Vacationing With My Sibs in OCNJ
Happy Friday! I hope you had a good week. I have been having a very good one. This is where I have been hanging out this week with my siblings and their families.
Growing up, my family always went to Ocean City, NJ for the month of August. Since our mom and dad have passed away, it was nice to hang out with my brother and sisters in a place that holds a gazillion fond childhood memories for each of us.
Like this one…
My mom took this photo of my siblings and I when we were vacationing “down the shore” in the summer of 1969. Left to right – I am third in line. It was the summer when Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon. I was 10 years old.
I thought it would be fun to take the same photo this week – 45 years later!
So much has changed, yet so much about vacationing at the shore with my brother and sisters has stayed the same. :-)
The house we are staying in is a new house that still had a “Wet Paint” sign on the entry door for the 3rd floor that was unoccupied.
You know how much I love a water view. This house did not disappoint. It is a duplex. The first floor is split in half long ways. The street side has an entrance that goes to the 3rd floor. The opposite side of the house has an entry that goes to the 2nd floor.
Each unit sleeps 10. We stayed on the second floor. There are 12 of us, so two of us are sleeping on inflatable beds. My brother found out it was for sale. I could move right in if I had a few million hanging around. :-) We joked that if one of us wins the lottery they will buy the house and can have the 3rd floor and let the other 3 share the 2nd floor. Fun to dream, right?
It was pretty close to perfect…the only thing it was missing was a screened-in porch, a porch swing, and an outdoor shower. If it were my house, I would most definitely add them.
I need to “Pin” this photo to my Pinterest Board, Life is All About the View. I am spending a lot of my time sitting on this porch.
I haven’t been sitting inside much, but I want to take these chairs home with me. They are solid and so pretty. A few of them still had the protective plastic on the seats… that is how new they are. I like the rug too – a soft sisal.
I didn’t take a lot of photos since I was trying to just relax and enjoy the time off. Next week I will get back to projects and DIY.
It is going to be hard leaving, but I will have many new memories to add to the ones I already have of the happiest place on earth.
I hope you are or did get to enjoy some downtime this summer with your family.
Elsewhere on the web this week:
Have you heard about Snapguide? It is a new way to learn through short slide tutorials. I wrote my first one for Glidden this week. At first I thought it was going to be hard to figure it out, but it is so easy. Anyone can make one, you don’t have to be a blogger. You could create a favorite family recipe and make it into a guide for all your friends and family that always ask for the recipe. Lots of possibilities can be created – it is all up to your own vision.
If you enjoy working with concrete, my outdoor Restoration Hardware Fire Columns are being featured over at Bob Vila’s site this week along with a few other projects in a DIY competition.
Happy weekend!
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