hrh_disney_queen
<font color=red>My DH has the hots for Stacey<br><
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I don't mind the beach- When I go- I want to get down to business and tan. All I bring is a huge sheet- a face towel, lotion and a bottled water- and that is all for DH and I to share. I lay there- flip a few times, relax and listen to the ocean. I do like to take a break and walk on the beach.
I hate going with DHs family- it is like a caravan going across the desert! SIL packs a cooler, has 10 chairs, 2 umbrellas, all the kids toys, a big hat! OMG- she is too high maintenance to bring to the beach- and then you have the kids with the sand and the running into the water and everyone chit chatting- when I see a group like that coming onto the beach and it is just DH and I,- I just *cringe*and say over and over- please don't plop your crap near us, please don't plop your crap by us!....ohhhhhh god--- yes, keep walking......further.....keep going...
Maybe it is me- but I think laying in the sun on the beach is a "sacred thing" low maintenance, peace and quiet!
I do too, we actually get that for the most part. The boys are either splashing in the water where I can't really hear them, or digging a big hole/fort with all the intensity of a high rise engineer. We travel pretty lightly, a very small igloo cooler, two beach chairs, towels and two buckets/shovels. We steer clear of families, too. The other kids always want to come over and wreck my kids' holes/forts, and their parents think it is cute because they are "sharing" ...well, ok, go share somewhere else. My kid is crazy intense when he is doing something like this and it really bothers him when you kid comes and steps (shares) all over his work.. get outta here, this section of the beach is MINE for today.
I'm so pleasant...One time we were next to some people who had absolutely no respect for the surroundings. I don't know about your beach, but ours has signs up all over not to walk on /destroy the sand grasses. They are very fragile and don't renew easily. They are the only thing keeping the beach from washing into the sea. Not a difficult concept. So this couple is letting their girls walk all over the grasses, trampling them on purpose. When they got to the point where they took a big stick and started beating at the roots, the angy conservationist in me stood up, walked over asked her to stop them from doing that, and calmly asked mom if they lived around here (thinking tourists...)yes, they did. Well, then I am sure you have seen the signs explaining how not to walk/destroy the sea grasses. She looked at me smiling the same empty smile she had been from the start and just nodded. I walked away, feeling really stupid that I had just defended GRASS, but why do people have to be so ignorant. If the grasses go, the beach goes..it's that simple.
I also hate it when I am downwind of a smoker. Sorry to smoking freaps out there, but the last thing I want to smell when I am out in the middle of mother nature is a cigarette. I mean, it's just ironic. Nature..smoking..of course some smokers think that the beach is just a big ashtray, from the number of butts we find while out there.
Wow, I had a lot to say on that subject, didn't I..you may now return to your regularly schedule freaping..
and it's not just the wine talking. Been a little blue and reading this stuff is just making me smile...'cause we're all so much more alike than different...
Just the usual -"if it's not one thing, it's your mother..." miss her, wish she was still around, wish she could see the kids. After almost 5 years I still catch myself thinking, "hey I should call mom..."
Good morning freaps!
I hate parents that don't teach their children respect for the environment.
