Home from vacation.
A week on the Oregon coast with perfect weather, great company and lots of time to just chill on the beach... now that's my idea of the ideal vacation.
I'm more than a little sunburned. You know this heat wave? It meant the beach was the perfect temperature for sitting in beach chairs while the kids played. And sitting. And sitting. Lots of sun. And guess who forgot to pack the sunscreen? Oops. Of course, my kids, with their blessed genes, never sunburn. They turn deep deep brown. And Asia? He just gets browner. Me? I get pink. Really pink.
The kids stayed behind - S. and E. are at my parent's house for the weekend, and K. is at my brother's house. Mom and Dad will bring them all home on Monday, on their way to vacation in Yellowstone. The kids are thrilled to get to ride in the R.V. with Grandma and Grandpa. Such good memories.
Asia is in Montana today for Diane's funeral service. He drove over last night with his brother. (After driving home 8 hours from the beach...) He'll be there tonight too and then come home tomorrow, only to leave Monday morning for his first week on the new job. Poor guy.
So guess where that leaves me? Home. Alone. Well, sort of alone. It's me and the dog. I was planning to go to the funeral, of course, but it turned out that all our usual house/dog sitters were out of town this weekend, and I felt terrible leaving her again after being gone all week. I think it's for the best anyway, since none of the brothers' wives came for the funeral. They can all have some good male bonding time. And I get to be home alone.
That's maybe not a big deal to some people. But I can honestly say that I can't remember a time when I've slept alone in my own house. Certainly I haven't since I had kids - and that's been 11 1/2 years. I've never had the house all to myself for this period of time. It's amazingly quiet. And free. I woke up at the crack of dawn (literally) and opened up all the windows, then took Gracie for a walk. I'm planning to go garage sale-ing in a bit, and then I'll come home and clean up a bit from all the vacation schtuff. And then I think I'll take a nap. And maybe watch a movie. And maybe scrapbook. Can you believe I get to do whatever I want all day long?
Okay. Time to feed the dog.
I'll be back later with pictures.
Promise.
Smooches, friends! It's good to be home.
A week on the Oregon coast with perfect weather, great company and lots of time to just chill on the beach... now that's my idea of the ideal vacation.
I'm more than a little sunburned. You know this heat wave? It meant the beach was the perfect temperature for sitting in beach chairs while the kids played. And sitting. And sitting. Lots of sun. And guess who forgot to pack the sunscreen? Oops. Of course, my kids, with their blessed genes, never sunburn. They turn deep deep brown. And Asia? He just gets browner. Me? I get pink. Really pink.
The kids stayed behind - S. and E. are at my parent's house for the weekend, and K. is at my brother's house. Mom and Dad will bring them all home on Monday, on their way to vacation in Yellowstone. The kids are thrilled to get to ride in the R.V. with Grandma and Grandpa. Such good memories.
Asia is in Montana today for Diane's funeral service. He drove over last night with his brother. (After driving home 8 hours from the beach...) He'll be there tonight too and then come home tomorrow, only to leave Monday morning for his first week on the new job. Poor guy.
So guess where that leaves me? Home. Alone. Well, sort of alone. It's me and the dog. I was planning to go to the funeral, of course, but it turned out that all our usual house/dog sitters were out of town this weekend, and I felt terrible leaving her again after being gone all week. I think it's for the best anyway, since none of the brothers' wives came for the funeral. They can all have some good male bonding time. And I get to be home alone.
That's maybe not a big deal to some people. But I can honestly say that I can't remember a time when I've slept alone in my own house. Certainly I haven't since I had kids - and that's been 11 1/2 years. I've never had the house all to myself for this period of time. It's amazingly quiet. And free. I woke up at the crack of dawn (literally) and opened up all the windows, then took Gracie for a walk. I'm planning to go garage sale-ing in a bit, and then I'll come home and clean up a bit from all the vacation schtuff. And then I think I'll take a nap. And maybe watch a movie. And maybe scrapbook. Can you believe I get to do whatever I want all day long?
Okay. Time to feed the dog.
I'll be back later with pictures.
Promise.
Smooches, friends! It's good to be home.
Hey Mom,
ReplyDeleteits S. I read your blog. Will you say hi to Gracie for me?
I miss you both so much. Hey I almost forgot, we might go see MONSTER HOUSE today! I wish you could come. E's here too. Hi mom I love you E. Oh and one last thing, say hi to Gracie for us!
Love you,
S and E, Bye
Hey sweet kiddos!
ReplyDeleteGracie is so happy to see me, she follows me from room to room - everywhere I go... I think she's looking for you too... she'll be SO happy to see you when you get here.
Have fun with Grandma and Grandpa - be a blessing to them!
Hugs and kisses.
-Mom
Wow! Thank goodness you're back. I told Dee I was going thru Blog-Withdrawl.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos btw.
Jealous! Very, very jealous! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're home. You've been missed.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!!! You are the luckiest women in the world right now! I'm sooooo freakin' jealous! That happened to me about a month ago. My spouse took the girls camping all by himself because I had to work all weekend. Kudos for him!! I loved every minute!!! I want it to happen again! Gorgeous sunset!!! I soooo miss you sooooo much!
ReplyDeletelove ya,
Brooke