Baking cookies

Friday July 15, 2011

Woke up around 11:30 am. Got up, went downstairs and had easy mac. Pretty nice out, at least it's not humid. Mom, Malia and I went to Splash. Mom bought me the blue druzy earrings. Went to Patricia jackson's. We brought Great Grandma Regina's ring. They're going to call back with an estimate for a blue topaz stone. Dad picked us up and we went to CVS so I could print pictures. Then we went to Acme to get more food. Came home and had lunch. Then Malia and I spent three hours making two batches of cookies while watching Ugly Betty.

Malia and I left for the beach when we finally finished baking, and we were there for an hour. Came home and showered. Love that outdoor shower! Mom got us sandwiches and fries from Zoe's. Ate dinner and waited for Julia and Krista to arrive. They got her arond 9:30 pm, they took the 7:45 pm ferry. Helped them carry stuff into their room. We left around 10 pm to go check out the mall.

A Place on Earth was closed and I was dissapointed. Went into Henry's and got snail earrings! Then Bathtime, where I got another perfume rollerball in Waterlily scent. Malia got the $31 perfume she had been looking at for days. Then we all went into Whale's Tale and Malia got her beach glass keychain which she had also been looking at for a while. We walked down past Tina's photo shop and then walked back along the boardwalk. I had major hiccups and couldn't get rid of them. Got home, had a snack and everyone did their own bedtime stuff.

How is Cape May almost over? I've only gotten 2 letters so far, both from Lindsay.

xo, capemaychick

She had me at meow!

This morning I woke up at 8:30 am becasue my room was warm. I read my book, "Ten Things We Did (But Probably Shouldn't Have)". And then I watched Ugly Betty and then I read some more. Malia and I had waffles with nutella for breakfast.

We came back upstairs to my room and watched Full House together and I wrote postcards and rewrote my shopping list! After eating macaroni and cheese for lunch, I came upstairs and finished my book, it was SO good! I devoured it. Now Krista can take it home :)

Then Malia and i went to the Post Office and I got more stamps. Found out that postcard postage went up 1 cent to 29 cents, so now all my postcards are probably going to come back here :( I saw some of Harry's cats, including Lotta. Got dressed and went to the beach. It was so incredibly pleasant. Then we came home, showered. The kidlets went to surfshack, so good. Malia and I ran back home and got our sweatshirts. Then we went back to the movie on the beach, "Jaws!" It was really good (I've seen it before). It was cold and windy. So fun, we had a great time. Came home, had a little bit of brownies and took a rinse off shower to get the sand off! Krista and Julia (Mason's mom and sister) come tomorrow night! Can't wait.

xo, capemaychick

Teen Mom!

Today mom and dad met our cousins Barbara and Murry at George's and left around 10:40 am. She came in and told me that they were leaving and left me money for lunch. But none of us kidlets including me got up until noon. Mom and dad came back with Barbara and Murray. We talked for a while and then Malia and I left to go get lunch from Zoe's Beachfront Eatery. It was soo hot, we got our cheesteak and left. Came home and ate it. Actually very good!

Malia and I watched last night's Teen Mom together. Then we left to all go into Wildwood and pick out our embroidery. It came out great. We saw two of the dogs that are owned by people who work in the shop. Their names are Brealey and Bowson. We got lots of sweets and ravioli and the Ravioli house. We came home and I watched Teen Wolf and wrote postcards.

Had BLTs w/turkey for dinner. Then Malia and I went to the mall. I got emery boards, a huge jar of soap scrub from A Place on Earth, a Cape May sweatshirt, a mini wheelbarrow to hold jewelry and some PRESENTS :D from different stores for different people. And the new intouch magazine with teen mom on the cover, for Malia and I to read at the beach.

Slapstick wake up

Tuesday July 12, 2011: Malia slammed a pillow into my face multiple times to get me up this morning around 10:30 am. Got up, got dressed and ready to go to Wildwood. Dad got a call that the embroidery wasn't ready, so we didn't go. Malia and I ate lunch, did mani-pedis by ourselves and then watched the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Then we spent three hours baking cookies, because there was only 1 rack in the oven so we could only bake one tray of cookies at a time.  Baked them at 325 degrees for a little over 12 minutes. After baking we chilled, had a snack and left for Ocean City at 6pm. Dad dropped Malia and I off by Terry Ivory (usually a really great jewelry store) but it was really dissapointing. I didn't get anything! We shopped in the junk shops and I got one of those hair/feather extentions that clips in. I was so freaked and  happy about that :)

Then we had a slice of pizza pie at Mack and Manco's. Then we went on the beach to take pictures and the ocean was ice cold. We had Kohr Bros. ice cream. We looked in Terry Ivory again with mom and my cousin Jenn. She got a necklace and earrings. The boys did go karts, then we came home. Showered and had a 1 am cookie snack!

