18 Aug 2010 | By
charlotte
We would love to have a family reunion but last year my sister-in-law passed away from cancer and she was the one who has hosted the reunion for the past several years. There isn’t one planned for this year.
I was checking out places where everyone in the family could go and be all in one place and I found a site that has Outer Banks vacation rentals. Carolina Designs has several vacation homes to choose from along the Outer Banks.
There is plenty of room in this house for everyone. The house has 2 king sized beds, 1 queen sized bed, 2 twin beds, a bunk bed and a futon. There are 4 full bathrooms and a half bath. There are plenty of places for the family to crash. This place even has it’s own pool and is in a quiet place.. although it might not be too quiet after the Muskett family comes to play.
There is a great view of the ocean, volleyball to play, a game room with a sports bar (a Muskett man’s dream!). I can just see the women lounging in the hot tub while the men are grilling up some nice juicy steaks. If the kids get bored with the pool there are 10 TVs in this house along with 3 VCRs, 2 DVD players and an XBox. We wouldn’t even have to bring movies to watch because the house comes with a video library too. We can even bring our laptops because it has free high speed internet but with all there is to do there the laptops might just sit idle for the duration.
Having the whole family together would be great and having them together in a nice relaxing place like the Outer Banks would really be wonderful.
Category: travel
Tags: beds, dvd players, family, grill, hot tub, house, outer banks, pool, tvs, vacation, vcrs, xbox Comments off
12 Nov 2009 | By
charlotte
We are in the middle of another nor’easter. This has got to be the 4th or 5th this season. It started out as the remnants of a tropical storm that came ashore around Florida/Alabama and formed into a nor’easter. The weatherman said this nor’easter is stronger than the tropical storm was. We’re getting high winds and rain and are expecting coastal flooding. I sure wouldn’t have wanted to be the people living in the Outer Banks rentals in North Carolina. I heard they were getting it bad, in the Carolinas, yesterday.
I didn’t hear anything from Kris, who lives in Myrtle Beach, so I guess he survived the storm ok.
09 Nov 2009 | By
charlotte
We traveled by car to Texas just about a year ago to take the boys down to their mom. I’m so glad I didn’t take them down by myself. Of course having 2 young boys along we had to stop at rest areas to use the restrooms and Eddie seemed to have a fascination with the hand dryers. Hubby had to keep telling him to stop messing with them.
It would have been hard on me and could have been dangerous letting them go into the men’s restroom on their own since it would have been very awkward if I went in there with them or took them into the ladies room. But it all worked out without too much aggravation on hubby’s part.
If you’re a single mom or dad how do you work out the restroom thing when you travel with your son or daughter?
05 Nov 2009 | By
charlotte
My son flies a corporate jet all over the country. He’s also flown people to the Bahamas & Bermuda too. A lot of times he has to stay overnight and has stayed in anaheim california hotels, hotels in the heartland, on the east coast and in those lovely vacation spots and many other places.
I’m so jealous. I have traveled a lot but as I’ve mentioned here so many times I want to go someplace where the weather is warm and the water is crystal clear. I just hope I’m able to do that before I’m too old to enjoy it.
20 Oct 2009 | By
charlotte
It’s fall and winter is coming and it’s time to think about winter vacation places. If you like to ski then Aspen might be a good choice or the Poconos. If you like it warm then look for hotels in cancun, the Caribbean or some other nice warm spot.
I would love to take a vacation like one of those but the finances will not allow that right now. Maybe after I finally find a job or a rich relative dies I can take the vacation of my dreams. I’ve written about my dream vacation here several times. It involves nice warm temperatures and clear, blue water!
We would love to have a family reunion but last year my sister-in-law passed away from cancer and she was the one who has hosted the reunion for the past several years. There isn’t one planned for this year. 
There is a great view of the ocean, volleyball to play, a game room with a sports bar (a Muskett man’s dream!). I can just see the women lounging in the hot tub while the men are grilling up some nice juicy steaks. If the kids get bored with the pool there are 10 TVs in this house along with 3 VCRs, 2 DVD players and an XBox. We wouldn’t even have to bring movies to watch because the house comes with a video library too. We can even bring our laptops because it has free high speed internet but with all there is to do there the laptops might just sit idle for the duration.
