{"id":379556,"date":"2013-06-23T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/23\/sex-on-the-beach\/"},"modified":"2013-06-23T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T12:55:00","slug":"sex-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/23\/sex-on-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex on the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Drinks.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Drinks-300x164.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/annahelizabeth.comour-roots\/\"><span style=\"color: #ea9999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Hubby and I celebrated our twenty-fourth wedding anniversary this past week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I had Sex on the Beach for the first time in my life.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Warren wishes it were hot, steamy, new love kind of sex in the sand.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: \"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I kind of liked the cool, refreshing and fruity flavor of this aptly named legal beverage.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Sex-on-the-Beach-June-23-252C-2013.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Sex-on-the-Beach-June-23-252C-2013-274x300.jpg\" width=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The evening produced the same balmy breeze we find at the ocean.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">But there, from the restaurant\u2019s second story terrace, we didn\u2019t have to worry about salt grime and grit in all the wrong places.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This lovely fountain gave us the enchanting sounds of water<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Fountain.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Fountain-225x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">   <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The scallops in my creamy scallop pasta couldn\u2019t have been more succulent<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Creamy-Scallop-Pasta.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Creamy-Scallop-Pasta-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">   <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Warren\u2019s Beer B Q was definitely a man\u2019s version of culinary genius.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Beer-BQ.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Beer-BQ-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">   <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">All that Happy happened on Monday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">By the time Friday came, I was near a joyful delirium for one very special reason.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/school-2527s-out-255B1-255D.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/school-2527s-out-255B1-255D-300x173.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\">\ufeff<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">   <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">As if that weren\u2019t enough to make my heart skip a few good kind of beats, we are on another little weekend getaway.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s a grand soccer tournament weekend for Big Guy\u2019s team, some four hours from home.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">After yesterday\u2019s rounds of games, the families gathered in the lobby for a feast.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The kids all gathered in our room with an Xbox that one of the boys had brought along.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We adults had a few drinks and made new friends as we all got to know one another.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I love people, and I especially love making new friends.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">And then, today, finishing this piece.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: center 420.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I can\u2019t tell you how much pleasure I derive from being here with all of you, my friends from far off places\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"> <\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/i> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">What about you? What Moments added a little happiness to your week?<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/i> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/i>   <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/annahelizabeth.comsaying-goodbye\/\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: \"Cataneo BT\"; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><span style=\"color: #ea9999;\">Soon\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: \"Cataneo BT\"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; mso-fareast-font-family: \"Times New Roman\";\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> \ufeff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hubby and I celebrated our twenty-fourth wedding anniversary this past week. I had Sex on the Beach for the first time in my life. Warren wishes it were hot, steamy, new love kind of sex in the sand. I kind of liked the cool, refreshing and fruity flavor of this aptly named legal beverage. \ufeff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[316,317,106,899,368,320,223,900,901,902,903],"class_list":["post-379556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-happyhappens","tag-finding-happiness-in-your-day","tag-joy","tag-making-new-friends","tag-marriage-vows","tag-random-happiness","tag-relationships","tag-schools-out","tag-sex-on-the-beach","tag-soccer-mom","tag-wedding-anniversary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Anniversary-Drinks.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}