Woke up in the mornin' and was in Cape May!

7/10 Sunday: Woke up this morning around 10:45 am. Had a text from Malia that she might catch the 12:45 pm ferry instead of the 2:45 pm. I went downstairs and had half of an Avalon bagel. I came back upstairs and watched the last half hour of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on ABC family. Then I left and went to the Surf Shack. I had a really good pork roll sandwich. Mike and Mason met me and we shared fries. I poked in Morrow's Nut House. At Down by the Sea I got a Sea Mist bookmark. Came home and read more of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Mom and dad picked up Malia and came home. I helped settle her in. Then she and I left for the beach! It was crowded. Came home and showered, almost couldn't open the outdoor shower door! Got dressed. We had crab fingers, sushi and scallops for dinner. Malia and I went to the mall. I got a soda tab wristlet, earrings, a seahorse pendant, a jar from bathtime, footspray and little soap. We got a funnel cake from the surf shack and then played a few rounds of skeeball, came home and went to bed. Not sure what we're doing tomorrow, maybe cookie baking!

The Chronicles of Cape May

If we ever get out when we say we will, it will be if we can step through a closet door to Cape May, just like Narnia (we saw a door on the side of the road and I mentioned that "maybe it was the door to CM"). The car and roof rack were packed very full this year. Krista and Julia came to say goodbye as we (including Mike's friend Mason - Krista's son, Julia's brother) left at 12:47pm for Cape May! There actually was room to comfortably fit all 3 of us kids in the backseat. Stopped at the Barnes and Noble in Bowie, MD to pee before the Bay Bridge. I got another copy of Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson, in paperback for dad to read - Malia will def have to read it while we're at the beach, it's the best book!

About 20-30 minutes appx of Bay Bridge back up. Once we got over we had yummy fried chicken at Holly's. We only ordered the two piece meal because no room in the car for leftovers! We stopped at a Maryland Antique store. Mom and Dad got three coffee cups and I got a cute cat figurine that looks like Piper. It was 75% off of $5 so it was $1.25, a true bargain!

We missed our 5:15pm ferry reservation by 20ish minutes. Hung in the ferry terminal and then took the 6:15pm ferry. We were the second car on. I bought two postcards, read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and then watched dolphins in the bay. We got home, brought in all the stuff from the car. I went off to the mall. I got my favorite body scrub (sex on the beach scent), four pins from Across the Way, conditioner from Bath Time (Honeysuckle scent) and an on sale octopus necklace from Henry's. Picked up fudge and came home. I had cheesetake from Louie's that mom and dad brought home. Mom and dad went to Wawa for water and I unpacked and set up my room while watching the end of HP & the Goblet of Fire on ABC family on tv. The kids all showered and relaxed before bed.

Malia comes tomorrow!

xo, capemaychick

I'm back & 2 weeks away from CM!

Hello Readers! I'm finally back! After bringing up the blog after months of not writing, I'm finally able to post about my upcoming Cape May trip. I leave 2 weeks from today, the morning of July 9.  Our trip is going to be much different this year, as so many things have changed in my favorite little town.

This year Mike's friend Mason is coming along with us. We are bringing him up in the car with us, which will be interesting considering how much we pack. I hope he'll fit! His mom and sister are coming up after we've been there for a week and will stay with us for the weekend.

Malia is also coming this year, she is coming up  on July 10 which is the day after we leave. SO it will be nice to have her in the house right away. We are excited for our annual trip together!

My goals for this Cape May 2011 trip include:
-The Ghost tour (which we never have time to do)
-"Jaws" on the beach (movie on the beach which we never do)
-Visit the store Whiskers which is in a new location
-Eat at Harpoon Henry's for the first time (see post below)
-Eat at The Beach House (which used to be Henry's on the Beach, until it closed - but the brother restaraunt Harpoon Henry's is open still)
-Eat at Y.B. Eat Place (run by the poeple who own George's which is delicious)
-Buy a bath bomb at A Place on Earth and use that in the tub
-See Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 on/around/after 7/15/11. I started the last HP book there, and it only seems right to end the movie there!

