I am addicted ...

to the pioneer woman's website. If you haven't been there, you should. It's like an online cooking show with funny tidbits and great photography in between. I picked it up off of my friend's blog and I've been reading it non-stop. Plus, she gives away prizes sometimes. So check it out, just 'cause it's fun.

Ripley's Museum

We went down to Ocean City, MD a couple of weeks ago and went to the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum. Just a few pictures of the random things we saw there.

A Vampire Killing Kit

This picture is made entirely from human hair,

this one is lint,

(No, I'm wrong...it's cobwebs!)

and last but not least ... toast

A little bit bored.

I'm blogging today, because I'm stuck inside on such a beautiful day and I'm going to go stir crazy. Somehow, I got an infection in two of my toes (probably a bug bite). I went to the urgent care this morning because I couldn't put it off any longer and it was getting worse every day. I got a shot of antibiotics and 10 days worth to take by mouth and was instructed to stay home and prop my foot up for the next 2 days. Hopefully it will be better by Friday so I won't have to miss work. I kinda want to post a picture of my gross foot, but I won't in case someone has a weak stomach. If anyone else is home bored, call me! By the way, if any of you nurses have ever given IM Rocephin and wondered how bad it is, yes, it does hurt. Very bad. Even with lidocaine.

We actually did have pictures

I forgot that my Husband actually did take some pictures of our new place the day we moved in. I like it because it is really bright and open, I just wish there wasn't so much antique furniture.

Living Room & Sun Room

Sun Room

Front entrance. We decided it was best to hide the transvestite mermaid. He was a little scary.

The back deck

Our room (oops, didn't see my elbow in this picture)

Delaware

Bad person that I am, I have no pictures to share with you yet. However, I will try to describe.

OK, so Lewes, Delaware was the first city in the state of Delaware (Probably because it sits out on the point between the Ocean and the bay). See the map here. Also, Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution, so they get the claim of being the first state. So, the slogan around here is the first city in the first state. William and I are thinking, so they've been around awhile, plenty of time to figure stuff out. However, in many ways it is more backward than South Georgia. For instance, there are only 3 counties in the entire state. They even have South Georgia-type thunderstorms and we've had a heat advisory all week (over 90 degrees for about 4 days now).

I obviously didn't fully realize what I was getting into when I moved here. I imagined a snobbish, Cape Cod type atmosphere. One trip to Wal-Mart proved me VERY wrong! It is a tourist area, but not in the way I expected. Also, most of the tourists are just down the beach in Rehoboth, not right here in Lewes. I was sadly mistaken as I thought that all rednecks lived in the south, but nope, they have their own special brand of redneck here.

Luckily, we have met some really nice people too. William went to the local par-3 golf course on our second day here to check the prices and ended up with a job. He has been helping clean up the course from the afore-mentioned thunderstorms. Every time it rains, we just laugh and say, "job security" for him. But I digress. Mark and Barbara, who hired him at the course, have invited us out to the beach with them several times to go surf fishing (more about that later). Mark also owns a deep sea boat that he has taken William out on and his parents live on a nearby lake and have given him free use of their john-boat. He is in heaven as you might imagine!

So, more about surf fishing. You have to buy a special permit for your truck and you are required to have 4-wheel drive, but you can actually drive out onto the beach at Cape Henlopen State park. Now, when you are on the beach, you must be "actively involved in surf fishing" which basically means you have to have all the gear and bait with you and actually have a pole in the water. However, it is a basically a good excuse to sit afound on the beach all day, cook out and play horseshoes. They go every week and we have been with them twice, so we are now the proud owners of a surf fishing tag for our truck.

I know this isn't as good as pictures, but I wanted to fill you all in on our lives. I'll get you pictures ASAP, but if you really can't wait for pictures, just plan a visit. We have 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths and will be here until Labor Day. It would be the cheapest beach vacation ever, plus we would love to see friends and family. It's about a 12 hour drive from Georgia, or you can fly into Baltimore or Philadelphia (about an hour and a half away) and we'll come get you. Hope to see you soon!

Oh yeah, you can also check out my hospital here. It has one of the only remaining Diploma program nursing schools in the US still attached to the hospital. I know this doesn't mean much to many of you, but the nurses will find it funny. I really didn't think there were any of them left.

Hirshhorn Gallery & Sculpture Garden

Just a few examples of the things we saw at the gallery. Sorry I don't know who any of the artists are. We just wandered around the four floors for about 4 hours enjoying the art. The place was huge, besides the 2 sculpture gardens outside.

Don't really know what it was supposed to be, but it reminded us of the Death Star!

Postal Museum

Now that we're finally settled in Delaware, I thought I would catch up on our last 2 adventures in Virginia, the National Postal Museum and the Hirshhorn art gallery. We don't have many pictures from inside the gallery, because many of the coolest exhibits were video, not still art.

An early RFD truck.

Funny looking mail truck.

Mailboxes from around the World.