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Summer, you rock.
I'm pretty happy all the time, but I am happiest in the summer. * I love the heat, I love the freedom from routines, I love the clothes (or lack thereof), I love the garden food (the tomatoes and corn and blueberries and watermelons), I love the long days, of course, and all the swimming and the blonde highlights in... Read More

Making a plan
I don't envy those people who are trying to decide what to do on their one-week Outer Banks vacation. I live here all year and I have trouble making a plan in the summer. * It's like standing in the cereal aisle in the grocery store - too many choices and you go numb with indecision. * Maybe I can help you narrow the... Read More
If the Kids Are Happy, Everybody's Happy...
Whew! What a wild July 4 weekend. If one more car had driven over one of our bridges, I think our little sandbar would have sunk. * Now that we've all survived July 4 weekend intact, there's only one question - what's next? * Let the good times keep rolling...If you can get them out of the ocean, you have a lot of... Read More

See ya, June
Everybody I've been talking to lately is a little freaked at how fast the summer is flying by - me included. * On Wednesday we'll say goodbye to June Sweet June and start making plans for the Fourth of July. * I know that the less you do the slower time goes, but that's not really working for us this summer. We've... Read More

So Much To Tell You
I love a day when our only major decision is whether to spend the day in the ocean or on the sound. Though the ocean was tantalizing on Sunday, we decided on the sound - fishing on the boat, playing on our all neighbors' crazy watersports gear and swimming in the rain...I feel more grateful than ever for the clean... Read More