I am finally getting back to posting about my trip to Maryland with the fabulous Shanny and the wonderful Lisa! (I dont even begin to know how to link to thier blogs with thier names like Ive seen on other blogs… maybe someone can teach me?)

Going back to where I left off I was ready to tell you about our Sunday at Ocean City. We had tried several times before to make this trip, and it actually worked out the best for us that we didnt get to go before this time, because of the holiday we were able to spend a whole extra day at the beach, when normally we’d have been heading back to Baltimore on that day!

Lisa and I were up pretty early and I thought I was up for the day, but was watching the water and boats go by from the comfy sofa, and then next thing I knew it was nearly 9 am! PHEW! That WAS sleeping in for me! Anyway. After our sleep in we all got up and ate bagels we had bought the day before at the bakery, and then decided to meet up with Lisa’s friends Nikki and Jason and the divine Ms. Riley at the beach.

In getting ready, I did NOT do a very good job with my sunblock. By day’s end I was really regretting this move. (It took DAYS for the sunburn to subside) The beach was perfect. It was a really nice day warm, but not hot with a great breeze. The water however was FREEZING. Amazing how a few hundred miles can make a difference in the same body of water. Shanny and I were really interested to make comparisons of Ocean City beach to OUR beach Myrtle Beach. There is something in the sand at OC that makes it courser and it has something darker in it, that makes it like dark brown sugar rather than the light brown/redish tinge we have here in the Carolinas. I love the pedicure that walking in sand gives you… I think OC sand is better for that for sure!

After spending time on the beach we went with Nikki and Jason up to see thier beach condo. It sits about a block or two from the ocean and it is really nice. What a great get away. (Something that in time I plan to have for us too.. maybe a nice 5th wheel that we can park on a lot in NMB) Lisa got some prime snuggle time in with Riley and while they were snuggling she (Riley) drifted right off to sleep. SO we got some time to get to know Nikki, which is really nice since she will be on the cruise with us in November!

After we left Nikki’s we headed back to the condo to rest, shower and get ready to go eat dinner. Lisa took us to a family favorite Greenwood Farms, in a nearby town.. it was really only a few minutes away, but it was kind of out in the country. SO pretty. I love how farm-y and rural everything was. Not like I pictured Maryland really, but very beautiful. The place we went to was really fun. Its like an old timey farm house (thus the name, Greenwood FARMS) decorated just like your grandmas house. With small kitchen type tables that didnt match. I loved the home-y feel it had. The menu was great and we all chose seafood platters. I was really excited since I had never had crab cakes. Lisa assured me that I couldnt go wrong eating them from this place. And she was right. The way this resturant serves dinner is that everyone chooses an entree and then the side dishes are served family style. With our seafood platters we got, home cut fries, stewed tomatoes, green beans, cole slaw (that was REALLY good) muffins and biscuits. There may have been something else.. it just seemed like a LOT of food. Really good though. I could have eaten about 10 crab cakes though. YUMMY. You also got a dish of ice cream at the end.  I was SO SO full!

After we ate we went out into the farmyard and saw thier little animals. I love me a goat. So we had to feed the one horned billy they had there. Lisa was afraid for the mortality of the geese, but Shanny and I assured her that they were alive. After dinner we headed back to OC and the boardwalk.

I love to people watch. I think that may be one of the reaons I love Disney World so darn much. You never run out of crazy nuts to watch. People are hilarious when they are on vacation. Steven and I love to watch people and make up stories about them. (try it some time. just make up a crazy story about people you see.. very entertaining.) I was suffering a little from my sunburn,  it wasnt too bad, but the wind was a little chilly on it though. Shanny and I managed to enjoy some more chocolate covered strawberries. LISA who is doing weight watchers with her honey behaved herself and didnt indulge. (good job girlie!) 

After we watched people for a while we went back to the condo and watched a very strange movie with Jason Biggs in it (from American Pie).  Shanny and I watched it rather and Lisa snoozed snuggled up with Shanny on the loveseat.

It was such a fun day… just thinking about it makes me want to plan another get away with my sweet friends!

We were super busy this weekend and I didnt get a chance to post at all.

BUT This past saturday was my sweet husbands THIRTY SIXth birthday!!! Or Thirty-sexy as my sister in law put it so well.  I can honestly say, this man only gets better with age. LOL (love this picture.. reminds me of Homer Simpson!)