So 14 days away from my favorite time of the year. Stay tuned for more posts.

xo, capemaychick

Deconstruction of my favorite town

New year, new beginnings. Cape May is renovating much of the town to attract more tourists. Although, the locals are becoming angered, businesses are going out of business and I'm starting to worry what Cape May will be like in a few years.


A small town can only take so many changes. When the convention center was condemned it seemed like the worst thing possible. And it was awful; renovation was merely a word that couldn't begin to be fathomed until the money was collected/decided on to rebuild the hall.

But a little further back in time, before the condemning of the hall, was a cute little shop by the name of Rickers. It was your average beach merchandise store. Cape May items you could buy with your name on them, shells, buckets, bathing suits, and toe rings - a general plethora of a young kid's store paradise. In an article in the Cape May Magazine featured in August 2010, the three times CM mayor, Robert W. Ewell Sr. was a frequent shopping of Rickers back in his day.

"The next stop on the west corner of the complex was Dan Rickers, and the store was called just that – Rickers. Mr. Rickers sold Cape May diamonds, knick knacks, souvenirs, post cards, shells, and much more."

But like any beach store, finance was tough and only the summer brought in the money. For the rest of the year, the store would close along with many others on the boardwalk and throughout the small town. But sometimes, money is a tough burden. I don't remember exactly when Rickers closed, but from this article written in 2007, it sounds like the store closed in 2006, which sounds about right.

So Rickers was closed as of 2006. In 2007 the Beach Theatre sitting across from the Boardwalk closed. And not long after in spring 2008, the convention hall was condemned. Strike three for our poor boardwalk. Fast forward to the summer of 2010. No Rickers, no movies, no convention hall and now no Tisha's Dining or the Oasis. Few shops on the boardwalk are left. Now the Surf Shack has no competition with the Oasis - which is thoroughly missed.


And then came the whopper, or at least for my family. December of 2010, Henry's on the Beach Restaurant closed. 13 years of business with Henry's head held high, ended because of the downfall on the boardwalk. Without steady income of foot traffic, the Boardwalk and surroundings are started to decline.


I have to wonder, what's next? Will Morrow's Nut House close? Fudge Kitchen? The clothing stores or surf shop close? How long will the arcade be able to function? It just seems like the oceanfront is losing its classic touch and that's frightening. I'll always love the town for what it is or was, but the future seems unsure.

Back to School Blues

So I was thinking today, on September 20 (today is the 14th), will me 11 months since my Grandfather Lester Shubin died. I have come to the understanding that the pain wears away after a while, and it has. For months, all I could think about was Grandpa. Especially if I was feeling down. Not a day went by that I didn't. I still think about him almost every day, but small things like, I wish I could've shown this or that to him.

Like today in sociology when we were talking about when people are socially margained for their looks or appearance. My teacher's example was someone being born without a limb. I thought of Grandpa and his two amputated legs. I was eventually able to adjust. I remember staring at people like that in public, feeling so bad for them and not being able to look away. And with grandpa, it didn't matter because I loved him, legs or no legs. The first time you see it, it's a shock and people are surprised to see or hear about it. I just got used to it, it was so hard to cope with when I first learned about his amputations. It was middle school, so I was around 13-14 years old. At first he just had a few toes amputated, then it was a leg. And then the other. I don't remember what it was like seeing it for the first time. I just know that I did get used to it, as hard as it was to imagine going through life without my legs. I used to be really closed about his amputations, but now I feel more open about them. It's life, it happened, he was able to cope so I should be able to too. I will always think of him when I see other amputees. My staring at them, is not because they have something missing, but because it reminds me of Grandpa.

Yes, these things do make me sad, but I'm glad I got the reminder that he'll always live on inside of me.

His 85th birthday would've been September 27th. And November 20, 2010 will mark the year anniversary of his death. I think the end of the year from Sept to Dec will always be sad. September for his birthday, November for his death, veterans day, and Thanksgiving. And then December for Hanukkah and my brother and I's birthdays.

