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Posted By: Guest

Subject: Things you always bring from home

I know people are going to laugh at me, but I always take my coffee maker. I like good coffee, and even the expensive rentals have crappy coffee makers.

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64107: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/24/2010 6:04:10 PM

Posted By: joeyd

man i can barely fit everything i need for a week in my suv,i agree i love good coffee but to pack a coffee maker your a diehard..GOLF CLUBS LOL

64110: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/24/2010 6:12:02 PM

Posted By: Guest

I always bring my lemon squeezer for fresh lemonade. Most rentals don't have them.

64116: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/24/2010 6:52:08 PM

Posted By: Guest

OP, we are with you! We bring the freshly home roasted coffee beans, the hand bean grinder as well. One year we did bring the small-ish expresso machine along. The kids stuff gets packed, so, so can ours! My husband loves his fresh coffee!

64118: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/24/2010 7:45:26 PM

Posted By: Guest

Thanks 116. I'm glad I'm not alone.

64120: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/24/2010 7:55:51 PM

Posted By: ohio

The first time we went to the OBX my mother insisted on bringing her rocking chair from home, we had new babies in the family and she wanted to rock them, My dad had to rent a u haul to bring all the stuff. This was 19 years ago!

64136: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 6:02:25 AM

Posted By: Guest

small hand tools and a squeegy for the windows.

64148: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 7:03:57 AM

Posted By: Guest

my own pillow and frying pans

64149: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 7:04:40 AM

Posted By: Guest

We bring our iHome. This way we can listen too and recharge all our iPods.

We bring linens, even if they are included. Just like my own stuff.

64150: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 7:19:49 AM

Posted By: Guest

Great idea about the squeegy fort he car windows...and even the sliding glass on the house porch (especially OF, those windows get so salty).

64154: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 8:09:25 AM

Posted By: Guest

Garlic salt and crushed red peppers for the pizza.........

64157: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 8:51:22 AM

Posted By: Guest

spices

64160: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 10:03:01 AM

Posted By: Guest

Definitely bring all our own linens and towels, even if they are provided...it's way more comfortable when you have that stuff of your own.

64164: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 10:20:49 AM

Posted By: Guest

120....very considerate of your Mother to want to rock her grandbabies, and your husband too for going to the effort to accomodate her. As a guy though, I can only imagine what was going through his mind about his mother-in-law when he went to get the Uhaul specially for her rocking chair!

64168: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 10:51:24 AM

Posted By: Guest

We bring our coffee grinder/maker combo as well - along with the whole bean Kona and Verona.

One large non-stick fry pan cause it's essential and the ones we always get in rentals are all scratched up.

And one mid-sized steamer pot for shrimp night and anytime we do pasta. We just pack spices and condiments in the pot so it's doesn't take up more space in the car than we otherwise have.

64171: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 11:12:54 AM

Posted By: beachbcp

a can opener-we had the crappiest can openers over the years

paperplate holders we found at the dollar stoe they are great!!!

64172: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 12:13:00 PM

Posted By: Guest

I am going to get a squeege before we go! I always pour water down the windows on the porch to get the salt off and everyone who has stuff under us gets mad! If I,m going to get an oceanfront house, I,m going to see what I came to see, the ocean!

64185: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 3:46:27 PM

Posted By: Guest

Flashlights. Everyone in the family has a flashlight to use while walking on the beach at night.

64187: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 4:13:13 PM

Posted By: Guest

Good pair of binoculars

64189: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 5:13:42 PM

Posted By: Guest

Geesh..lol..we bring so much!
A food box, with boxes of cereals, spices, snack foods, tea bags, sugar, you name it.
Flashlights.
First Aid stuff: Bandaids, Neosporin, Aloe, aspirin, pepto. etc.
Binoculars.
Laundry soap, dish soap, sponges, toilet paper, paper towels.
And we bring as much bottled water, pop, gatorade as we can cram in. Its always cheaper to bring from home!

