute walk-in attic for storing off-season clothing and that kind of thing. I wish I could adequately describe her taste in décor - it reminds me of the most tastefully done bed and breakfasts I have seen. One thing that is cool is her little girl’s room has a secret hide-away that goes into part of the attic. I haven’t gotten to play in there yet, but I’m hoping Sara will let me. Sara is in second grade and is learning about telling time and using a calendar in school at the moment. Niklas is just a little younger than Audrey and he loves I-spy books. He also likes to build with duplo blocks and is very good at it. Niklas likes to help clean things.
Wed, March 10
Yesterday the weather was gorgeous and I took the opportunity to explore the neighborhood and the little bit of woods next to Susanna’s house. Last night it started to rain and rained hard all night and almost all day today. There were even flood warnings.
Today Susanna took me to see some of the cool stores in the area. After having heard about "the container store" (that's its name) for years, today was my first chance to go there. What a great store for someone who likes to organize. :) We also went to a really neat farmer’s market store (Harry's) that had great produce of all kinds and lots of other foreign and specialty items. Since we were able to get the ingredients there, I attempted making the Pad Thai recipe Elaine had made for me last week. It came out quite well, for a first attempt.
Susanna has ordered new bunk beds for her kids room that will be delivered tomorrow. Also, Carolee and Gary and Jeniel arrive tomorrow. We will probably have a bunk-bed-putting-together party sometime this week!
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