Continuously doing laundry, cooking, or vacuuming in her familys rented beach cottage this week, area mom Catherine Yardley has spent a much-needed vacation performing all her usual household chores while in closer proximity to the ocean, sources confirmed. Isnt it nice to just get away for a while and relax by the water? Yardley said as she wiped down the kitchen counter and then took out the garbage, tasks she would normally perform at a distance of 200 miles from the beach instead of 50 feet. I just love that I can be scrubbing the bathroom, look out the window, and see the tide coming in. We should do this every year! At press time, Yardley was reportedly busy preparing a meal identical to what she would have made back home, except that she planned to serve it on paper plates. 