Tis’ the season… Everyone around here is getting into the Christmas spirit. Between Southport and Oak Island, Holiday Fest lasts for 7 days. We look forward to some of the activities this weekend but last weekend we attended the Christmas by the Sea parade on Oak Island, followed by skydiving Santa’s, elves, and the grinch landing on the beach. Here…
Since we built our bed, we have built a few more things as well. We needed a pair of nightstands to go with our new bed so we decided to build those also. But, before we started building those. We needed a workbench to save our backs, so we built one of those first. Here’s our workbench. Here are our…
Today, there was a lot going on in Southport by the waterfront. First, we rode our bikes down to check out the wooden boat show. The day was on the chilly side and the sun was playing peekaboo through the clouds. There were lots of people, craft booths, wooden boats, food, and activities for kids. Here are a few pictures.…
We are now almost done with the second month in our house. It is still a work in progress. Here are a few of the things we have done since the last post. We had some nice Adirondack rocking chairs and a table built by a local wood shop. We are in the process of painting them. I’ll post a…
We have now been in our new home for a full month. We are slowly but surely getting settled and making the place our own. We have painted a few rooms, added some furnishings, and beginning to decorate for Halloween. In our bedroom, we changed out the dark brown blinds for nice white ones that can open from the top…
So, this Thursday we celebrated one week of being homeowners. Mother Nature decided to participate in that celebration by sending Hurricane Dorian. Spoiler Alert: we survived without any damage. It was a whole different feeling weathering a storm knowing we would be responsible for repairing any damages. Big thank you to my mom for helping me bring stuff from storage…
Well….we are gypsies no more. After a year and a half of traveling around the country, we have decided to make Southport, NC our permanent home. We started here as just another stop along the way. After being in Southport for a little bit of time we kind of fell in love with the town. So much so that we…
We haven’t done any real adventuring lately, but we have seen some beautiful sunsets on our evening walks. Here are some of those sunsets. We did meet up with some friends from Rockingham for dinner one night in North Myrtle Beach. It was good to hang out with them for the evening. While there, we swung by a winery to…
Today we headed out to enjoy the festivities of the 4th. We first went out to watch the parade. Holy cow, it was HOT and there were tons of people. The parade lasted for over an hour. It was a good parade even though there was no candy thrown. Here are some pictures from the parade. Here’s the food truck…
Southport has been getting ready for the 4th of July for a couple of weeks now. Most of the businesses, houses, and golf carts in town are decked out in red, white, and blue. Here are some pictures from around town. Here are some of the beautiful sunsets we have seen this week on our walks. Last night they had…