{"id":1060,"date":"2015-07-04T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2015-07-14T02:59:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T02:59:31","slug":"wilmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/wilmington\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilmington."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We did it! We live in Wilmington now. In a place where there are seagulls flying around the grocery store parking lot! And since we&#8217;re in a rental until we can close on our house and officially move in, it definitely feels more like vacation than real life at this point.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the beach.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by Bethany Denton, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/128435151@N07\/19207866028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/454\/19207866028_e9c39632a9_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Random news:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Our three-year-old fell out of bed the first night here, and I had seen something on Pinterest about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/34269647135308835\/\" target=\"_blank\">using a pool noodle as a makeshift bedrail<\/a>. Done and done. We got one at Walmart the next day. (In a total #rookiemom move, we picked up the noodle first thing from the display at the front of the store. Number of times I got hit in the face with it: too many to count. Number of times we almost clotheslined a fellow shopper or knocked something off a shelf: also countless.)<\/li>\n<li>Foodwise, we&#8217;re in vacation mode, which means a delightful mixture of trying new restaurants (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chopsdeli.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chops Deli<\/a> = yum), frozen pizza, and cooking in our temporary home. Vacation rental cooking is always an adventure, yes? No peeler or cutting board, but by golly, there&#8217;s an egg slicer thing! FYI: it&#8217;s possible to cook frozen french fries on the too-large baking sheet that only fits in the oven on a 30* slant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Untitled by Bethany Denton, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/128435151@N07\/19206974130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/361\/19206974130_01519e444d_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><em>The one and only measuring device in the kitchen, and the wounded rubber spatula.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve also been hosted by new friends for a delicious dinner, and somehow they managed to intuitively make my girl&#8217;s favorites in one meal: chicken drumsticks, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, salad with balsamic dressing, and watermelon! (Does anyone else get irrationally nervous about their\u00a0kids being rude about the meal at someone else&#8217;s house?) Total home run. Thank you, Hamiltons!<\/li>\n<li>After our first day at the beach, Jay and I were talking about how we needed a way to make the hauling of the people and the stuff a little easier. The next day, another new friend came over with an awesome rolling beach cart stuffed with beach goodies &#8211; chairs, towels, toys, a squirt gun, sunscreen &#8211;\u00a0a gift from the families at our new church. It&#8217;s like they read our minds! So, so sweet. We are feeling so loved and welcomed!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New recipes will be a bit scattered for the next few weeks while we&#8217;re getting settled&#8230;but here&#8217;s a sneak peek at what&#8217;s coming up next:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/betondinner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sliced-peaches-for-summer-cobbler-e1435975352830.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1065 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/betondinner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sliced-peaches-for-summer-cobbler-e1435975352830.jpg?resize=500%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sliced peaches for summer cobbler\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/betondinner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sliced-peaches-for-summer-cobbler-e1435975352830.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/betondinner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sliced-peaches-for-summer-cobbler-e1435975352830.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><em>#givemeallthepeaches<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We did it! We live in Wilmington now. In a place where there are seagulls flying around the grocery store parking lot! And since we&#8217;re in a rental until we can close on our house and officially move in, it definitely feels more like vacation than real life at this point. 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