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A Day at the Beach

by Kay~Kacey on 3/27/2008

Well, someone has to do it. It might as well be me, right?

So first we get the manly men to dig us a wind block on the beach. ‘Cause we’re just helpless females, don’t you know? :rofl:
digging in the sand As an aside, after they dug us the wind block, they dug another hole in the sand. Just because. Then they used the shovel for a javelin throwing contest. Then they dug again to see when they’d hit water. Then they made a sand turtle sculpture. There is no end of entertainment here.

wind block
Notice the ugly brown bedspread being put to good use. On the warm, non windy side of the wind block.

But what is that in The Geeky One’s hand???
last Corona

Hey!!! That’s MY Corona!!

They Can Take Away Our Internet

by Kay~Kacey on 3/26/2008

Yep they can take away our internet, but they can’t take away our fun!!! Good thing I’m an easy going, glass half full type person!

Want to see our internet cafe?? Of course you do!

internet cafe ala mini van

Yes, my own private internet cafe…ala mini van. If I sit sideways I can steal borrow some nice unsuspecting neighbor’s wireless. Barely.

So the property “management” came by with the green box. “There you go. Plug it in and you’re all set.” Why did I doubt that? But just in case they left us the phone number to Gulftel.

So, of course the modem didn’t work. And, just following along with the saga of the non internet connection..the phone number they left for us wasn’t the right one either. We finally found the right number. Called. Went through their automated phone menu…twice. Got a really helpful woman…who said “y’all just wait for 4 hours or so. That usually makes it work.” Yeah, right. I’m thinking she was off duty in 4 hours.

The Geeky One keeps working on it. We call back again and speak to a slightly more knowledgeable guy. At least he asked us what model DSL modem we had. After an hour and half, Slighty More Knowledgeable gave up. He so kindly offered to “Write y’all up a ticket. Y’all got a super modem there. I can’t get ‘er to work. Someone will call ya within 24 hours.”

Yeah, I’m all over that. I’m going to sit inside and wait for that call… 🙄

But WAIT, there’s more. So the Geeky One and I were sitting there and I smelled something that smelled, well, like an electrical fire. We look over, and A LAMP IS ON FIRE. Honest. Could I make this crap up?? So it’s plugged into an outlet UNDER THE CARPET. We have to move furniture to be able to pry up the carpet to unplug the lamp. We throw the burning lamp outside. The owner better not even THINK about keeping our deposit because of the stupid blackened lamp! By then I’m thinking serious drinking is in order.

vacation entertainment

Okay, got that covered…

vacation party

Yep, we’re a glass half full type of family. Or, maybe here, we’re a glass empty. But we know how to fill it back up. :mrgreen:

Unusual Holiday Traditions

by Kay~Kacey on 3/25/2008

Yes, we have some unusual holiday traditions. What can I say. Like how we shoot dyed eggs with a sling shot. Into the woods behind the house. Trying to hit a plastic blow up Easter Bunny hung from a tree. I bet none of you have a tradition as weird as that, now do you? The good thing? The deer then come up and eat the eggs. Good photo op :mrgreen:

Not to be deterred by the fact that we have no woods this year. We have a beach. We brought the sling shot. Okay, so we didn’t actually dye the eggs this year, but we boiled them for ammunition… 😯 We know how to make our own fun.

sling shot easter eggs

Pull it back.

watch the eggs fly

Watch the eggs fly. Watch the seagulls swoop. Who can shoot it the furthest??

Who can shoot it the furthest? You’ll notice it wasn’t me. Here is the egg falling out of the sling shot. Right in front of me. While I’m midway to falling on my butt. Yep, I was so not the winner of the egg sling shot contest. At all.falling egg

(notice I went out searching for a connection so I could upload some photos. The things I do for you guys. I’m just nice like that. 😉 What, you’re wondering if the phone guys showed up to fix the wireless?? :rofl: As if!)

So can any of you beat our holiday tradition??