Weekend Road Trips

Do I need to say where I went to? hahaha Chuck and I took off early last Sunday and drove to Wilmington, DE. We stopped at Delaware Park on one of our road trips and we got $100 to play with. The catch was: You got $50 the day you signed up as a new player and then would have to come back the next day or any other day up until a certain date to receive the other $50. So that is what we did. I walked out with $16! Whoopie!!! Chuck did pretty good! From there we went to Dover, played alittle there...no yarn for Beth :(. Then headed to Ocean City to check out the beach. It was a beautiful day, but by the time we got to the beach, it was alittle bit chilly! But I got to walk the beach and get some great pictures and look at the shells. The tide washes up alot of shells and I guess it was a good thing I didn't have a bag - I would have picked up more than I needed or wanted! As far as you can see, there is a white squiggly line on the beach. That is the line of shells scattered from the ocean. It was a great day out. I was awake for almost 38 hours. I couldn't sleep the night before we left. So I drove to Chuck's early and just waited for him to wake up! I did get a couple 1/2 hour naps in between stops and traveling. Hope I don't do that again!


I found this pattern for a baby sweater and I just fell in love with it! It works up so quick and easy! It's called:
Newborn Ragland Cardigan. I used the big ball of Bernat baby sport yarn and a G hook. It says under the arms, you can use your own pattern choice. So I did a shell stitch. It also calls for ties, but I crocheted around the sweater and put ch 5 in 3 different places on the top front and sewed a button opposite of the button loop. I even cheated - I used the yarn I crocheted with to sew the button on! Waa-laa...it was done! I shared this pattern with my ladies at our meeting this past Tuesday.

Going on another trip this weekend...going to Nags Head, NC! We will be staying at The Nags Head Inn, Outer Banks, NC. We stayed here last year and it was so beautiful and peaceful! It's right on the beach. This is what I did last year on the balcony - CROCHET!!! :)

My Ring in the Sand

Here is the ring I found in the sand on the beach at Ocean City 2 days after Valentine's Day. (I used my heart ring box from Kay Jewelers to take the picture!) I haven't taken it to a jeweler to see if it's "Real or No Real"...hahaha I did find out today that the stones are loose and another is missing. ;( Either way, I want to take care of it. Wonder what the story is behind it?

I Left My Heart ...

...In Ocean City, MD! Chuck took me to the beach for the weekend. It was chilly, but so beautiful! Saturday evening, I made the big heart in the sand. By the next morning, someone else had made a small heart beside it. We walked on the beach several times. On Sunday, we took our last walk before leaving. I love walking on the beach and looking for shells. But what I found on my walk, was surprising. I saw something silver and shiny in the sand and thought it was a washer or a screw. Wrong... It was a ring! It looks like the silver anniversary ring that was popular several years ago, with all the stones around it. It looks like it has been well worn, or well beaten by the water and sand, like stones in a tumbler. But amazing...only one stone missing! Real or not, I thought it was amazing to find a ring on the beach in the winter! To think of the stories behind this ring.... :)



This was the sunrise on Sunday, February 15th. I laid in bed watching the sun come up. It looked like it came up right out of the water. Just beautiful. But had to get up and get pictures before I missed it all!

Guess Where I Went on Sunday???

Chuck and I took a car ride and ended up in Delaware. We had a late lunch and then started driving down the Coastal Highway through Rehoboth Beach, Bethany, and finally made it to Ocean City, MD. We were hoping to get dinner at one of MY FAVORITE restaurants, The Bayside Skillet. If you love strawberry crepes, they have the best and BIGGEST I have ever seen! Chuck makes good crepes, but these are HUGE! But, as fate would have it, they were closed. Many places were closed.

It was odd to drive down the highway and see all the cottages, homes, and apartments dark....compared to summer! Motels/Hotels closed. I know it's "winter", but it was different to see the other side of the beach during the winter. It was in the 60's Sunday and just beautiful. By the evening, it started to get a little nippy. We parked by the boardwalk and walked over to see the ocean. At 7 pm, there was a full moon dancing on the waves. It was beautiful. The ocean had a different sound at that time. It was awesome. I forgot my camera, so tried to take a picture with my cell phone. Didn't work. (That's on my list to do next time I go to the ocean!) But it was a beautiful ending to a great day! We finally found a place to eat and then drove home. The moonlight on the water as we were driving over the Bay Bridge was another awesome sight. So I had a great Sunday. (Yes, I took my crocheting...I'll share a picture of my scarf - what a laugh!)