Staycations

Staycations

We’ve been doing this for several years, even before it became all “trendy” for saving money. We had the entire family to our house in Detroit for 10 days one summer. Casey, Mike & Ashlyn stayed in the camper in our back yard, Dad got the guest room. We hung out, swam in our pool, played cards, drank, bbq’d, went to the Toledo Zoo, Casey and I scrapbooked, Mike and Steve played World of Warcraft, and did pretty much everything we would have done at an actual campground. All this without the hefty price tag.

We’ve had two of these type of vacations here in NC with my family. They are awsome, we cook our own food, play the Wii, watch movies, play cornhole, cards, and usually go on at least one outing. Last time we did an afternoon of bowling, a night at the bar when my band played, and then some karaoke.

Steve rarely has time off when we’re not traveling to MI. He rarely gets time off at all, as a matter of fact. He has had this week off, and we have had our own mini staycation. We have layed out in the sun, slept in, done some shopping, went to a movie, cooked together, worked out, and it has been so fun. He has two more days off. Tomorrow we are going hiking, and hopefully the beach where we are going will be open. If not, that’s cool, we’ll just come home and enjoy our beautiful back yard.

We’re finding that it doesn’t matter where you vacation, but how you make use of your time where ever you are. We’re finding such joy in the simplest things. We’ve talked & laughed more in the past few days than we have in a long time. Sure, I’d love to go to the outer banks, or some exotic destination, but the result would have been the same. We would have spent some much needed quality time, only the scenery would be different.

I never get tired of hanging out with Steve. He’s not just my husband. He’s also my boyfriend, my buddy, my best friend, my confidant, my workout partner, the pool boy (no we don’t have a pool anymore but that doesn’t matter), my cabana boy, pizza delivery man, milk man, mail man, gardener, lawn boy… basically my everything. I love him, and I love this wonderful time we have had this week. I am so looking forward to the rest of our staycation. There really is no place like home =) Why go to paradise when you already live there?