An Unplanned Day of Sloth

We were all set to go hiking around the lake here at Cliffs of the Neuce State Park yesterday. The plan was to do our grocery shopping after the hike. When we left the kitties, they were snoozed out in their usual morning positions. Smitty likes to sleep in a pile...all legs and tail.

Sadie is more of a nester.

Sadly, when we stepped outside, it started raining. We hadn't really expected rain until afternoon, and so that was a bit of a disappointment. We didn't really want to do our grocery shopping in wet clothes, and so we were easily persuaded to bag the hike and do our grocery shopping first. We're weenies like that. And when we got back to the trailer, the kitties were still in their same positions.

Even after the groceries were put away, the rain didn't abate, and it rained pretty much all day. We decided a day of sloth was in order. Who's with us on that?

So that left more time for blog reading and I discovered this challenge:

And, hey...I blog nearly every day anyway, so what the heck? So I fired off an email to join in the fun. You can see all the bloggers participating right here. There's no penalty if you miss a day, and I'll keep up my daily posts as long as I have an internet connection.

Also, I spent some time stitching on Earlene. She's coming along. Her hair is finished, and that's always the most tedious part on the bag ladies...oh yes, and the polka dots. More polka dots on Earlene, but not as many as some of the other ladies. I'll leave her buttons unstitched this time. I have some little mini buttons at home to sew on her coat.

If you're stitching along with us, know that the November linky party is live now, and you have a day or two more to link up.

The party's in full swing right here.

As for the rest of the day, I didn't even have to cook. We had two more of our lobster mac and cheese ramekins to eat for dinner. With no other cooking required, it seemed like a good day to make this dessert I've been eyeing: Fudge Brownie Pots for Two. I've linked to the recipe there...these were so good. A few days ago I was getting a yen to bake something, and so I was on the hunt for a recipe that only used ingredients I already had on hand. I forget why I didn't try it that very day, but something got in the way. It's been on my mind ever since, and so yesterday seemed like a good time to give it a try.

It smelled so good as I was mixing it up...definitely like brownies...and what could be better than that? It's a good RV recipe because it can be mixed without dragging out a lot of equipment or bowls and it baked in the dish we ate it from, so it didn't dirty a lot of dishes either. We ate it hot from the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The ice cream melted into the chocolate and set the world to right.

Here is my one word for this dessert: Yum.

Okay, so we're on the move again today. We'll be leaving North Carolina for the last time today, heading to the South Carolina coast. We have reservations in two different South Carolina state parks for the next 7 nights, and I'll tell you more as we go.

On our agenda is a stop off at the Camping World in Myrtle Beach to pick up some supplies, and that just happens to be on the way to our final destination of Huntington Beach State Park. From there, we'll head to another state park close to Charleston. We're told Charleston is worth a look, and there are also several lighthouses close by. After that, we'll be heading for Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta boasts the largest aquarium in the world, and we love a good aquarium. That's definitely on the list. Also, we need a place to receive some mail, and so we'll stay somewhere near Atlanta for several days next week and figure out what else to do from there.

As always, internet access is up in the air when we stay in a state park. If you don't hear from me for a few days, it'll be because I don't have wi-fi or cell signal. Fingers crossed for one or the other.