I haven't been back to the cemetary he is burried in, since his funeral. I think his funeral was on November 30th. Honestly, the end of that month was such a blurr. I barely remember anything, other than the comfort my family recieved. Many sympathy cards, articles from websites & newspapers remind me of him daily. All of those are carefully stored away in a colorful box of mine. Time to time I will take a moment to look at them, and...well, bask in my misery. I can't be happy all the time, can I?

I do really want to go back to visit his grave. I know it will evoke emotion for my mom and I. I don't know about my dad, brother and grandma. I do expect myself to cry and probably everyone else. I mean, tears are buliding up in my eyes as I am writing this. It will be coming to terms with what my brain has been denying for a year. My grandpa is gone and I will never see him again. I just can't get my head around that. I remember the morning after the night he died. I slept in my parents room because my grandma slept in my bed. I tossed and turned all night, I probably had around 3 hours of sleep. I wasn't able to read or anything. I finally decided around 6:30am to be constructive and watch a movie on my iPod. After that, I heard my grandma up and washing. So I went downstairs and helped make us breakfast. And for some GODFORSAKEN REASON I was playing farmville. Which seems totally ridiculous and disrespectful to my dead grandfather. But I was addicted, and now I'm totally free of that monsterous game.

I do plan on writing a word doc of everything that happened the day of and following his death, for my personal records. Maybe my blog publishing or on Teen Ink. But definetly for my own satisfaction. Sigh...

I think I will call my grandma.

Travel to home

I am finally home. It's sad really. I mean, when I'm in Cape May it takes a few days to adjust to being there, but I came home and was fine right away.

Saturday 7/24
Woke up this morning around 9am. Had to get out of the house by 10, so it was chaotic getting dressed and packing up the last few things. And it was HAWT outside. We were out of the house by a quarter of 10 and we went to the rental place to drop the keys off. After doing that, we drove back to the street to give cookies to our neighbors. I noticed the mail lady outside and saw that she had just put a letter in our mailbox. It was from Betty and it came in the nick of time!

We set off to eat brunch at George's. I had banana french toast again, it was good. After George's we went into one of the stores next to them and I got this really cool, blue, sparkly watch. We got in the car and drove back to our street because I had some more cookies to deliver. We gave them to our other neighbor, Barbara and went inside her house for a few minutes to talk and pet her kitty. After leaving her house we set off to catch our 1pm ferry.

We got there around 12:30pm. We went inside to use the bathrooms when the announcement came that we needed to return to our cars. So I didn't have enough time to go to the bathroom, bahaha. We loaded the ferry and headed up. We sat inside the whole ride. After relieving myself :) (haha, you really needed to know that) I bought a postcard to write back to Betty on. The ride was pretty smooth. A little rocky. I read my book most of the way. We got to Delaware around 2:30pm. After getting off and driving for about a half and hour, we ended up getting lost.

After getting back onto track, we stopped once to go to the bathroom and we stopped twice at two different antique stores. I got a really cute flower pEn and a seagull pIn. I slept most of the way to the restaurant, Holly's. I had the fried chicken special and a vanilla milkshake. Yum, nothing better than homemade fried chicken and homemade milkshake! I want some more just thinkin' about it.

After leaving I fell asleep basically until we got home. We came inside about 9:30 pm and saw our kitties. Goodness we missed them so much! After seeing them, putting the leftovers into the fridge we set up to take off the roof rack. After doing that, dad moved the car into the garage where we proceeded to unpack the rest of the car. I was in showered and in my own bed by 11:30pm - I was shocked. I wouldn't have been in bed that early if I was still in Cape May! I didn't fall asleep until 1 am, but that was STILL earlier than CM.

So now it is a little after noon on Sunday the 25th. I brought my suitcase in this morning to get soem clothes to wear. We have so many things to unpack and find places for. Of course, I can't really unpack anything since hopefully soon we'll start renovating my room. We're going out to brunch at the bagel place and to the antique show. For dinner we're going to the mall at Todai.

Thanks to everyone for following my blog! Since I'm done with vacation, I still have a few more posts I'd like to talk about Cape May. I want to discuss the house we might buy as well. And maybe I'll photograph some of the jewelry I bought and put pictures up here for any interested parties!

xo, capemaychick

Home, tomorrow? It's uncanny.

I can't believe how fast these two weeks have flown by. I am sitting in my room, bags mostly packed and a few random pits scattered on my desk. I donwannagohome.

