I knew I needed a vacation, but I guess I didn’t realize
just how much. Vacation for me started
Friday at 3pm from CBC, and at 4:15pm officially as I needed to make sure Miss
Bessie had all she needed before I made my getaway. We planned to leave early Saturday morning
for parts unknown. I had the bags packed
and by the door so we just had to pick them up and out the door we would go.
Saturday morning came, and plans were put on hold. Our sweet Smokey had taken a turn for the
worst, she couldn’t walk across the floor without falling, so I would carry her
to her food dish, and to the litter box.
It just got worse. She fell off
the couch on her way to the litter box, and well… yeah, you guessed it… I didn’t get to her in time. Poor thing!
I knew that she would not make it through the night, so we decided to
wait until Sunday morning to leave. I
made a nice little bed for her in the bathtub, she wasn’t able to stand up at
all, she would try and flop to her side, it was the safest place for her to be,
and the easiest to clean if I needed to.
It was a long day, keeping her comfortable, talking with her, listening
to her cry… she succumbed to her old age
(13 years and 9 months) in the evening, and David wrapped her in her pretty
pink towel, and laid her to rest. She
will be missed by us, and her feline siblings.
Sunday morning came, breakfast eaten, everything cleaned up,
and off we go….. Where to? Hmmmm….
Good question…
First stop, CrossRoads to attend worship with the family and
good friends. Beautiful service! There was a surprise awaiting the
congregation, we would all have to take part.
What could it be? What’s he
going to make us do? And then Pastor
Heath asked Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald to come forward. They were going to renew their vows, what a
wonderful start to the service. And a
great message followed, and worship was spirit led.
And then back on the road…
heading south… second stop… Newick’s for dinner. The tide was out and you could smell the
ocean air and mud as we walked to the restaurant. We enjoyed a delicious dinner, David ordering
seafood chowder and baked seafood medley, and my seafood shepherd’s pie. Mmmm…
And, back on the road….
Taking the seacoast Route 1 heading north. Yep, north…
just a little bit. We both had
Kittery in our thoughts… a perfect place
for us for a couple of days… The
Coachman Inn. What a delightful little
place! We have been here many times over
the past couple of years, and love the hospitality, friendliness, cleanliness,
and location.
I found out just how much I needed a vacation when we got
there, as I said I was going to lie down for a bit to relax, and woke up 3
hours later. We just relaxed, watched
some television, walked out to the lobby and got a couple of hot cocoas and
returned to our room for a picnic supper in our room (I had packed some yogurt,
oranges, crackers and cheese, sunflower seeds and figs), and we played
dominoes. Very relaxing!
Monday morning brought a new day. What to do?
First thing was the free continental breakfast… They had a nice selection of cereals (hot and
cold), hard boiled eggs, English muffins, Danish, coffee cakes, oranges and
bananas, and yogurts. So we definitely
didn’t need to leave hungry. And we
didn’t. So, what to do with the rest of the day? David really wanted to go to Lowes, and as
long as he was going to do that, I figured a trip to WalMart could happen
too. So that is what we did… and of course after that trip to Lowes, it
was time for lunch… so, we were in
Greenland why not head back to Dover Point and eat at Newick’s again. I had no problem with that. So another meal… this time it was a fried seafood platter for
David and a bowl of creamy fish chowder for me.
And again it was… Mmmmm….
And once again it was nap time… actually I needed to go and lie down as my
jaw was not feeling so good… so back to
the Inn. It was so quiet! We decided after a while to go and check out
a couple of places.. the OOPS! Store,
but it was closed until spring, so we went across the street and went through
the Kittery Trading Post. Massive! I stayed on the first floor, and David went
and checked out the second floor. Then
we decided to go and check out the “When Pigs Fly” bread store, but we missed
it by about 10 minutes. They were
closed. Oh well, just wasn’t meant to
be. So we decided to head back to our
room. The sun was setting, and the sky
was ablaze with beautiful color. A
perfect ending to a wonderful day! We
once again enjoyed a picnic supper in our room, walked out for hot cocoa, and
returned to a few games of King’s in the Corner, watch a bit of television and
good night.
We woke Tuesday, knowing that we would be heading home for a
day or two. I did not want to leave, and
we could have stayed one more night but I knew we needed to head home and take
care of a few things, and unload the car of David’s and my finds at Lowes and
Walmart. So, breakfast and then hit the road… we drove the coast road through Kittery
Point, enjoyed sitting by the ocean for a few minutes taking in the sights,
taking our time as we didn’t have to hurry.
And guess what we did when we got to Rochester? We stopped at Lowes! Why not fill up with some more
treasures? And that we did… now we really needed to get home to unload
the car. We had a roll of 15’ x 8’11”
carpet, 14 8’ pieces of trim board, electrical outlets, switches, cover plates,
carpet tape, screws, nails, curtain rods, valances… that all needed to be taken out of the
van… David is working on a project, and
I think he would really like to get it done during this vacation time… He is having fun working on it, seeing
everything come together…. I on the other
hand, am taking a vacation and being the photographer of the project. I will fix meals, because I like to… but am doing little else for the rest of the
week…
Wednesday, David is working on his project, and I am taking
it easy. Lunch? Leftover pea soup or 3 bean bake. I think I heard the mention of Lowes
again… and if that is the case, maybe
breakfast for lunch at the local diner. Works for me.
A pork roast is in the crock pot for dinner, and it is starting to smell
pretty good…. And this is what I do know, I am not answering the phones, and not going to be on Facebook.... I am on vacation... and I am loving it!
