Know what I did today? NOTHING!! How lazy can you get? It was just one of those days where I slept a lot. I guess the long drive yesterday did me in.
We were going to cook out today, but we got a major thunderstorm. Lightning, pouring rain, the whole thing. So there went that idea. But I did make my "world famous" potato salad and we had turkey burgers. Joe had some ice cream for dessert. He loves Moose Tracks and we found that Turkey Hill has one that is no sugar added. The sugar is low enough that it doesn't bother his diabetes. And Turkey Hill makes good ice cream.
I have tried for two days now to add a video to my blog so I could show you the ocean, but no luck. It just runs and runs and never loads. If anyone can tell me how to do it, please let me know.
I just got a phone call from my stepmom-in-law. I got a little worried when she called at 10:30 p.m. It turns out that she was out to dinner with her friends and had a major heart attack. She is in the hospital in New Jersey. She was too sick for them to bring her back to Philadelphia. She will be there till at least Monday. Don't know if they will let her go home then or if she will be transferred to a Philly hospital. Please pray for her. Her name is Mary Ann. Thanks.
What a way to end my vacation. One more day and I will be back to the grind at work.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
HOME AGAIN
We are safely home again. It was a really short vacation, but worth every minute. I got up early this morning and went to the beach to take some sunrise pictures.
Joe was still asleep and I was a little hesitant about going out by myself, but when I got down there other people were on the boardwalk and there were people taking pictures and fishing on the beach.
I stayed out about a half hour. I had just a tee shirt and capris on. I didn't realize it would be so cold. I mean COLD! My fingers started turning blue.
It was getting lighter and lighter. It was looking really pretty and I was getting some great shots when my batteries died. So I took that as a sign to head back to the hotel. I was freezing and glad to go back.
When I got back Joe was awake and we decided to have breakfast at the hotel's restaurant.
Then we went back to the room and got ready for the day. It was still really early. There was a great courtyard right outside our room. The plantings were really nice. We had time to just sit out at one of the tables for awhile. They had piped in music and a lot of people were there just enjoying the nice day.
You can just see Joe in the last picture behind the tree. He was getting our luggage and packing up the car because it was time for us to check out.
We went back to the boardwalk. I wanted to go on the beach again and walk in the water. Joe didn't. He was running a fever again. So he sat on a bench and I went down on the beach. The tide was so much higher than it had been at sunrise. And the waves were pretty large. But I walked into the water and let it get up around my ankles. Even that little way I felt like I was going to get pulled out into the ocean. The current was REALLY strong.
Afterwards I looked down at my feet and saw that the sand had "painted" my toenails. It was so funny.
There were lots of tee shirt shops. I loved this one. It was so funny I had to take a picture of it.
While we were sitting on one of the benches along the boardwalk we saw this truck come by with these plants on. The guy would stop the truck, get off and throw bundles of the plants on the boardwalk and then drive a little further on and repeat the process. We thought maybe it was beach grass that they were planting for the erosion problem. We just couldn't figure it out.
Later we saw this is what they did with them. They will yellow as they age and look nice for the autumn.
Joe wanted to eat a "misteak" at Del's. Every time we are in Ocean City he gets one. It is a cheesesteak with fried onions and sweet peppers. He loves them. Del's was supposed to open at 11:30. We were there 11:45 and they were still closed. He looked in the window and then knocked on the door. The guy in there said they were running late and would open in about 15 minutes. Joe said he'd wait. And he did. He REALLY wanted that steak!
It had warmed up and was a beautiful day. So nice to be out in the fresh air. And yes, Christine, I took deep breaths of that nice salt sea breeze. If you don't understand that last sentence, see the comments on my last post. ;-) The water was so pretty sparkling in the sun.
See the sailboat in the last picture? That was kind of neat to see.
The seagulls at the shore are fearless. They just sort of dive at you whether you have food or not. This one guy even landed on my head and then took off again. I had to get a shot of the culprit. Here he (or she) is on top of a building.
The last place we went was to Fudge Kitchen. I got fudge and Joe got a pound of sugar free chocolates. He couldn't decide what he wanted, so I told him to mix them up. He got chocolate covered raisins, coconut, almond bark and pretzels.