This morning I woke up at 11:50 am, THANK YOU MOM! Ugh. Not a good start to the day! I came downstairs, and had lunch. My leftover burrito, some chips and easy mac. I came upstairs to start packing. I was worried not all my things were going to fit in my suit case. I have about two bags of fragile and meltable stuff that I didn't want to put in my suitcase.

I watched True Beauty the whole time I was packing. Almost done with the second season. By the time I was finished packing it was about 2pm. I came downstairs and read for a little. I started my new book: Kristin Chenoweth's biography. I had listened to a little of the audio tape so I recognized some of the book. Around3:15pm my cousin Jenn came and we talked to her for about 20 minutes before she left.

Then we headed to the mall around 4pm. On the way, we ran into our friend Harry who has a ton of cats. We met a few of his cats: Herbert and Woody, and saw a few we had already met, Miss Pearl, Lotta and Goldie. We talked to him for about an hour before heading to the mall. There, we got some soap store things and the last few bouts of presents. We also got Mike these explodey things. We headed home around 6.

We had a smoothie snack (so yummy) and then I watched the finale of True Beauty. We left to go have dinner at Henry's. It was soo busy. I had the crabcake sandwich. We saw the beach kitties - fed them some fried fish :)

After dinner we walked to our friend Tina's Spirit Catcher Photography shop. There we got I think 5 picturs as well as getting to pet an adorable 12 week old kitten! We then walked to the arcade, I had mint chocolate chip ice cream while Michael and mom played the last mini golf game. Now I am home and it's already after 11pm. I need to shower and clean the bathroom, as well as pack my shells, odds & ends plus my entire bathroom kit. Ugh.

Tomorrow we will get up in time to be out of the house by 10am. We'll have brunch at George's and pick up the last picture we have on hold at Tina's (she was framing it overnight). Then we'll head to the 1pm ferry. We'll probably look around in the terminal - too hot to stay in the car, it's supposed to be 105 F! I can't believe vacation's over. I looked forward to it for so long, and it was so sweet but short. Hopefully we'll be up sooner than next summer to look at the house or sign papers for it! After I'm home I'll post a blog explaining those deets :)

To my last night here!

xo, capemaychick

Last Thursday!

Today I woke up around 11 even though my alarm had been going off. My mom told me I better hurry up so we would have enough time to get to George's for breakfast before they stopped serving it. We got up, took a while but finally got out of the house and drove there. We parked around the corner and walked there. I had the banana french toast again - too good for words.

After going to George's, we came home and dropped my brother & the leftovers off. Then we headed out to go to a few stores - no one bought anything (I think). And then we went into CVS where we got more water bottles, toilet paper and I printed pictures so I would be able to work on my scrapbook.

We came home and I read, then watched True Beauty on Hulu while scrapbooking. I did about 5 or 6 pages worth! Then I finished the episode of TB I was watching and head down to meet my mom and brother at the beach. It was a long, hot walk & I was sticky from my sun tan lotion. I got there and we sat relatively close to the water. So a huge wave came and the water rushed towards us and my butt got really wet and I wasn't happy. Yes I know, being wet is part of being at the beach. But it got my clothes wet over my bathing suit.

Then my brother left the beach and it was just my mom and I. We set off for a shell walk. We walked a long way down the beach. Some trek! Death march, dare I say? But the shells we found made up for it. I found some swirly mooney shells, some cool pieces of conches and about 9 pieces of beach glass, 1 white, 4 green, 1 aqua & 4 brown.

We came home, showered and had the BEST dinner from Big Wave Burrito which opened recently. I would say their burrito was better than Chilpotle. So delicious - glad I have lunch leftovers (if it doesn't become my midnight snack - which it is 12:15am...hmm). And then mom, dad and I left for the mall.

There I got this gorgeous beach glass with a pearl necklace. That was my last big purchase. My parents let me get a ring, but not any ring. I found the stone for it on the beach (Cape May diamond - rocks that when polished are like diamonds) and ordered the ring. Anyways. We went into a few shops for presents and such. Came home and had fudge on the front porch and now thinking about going to bed. We have to live up our last day tomorrow!

xo, capemaychick

Kind of a boring & hot day

Today I woke up at 10:30 am. I went downstairs and had mini spooners for breakfast along with a bisquit. Yum. I came back upstairs and watched the Teen Mom I had missed from the other day. After that I just kind of chilled and worked on my scrapbook. My stomach kind of just hurt, I think I'm really overtired from just being so much more active here than I am at home. I decided that I'm really going to try to keep up with my walking at home, since I walked so much here. Of course here I was walking to somewhere good!

