It's A Shore Thing ~ Week 4

Kind of a busy week at the beach.  Kind of not.  Some okay weather.  Some really not.  It can be tough on the sand without the sun.  The fun has to be made inside instead.  We did our best these past few days...

• Made fish & chips...from scratch
• Swam in both of the community center pools ~ the indoor and the outdoor.  It has been determined that the outdoor pool is better.  Warmer water and a diving board.
• Beach walking
• Left my car/house keys in Chris' car (unfortunately, I didn't realize it until an hour after he'd left for Seattle...)
• Waited for Fed Ex to arrive with my keys
• Had a path stand-off with a fairly large buck walking back through the dunes
• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movie night, complete with pizza, popcorn and candy
• "Freaky Friday", "Bee Movie", "Shrek" and "Barbie Rapunzel" movie nights...no real candy or popcorn there, though
• Made microwave S'mores
• Discovered that, in a pinch, microwaved strawberry jam makes an excellent ice cream topper
• Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles
• Played Disney Princess Memory
• Invented a new Princess Memory Rule:  Keep turning over cards until you find a match or this game will take FOREVER.... 
• Finished the book we were reading (Deep and Dark and Dangerous)
• Finished the book I was reading (Eat, Pray, Love) and got half way through a new mystery novel
• Had cake and candles to celebrate what would have been my great-grandmother's 109th birthday
• Took a walk to the outdoor pool (this was during the whole 'waiting for the keys' extravaganza....)
• Worked out in the fitness center at the community club
• Worked out by climbing the stairs in our house
• Sat in pain, massaging my aching thighs after pounding them into oblivion by working out and walking the stairs
• Cooked spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce
• Prayed on the beach for sanity and patience
• Wrote an essay about the search for sanity and patience
• Decided the beach just isn't the same without Daddy

The only thing we really didn't do this week?....Take pictures....I literally only raised the camera once during the whole week.....

We've only got two more weeks at the beach this summer before we have to come back and get ready for school.  We're sending up all of our good vibes for sunshine.