Scenes From the Beach

We spent a perfect day on the beach last week when my mom and sisters were visiting. The only thing I love more than my family and the beach is sitting at the beach with my family.

Approximate Worth: Six Thousand Words

We had an unforgettable time (as evidenced here in impromptu photo shoots on South Street).
Thanks, girls, for a great time!

Read Christy's account of us sneaking into Independence Hall here. It was very Nicolas Cage.

Girl Power

Sometimes when my Bed & Breakfast & Gall Bladder Surgical Recovery Center isn't filled with surgical patients, I open it up to the healthy. Two of my dear gal pals from Utah showed up tonight for a few days of girl time. Living with three boys, I don't get a whole lotta girl time, so this is a special treat. We are going to have so much fun. Here are just some of the girl-centric ideas I have planned:

• Talking about our feelings
• Talking about our husbands' feelings
• Talking about our childrens' feelings
• Talking about shoes
• Shopping
• Talking about shopping
• Thinking about shopping
• Talking about things we bought while shopping
• Telling each other we look pretty
• Eating salads
• Talking about our periods
• Passing notes
• Watching movies without guns
• Pursuing chocolate in various forms
• Watching Bravo
• Complaining about our bodies while eating cookie dough
• Pulling the car into empty parking lots to cry

It's a full-on estrogen-fest. Wish the boys luck.

'Cause You Gotta Have Friends

I dropped our friends Erik and Becky off at the airport this morning after a wonderful few days together touring Washington DC and hanging out in our 'hood as only the Awesome Foursome can.

Talk, talk, talk, eat, eat, eat, see, see, see.  Rinse and repeat.  

One of the things I loved about having them here was creating memories with them in our favorite places, sharing some of our "new" world with our "old" friends.  That way, the next time we visit the place, we'll have a memory of them there and they don't seem quite so far away.

Interestingly enough, most of those "favorite places" are places to eat.  Go figure.