Around 2 we set off to Wildwood to pick up Michael's sweatshirt from the embroidery place. There I got a pair of really cute Vera Bradley flip flops on sale for $16.50! Such a good deal. Almost 50% off. We went to the Ravioli house to pick up some ravioli to make for dinner. We came home and I sat on the porch with my parents. We were discussing this houes that we might offer on. I really hope that we can buy it! That's another post story...it's really long.

I delivered cookies to our next door neighbors with my mom and dad, and then to my neighbor Denise from across the street. I sat with her and talked for a while. Then I came home and was really influenced to write my Cape May vacation article, after talking to Denise. If I haven't mentioned this before, I may be writing an article for the CM newspaper: The Cape May Star and Wave! Nothing is definite now, but I met with the managing editor and hopefully I'll be an officially published author!

After watching some True Beauty on Hulu (another trash reality show I love), we had our ravioli dinner. It was really good. Then we left to go to the mall. I got a few postcards. I came home, had a huge glass of water & dessert. Now I'm watching some TV and going to bed. I can't believe my vacation is almost over!

xo, capemaychick

PS - The thought of possibly, seriously considering buying a house here does make it much easier to leave :) Check out the house: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5-Swan-Avenue_Cape-May_NJ_08204_1116431356?source=hp

Good Bye Malia!

Today was Malia's last day. We got up around 10:30 am and had breakfast. Mini Spooners, aka mini frosted wheats. We came back upstairs to watch some more of 16 & pregnant - can't get enough of hicky pregnant teenagers! I uploaded pictures onto Facebook.

We came back down for lunch and I had an egg salad sandwich that I made. It was really good. We set off to bake 2 WHOLE batches of cookies. There was so much (delicious) cookie dough that we used, there was even leftovers. There are so many cookies downstairs on the dining room table. Malia's mom came around 3 as the last batch of cookies were baking (they went on their next roadtrip with some). We talked to Malia's mom on the front porch for probably 20 minutes before they left.

After Malia left, I read my book and finished it. The Au Pairs by Melissa de la Cruz. It was very good! I can't wait to read the next ones. Unfortunately they didn't have them in the bookstore here in CM. So I really was in the urge to shop, so I set off for the mall.

At Whiskers, I got a present for my friend Shelly, and a little glass duck for me. Next I went to A Place on Earth Soap shop and got each my mom and I some soap scrub, a bar of soap for myself and a present for my friend Lindsay. Next I went into the Great White Shark and got a sweatshirt that says Cape May. It has no hood on it and has the hollister bird (but it's facing the other way so they don't get sued). Next I went into the Love the Cook store and bought these cute little quarter holders there for me, my mom, brother and cousin Jenn.

After those expeditions I went into this other soap store, Bath Time, and got this really cool shell mirror for my room. And I also got this Wild Pear scented shave gel that they make there. And then I went into Whale's Tale and bought these freshwater pearl earrings that were champagne pink. They were gorgeous, made in Cape May and only $16 dollars! A pure bargain! And lastly I went into Across the Way to finish Lindsay's gift. I still have a few more friends to get gifts for, and I'm sure I have more shopping to do.

When I got home I was completely drenched in sweat. I hopped into the shower and used my new shaving gel. After showering I went downstairs and started reading my new book, The Oracle of Dating. It's pretty good so far. After that I walked to Henry's (a restaurant) with my family. We saw so many cats that live in the sand underneath the restaurant! I had a fried fish sandwich with mashed potatoes (to die for) and some salad. I even gave some of the sandwich to my kitty friends.

Next we headed into the arcade for some MAJOR skee ball and slot game playing. It was fun. I think my highest score was 290 or 300. I gave all my tickets and coins to my brother, Mike. Such a good older sister! After the arcade we got ice cream custard at Rita's. Then we came home and Jenn chilled with my family on the porch. She gave me a belated sweet sixteen gift - a generous giftcard to Amazon (already spent some on 3 books!) and an awesome Vera Bradley Cupcake pink wallet! I was looking for a cute wallet! SO exciting!

