You Know You Live in a Rural Area When...

you think it is completely reasonable to drive 3-hours {one way} to Atlanta on a Sunday.

Visit to IKEA, check. Chipotle for lunch {one of my faves}, check. Walk at Kennesaw National Battlefield, check.

We now own enough shelving to {hopefully} get the rest of our boxes unpacked. I am looking forward to being completely settled into our house.

Rural Living

Living in rural Alabama continues to take some getting used to. I can't get everything I would like from the grocery store – most recently I discovered that Stacy's Pita Chips and lamb were not available.

Then today we didn't receive a package because FedEx couldn't find our house. 

Tonight we tried to watch a movie on our fancy internet TV and the movie kept delaying because our internet signal was weak.

Thankfully I can find most things at Wal*Mart, UPS knows where our house is and we have free television {even if it is slow sometimes}.

Alabama DL

Getting our licenses and car tags this morning was ridiculously easy {unlike TN where I was told I needed a marriage license and unlike NC where you have to jump through a million hoops}. No lines. No ridiculous taxes to pay. We were done in under an hour {and even got our boating and motorcycle endorsements}. All of the offices you need are basically located at the courthouse. People are very friendly. The driver's license lady actually talked to us for over 15 minutes. Just shooting the breeze, telling us about a local gas station that sells really good hot dogs and coleslaw.