The meal plan is proving itself out quite well. Tuesday night night it was pop a pan of lasagna in the oven, and eat when it was hot ... meanwhile, I sat in the backyard enjoying a fire Robin built for us, and doing some embroidery. Last night was throw a bag of Hamburger Helper in a pot of boiling water and go downstairs and embroider while it heated, then eat, and no dishes except the two we ate out of (the pot only held boiling water, so it was clean).
Yep. I'm liking the plan. It's a keeper.
Meanwhile, we finally booked the beach house today for the annual pilgrimage to the Sea (aka our yearly Outer Banks vacation). We waited late to do this, and the selections were extremely limited. We'd finally narrowed it down to two acceptable choices, and it was tough ... one was beautiful inside, but near a nature preserve so had a huge dune between it and the beach - quite a long trek through the dune sand to get to the water. The other was not as nice inside (okay, nothing wrong with it, just not as fancy-schmancy) but right on the beach - as in, mere feet away from sand while sitting on the 'front porch.'
We opted for the 'beach in your face' choice in the end. My take on the whole thing is, if I'm going to the ocean, I want to be AT THE OCEAN - right there, 24/7. I don't want to drive 14 hours and then still have to walk half a mile to get to it. Now that it's officially booked, I feel we made the right choice. We'll give up a little in posh indoor living, but who cares ... we'll spend most of our time outside anyway.
So now that it's official, I am so totally psyched! Can't wait, can't wait, can't even wait. I think I'll go start packing.
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