This is my Jersey Shore
Forget what you’ve seen on MTV. This is the Jersey Shore, “Ocean City in May” style. In other words: cloudy, breezy, reading a book on the blanket, a bit chilly, quiet beach, peaceful, dipping a toe...
View ArticleThe dawn of a new age
Oh, there is so much to catch up on! I was away for a four-day weekend at the shore, which was very nice as it always is, and now I am sitting here looking at laundry, an empty refrigerator, and a...
View ArticleOcean City
At the risk of winning the “longest time between experiencing the event and blogging about it” award, I thought I’d show you some pictures from our annual Ocean City getaway. Almost a month ago. We...
View ArticleTradition
Was it cruel of me to dangle that Sheet Swap carrot in front of your nose like that, and then disappear for almost a week? Oh! I had such good intentions, I promise you! I was going to write up one or...
View ArticleWeekend surprises
The above are some scenes from part one of our weekend: a surprise overnight stay in Ocean Grove. The boys had never spent the night there before, so they were excited when we revealed about an hour...
View ArticleMy space
We left for Ocean City, NJ on Thursday night, and returned home yesterday (Monday) evening. In between, we had the usual great time, which I would love to share with you, except I haven’t processed my...
View ArticleOcean City, season 7
We had our regular mid-Spring escape to Ocean City again last weekend. The kids have come to refer to these annual outings as if they were seasons of a TV show. Ocean City, season 7 premiered on a...
View ArticleCoral polka dots at the sea
These four-day weeks are confusing the heck out of me. Don’t get me wrong, I love the long weekends, but wow. How did it get to be Wednesday already?? My work schedule has completely flown out the...
View ArticleSixty Thousand Steps by the Sea
Last Friday, we hopped in the car and made our way to Ocean City, NJ for our 9th annual long weekend getaway. Our first time was in March of 2007, but we soon realized that while we loved it there,...
View ArticleTrying new things
I get a lot of nice comments on my photos, and that (of course!) makes me happy! But recently a friend of mine asked to buy a few prints to decorate her newly-painted bathroom, and that made me feel...
View ArticleBeach Reading
HELP! I don’t know what books to bring to the beach! Our annual Ocean City weekend getaway is approaching (yay!) and it usually kicks off “reading season” for me. Most times of the year, my reading...
View ArticleTWiP: Rain, sun, sand, and peonies
Oh, so many pictures this week! I’ll spare you the long introductory paragraph because I’ve pretty much told the whole story in image captions. So, what is This Week in Pictures? It’s a roundup of the...
View ArticleBoardwalk, Sand, and Rain. So much rain.
So yesterday I shared with you my muddy forest adventure. How about today we take a look at the Jersey Shore in the rain? Settle in, folks, because this is a photo-heavy post! I did put them into a...
View ArticleWeekend surprises
The above are some scenes from part one of our weekend: a surprise overnight stay in Ocean Grove. The boys had never spent the night there before, so they were excited when we revealed about an hour...
View ArticleMy space
We left for Ocean City, NJ on Thursday night, and returned home yesterday (Monday) evening. In between, we had the usual great time, which I would love to share with you, except I haven’t processed my...
View ArticleOcean City, season 7
We had our regular mid-Spring escape to Ocean City again last weekend. The kids have come to refer to these annual outings as if they were seasons of a TV show. Ocean City, season 7 premiered on a...
View ArticleCoral polka dots at the sea
These four-day weeks are confusing the heck out of me. Don’t get me wrong, I love the long weekends, but wow. How did it get to be Wednesday already?? My work schedule has completely flown out the...
View ArticleSixty Thousand Steps by the Sea
Last Friday, we hopped in the car and made our way to Ocean City, NJ for our 9th annual long weekend getaway. Our first time was in March of 2007, but we soon realized that while we loved it there,...
View ArticleTrying new things
I get a lot of nice comments on my photos, and that (of course!) makes me happy! But recently a friend of mine asked to buy a few prints to decorate her newly-painted bathroom, and that made me feel...
View ArticleBeach Reading
HELP! I don’t know what books to bring to the beach! Our annual Ocean City weekend getaway is approaching (yay!) and it usually kicks off “reading season” for me. Most times of the year, my reading...
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