Sunday, November 24, 2013

The rest of the tour...

The second part of our little "beach house" tour starts with the kitchen…
yes that is the whole thing
no there is no dishwasher
or garbage disposal
or silverware drawer
our spices are on the wall there on the left side (ikea)
yes we do all our food prep in that tiny space in the corner between the stove and sink
yes we have a gas stove and it rocks!!!
only 9 more months doing this, but who's counting



The other side of our great room with a space for the kids in the middle and a long shelf we found to put under our window to keep toys under control. We had to sell our 2 leather chairs too. No room in the inn!


Canaan's little nook of the third bedroom.
It also has a queen size bed in there for guests but it was too messy to show. 


The big kids room.
They love bunk beds. 
They also have 2 dressers and a book shelf on the wall you cannot see and their play kitchen in the corner near the little table and chairs. 


 Our $3 "coat closet" find painted Tennessee orange to remind us of our dear friends the Penleys.


Master bedroom we are grateful fits our king size bed. Yes that's my whole little closet over there next to the dresser on that weird raised concrete step thing. 


Other side with my dresser and jewelry hook on the wall. 


And for my girl friends that know me… my shoes! Almost all of them. I have had to down size quite a bit.


So that's basically our space. Very temporary and really just a functional space to house us until we can hopefully buy a long term home!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Exploring places...

About an hour up the coast we explored an area known as San Simeon.
Made famous for the enormous Hearst Castle high on the hill...
we found some really fun things.
Tide pools and elephant seals!






Crabs!!!


 Seals out playing in the water.

















Such a fun day. Excited to do more exploring soon!

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Can you see all the butterflies?

My parents came out for a quick visit over Halloween.
That's why we moved to this beach state... family time.
So we took a five minute drive to this Monarch Butterfly grove.
They come here every year starting in November and leave in the spring.
What looks like a bunch of leaves, are actually clusters of butterflies!





 Can you see them better now??!!
It's pretty awesome!
If you visit us... we will take you to see them... in the "winter time" it's 72 and sunny here!