One might look in our dining room right now and surmise we're preparing for the end of the world or The Blizzard of 2010, Part Deux.
No, we haven't become hoarders. We're preparing for our annual week-long cohabitation vacation at our Lake Anna house with my Mom, step dad, brother, SIL, stepsisters and everyones' assorted children (9 total plus a few more at the end of the week). It will be a cousin-fest and a week of kickball tournaments, grilling feasts, corn hole competitions, floating happy hours, Popsicle licking, campfires, beach picnics, lingering boat rides, butt bouncing tubing sessions and jet skiing, digging our toes in the sand and just all around good family time.
It takes a lot of shopping and planning to feed a house of 19 - 23 people. All the goods must be brought down since there's no grocery store near the house, unless you count the beer and bait at the gas station down the road.
And in fact, the above doesn't take into account clothing, swim suits, towels, cooler stuff, fishing gear, sheets, the 17 stuffed animals each boy insists on bringing, gallons of sunscreen, ipods, cameras, life vests and other assorted goodies I've been piling up for the week.
The one thing I'm not taking, however, is my laptop. Its always nice to just kind of be unplugged down there. So no bloggie for a week. Less bloggie, more bookie. I picked this up to dive into while we're sitting on the beach, when I'm not having a swim-a-thon with the kids.
We look forward to this week every year, and the kids are chomping at the bit to load up the car and live in swim suits for a week. Good thing its only a couple of hours away so we don't have to listen to "Are we there yet??? How much longer???" for toooooo long.
P.S. - If you're a burglar reading this and you know where we live and you plan to rob our house, please know we have a vicious dog we're depriving of food. She'll be holding down fort while we're gone just waiting for you to come by so she can nibble your feet Hannibal style.
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