Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Beachfront Bargain Hunt

I've never been much a TV watcher, but when the temperatures are in the single digits, it's dark at 5:30 p.m., and the streets in our neighborhood are a sheet of ice, it's all too tempting to just spend the evening in front of the fireplace with a warm Labrador retriever in my lap watching mindless TV shows on HGTV and DIY:


Sometimes we do more napping than TV watching:


Although my all-time favorite show is Addicted to Rehab--I love Nicole Curtis and her determination to rescue old houses and use every last board, window, and cabinet she can find on the property--I have to admit that I have a new cold-weather addiction:  Beachfront Bargain Hunt.

Each half-hour episode takes me away from the ice- and snow-encrusted northeast to a sunny beach with beautiful water views and endless expanses of sand.

Bliss.  

My apologies to those of you who love snowboarding and skiing, snow-covered mountains and evergreens draped in white.  There is no beauty in any of that for me.

So until I can get back to this--my own "beachfront bargain"....



I'll keep watching other people get excited about finding their own little piece of paradise at the beach.



How many days until spring and my buddy and I can get back to our favorite place?



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7 comments:

  1. SchaughnJanuary 28, 2014 at 10:26 AM

    I cannot tell you how often I come to your blog and go through your cottage pictures. I know it took a lot of work to get it to where it is, but I've been dreaming of a similar place for years. Your place makes me smile, as I suspect it does you, too.

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  2. catpal52January 28, 2014 at 10:32 AM

    It totally makes me smile, and I love hearing that from other people. It was a lot of work, but in the end it was all worth it. I still find it hard to believe that we have a place like that, and it actually belongs to us--with no mortgage! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I feel like I need a "fix" of cottage pictures right now myself!

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  3. SchaughnJanuary 28, 2014 at 10:55 AM

    I have seed catalogues at home that I've been poring over. I understand completely!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 31, 2014 at 5:57 AM

    I love the last picture the most! Such joy on that dog's face. We're addicted to Addicted to Rehab, too. And spring's coming. All our bulbs are coming up already!

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  5. catpal52January 31, 2014 at 7:21 AM

    She is so happy at the beach! Last night I mentioned the word "beach" in talking with my husband, and she started jumping around and looking at me like "when are we going? Now?" I wish.... But yes, spring is coming, I keep telling myself....

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  6. RitaFebruary 10, 2014 at 8:02 AM

    Just realized that the computer was signed into my daughter's account when I left my comment! (Grace Ramstad is actually me, Rita.)

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  7. catpal52February 10, 2014 at 8:05 AM

    Haha, Rita, I did figure that out! I think winter is making us all lose our minds this year :-)

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