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[Biciclista]

When we moved into our house so very many years ago there was carpeting in every room except the kitchen. that included the bathroom, and i had two young boys. That was the first one I ripped out. Then one by one I ripped out all the others, sometimes with DH helping me, sometimes not. then when the entire floor was exposed, we refinished it. He and I did the bedrooms, we hired an outfit to do the dining room/living room. I do NOT miss the carpet. The floor is dirty enough, but at least i can wash it off.

We celebrated mother's day yesterday. For mother's day I got a little ceramic japanese cat from one son and from the other, a balance beam made out of a pipe and some wood. YES. great sons.

[Crankin]

Yesterday, I had a different kind of day. It rained in the early AM, but it did stop. The forecast was for clouds. mid sixties. All of a sudden, I had an urge to see the ocean. This hasn't happened in a long time; when I first moved back east, we spent all of our free time and vacations at the beach. However, once we both started cycling, that has gone by the wayside. Beach areas full of tourists in the summer are not good places for riding. With the exception of a few 3-4 day vacations to the Cape in the "shoulder" season, we haven't done much beach time. Plus, my neighborhood has a swimming pond, which I do use in the summer.
So, we drove up to the NH seacoast and walked on the beach in North Hampton. It was lovely. The waves were crashing, the tide was low, and the sun actually peeked out. The beach shack across the street was open, so we got sandwiches and soft serve ice cream. Then we drove down the coast to Newburyport, MA, another place we used to go to all of the time. By this time it was getting colder and windy, so we walked around the town once and headed home.
I guess I didn't expend many calories, but it is nice to be a "regular" person once in awhile!

[Pax]

Crankin - that post made me homesick.

[Crankin]

Yea, when I lived in AZ, I used to play the video we had of a vacation at the Cape and go about my business in the house. I had it on, just to listen to the sound of the waves and the wind.
A couple of years ago, someone on the board mentioned the smell of pinon burning in fireplaces. That really made me nostalgic for AZ. But, it was truly just nostalgia. I am never leaving Massachusetts!