Snow Day
This winter has proven to be harsh for everyone in all parts of the country. In fact Lauren and I had to cancel our trip to WV this weekend to visit Dad and go skiing because of the second blizzard to hit there in over a week. I guess its only appropriate that if we couldn’t come to the snow then the snow would come to us. We did have a winter storm a couple weeks ago but it only brought an inch of snow. The rest was coated by 2 inches of ice which more of a nuisance than it is fun. Well last night after stepping foot out of the movie theater we were shocked to see a couple inches of snow waiting for us on our car in the parking lot. REAL SNOW. The kind that comes down in big, heavy, wet flakes. (We usually just get the dry powdery stuff in the south). We didn’t waste any opportunity to play in it when we got home. Being 11PM didn’t stop us from building a snowman and even taking pepperdog out to play for a while.
Its been a very long time since I have made a blog post. In fact it has been 5 months since my last post. Since then the site slowly started falling apart. Over the years I have leapfrogged from one free blogging service to the next. The last one I was using went under and closed up shop leaving my blog out in the cold. I guess you “get what you pay for”. Rather than quickly jumping to another free service and risk the same fate I chose to take a few months off and search for a better solution. Thanks to Wordpress I have finally found that solution. Let me take you on a quick tour of all the powerful new features of my new site.
A few weeks ago we took our first trip of the season to the beach. We stayed in Atlantic Beach for the night. After some delicious seafood at The Sanitary restaurant we took the dog for a walk on the beach before calling it a night. This was Peppers first experience with the beach. She wasn’t sure what to think at first. The next day we spent a few hours enjoying the sun. The water was way too cold to get in. We learned that Pepper is not very fond of the waves at the ocean. Not sure if she is scared of the sound or the way it moves or both. Nevertheless she still enjoyed digging tons of holes in the sand and then laying in them to stay cool. That black fur gets hot in the sun pretty quickly. The main purpose of the beach trip was to visit Lauren’s grandparents who live in that area. It had been a while since we had payed them a visit. After spending a couple hours visiting with them it was time to head home.
Every year for our anniversary Lauren and I decide to celebrate with a 3-day mini vacation. Last year we took a trip to Ocracoke Island. This year Charleston, SC was our choice for our 2nd anniversary. This was my first trip to the city after wanting to visit it for years. Lauren had been there before a couple times. We reserved a hotel in North Charleston and got a great deal since we booked a couple months early. After making the long 4.5 hour drive from my office we crashed and prepared for our weekend ahead. We decided not to make any formal itinerary which helped us to relax even more. No need to worry about sticking to a strict schedule the next few days. We just came and went as we pleased and it worked out very well.
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