Wow! It has been a very long time since I last blogged. I feel like I have been quite busy lately! I decided I was not going to blog while vacationing in Myrtle Beach - wouldn't have been able to anyhow because the damn internet was way too slow. The only time it worked was from 7 am - 7:30 am! I think NOT! That is way too early to try and come up with any blog writing!
Okay now that you know where I have been I am going to talk a little bit about my beach relationship. I definitely have a love / hate relationship with the beach. The more and more I think about it I am coming up with more hates but ultimately the loves outweigh the hates! At least I think they do. So these are not going to be in any order - I will talk about hates with my loves and they by no means are ranked. They will just be coming to my head as I write about them.
SAND - I absolutely HATE the sand. I think I hate the sand more now being a mother of a child with extremely sensitive skin than I did childless! It is awful! Stupid sand gets everywhere. It doesn't help that she sits right in it and basically bathes in it. Then has the nerve to complain to me how badly her skin itches! REALLY? I told you not to roll around in the sand! Plus I don't like the feel of sand so little gal comes running to me with sand all over her and wants me to hold her! GROSS! No thank you. Go wash off. I know I may sound very harsh but I really don't like sand. I don't want any part of it. I am so careful down at the beach not to get it on me at all. The only part of me I want touching that sand are my toes and feet...that's it! So sand is an absolute HATE!
OCEAN - I think the ocean scares me more than anything. I actually did get in the ocean this summer because it was extremely hot out! I am so afraid that some living creature is going to bite me, sting me or, eat me! Without fail my brother gets stung by a jellyfish EVERY year. I am not kidding. EVERY single year. It's kinda funny to me but I know if I laugh too hard my time will come. Little Gal actually enjoys the ocean water and I love watching her out there in the ocean with anyone other than me! This year we smartened up and she wore her goggles out there! What a sight! She was even brave enough to try boogie boarding. Which was hilarious to watch and she was so darn proud of herself! I guess the ocean water would be a LOVE / HATE for me because I do hate getting in the water but I love watching Little Gal out there especially when she's with her Daddy! Priceless watching those HUGE waves take them out!
BIKINIS - Okay, now this may be a touchy subject. But I really HATE seeing HUGE 300 pound plus women walking around or sitting around in little teeny weeny bikinis. They make very cute and very nice one piece and tankkinis these days so I am not sure why people don't take more advantage of these suits to try and flatter their bodies. It almost seemed like the smaller women were trying to cover more than the much larger women. I just don't get it. Enough said on this subject - like I said it's a touchy one.
RELAXATION - I would have to say that our beach vacation is one of the most relaxing vacations that we as a family take. It by far beats Disney World by a landslide...even more relaxing that cruising (in my opinion). We wake up and sit around at the pool or beach all day long. We may or may not go out to dinner. If we stay in it's pizza or an easy cook at home meal. We stay in swim suits all day long. I don't believe in going shopping while at the beach because I can shop anytime. I have all those stores right here why waste my time shopping (and I LOVE to shop)! We spend time together enjoying each other's company. We eat and drink all day long and have no worries. We have no schedule. We play it by ear. I even let Little Gal stay up way past bedtime! Why not? It's vacation! So ultimately, I do think the beach is my favorite family vacation because we are rather carefree throughout the week and there's no schedule. Being such a scheduled person I think that not having a schedule for a week is fabulous for me and the rest of my crew!
you are hilarious about the sand! haha! i was picking sand out of my kids' scalps for days after we got home. :) i like it because it's a great exfoliant. haha!
ReplyDeleteglad you're back to blogging!
We will find sand in weird places for about 6 months after summer vacation. A little tip that I learned from a family circle magazine or something....take baby powder and put some on Emma when she is done in the sand....it is so crazy but the sand comes right off (completely) and ow so gently. I always have baby powder in my beach bag. I too am deathly afraid of the ocean and the thought of jelly fish totally freaks me out.
ReplyDeleteGreat Blog!
K :-)