There are many historic properties in my home town – which is rich in history. I had the privilege of working in several of these historic properties prior to my retirement. This home, built from 1916-1918 by famous doctor and his wife was one of the homes I worked in. This doctor was very involved … Read More
A weekend’s worth of celebrating
Another year around the sun complete, and another year begun. Celebrating began on Thursday morning. Kicking off the day with fresh-out-of-the-oven-homemade muffins made by a co-worker to enjoy during our weekly staff meeting at work, made the day just that much sweeter. Friday morning (the actual day) I woke to 6.5 inches of snow and was … Read More
What is it?
Can you identify the item pictured below? Is it a … a) sock darner b) marracha c) herb masher d) tart tamper If you guessed (a) sock darner you are correct! The domestic diva showed up today. I rocked this little gadget and darned 15 socks! By my calculations, I figure around $35 was … Read More
River Trail
Sorry to bore you with another trail ride. It’s just that time is running short for riding and I sure don’t expect a warm fall and winter like last year, so I’m getting in as much riding as I can these days. Last week I rode alone. Twice. It’s very different riding alone. I have … Read More
Beach Loot
My. Beach. Loot. With the assistance of my family, I managed to take home a <very> nice assortment of rocks. stones, fossils and sea glass from the shores of Lake Michigan. Yep. I sorted them. It was awesome. So awesome in fact, that I think I’ll do it again tomorrow! I’m not going to bore ya’all … Read More
The unexpected
Totally didn’t expect to be interrupting my scheduled posting plan for this post. Last night at 10:30pm my number one (and only) son offered me the opportunity to run with him in the Red, White and Boom race in Minneapolis. Friends had backed out. I could take one of their places. Unexpected. Wake up time: … Read More
Words
words with friends scrabble scramble bananagrams hanging with friends boggle scattegories and crosswords for years I’ve been doing the daily crossword puzzle in our local paper usually while I’m preparing dinner or procrastinating Now I’ve got Mr. D hooked too and we find ourselves doing them together it’s rare we can’t finish a puzzle these … Read More
Progress
Today started out on the “tough” side. I had a 2.5 hour one-on-one training session on how to use the new website format we are switching to at camp. It was alotofinformation. By the time we wrapped up the session, my head was pounding, and realizing I still have a bizillion more things to learn … Read More
Layla and Faith
Normally spending extended amounts of time outdoors in cold weather isn’t my deal. However, when spending time with Layla and Faith is involved, I’m all in. I’ve been taking riding lessons — even on cold winter days! After lessons, I get to go on long rides through the woods and along trails on the Zumbro … Read More
Guest Chef
Recently Mr. D and I invited Chef Johnny to The Cottage to cook for us and some friends. Let me tell ya, this girl sure could get used to this! All I had to do was have a shelf in my refrigerator empty, do some housekeeping, and light some candles. Johnny brought the food, and did … Read More