Coca Cola Classic

Welcome to Coke Country! literally.

I grew up in West Virginia where my whole family drinks "pop", Pepsi, to be exact. I went to college and picked up the saying "soda" instead. Okay, so now I've moved to  Georgia and EVERYTHING is referred to as COKE & this weekend I learned why:

• I live in Columbus, Georgia -- where the inventor of Coca Cola, John Pemberton, was from & where he began inventing this new "cola".
• I live 90 miles away from Atlanta, Georgia -- where the Coke Head Quarters are located.

I went to the Coca Cola Experience on my birthday on Saturday (happy birthday to meee) and had an absolute blast! I learned about the history of it; about how it's bottled and made; and also got to tast 70 different kinds if it from around the world! (I don't suggest the "Beverly from London, it tastes like a cleaning solvent).

This was such a neat experience-- I highly suggest it for anyone who's in the Atlanta area & has a morning or an afternoon to kill!

Here are some photos from my little trip:

outside the World of Coke

me with a bottle comemorating Fashion Week 2006

a statue of the inventor, John Pemberton

I had the best birthday ever, thanks to a certain someoneee. Literally, I think we did everything Atlanta has to offer in a span of 1.5 days. :) -- i'll recap the itinerary soon!

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Breakfast of Champions

Fat + Fatter = Breakfast.

YUM.

That's all I've got for now..

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Atlanta Adventures

So I'm sitting in a hotel in Atlanta watching Tosh.O reruns & thought I'd write a post :)

I came up here today because I have to be at a SIFE competition at 8 in the morning & didn't want to drive through rush hour traffic. && I don't have to get up as early, since I'm already here!

...support it.

Anywho, I checked into my hotel and was happy when they told me I'd be on the 33rd floor. I was absolutely amazed when I looked out my window and saw this:

Wow. I am just in love with this view. Imagine how gorgeous it would be if my room were on the next side of the building (to the left) and I could watch the sunset/rise over the rest of the city-scape. God sure did create an amazing world didn't he? & so many talented people who can create such an infrastructure like this one.

I really think Atlanta is a beautiful city. I've been to quite a few large cities now, and I can safely say that Atlanta really is one of the prettiest. I think I would rank Pittsburgh, PA & Jacksonville, FL at a close second/third... I must have a thing for cities with lots of bridges. :)

okay, bedtime for this girl!

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Apples & Oranges

I am about the least tech-savvy person alive. I am horrible with electronics in general. Not sure why but I always seem to mess them up, drop them, break them, delete everything off of them. Phones, Cameras, Ipods, Laptops-- it doesn't matter. I'll eff it up, no problem.

not my actual laptop, but a pretty version of the same one :)

I got a sweeeet new HP Verve Special Edition laptop for my 21st birthday from my amazing parents & not even 2 weeks after I got it it started messing up, freezing-- shutting down, etc. I've had that laptop for 3 years and by now I am FED UP!! I just paid off my surround sound from my Best Buy card so I decided to hop down to the local Best Buy and make a large purchase!

I am now the proud owner of a new MACBOOK PRO! wooooo hoooo! I am having so much fun learning the Mac system right now. & I'm excited to see what all I can produce for work on this thing.

so cute.

So if anyone has any special tips, I'd love to have them because I know almost NOTHING about this new contraption :)


&& i'm gonna include some oranges to this post, so at least the title makes sense. ha ha

i love the things you can find on the internet! :)

Ya'll have a great weekend!

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&& the Lord said,,

Let there be Light!

Sunlight makes me happy.

It does so much more than provide the ability to "see". It is good for your skin (moderately :) ). It gives you essential vitamins that you can't get anywhere else. & It generally lightens anyone's demeanor. They say people who live in sunny climates are happier than those who live in rainy or cloudy ones.

Today is a beautiful clear, sunny day in Georgia. It's already 80 degrees and I cannot WAIT to take my lunch break and just BE in it.

Here are a few of the things holding me over until 1pm when I get to step outside :)  ++

i just want to run through this..

it's already arrived in Georgia!

so this one is a sunset, but i still like it!

<3 <3 the detail of this door and window!

peaceful.

i want a picture of myself doing this..

haha

okay, i kinda went overboard on the sunshine pictures. But I just LOVE them!!

I hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

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Workie Workie

So I sat down (well, stood up rather-- I've decided to burn more calories at work, so I lifted my desk!) and realized that I had my "daily items" neatly organized on my little Clemson Scratch Pad and had to take a picture...

for some reason this cracks me up!!

i.love.random.

and while i was googling the word "random" for a fitting picture, i came across this and had to add it!

funnnnyyy.

i wish this was in my town.

okay okay, back to more important business!!

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Pretty Colors

Can someone please tell me where I can pick up some colorful fruit like this?

annnndd anyone know where this is? --because i'm gonna have to visit here sometime.

My birthday is in a month & one of these is on the top of my list:

&& I'm gonna get my nails done tomorrow, a little somethin like thissss....

After a whole morning of caffeine, things start looking like this:

Doesn't every couple need a picture like this? TOO Sweet!!



all pictures via

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