That's all for tonight. Probably beach tomorrow if it's not raining!
xo, capemaychick

Photo booths & lightning

Ugh, it was so hard to get up this morning. I didn't get up until about 11:30 am even though my alarm went off at 9:55am! After getting up, my mom told me to check the mailbox. I had letters from Shelly, Kelsey and my grandma Genie! It was so exciting. Malia and I ate breakfast - yummy bagel sandwiches and then went back upstairs.

We watched 16 & pregnant on my laptop while I wrote back to all my friends. Then we left for the post office mailboxes. On the way we saw a lot of cats! I think 5. I wrote back to everyone who wrote me, as well as my cousins Karen & Rick. We got home and debated what to do next. My parents came home from this barn flea market they went to and were drenched in sweat. Ew. So we decided that since it wasn't that hot, we would head to the beach. It was already 4 pm by then.

We were on the beach for about 3 hours until 7:10pm that we decided to come home. The sand and surf was so nice. See picture! We left, came home and cleaned ourselves up. We ate sandwiches from Zoe's Beachfront Eatery. Then we left to go shopping. On the boardwalk we took pictures in the cool photobooths. I'll have to scan them into the computer when I'm home. Then Malia got a cool paint splattered Cape May sweatshirt. We walked to the mall and I got the peace in different languages boxers that I wanted to get.

The sky was like, lighting up from lightning. Then it started thundering. After we came home, we had some fudge, looked at the shells my mom and I had found and then watched some Malcolm in the Middle. Now I'm going to wash up and get into bed. I'm reading a really good book; Au Pairs by Melissa de la Cruz. Tomorow is Maleelee's last day :( bumms haha.

xo, capemaychick

Typical lazy Sunday

Today we woke up late again. I had oatmeal for breakfast again. I made it too sugary. We went out on the porch to see how hot it was. It was very hot, haha. We discussed when we wanted to go to the beach because 11am-3pm is the hottest part of the day.

Since it was only 2 and we wanted to wait to go to the beach, we decided to finish baking the cookies. They actually came out perfectly. We went upstairs and were on the computer and watched some Teen Mom on MTV. Then we got dressed to go to the beach. The beach was really hot, so we decided to go into the water. But it was breaking way too close to the shore, so I really didn't want to go in. So we just sat on our chairs and went into the water when we got hot.

We decided to head home around 6 pm. We wanted to get cool drinks from the surfshack. I got a lime slushee and Malia got a black and white milkshake. We came home to get dressed and cleaned up. I hate how wearing suntan lotion makes you all sweaty and stinky and STICKY. So after showering, Malia french braided my hair while we watched more Teen Mom on MTV.

We then left to go to shopping! At Tradewinds, I got a little evil eye pin and a cat dish. Then we went into a whole bunch of stores on the mall where Malia finally got her desired pair of sweat pants, and these really cool boxers that say peace in a whole bunch of different languages. I might get a pair. After that, we came home and had dinner at like 10 pm. Hotdogs and chips. It was pretty nice. After that we just chilled, watched TV and then came upstairs to get ready for bed. I didn't fall asleep til about 2 am, tomorrow we're going to bed early!

More beach fun tomorrow.
xo, capemaychick

Cookies & Swimming

Today was another 'lax day. We got up around 11 (well Maleelee got up at 10, sheesh) and had hot dogs for BREAKFAST. Hey... you either have to eat lunch or breakfast, so we chose lunch. After that we kinda just hung out upstairs and read/watched tv/painted toes.

Around 3 we baked homemade cookies and they were delicious. We're going to make some more with our left over cookie dough tomorrow. After the cookies were made, we decided to head up to the beach!

It was really stinkin' hot on the beach. Yuck. So we decided to cool off by going in the water. It was rough, but really fun! We had a great time. We came home and showered. How I LOVE the outdoor shower.

We came back inside and chilled, blasted some Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. We ate dinner at 9pm and then left to do mini golf. Apparently, Mike came in first, Malia second and me last. But I honestly don't trust Mike's math skills. Or lack thereof, :)

That was pretty much it. Came home and had our nightly dose of Malcolm ITMIddle. Bed now. More fun tomorrow. Can't believe the week is almost over!

xo, capemaychick

Ocean City!

Today we got up around 11:20 am. So late, but we went to bed late. We went downstairs and had breakfast. One half a bagel with creamcheese (breakfast bagel) and one half with turkey and bologna (lunch bagel). We came back upstairs and I got dressed while watching tv on my iPod.

