Attention Corn Hole Players: Please Vacate The Beach...Immediately!

In case you haven’t noticed, I have been MIA for a couple weeks.

A lot has been going on and I just haven’t felt up to writing.

To me, writing is final.  Writing puts everything into perspective. Writing stores everything in its place.  Writing comes easy at times. At others, writing is exhausting and emotionally draining.

This week, I’m drained.

So, until I am ready to share, let’s talk fun!

Summer is almost over (well, at least according to the school calendar)! 

Book bag – check.  School supplies – check – well, sort of!

I still need gallon bags and Kleenex.  For some reason, gallon bags are essential BACK TO SCHOOL items in this part of the country.

Lucky for me, we don’t buy our new school clothes until it gets cold – no need to buy jeans until we need them, right?  So, we don’t have to spend our time scouting out the latest fashions and the coolest kicks.

We get to spend our time working on our SUMMER BUCKET LIST. (Yes, I am one of those Pinterest Moms.  Yes, I created my kids a summer bucket list.  DON'T JUDGE!) 

Sad to report, but we had a lot going on this summer, and were unable to accomplish much on our list; however, SUMMER IS NOT OVER YET.

We usually take the kids on vacation the week and weekend just before school starts back.  There last hoorah usually involves pulling into town the night before the big day.  This year, it is going to be a little different.

We have decided (everyone agreed) to have a sta-cation.  We are going to play tourists in our own little town (except for the touristy driving part…we will obey the rules of the road). 

Waterparks, mini-golf, ferris wheels, snow-cones, air-brushed t-shirts, old-time photos, roller coasters…if you can think it, we are going planning to do it.  There is nothing like trying to cram a summer’s worth of fun into 7 days with a couple of kids.  AND I MEAN NOTHING! (Sounds like someone might need to be medicine induced.)

Don’t get me wrong.  It’s not like we haven’t done anything this summer.

We have had some fun.

Just not the kind of mind-bending, sugar overloading, wet your pants kind of fun that kids love.

We did finally check  #876 off the list this weekend though - SPEND THE AFTERNOON AT THE BEACH. 

 

I know… it’s not that big of a deal when you live 10 minutes away every day.  What is a big deal though is that we were able to actually get to the beach without sitting in traffic for an hour or so. To top it all off, we actually had room to spread out our towels when we got there.

All in all, we had a blast.

We sifted the sand...
 

We played in the surf..

We mastered the waves...sort of (see that splash)...
 

We were chased by birds...

 

And Stung by jellyfish (who knew bringing vinegar to the beach was a requirement)...

You have to look closely...

We did have to deal with a group of middle aged men playing corn hole for a while, but thankfully they left soon after we arrived.  (I don’t know about you, but I was always under the impression that men liked to drink beer and watch the babes at the beach.  Clearly, I must have been wrong.)

I am so excited for next week!!!!  It is going to be jam packed with fun and adventure.

It is not often that I get to spend a lot of YES time with the kids.  Most of the time, we are on a schedule, and a budget.

To me, the best part of the whole week will be that the kids won’t know that we are making memories; they will just think we are having fun!

Happy Summer Endings!  Send it out with a BANG!

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All About Town

This week, I had the chance to travel around our fine little county!  While very little surprises me anymore, I did see a few things that I thought were worth mentioning.

A little known fact about me (well, maybe not so little known), is that I attract weirdness and maybe some weirdoes too.  I see the strangest things…that is the main reason I started taking a camera with me everywhere I go.

What I discovered this week…

There is a replica of Boss Hog’s car –horns and all--cruising around Surfside Beach. 

Oh…did I mention that the car is pink?  I tried to get a picture for you, but I had to think about my own safety over your happiness this time.  Don't worry, I am planning to stalk 544 for you this weekend.  I will not be able to rest until I snap a pic of that little beauty!

All Wal-Mart stores DO NOT CARRY the same items.

I guess that is not really news to you, or me, for that matter, but I would expect stores in the same area to carry similar product lines.   Unfortunately, just as in life, my expectations and assumptions are usually wrong.  However, I did luck up and find this fine specimen of chevron awesomeness.  Yes…I know chevron is just about played out, but I think this will add the perfect touch to some of my fall designs.

Some styles are better suited for me than others.

I found this little lovely at Wal-Mart.  Honestly, I can’t explain it, but this baby was calling my name and I couldn’t leave the store without it, especially since it was $3.88!  Not sure if it reminds me of my grandma or a flower shop or was just the best option that was available at the time, but it made me smile. 

Jealous, right?   

This, on the other hand, was best left at the store.  Not sure if it was in the wrong location or in the wrong department all together.  What do you really think I am going to be able to put in there?

 

 

Piece of advice…Just because they make something in your size, doesn’t mean you are supposed to wear it.

Chic-Fil-A offers FACE TO FACE ordering (and it is awesome).

I swung by Chic-Fil-a in North Myrtle for some yummy nuggets—really I just wanted the Polynesian sauce, but with sauce you must have a dipper, hence the nuggets. 

Anyway…when I pulled into the drive through, they had cones set out and these three poor pitiful employees were standing out in the heat taking orders. I assumed, incorrectly, that their drive through speaker must have been broken. 

A guy motioned for me to pull forward to the next sweaty attendant (actually she wasn’t sweaty at all in the 105 degree heat---would love to know her secret).
 

She took my order, handed me this cute little order form and told me to pull around.  The next gal, called in my order on her head seat.  She told me my total and I continued to move along the conveyor belt drive through.  I was met by this happy little lady that took my credit card and I continued forward.  Immediately, as I approached the pick-up window, my order, credit card and receipt shot out the window just like magic. 

Two minutes tops and I had been served.  AWESOME.  Well, except for one thing…

My car is apparently a sedan.

While the gal with the headset was phoning in my order, she told her partner I was in a white sedan.  Really?  A Sedan?  That sounds like something old women drive.  Why couldn’t she just say "In the Honda"?  I realize she was young and my car probably wasn’t hip enough for her, but she didn’t have to resort to calling my transportation a sedan.  Maybe I should have asked her for my senior discount too.

People actually smoke or huff of whatever they do with Hookah while driving.

I kid you not!  I saw a painter guy in his painter van doing Hookah going down 17.  That was a first for me.  I wanted a picture as proof, but once again worried about my own safety.  Keep your eyes peeled and you may just see it for yourself.

Please people…don’t ask me what Hookah is – ask your children – they can tell you! 

I also learned…

Some parents say the most repulsive things to their kids when they don’t think anyone can hear them.

Our road system sucks.

People drive like aliens abducted their car (and their brains).

I hate traffic.

I am always glad to go HOME to my FAMILY!

My wish for you this weekend is to make it fabulous.  We all have millions of things to get done in two short days, so make it count!

Remember: If you see me stalking you, you might just end up on my blog!

Lots of love!

~Jess