By this time it was 1:00 and we decided to go home to try to avoid rush hour. But we got lost and ended up in the beginning of it anyway.
Tonight we went out to dinner with our friends Walt and Carole to the Country Club. I finally got my fried chicken that I've been wanting for a couple of weeks. I just cannot make good fried chicken. I've tried. I've really, really tried and it just doesn't work. So this was nice. I even had some left over to bring home.
Now it is time for bed. I am so very tired. Hope you enjoyed joining me on my beach adventure.
Joe was still asleep and I was a little hesitant about going out by myself, but when I got down there other people were on the boardwalk and there were people taking pictures and fishing on the beach.
I stayed out about a half hour. I had just a tee shirt and capris on. I didn't realize it would be so cold. I mean COLD! My fingers started turning blue.
It was getting lighter and lighter. It was looking really pretty and I was getting some great shots when my batteries died. So I took that as a sign to head back to the hotel. I was freezing and glad to go back.
When I got back Joe was awake and we decided to have breakfast at the hotel's restaurant.
Then we went back to the room and got ready for the day. It was still really early. There was a great courtyard right outside our room. The plantings were really nice. We had time to just sit out at one of the tables for awhile. They had piped in music and a lot of people were there just enjoying the nice day.
We went back to the boardwalk. I wanted to go on the beach again and walk in the water. Joe didn't. He was running a fever again. So he sat on a bench and I went down on the beach. The tide was so much higher than it had been at sunrise. And the waves were pretty large. But I walked into the water and let it get up around my ankles. Even that little way I felt like I was going to get pulled out into the ocean. The current was REALLY strong.
Afterwards I looked down at my feet and saw that the sand had "painted" my toenails. It was so funny.
There were lots of tee shirt shops. I loved this one. It was so funny I had to take a picture of it.
While we were sitting on one of the benches along the boardwalk we saw this truck come by with these plants on. The guy would stop the truck, get off and throw bundles of the plants on the boardwalk and then drive a little further on and repeat the process. We thought maybe it was beach grass that they were planting for the erosion problem. We just couldn't figure it out.
Later we saw this is what they did with them. They will yellow as they age and look nice for the autumn.
Joe wanted to eat a "misteak" at Del's. Every time we are in Ocean City he gets one. It is a cheesesteak with fried onions and sweet peppers. He loves them. Del's was supposed to open at 11:30. We were there 11:45 and they were still closed. He looked in the window and then knocked on the door. The guy in there said they were running late and would open in about 15 minutes. Joe said he'd wait. And he did. He REALLY wanted that steak!
It had warmed up and was a beautiful day. So nice to be out in the fresh air. And yes, Christine, I took deep breaths of that nice salt sea breeze. If you don't understand that last sentence, see the comments on my last post. ;-) The water was so pretty sparkling in the sun.
See the sailboat in the last picture? That was kind of neat to see.
The seagulls at the shore are fearless. They just sort of dive at you whether you have food or not. This one guy even landed on my head and then took off again. I had to get a shot of the culprit. Here he (or she) is on top of a building.
The last place we went was to Fudge Kitchen. I got fudge and Joe got a pound of sugar free chocolates. He couldn't decide what he wanted, so I told him to mix them up. He got chocolate covered raisins, coconut, almond bark and pretzels.
By this time it was 1:00 and we decided to go home to try to avoid rush hour. But we got lost and ended up in the beginning of it anyway.
Tonight we went out to dinner with our friends Walt and Carole to the Country Club. I finally got my fried chicken that I've been wanting for a couple of weeks. I just cannot make good fried chicken. I've tried. I've really, really tried and it just doesn't work. So this was nice. I even had some left over to bring home.
Now it is time for bed. I am so very tired. Hope you enjoyed joining me on my beach adventure.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
WE GOT HERE LATE BUT AT LEAST WE'RE HERE!
Today almost didn't happen. Well, not the day itself. Today would have come with or without me. I mean going down the shore.
