I have to admit that my favorite place is the beach. I did really enjoy the Outer Banks this year, but really any beach will work. Everyone just seems happier at the beach. I love to sit with my toes in the sand, close my eyes and listen to the sounds of the boys playing with the ocean waves in the background. And when I open my eyes, the view is fantastic! Sky, sun, waves with the sillhouette of two boys digging, running and even sometimes rolling in the sand. I would go to the beach every day if I could. I always enjoy our weeks there!
My second favorite spot is the hammock in our yard. It isn't a fancy, expensive hammock, just one that my mom gave us after we were married from Wal-Mart and designed for camping trips. It is so comfortable that I would pit it against something fancy any day. My hammock hangs in the tulip poplar tree 'forest' that we left when we built the house. Back then, it was a cluster of hundreds of 5-foot tall weeds. We chose a dozen or so to keep when we cleared for the yard. Now they are very tall and provide a great canopy over the sandbox. They are even big enough to shade the swingset. And, although I don't get a lot of opportunities to lay in it at length, I love to come home from work, lay in the hammock, close my eyes and listen to the kids playing.
Unlike a once a summer beach vacation, the hammock is available from spring to fall. In the spring I can look directly at the sky, in the summer the green leaves shade me on the hottest of days, and in the fall the boys and I count the yellow leaves as they flutter to the ground. It is like my 'staycation' open every day for a few minutes of rest and it provides a great view!
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