<!--quoteo(post=298461:date=Jul 11 2008, 12&#58;41 PM:name=The Skipper)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Skipper &#064; Jul 11 2008, 12&#58;41 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=298461">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Welcome home, Deb.  Back in the day, when I camped with my five kids.  My three oldest daughters had to inspect the showers and other bath house facilities before we made the final decision to camp at any site.  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes2:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <br /><br /><b>Joey, yep, childproofing seems to be a must these days.  Last week when the &quot;house wreckers&quot; were here the seven year old announced proudly at dinner that he had been in every drawer, cabinet and closet in the house.  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" />  Had I done that at my Grandparents house, the roof would have caved in on me.  :sad</b><br />MaryLou: Have fun at the Jersey Shore.  That&#39;s Roe&#39;s favorite place in the world.  You can get the girl out of Jersey, but not Jersey out of the girl.  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wink2:" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> <br /><br />Later,<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Ed - perhaps Roe should take a tip from my girlfriend who actually booby-traps her medicine cabinet and drawers when she has company.   Innocently opening the cabinet will produce a cascade of falling bottles and jars and things that pop up in the drawers stop you from closing the drawers completely without taking everything out and starting again.   <br /><br />As far as the Jersey shore goes, we have been going there since we were little children.    My grandfathers brother originally owned this little bungalow in the woods - he had no real family to speak of and when he passed on he left the house to my parents so we could enjoy it during the summer time.  <br /><br />Fast forward a few years, my parents started a very successful catering business and our time at the shore began to disappear.   When they built an expressway through Staten Island, my grandfathers sister lost her home and purchased the beach home from my parents.    They had no children and my parents would help with with little chores, etc. so when they passed they left the house back to my parents.<br />That&#39;s right, my Mom inherited the same house twice (the second owners more than doubled the size of the place and made it a year round home.  )  We got the house back in 1970 and have promised to hold on to it as long as we can.    Of course everyone wants it in the summer and no one wants to go shovel show but my brother Bill has taken over the up-keep from us so that helps.  So hopefully I will be a &quot;jersey girl&quot; for many more years to come.