64199: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 8:49:13 PM

Posted By: Guest

cast iron skillett and spices-
So good for the soft shells

64201: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 9:08:52 PM

Posted By: great string

pillow....kitchen spices...ice cream maker....margaetta ville machine....I-pods and appropriate wires to hook them into the house sound system
as a guy who owns and rents properties down in obx i wish the person with the window squeegee would come and stay at my properties! But the guy who drills holes and hangs up his own swing can go elsewhere! ;)

64203: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/25/2010 9:49:16 PM

Posted By: Guest

Our one pan that always cooks the perfect over easy egg and the funny looking egg flipping utensil that my wife uses on the eggs. Also, our own set of kitchen knives. We are both chefs and after renting twice we decided that it would save a lot of headaches to have our own sharp knives instead of those dull beat up things in most rental units.

64204: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/26/2010 4:21:38 AM

Posted By: Patty

All great ideas! We are renting for first time in Rodanthe in June. I have started making a list of things to bring. I put my daughter in charge of planning meals and will definitely be bringing my crock pot. A pork roast cooked all day and shredded adding John Boy and Billys grilling sauce and honey BBQ sauce makes an excellent meal and feeds an army.

64205: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/26/2010 6:27:00 AM

Posted By: Guest

We take a small George Foreman Grill to use most nights. It saves time over the old BBQ outdoor grills so we can cook, eat and get back to the beach.

64209: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/26/2010 7:38:17 AM

Posted By: Guest

Toilet Seat.....

64215: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/26/2010 8:34:31 AM

Posted By: Faithful OBX'r

Spices - Baking dish for Lasagna - Our own bed pillows - Food tub packed with staples for the week, cereal, TP, Paper towels etc. - Bottled water (try not to use it other times of the year) - Game systems had a veritable Guitar Hero tournament a few years back - Our own grill toolset - Binoculars

And for #209 I don't think any of us want to know the story behind your post!!

64222: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/26/2010 9:22:18 AM

Posted By: Guest

My pillows and my blankets without them I don't sleep.

64244: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/26/2010 7:43:48 PM

Posted By: Guest

a comprehensive medical kit & drugs

64250: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/27/2010 12:45:51 AM

Posted By: Pennsylvania

Lysol disinfectent,clorex wipes. I wipe everything off....door knobs,hand rails, everything. I am a germ freak. You can never be to clean!!!

64255: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/27/2010 6:56:14 AM

Posted By: Guest

your knees are jerking 166. what are carpenter bees? is this where they spell words like nails, 2x4...
250, pay attention. it's disinfectant, clorox, too.

64322: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/28/2010 5:24:59 PM

Posted By: Guest

my own sheets, blankets, pillows, cutting board and sharp knives, steaks, lots of beach towels, (and a roll of toilet paper is the first thing that we take in the house, since there never seems to be any there already!)

64339: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/29/2010 6:23:21 AM

Posted By: Guest

Every year we wonder if we can fit one more thing in the car when packing to go to the beach. Our George Foreman tabletop grill is most helpful in quick dinners. We always bring two cases of sodas to get us started so we dont have to rush right out to the grocery store upon arrival.

64343: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/29/2010 8:35:23 AM

Posted By: Guest

we bring our weber portable gas grill

64363: RE: Things you always bring from home

3/29/2010 1:39:28 PM

Posted By: Ann

My own pillow and sheet even if provided. Spices, flashlights for crabbing. My own beachchair. As for all of us girls, we bring nail polish and stuff to pamper ourselves while sitting around.

64526: RE: Things you always bring from home

4/2/2010 12:09:22 PM

Posted By: Guest

WARNING! DO NOT READ THIS ONE!
Memories of my job and knowing how soon it will be going back to it.

64973: RE: Things you always bring from home

4/12/2010 10:10:30 PM

Posted By: Jones

I bring my laptop, never know when the internet will come in handy.

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