My Break.......

• Quiet evening spent watching videos, crocheting, and just talking about life in general
• Went to bed about 11pm and slept strait thru until 8am (at which point Oscar called me to let me know that all was well with the kids )
• Rolled over and went back to sleep for another hour and a half
• Enjoyed a beautiful walk on the beach in the sunshine
• Collected a bag of shells for the kids
• Walked to the coffee shop for a danish and coffee
• Watched another movie while crocheting more
• Ate leftovers from supper the night before for lunch
• Went shopping at Micheals
• Returned home about 5pm

.......was WONDERFUL!!!

Back home again.....feeling exhausted....but enjoying the feeling of accomplishment that comes with a busy, productive day.

Kathleen....the sister who is moving....is fairly 'settled' into her new home....not nearly everything is unpacked yet, but she has a place to sleep, food to eat and a place to sit down when she needs a break.  For all you local folks...and relatives....I think we will be having a housewarming sometime before long for her.  I will keep you posted on it.  She is moving into an assisted living home to be the head caregiver.  Once she and Kavoga are married they will be living there together.  He can still have another job, she can finish studying for her masters degree while not having to pay rent or house payments.  I think it will be a benefit to them.  She has a helper who is there to assist her in the elder care 5 days a week.  That will give her a chance to be out on those days.  Only the client rooms are furnished, she has to furnish the rest of the house.

After staying and helping through lunch time, we then took all the kids down to the beach.  Well, maybe I should say.....I took all the kids to the beach.  My four and my nephew.  They had a grand time, finding treasure, wading in the water and digging in the sand.

Since the storm the other day, lots of things were washed up on the beach....making it a great time to treasure hunt

I was surprised that there weren't many of these horseshoe crabs washed up.  This one was alive...we turned it over and it swam off into the water again.

I expected that the kids would get a bit wet, so I took extra clothing along for them....I refused to give in to their pleading to wear their swimming suits....it is just a bit early for that yet!

Antony enjoyed playing "wave tag" and couldn't find the time to hold still for a photo.....I think he was loosing the game pretty badly.....at one point he told me the score was Ocean 27 ~ Antony 3.....(I don't think he was trying to win too hard)

Marten didn't find the waves so impressive....he liked to watch them but stayed well out of their reach.

Buckets filled with "treasure" were hauled home.....then for the next hour an Ocean Exhibit was constructed in the wagon......(hence, mommy had the time to write this post!!)

You know, I think maybe the swimming suits wouldn't have been such an outlandish idea after all!

I've been tagged.

Book Meme:

rules...

1. pick up the nearest book
2. open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentance
4. post the next 3 sentances
5. tag 2 people and acknowledge who tagged you.

The book is called The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia  

'Before that, people used brooches to pin clothes.  A new, quick way of fastening clothes together, the zipper, was invented in 1913 by a Swedish engineer.

SEWING MACHINES

Around 1856 people began to use sewing machines worked by hand or foot treadle to make clothes at home.'

I tag City_livin and alwine93

I was tagged by Whimonalintel