So then my dad and I left to go meet Christopher South, who is the managing editor on the Cape May Star and Wave Newspaper. We talked to him for a good hour. It was really interesting to see how he runs the paper. There were many things I see in common with my school newspaper. I think meeting him was a great experience, and I'm going to get to write a guest article for the paper! so that will be spectacular.

So after that I came home and Malia and I just hung out and watched Malcolm in the Middle and had some lunch. Then while I was painting my toes, my neighbor Barbara came over. She invited Malia and I to come over and visit with her and her cat, Bogart. He was so sweet, he sat in my lap! I'll take pictures of him the next time I am over.

After visiting with Barbara, we came home and got ready to leave for Ocean City. We left a little after 6pm and got to Ocean City a little before 7 pm. It was a nice drive. We met up with my cousins, Carol, Walt and Scott. My mom, dad and brother had dinner with them while Malia and I ventured off into the vast unknown that is the Ocean City Boardwalk. We ate at a place called Litterer's. I had pork roll and Malia had a cheeseburger. Not great, but satisfying. Then we went shopping! We went into a ton of stores.

We finally got to the one store that I really wanted to shop in, Terry Ivory. It's this great little jewelry store. Anyway, we spent at least an hour if not more time in there. I ended up getting this cute cord bracelet with three charms; an I <3 my cat, New Jersey and an anchor charm. Very cute. After that Malia and I had a funnel cake. It was the best funnel cake I have EVER had.

Then we went into a few stores. I got these really cute wishbone earrings for like, 2 dollars. Then we loaded up in the car to go home. On the way home, we decided to detour through Wildwood to look at the old neon signs. It was very cool. We even stopped on the front of the WW boardwalk to take pictures w/ the Wildwood sign and beach balls. We got home around 1, I showered and went to bed around two. Exhausting but fun day. Tomorrow we will bake homemade cookies and go to the beach! And get fudge and puttputt!

xo, capemaychick

Maleelee is hurr

Finally got up around 11:30 am this morning. Had some oatmeal ad nachitos (Acme brand of doritos!). I checked my internet and then watched TV. Had some easy mac and got ready to leave. We left around 1 pm to go antiquing. Mom and dad got a cat statue and I got some cool Atlantic city dice. Then we went to another store but no one got anything. We drove by the Cape May Star and Wave Newspaper office - I have a meeting there tomorrow with one of the editors to discuss writing a story for their paper.

We got Malia from the ferry around 3:30 pm. We came home and Malia and I settled in. Then we headed to the beach. We got black and white milkshakes and then sat down on the beach. It was really hot. So we decided to go in the water a little bit, even though the lifeguards had left. We saw a ton of dolphins!

Then we came home, showered and ate a really good dinner of lobster macaroni, scallops, fish sticks, bread, etc. Then Malia and I headed to the mall to check out the shoppin'. I got coconut ice body scrub from a place on earth. IT was so good. I got some perfume at Bath Time. It's so cool, they make all the perfumes there and you get to pick a bottle, and then a perfume. I chose white tea, and I absolutely love it. It's small, light and very feminine. I got some anchor earrings. And then I finally got this gorgeous shell necklace with pretty blue beads and I had my eye on it for a long time. I couldn't stand waiting for it, so I bought it. We got some fudge, came home and watched Malcolm in the Middle. Didn't get to bed about 2 am. Tomorrow we're going to Ocean City!

xo, capemaychick

July 14 - Wednesday

Woke up this morning feeling a little bit better cold wise. I made some oatmeal and burnt my hand really badly. So then after ICING it for like 20 minutes, I read my book and finished it. It was really good. Then I went to the post office with my mom and came back and had lunch. We took our annual step pictures with the Keenans. Then we left for the beach. We saw a lot of dolphins.

Then it began to rain and I had no desire to sit there while it poured, so after being on the beach for a grand total of about 15 minutes, I packed up and left. I was so tired when I got home, I read some of my magazines and watched tv. Totally crashed.

We ate cheeseteaks and curly fries on the front porch while it drizzled. I walked to Rita's to get vanilla custard - soo good but really rich. I couldn't finish it. Then I walked all the way to George's and stopped in shops along the way. I also walked to the mall and only got taffy. Bad shopping, I've gotten practically everything I wanted! I came home around 10 and hung out with Mary and Ally for a little bit while they packed, so I could say goodbye.

Can't wait to see Malia tomorrow for the first time in a year!

xo, capemaychick