Beach Writers' Conference Day #1

I was up on and off from 6:45 am, so when my alarm went off at 7:30 am I popped right out of bed. I find that always happens to me on the first day of conferences - it's adrenaline. The second day is always harder to get up!

My mom texted me right after my alarm when off, and Bill called up too to make sure I was up, LOL! I got up, dressed and ate breakfast. Bill kept me company while I ate and talked my ear off before I left. I left about 8 am and got there, parked, registered & had a danish by 8:30 am.

#SWAG!

We got a swag bag full of magazines, NJ info, tram pass, dolphin container, flip flop gummies, note pad and pen, flip flop key chain and coupons. The first few speakers were interesting. They left us on our own for lunch. The swag bag had a coupon for 15% off the Doo Wop Diner on the boardwalk, so that is where I ate lunch. I ordered a "Miss Piggy" sandwich - which is a Taylor pork roll sandwich. Best bread ever and it cake with french fries and a pickle, I also had a diet coke. A good buy for $12 (with tip and 15% off). I didn't want to go to the playwright session because that is not my niche, so I drove over to the Walgreens to buy some magazines and Wildwood postcards. Then I went to the post office to buy some stamps since I didn't have a chance to do that in CM the other day.

L-R Clockwise upper left: Ferris wheel on the board walk, Beach Writers' Conference on the Wildwoods sign, bottom two pictures are my yummo lunch. Yes yummo not yummy.

I drove around a bit before going back. Everything was running on beach time (ahemlateahem). The last session ran over 20 minutes and then I went home. I had a snack and then went to the boardwalk. The surf shack was closed, so I had a milkshake from Rita's. Underwhelming but satisfied a craving. I came home and made the rest of the ravioli from the Ravioli House and a salad. I ate on the porch. Then I watched Pretty Little Liars: A LiAr's Guide to Rosewood, talked to grandma Genie, watched Full House, talked to grandma Zelda. Then I watched Awkward and got ready for bed.

Tomorrow is the second and LAST day of the conference! I will do an overall summary of what I thought/learned while I was there either tomorrow or on Thursday. I also will have a lot of cleaning to do for Thursday and Friday because we have a renter coming in on Saturday :( Of course they come in once I'm all settled!!

xo,
capemaychick

Millions of Pillows // Flowers

I woke up around 10:30 am when my alarm went off, but stayed in bed until 11:30 am. I Facebook messaged with mom until noon and then I went down for lunch. I had a hot dog and chatted with Bill. He finished painting the backyard steps, shower and the basement door.

I did some laundry and watched Full House/Say Yes to the Dress. I left the house around 2:30 pm for Walmart. I bought 12 pillows (NOT EASY, they kept falling out and people looked at me like I was nuts. Then I went to Michael's and bought two jars for my beach glass and shells and a pack of mini cards for embossing. For the house I bought two small coffee cup flower planters! Then I left Rio Grande to go to Wildwood.

Shells in the jar to the left, beach glass to the right.

I drove by the convention center where the writing conference will be next week. Then I went to the Ravioli house and bought a bag of cheese ravioli, 2 rainbow cookies and a brownie. Then I ended


up driving home on the parkway even though I would've liked to go the other way. I got up and unloaded. Then I drove to Duckie's Farm and bought two small Lavender variety flowers for the small coffee cup pots and two hanging baskets that I unclipped for our blue pots. I went to the Lobster House after and got crab fingers, mustard dipping sauce and bread. I brought it home and put it away. Then I put out the flowers in the pots. I had a cottage cheese and pretzel/port wine snack.

I couldn't get matching coffee cup pots because the other butterfly one had a chip in it, but these are super cute.

My next door neighbor Betty called me over - she and her husband Jim were home from their trips and she had a letter addressed to me from Lindsay! I think it had been there for a while too, oh well! At least I got it. I walked around the corner and dropped off a note for Barbara - she got in later tonight. Hopefully I'll catch her soon.

The flowers in the little coffee cups are a lavender variety, the big coffee cup is petunias and the bottom two are geraniums.

I had the ravioli, crab fingers and corn on the cob for dinner while I watched The Show with Vinny. Then I went to poverty beach for about 40-45 minutes for a walk/shell hunt. I only found moonies. I saw a dead shark! A couple people were fishing but other than that it was very quiet. I drove down to Morrow's Nut House and bought a fridge magnet pad for the house. I drove home and did dishes, laundry and watched I found the Gown and talked to both grandmas. I face timed mom for a while and then got ready for bed.

SO excited for tomorrow. Lori and her daughters are coming down and we are going to the West Cape May Strawberry Festival! And on Sunday I'm having a girls lunch with my cousin Jenn :)

xo,
capemaychick