Thanks “Mom”!!

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.

Take today, for instance, we had a downpour that lasted maybe 2 minutes then it was done. We could hear thunder off in the distance and found out that storms were “training” just to the south and east of us. Atlantic City got hammered with about 3 to 4 inches of rain. Hubby works in Atlantic City and he called to tell me that it was pouring so hard he couldn’t even see his truck in the parking lot.

What we need is a nice gentle all day rain… maybe even a few days of that. It’s been so hot and dry that the “grass” crunches under your feet.

Cameras and video cameras have come a long way. I have old film cameras that my grandparents and uncle had. They were made in the early 1900′s. Just looking at those confuse me because I’m so used to the digital cameras they have now. The digital ones are much easier to use and you don’t have to worry about buying film or waiting to get the film developed to see your pictures.

I also have lots of old tintype photos that my grandparents had. I’m sure most are family but there are some I just don’t know who they are. I am slowly adding them to a new blog in hopes that someone will see them and recognize them as their ancestors and give me a name I can put to these old photos.

I know it will take some practice but it really seems like something I want to do. If I get really good at it I’ll make my own website and have some promotional products printed up. I’ve been getting some great feedback from other people who make jewelry and they’ve had nothing but good to say about it.

I could make some pretty necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Then I could sell them on EBay or something like that. There are so many types of pretty beads I could get and I bet I could make a nice chunk of change selling them. It doesn’t seem like it would be too hard to make jewelry with beads. The jewelry I make would also make some nice Christmas presents for family.

I’m going to check into how to make jewelry online. Yeah.. I know I said I need to find something to get me away from the computer but I do have to learn how to make jewelry before I sit down and start making stuff.. right?

There were searches for other things such as south jersey crabbing, south jersey dating & what part of 25 mph don’t you understand? (my favorite thing to say to other drivers!) lol.

Horseback riding in south jersey was the top phrase that was searched for since at least June so that is what makes me think that horseback riding must be the thing to do in the summer. I would have thought since we are so close to the beaches and boardwalk that there would have been more searches for those keywords but I don’t see any searches for either one. There is one search term that confuses me “fudgie wudgie florida”. What the heck is fudgie wudgie? lol

Don’t get me wrong that camper is nice to have but it rarely goes “camping”. It usually sits in his brother’s yard and we lived in it from September 09 until just last month. Frankly I could care less if I ever see the inside of that camper again.

Drew and Andi bought a couple of empty cigar boxes and Drew is making one of them into a little guitar for Benton. Benton loves to strum on Drew’s guitar and loves to hear him play it too. I took a video of Benton strumming away on a guitar that I have on my Facebook page. It’s so cute to watch him play it.

Those cigar boxes aren’t the cheap ones either. They got some nice wooden ones with some cool designs on them. They are nice enough to leave sitting out on a table or shelf for decoration too.

Luckily my brother-in-law had some extra TVs in his garage and he gave them to Andi and Drew. One of them is now sitting in my living room. This one doesn’t have an on/off switch and has to be turned off and on by the plug in the wall. It would be nice to possible get an nice HDTV someday. I really love the flat panel ones because they hardly take up any room at all on an entertainment center or they can be put on a shelf or even hung on the wall.

Someday … someday.. one of these days my dreams will come true… but I’m not holding my breath!