We’re pretty sure the sun is hovering closer to the earth. Or at least the south. And it’s a big secret they’re keeping from us. NASA and other important people {I have no idea about because I design and then write about my designs for a living, so I’d totally be irrelevant and the first to go in the new world order} are in cahoots, in some strange underground society.
Cue the conspiracy theories and other impending traumatic events, like the collapse of earth and the zombie apocalypse and the grocery store running out of milk and bread. Because if you live anywhere near our neck of the woods, you know there’s a heatwave in town. A heatwave so hot, that your husband goes outside to mow the lawn. And when you don’t hear from him in a while, you check to make sure he hasn’t passed out… or evaporated completely into a mist of nothingness in the back yard…
Only to find him dressed like Moses {thanks, arctic cove} playing with the pups.
We’re no wimps on this topic. Quite the opposite. We’re actually hardcore, because we were raised in it, these 104 degree temps complicated by a debilitating humidity capable of impeding all human progress. My parents sent me to a summer camp that had absolutely no air-conditioning. It’s like those Russian spy things you see on TV, where they start the girls young so they can throw knives and do somersaults that stress me out because I can’t even do a cartwheel, except with the heat. And the south. And absolutely no ninja-like life skills to save you apart from being able to withstand extreme instances of heat. We were conditioned that way; we played in the heat all hours of the day, so we’re basically the human form of cockroaches. If an asteroid hits the earth, we will withstand it with the sheer ability in our core. It’s our super power.
Winter, however is another thing, bless it. If you want to see a real apocalypse, come to the south when it snows. Good times.
We ventured to the beach earlier this summer, and have decided it’s time to go back. We need that ocean breeze. There’s something about it that’s healing and therapeutic and all the good things in life. So Monday, we went for a little day trip of sorts.
It wasn’t that kind of beach trip. I basically just needed an excuse to make you look at my cute beach pics again. Because while still fun to escape for a short bit, the mermaids will have to wait in the wings. We made it all in a day, because fevers and ear infections and all things fun parenting that caused us to head back a little sooner than planned…
We were able to have a quick glance at The Cottage on Mexico Beach, {cue dorky selfies} and after stopping at a quick lunch spot, we got to work.
And this is the part where I ask the question you may have seen popping up everywhere: Are you on Periscope yet? Cue the exasperated reactions – It’s the kind of app I roll my eyes at, and sigh heavily when someone mentions it because aintnobodygottimeforthat. “I mean, give it a rest, y’all.” {Sometimes I respond in a self important way to app developers that live in California. They would probably say the same thing about our website.} But then I changed my mind and caved to peer pressure, even though Jamin keeps pulling mean girls.
It’s actually a blast to connect with people and watch what they’re seeing, live (or on replay). It’s a whole different dimension of interactive social media. Even though, as a whole, I still make a cross and hiss at it, a-la garden stools, too. Yet here I am. The ultimate contradicting perpetuator. Wheeeee!
So while at the beach cottage, we took measurements, photographs, and decided to do a quick video tour to get a better look at the place, because why not? Brace yourselves. I have shaky hand probs, and I was trying to make it fast so as not to bore anyone to death. See me, in fast motion. But we thought it would be fun to show you guys in person how much fun this place is going to be. And how much fun the app is. That, and you get to hear our voices in real life. So scaries.
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And since I persuaded Jamin to {reluctantly} play along, we’re doing a live Q+A next Monday night {27th} at 8:00 CST – While we’ll have other things up before that, we’re planning ahead if you wanna catch it… we’d love to see you there! We promise not to go in fast motion. Or shake the camera. At least we’ll try really hard.
If you’d like to follow along, just download the periscope app, and it will alert you if you follow… or look on your computer screen-you can find us by searching @handmade_home, and it automatically links through our twitter when we go live, too. You can go ahead and email us some questions (we have a few waiting in the wings) or ask them right then and there.
We can’t wait to talk about anything from where we plan to settle next, to where we got a rug or a paint color or what our favorite food is or yours, or how we homeschool or anything… We have a feeling you guys can keep us on our toes, and we’d love to hear your take on things, too!
Are you on Periscope? We can’t wait to share more fun ideas for the beach cottage and connect with you. We really hope to see you there – it’s gonna be fun! Have an inspired day!
Janet says
This is hilarious and oh so true! Love the video- you’re adorable!
Anna says
This is perfect! Love the mean girls reference. We are from Ohio so the snow part is hilarious. Going to find you now!
Angela says
You’re summer heat references have me rolling. People just don’t understand unless they live here. One of my guy friends from college(In NJ) was coming to my outside in June wedding(I know we are are dumb), and he said he was going to wear his vintage wool suit. Well no matter how many times I told him how hot it would be he still wore that damn suit and nearly passed out from heat exhaustion. He thought I was exaggerating the humidity level!
Jennifer says
You guys crack me up! Thank you for the laughs today. My very favorite!
Liz says
Be VERY careful; there is asbestos in many popcorn ceilings.
ashley @ the handmade home says
Thanks, Liz! We definitely plan on looking into all of that.