Day One Leave time: 4:45 am Arrive in Billings, Montana: 7:30 pm (CST) A cow….on a hill….in North Dakota. Go figure. The Badlands of NORTH Dakota! (who knew) Cara’s turn to drive, Danae riding shotgun. See the house in the background? It’s abandoned. There are lots of those in the middle of no-where in North … Read More
Do you remember the 80’s? I do. But, mostly I remember my little sister’s “lion hair” (held together with a can of hairspray), and her nearly white lipstick and eye shadow. Last night Danae and her friends dressed up 80’s style and went bowling. Though they were born in the second half of the 80’s, … Read More
Packing for vacation just seems to go on and on . . . We must pack: rehearsal dinner attire (dressy), wedding attire, brunch attire . . . white-water rafting attire, hiking gear, warm clothes (we’ll be in the mountains), swimsuits, shorts, jeans . . . shoes . . . Danae is first one packed. Can … Read More
Friday evening we went to a friend’s home for an intimate gathering on their deck…which I should have taken pictures of. They have a vacation-home feel on their property…I just love spending time on their huge deck overlooking ….woods, creek & valley. Just before we left home I grabbed my camera thinking we might see … Read More
A Glimpse into our wild and crazy life . . .Not a normal day here….1. I rarely get up before 9am on Saturday. 2. Because I don’t get up til 9 on Saturday, I don’t usually garage sale…but Cara and I went today.3. Then we picked up Nate and went to Kohl’s to buy wedding … Read More
Recycling – in the flower bed ! Another revelation about me – I like bottles – not just any bottle, but the ones with some character or that are old, antique-y, vintage-y bottles. Or pretty colored bottles. I don’t have many bottles, but I love to look at them and am drawn to them in … Read More
Another step into “grown-up land” is taken by our first baby. C is moving into her own place the first week in August. One of her immediate needs was a bed, so while we were in Cincinnati for her graduation, we helped her purchase a mattress & box spring. Which meant a lot of laying … Read More
Special places, cont.Is there anyone out there in blogland that is as sentimental as I am about places I’ve lived and visited? I can’t help it. I’m hopelessly sentimental. Our first home is one of the places that causes the sentiment to rise in me. There is just something special about this home….that we bought … Read More
Special placesAs a child I always thought I’d live in the same house, on the same street, and go to all the familiar places I’d always gone to. One of those special places was my grandparent’s “cottage” (lake home) on Lake of the Woods, in Decatur, Michigan. For the last year or so I’ve had … Read More