This post is a wrap-up of our activities this past week, as we did a "Stay-Cation". We were both off for the week, but we decided rather than go anywhere, we would just enjoy each others' company and do things locally here in Atlanta.

Monday: Julia went scrapbooking during the day at Archivers with her friend Monica. Matt puttered around the house, fooled around on his IPad and watched movies. Julia came home late afternoon and we had a relaxing evening.

Tuesday: We went and took Matt's dad to his chemotherapy appointment. We went to the Avenue shopping center in Cumming while we waited, browsed shops and spent some time at the Starbucks, reading and people-watching. We then went home and cleaned the house a little.

Wednesday: Julia and Matt went to the neighborhood pool in the morning, swam around a bit, got a little sun, and just enjoyed another hot sweltering day in metro Atlanta. That afternoon we went to the Hamilton Mill Starbucks and spent more time relaxing, reading, and people-watching.

Thursday: We went to the High Museum of Art in Downtown Atlanta to see the Salvador Dali exhibit.


Our conclusions regarding Dali are that he was a gifted artist, but a very strange little man. He was quite a personality in his time, to be sure.

Friday: At noon, we went to see the movie THE EXPENDABLES, which features virtually all of the great action heroes from the 1980s through today. It was not great filmmaking, but it was an entertaining movie.


That night, we went to the Gwinnett Arena to attend the 2010 Freedom Concert presented by Sean Hannity. It was a concert featuring the Charlie Daniels Band, Michael W. Smith, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Charlie Daniels looked really spry after suffering a stroke not too long ago. Michael W Smith did a short solo set. He didn't have his band with him, so the sound was not quite as full as it might have been. Lynyrd Skynyrd blew the roof off the place. Between musical sets, Bill Bennett, Oliver North, and Nathan Deal spoke briefly. Below is a video of Skynyrd performing "Freebird" at the Freedom Concert in New Jersey.


Saturday: We went to the Larenceville Farmers Market in the morning and bought some bread and some fruits and vegetables. Then went to see the new movie EAT PRAY LOVE that she had been wanting to see. It was a nice movie with a good message. The trailer is below:



Sunday: We are going to the Aris-Tea-Crats tea shop this afternoon so that Julia can attend a Stampin' Up crafts class. Matt is bringing his IPad and IPod and will sit off to the side doing his thing.

It has been a great, very relaxing, very enjoyable week.