So, yeah, here are the pictures I promised the other day. They are all on Steve's computer, so I had to wait til he was home and not using it. Since Steve gave a pretty good run down of our trip, I'm just going to post some of my favorite pictures that he didn't use.
First up, the BK by our hotel had this breakfast special I'd never seen up here in the North.
They don't have monster sized cans of Boiled Peanuts up here either.
We had to ride on 2 ferries on our trip up the North Carolina coast. The first one was a little long, 2 1/2 hours, but we managed to entertain ourselves.
We stayed overnight on Ocracoke Island. It is this little bitty island that you can only get to by ferry. We stayed at a quaint old motel, Blackbeard's Lodge. Sadly, this is the only picture I have of the place since Steve took all the other ones for his blog.
So there you have it. Spring break is over and school is back in session. Back to the same old same old. I'm just glad I have times like these to look back on when the days seem long and start running into each other!
I would update, but I've got kids with Build a Bears to register on their online site (seriously, every stuffed animal seems to come with a virtual world nowadays!).
I do want to tell you that we got to meet Jamie, DeWitte and Nathan. They were among the first neighbors I added here at Vox. They are just as cool as they are on their blogs. So be jealous. Pictures to come later after all virtual bears are taken care of.
Tried to pm you my #from my cell!
While Steve is off doing stuff to make sure our government can get on the internet in times of war or power outages (at least I think that's what he does, I'm not really sure), Victoria, Sophia, Josiah and I are hanging out in the hotel rooms. We have internet access, so that's good. Naps are fun too. We took a walk yesterday, but came back after finding a makeshift memorial in a ditch near a little shopping center. I can only assume someone died there.
After Steve got home, we picked a restaurant with ease. (Ok, not really it was a debacle that took over 2 hours, but all was forgotten once we had warm bread and olive oil to dip it in.) We ended up in Fayetteville at Carrabbas. I had this ridiculously good chicken, one stuffed with proscuitto and fontana cheese topped with mushrooms and a lemon butter sauce, the other piece grilled and stuffed with fennel sausage and ricotta cheese with a wine sauce. We decided to work off the calories by perusing the local SuperWalmart. Boy do we know how to live it up when we are out of town! Not that there is much to do in Fayetteville, well, unless you like girly bars. There are TONS of girly bars. I suppose that has something to do with being near a military base.
So today, we have games we picked up at Wal-Mart to keep us busy. We'll just chill here until Steve gets done. I'm thinking a nap and some fatback sounds just about right.
Things I loathe:
- Getting tired at 9pm
- Lack of warm blankets in the hotel room
- Leaving my water in the van
- Being thirsty
Things I love:
- Being able to go on Steve's business trip
- Spending time with Steve
- Country Fried Chicken dinner with okra, dumplings, and turnip greens
- Free breakfast
- Free wireless internet
- sleep
Stopped for construction
I'm heading to the store to pick up candy for the kids' Easter baskets. Why in the world I waited until 2 days before? I don't know. At least I bought their Valentine's Day stuff a month ahead, right?
