CROSS FIT

I'll be the first one to admit, I was never a huge CrossFit advocate.

My friend Hannah was a huge CrossFitter (?), but I just wasn't convinced. Mainly because it is pretty expensive. Too expensive for my wallet. I was happy with my $19.99/month membership to Planet Fitness.

That said, I will also be the first one to admit that I've caved.

Pete mentioned he wanted to try it and right before we moved to GA I happened to get a Groupon deal in my inbox for 74% off three months of unlimited CrossFit classes right around the corner of our apartment complex. I'm such a sucker for good deals; we both ending up grabbing the Groupon and started at CrossFit Essentials last week.

Let me just tell you...I thought I was in OK shape, and this stuff is kicking my butt!

It's definitely no joke, but it's so fun and I think it'll be a great way for us to make some friends around here. Fingers crossed! (for both new friends and my sore muscles getting less sore...:/)

4TH OF JULY

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July.

We sure did! 

The day started with homemade brunch at home then we picked up GA fishing licenses and went to Jackson Lake to do some fishing. We actually ended up finding a really great spot! It's called Lloyd Shoals Fishing Pier and we had the whole place to ourselves! We didn't catch anything, but had so much fun and are hopeful for next time.

To finish off the day we had an impromptu cookout complete with burgers (beef & veggie), sweet potato salad, roasted veggies, corn on the cob, potato chips, a berry pie, a couple neighbors, and some fireworks that we could see in the distance.

It was perfect.

HAPPY 4TH!

SHE'S A GEORGIAN

It's official.

Two hours, quite a few iPhone games, and a sore tushy (not used to sitting in a plastic chair) later, I got my Georgia license!

I just love that there's a peach on it; so cute. 

And I'm also very thankful they didn't make me re-take a driver test. Sadly, I'm not sure how that would've gone. :\

Next up: License plates.   

BIG TEX & BERRY PICKING

This past weekend was our third weekend in Atlanta...I can't believe it. But the first one that we could actually spend exploring the area. The first weekend was move-in, and the second Pete had to work all weekend, so we were pretty excited to do some sight-seeing.

It started off with breakfast, homemade by Pete.

So delicious. And the perfect fuel we needed to go berry picking! Probably one of my favorite things. Despite the heat warning that it was going to get up to 107 degrees, we were determined. So we woke up early, ate our breakfast and got to Southern Belle Farm by 9am to pick blueberries and blackberries.

We thought we would beat the heat. 

We didn't. 

It was still hot as heck. But so much fun and it kept a lot of the crowds away. We were two of maybe ten people out picking. And we managed to fill a whole bucket each of blueberries and blackberries!

We might have even had a little blueberry war with each other using the berries that had already fallen off the bushes...Kara vs. Pete (obviously this war was instigated by the latter.)

Let's just say, he has much better aim than I do. Kara did not win the blueberry war.

After berry picking we checked out the Tanger Outlet Mall that's just down the highway from us and then ventured into Decatur, GA which is a cute little town just east of Atlanta. The atmosphere is a neat mix between Austin and West Chester, which we loved. Live music, little eclectic shops and restaurants, but also a bit of a metropolitan city feel.

We walked around for a bit and stopped for lunch at Big Tex Cantina. What a cool spot. Not only because the walls inside were covered in little metal longhorns, but also because their waitstaff was so nice. We had a blast.

We Spent Saturday night at home, inside, because when it's 110 degrees outside, there's not much else to do but hop from A/C to A/C.

And Sunday, we did just that. We went out for brunch and then caught the matinee showing of TED (my second choice of movie's to see, but I couldn't get Pete to step foot in Magic Mike...understandably I guess.). But Ted turned out to be a pretty funny movie. Slow at times, but very cute. I'm a sucker for Mila Kunis, though, and put her alongside Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane's voice impersonations...sold.

The rest of Sunday was spent relaxing...just the way I like it.