Hard to believe that a week ago we were in Colorado! We planned our Colorado trip to visit our long time friends, Brenda and Steve. These two are the most amazing hosts! Their home is incredibly comfortable and beautifully decorated. Staying with them is like staying in a 5 star hotel! Our accommodations included a … Read More
Harvest
Incredible. I am finally sitting down for the first time since 9:00 am this morning! Today was (another) harvest day at The Cottage. Started with the raspberries – so many to pick. The raspberries are hitting their prime right now – the bushes are very full! The green peppers and jalapeno plants were a complete … Read More
Battle Lake, MN
We recently took a trip to Battle Lake, MN to a friend’s cabin for an extended weekend of R and R. It was wonderful! I grew up with lakes in my life. My grandparents had a summer home on a lake in Michigan, and I lived 20 minutes from the beaches of Lake Michigan Give … Read More
Wedding
Finally made a page of the twenty-eleven wedding — where our Wild One marries the the love of her life in a wedding and reception of her dreams! Check out the page: Twenty-eleven wedding for a blast from the past!
Red Barn Farm
One of my favorite pizza spots is on a farm. So when we wrote up our list of things to do and places to go for our staycation, The Red Barn Farm was included. The Cincinnati kids had never been to a farm for pizza, so going was a request on their staycation to … Read More
Staycation Favorite
Day two of our staycation included a two hour tour on the Rochester Pedal Pub! Using a group deal, we got our tour for 1/2 price… then invited a bunch of friends to join us. We all chipped in a few bucks per person, several people brought some snacks, everyone tossed some beverages in the … Read More
Staycation Part I
We did a staycation this summer … at TheCottage reason #1: Our Cincinnati kids wanted to come “home” reason #2: We live in a cottage … with a pool … in a cool town … reason #3: Two kids had summer (Master’s) classes that they couldn’t miss. reason #4: Why not? The goal was to … Read More
Kitchen Reveal
It’s done! The final step of the kitchen remodel was completed yesterday when Kirk hung the open shelves. We started our remodel journey in January and it has been a long process — but it was so worth it! I am over the moon excited about how it all turned out. Kirk kinda likes it … Read More
Holiday
Nothing like a long holiday weekend to kick back and relax. After a long spring of working hard on TheCottage remodel, we had a little fun for a few days! Kirk had the week off and worked on several projects at TheCottage over the week — great vacation huh? Before the weekend even started, … Read More