That sums up my birthday weekend to the coast with Bill.I took off Friday from work, and Bill had a class until noon, so I headed to Salem with him, and dropped him at school. I headed to my favorite car wash/detail place and had the Suburban washed, inside and out. The do everything short of washing the carpets....all for $30.00. Amazing. And you know, clean cars drive better and get better gas mileage!! At any rate, it was a beautiful sunny morning, a bit cool, but a great day to be heading to the coast. I did some shopping, and then picked Bill up at Noon, and we headed West. We were in Lincoln City by 1:30, and decided to hit the outlets first. After some shopping there, we headed down the coast to our favorite place in Depot Bay, the Sea Hag. A wonderful dinner, a beautiful sunset, and overall a great day!
We headed to Newport and checked into our hotel. We spent the rest of the evening in, playing our favorite game, Nancy Drew Mysteries! (Exciting I know--but this is edited for prime time viewing). We woke on Saturday to a beautiful view off our balcony, sun on the Pacific.
We headed out for breakfast (one floor up--nice!) and enjoyed a leisurely morning. After a nice nap, we headed into town and picked up a few more Christmas items, and then headed to Old Town Newport for dinner at the Rogue Brewery. Another fine meal, and then a walk down through Old Town. We were pleasantly surprised to catch the Christmas Boat Parade through the Bay, and I was wishing that we had gotten the room on the Bay, as we would have been able to watch the whole thing from inside. As beautiful as it was, it was COLD on the water...so we didn't stay long. I was sad I didn't have my camera.
Sunday we headed out for Breakfast, then came back to pack up and head home. It seems we can never relax long on the day we head home, plus we wanted to get home and get the truck unloaded before Kids were snooping around in the bags we had! It was a wonderful weekend.
This week has brought lots of bustle around here. Kids in several directions, trying to get some sewing done for Christmas gifts, trying to get some decorating done, but was blessed yesterday when I came home from work early with a bad cough. Kristin had spent the morning making a Sugar Rub. She found all the ingredients at home, mixed them and put them in a pretty jar. She said "Mom--you're having a pedicure"...so after a short nap, I had the best pedicure ever! That sugar rub was awesome AND smelled SO yummy!! The best part was Kristin said "AND mom if you really want, everything in it is edible! Sugar, honey, olive oil, extracts--all good stuff!" Being it was designed for a foot rub, I couldn't bring myself to taste it!!
Today I called into work sick. While I don't feel bad, my cough is horrible, and its tough to do my job on the phones while coughing! I did get out to get more cold medicine while Bill worked on his final for his online class, and Kristin & I did get a tree. Thank heavens for Teen Challenge guys....we said "That one"....and it appeared on the top of our truck and home we went. It was an exhausting trip, and after some cough meds, it was into bed for a nap! Feeling better tonight, but still coughing like crazy. Prayers for the cough to go away would be wonderful!
As we enter the busy season of preparing for the holidays, we pray everyone stays healthy, stays focused on the reason for Christmas, and enjoys their family! Until next update....keep smiling!
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