Spring Break

Just got back from a wet, rainy, chilly spring break week on the Oregon Coast.

Did I mention that it rained?

We splurged on six whole days. After just two days of wet weather, Tad and I were both going through painful internet/email withdrawals. How do people live without internet access? I have a neighbor that refuses to go online -- we even offered to share our own access with her (she's convinced she'll be beset by viruses as soon as she logs in). Honestly! How does she check the weather, look up spellings, find directions to places?

But I digress.

Despite the weather, we all had fun. There were enough little breaks here and there to get us to the beach for a time almost every day. I had neglected some key pieces of papercrafting supplies (unfortunately, not the big, heavy ones -- Tad is incredibly patient when it comes to my insistence that I DO need the printer/fax/copier/scanner with us on our beach trip), meaning I couldn't go into card-making production mode, forcing me to relax and read my book and take it easy. It was kind of tough for me, but probably really good for me at the same time. Like brussels sprouts. Or yoga.

The boys discovered some great classic board games in the loft, like Stratego, which they enjoyed for hours. We had a nice hot fire, watched some movies that were left there (I would never have rented Crocodile Hunter, but the boys loved it and, I have to admit, Steve Irwin's wide-eye, seemingly genuine enthusiasm amused me).

So, a good time! (but maybe we'll skip the beach for spring break next year)