Joe got up to have breakfast today and had three (count them THREE) seizures in a row. I got him to bed and then got him something to eat. He said his head was killing him and he needed to sleep for awhile.
I really thought that was it for the day. I was disappointed that we weren't going away. I know that it's rather selfish of me, but I really wanted to do something this week besides clean up the house. (Not that it didn't need it, mind you.) And I thought I had lost $100 if we didn't show up.
But at 3:00 Joe got up from his nap, said he was feeling pretty good, and we packed up and took off at 4:30. Unfortunately it was rush hour and we hit some pretty heavy traffic. But when we got on the Garden State Parkway and the Atlantic City Expressway we were able to make some time. The maximum speed limit in Pennsylvania is 55 mph. In New Jersey it's 65 mph so I really felt like I was moving right along there. We got to Ocean City about 6:30. Not bad.
We were hungry, so after we checked into our hotel room we went down to the boardwalk to see what was open.
You know how I love skies. I just had to take this one.
We wanted to go to Del's, but they were closed. We looked next door at Manco & Manco but they were so crowded we would have had quite a wait. Neither of us had eaten since breakfast this morning. So we kept walking and came on this pizza place named Prep's that looked interesting. They had sandwiches too.
I just got a hot dog, fries and lemonade. Joe had a meatball parm sandwich, mozerella sticks and a diet Pepsi. It was nothing to write home about, but it was all right. We were hungry so we ate it.
Afterwards we took a slow walk back to the hotel. I took some pictures of the boardwalk at night.
We could hear the waves crashing, but it was so dark you couldn't see the ocean. I took a picture to show you just how dark it was.
The Polish water ice place was open, but I was too full to get any. Joe got a mango It looked good. I will have to get some tomorrow.
Joe forgot to bring his hat with him. He was looking at some in one of the stores. I spotted one I liked and he bought it for me. I think it's cute.
Now we are back at the hotel watching the Phillies/Mets game. The Phillies just won 16-1! Whoo hoo! Go Phillies!!!
I'm really tired so I think this will be an "early to bed" night. I want to get up early enough to get to the beach in the morning before we have to check out. Until later, folks.
Joe got up to have breakfast today and had three (count them THREE) seizures in a row. I got him to bed and then got him something to eat. He said his head was killing him and he needed to sleep for awhile.
I really thought that was it for the day. I was disappointed that we weren't going away. I know that it's rather selfish of me, but I really wanted to do something this week besides clean up the house. (Not that it didn't need it, mind you.) And I thought I had lost $100 if we didn't show up.
But at 3:00 Joe got up from his nap, said he was feeling pretty good, and we packed up and took off at 4:30. Unfortunately it was rush hour and we hit some pretty heavy traffic. But when we got on the Garden State Parkway and the Atlantic City Expressway we were able to make some time. The maximum speed limit in Pennsylvania is 55 mph. In New Jersey it's 65 mph so I really felt like I was moving right along there. We got to Ocean City about 6:30. Not bad.
We were hungry, so after we checked into our hotel room we went down to the boardwalk to see what was open.
You know how I love skies. I just had to take this one.
We wanted to go to Del's, but they were closed. We looked next door at Manco & Manco but they were so crowded we would have had quite a wait. Neither of us had eaten since breakfast this morning. So we kept walking and came on this pizza place named Prep's that looked interesting. They had sandwiches too.
The place was decorated with all things Italian and was so cute.
I just got a hot dog, fries and lemonade. Joe had a meatball parm sandwich, mozerella sticks and a diet Pepsi. It was nothing to write home about, but it was all right. We were hungry so we ate it.
Afterwards we took a slow walk back to the hotel. I took some pictures of the boardwalk at night.
We could hear the waves crashing, but it was so dark you couldn't see the ocean. I took a picture to show you just how dark it was.
The Polish water ice place was open, but I was too full to get any. Joe got a mango It looked good. I will have to get some tomorrow.
Now we are back at the hotel watching the Phillies/Mets game. The Phillies just won 16-1! Whoo hoo! Go Phillies!!!
I'm really tired so I think this will be an "early to bed" night. I want to get up early enough to get to the beach in the morning before we have to check out. Until later, folks.
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