Atlanta: The Christmas Gift

I've been going to Atlanta my entire life. Though neither of my parents were born there, they both lived there in high school (they graduated high school together). My sister was born there. And, even once my parents and sister moved to South Carolina, my parents' families continued to live in Atlanta.

Late last year, I mentioned to Jason that I rarely get to do anything in Atlanta that doesn't involve hanging out with family at some family member's house. My ever perceptive husband picked up on this, and a Christmas present was born.

Those of you who know Jason know that 90% of what he does is laced with fierce creativity. This present was no different. Christmas 2010 was the year I received "The 12 gifts of Christmas." Most (but not all) of them centered around our Atlanta trip. Here's the complete list:

1. Willow Tree figurine
2. Band t-shirts (Grace Potter & The Nocturnals and Matt Wertz)
3. iTunes albums (3 $10 iTunes gift cards)
4. Concert tickets (two tickets to see the Old 97's and two tickets to see Grace Potter & The Nocturnals)
5. Pictures (a frame with 5 pictures of R and me)
6. A 6-pack of Diet Coke (and a note that we'd be visiting the World of Coke, the Georgia Aquarium and CNN)
7. Caramel macchiatos (Starbucks gift card)
8. Sausage biscuits (McDonald's gift card)
9. Unsharpened pencils (I collect them.)
10. Socks (5 pairs)
11. Scratch off tickets (I won $1.)
12. Months (a 2011 calendar)

He even worked it out, in advance, for my sister to babysit R for the weekend. 

We just had our Atlanta getaway. Blog to come...