Sunrise at "Sunrise"

James and I awoke early this morning to make our trip back to Virginia. We missed the actual sunrise at "Sunrise" but caught it just afterwards. It was amazing. We started out our trip to the beach under rainy, cloudy, and rough seas. And ended it with a blue sky, whispy clouds, and one of the calmest seas I've ever seen. You can check out our other photos here.

It was a shame to leave NC and head back to our normal lives. But we had to. We left later than I wanted but it was still okay with traffic. It we had left 30 minutes later we would have hit more traffic than James' patience could handle.

We hope that you had a fabulous Thanksgiving and safe travels!

Gobble, gobble

James and I are currently nestled at the beach! My family has been spending Thanksgiving at the Outer Banks for the past 25 plus years. It is truly my home away from home. As the usual house my parent's rent for the holiday is off the rental market this year, they "upgraded" to a house right on the beach! The first time we've spent Thanksgiving right on the beach.

This is the view from the back deck.

It was misty and cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday, and then we awoke this Thankgiving morning to partly cloudy, blue sky, and sun!!! James and I took a long walk on the beach this morning and talked of grand plans of spending our retirement in a place like this.

The Outer Banks are still recovering from the Nor'easter that hit at Veteran's Day. Hurricane Ida intensified the effects, which are usually more damaging than a hurricane, and the debris along the beach is incredible. We are going up to Beach Road tomorrow where we will be looking for the dune that apparently was washed away.

Anyone need a need an old fridge?

Well, a card game is calling my name. Or another walk. Or reading. Or anything!

Have a happy, happy Thanksgiving!!!

Quote for the day

Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy.
--Erma Bombeck

Amen sister!

Rocking in the Free World

There has been a lot happening over the past two weeks. James and I took a staycation which was fantasitc! We didn't have to pack, drive, fly, or unpack anything. Just slept in and took the day as it came. One of the highlights was a trip the American Art Museum and seeing the following light installation:

Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995), Nam June Paik

Went to the spa, driving range, and just relaxed!!! I highly recommend them.....

We picked up the boys last night. And it is amazing how you can connect through music. We rocked out to Cake, the Beastie Boys, Queens of the Stone Age, and some spanish language band that Joe had on his iPod that was about beer...crazy...but none the less our trip back to VA was fun and exciting!

Okay...off to the library!!!

OH! And about three weeks ago at the Great Meadow Highland Games I was got to meet the members of one of my favorite celtic bands, Rathkeltair, in the rain! I got a free CD and autographs, and the following picture:

Neil Anderson (assorted pipes, whistles & vocals), me, and Trevor Tanner (guitar & voice)

Happpy Halloween!!!

After our trip to the ER on Tuesday, and a second on on Thursday (James still had a fever and so did I), we almost didn't know if we were going to be able to take the boys this weekend. But by Friday we were well enough for me to work from home and James to go and buy Lysol to spray down the entire house.

The boys spent Saturday counting down the hours to wearing customs and trick-or-treating. Especially Joe.

Jaime was Iron Man!!!

Joe was Edward Elric. It's okay if you don't know you Edward Elric is, neither did we until a couple of months ago. He is the lead character from the anime magna Fullmetal Alchemist. The back story on this costume is a blog all onto itself. All I will say is that for $5 shipping and three days after ordering, this costume arrived from China. Joe's proudest moment was when two older girls freaked out over his costume because they recognized the character. He'll even get additional use of the costume as he is planning on wearing it at an anime convention in DC.

James was Wolfman. And he did a pretty good job, even scared kids away from the house!

I didn't dress up. I was to busy preparing for the day and night! And carving my pumpkin. I love carving pumpkins. It is a true joy for me.

We hope that everyone had a fabulous Halloween!!!! Check out the rest of the photos from our day at Picasa Web Albums (our new online location for photos). Happy Daylight Savings Time!!!