If you are new to An Island Mom, you may want to begin here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII. Part IX I tore the envelope off our door and opened it. Inside, it stated that the sellers of the other house had received another […]
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On This Christmas Eve Eve
First things first. I just spent an hour this morning drinking coffee, looking at the ocean, and watching this guy surf in front of my house. Hailing from Chicago, I don’t think I’ll ever stop getting a kick out of things like surfing on Christmas Eve Eve. But, on to more pressing issues, namely food. […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part VIII
More than just about any house I’ve ever seen, that house had some kind of magic in its walls, a storybook feel to it. We had first stumbled on the house in the paper, and on our initial drive-by, it looked even better in person. Then, one day we looked on the internet, and the […]
An Invitation: Come Follow Me Along The Carolina Coast
So here’s the thing. North and South Carolina have like a gazillion little islands dotting the coastline. Okay, maybe not a gazillion. But, there are quite a few. Some areas, like the Outer Banks and Myrtle Beach, you’ve probably heard of. Others, like Carrot Island and Yoknapatawpha Island, may be new to you. Okay, I […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part VI
At some point during our search, I had stumbled on a book outlining some of the best small towns to live in within the United States. There were several cities that piqued our interest, including a small town in North Carolina called Elizabeth City. Elizabeth City is about an hour west of the Outer Banks, […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part IV
The phone rang, and rang, and rang. And then we got voicemail, so we left a message. Later we received a return call, and the realtor promised to forward us listing information on the properties we had found. The listing information never arrived. We waited, hoping we’d get a packet in the mail, or an […]