Early beach walk

This morning I woke up pretty early (about 5:45), and I had been wanting to get out for a sunrise beach walk... It was already 62 degrees at that time, so by 7:00 a.m., we were out on the beach!

I thought the shell-pickings would be better at that time, but really, about the same.

We ended up with a broken coffee pot this morning, which was a major catastrophe.  That'll teach us for deciding to wash it today.  Luckily, we were able to find a replacement in town!

Since we were out, we decided to pop in on a few more open houses.  We went back to see this one, because when we stopped there yesterday, it really wasn't the open house time... We just happened to catch the owner there cleaning up (someone who's initials are JB didn't read the listing correctly).  If we were actually going to buy something, this would be my pick... 3rd row from the beach, beach views, and $250,000.  Nicely laid out, and surprisingly roomy-feeling for a 950 sq ft house.  And no carpet anywhere!

This one was really pretty, and brand new.  Beautiful bay views, but aways from the beach (well, maybe a 5 minute drive).  It was $360,000.

This one was a blast to go through!  Five dollars short of a million on the asking price!  Very cool master with 2 (TWO!!!) master baths!  And at the top of that turret?  A kids' game room/sleeping area accessed by a spiral staircase!  Kids would love that!  The second level from the top in the turret is the "girl's" master bath, with a old-fashioned claw foot tub and giant closet.  And this house is right on the beach, with a personal walkway to get over the dunes.

While we were out shopping, we splurged a little.  Brad had installed his little 19" flat screen tv in the RV when we remodeled it, and we decided we could use one slightly bigger (it still needed to fit the space and be able to swivel on the arm).  So we picked up a 24" one today.  TV prices are really ridiculously low!

Old one:

New one:

Soup made from the hambone of last night's smoked ham!