DIY Guy and I spent all day yesterday on the road. All day. We pulled out of The Cottage driveway at 7:00 am (CST) and headed South and East. At 9:15 pm EST we pulled up in front of Wild One’s apartment. We decided not to rush this trip, so we stopped at my mom’s … Read More
City Kid, Country Kid
As the week goes on it has become quite clear that my dear sister has both city kids and country kids. The girls are very good at feeding the chickens, collecting eggs and rounding up the hens at the end of the day. They use their country kid instincts to get the hens back in the pen … Read More
Cottage Life
I’m reliving life with kids again! The Cottage is alive with constant chatter, motion, hungry children, and sweet laughter. Last Monday we picked up our 7 year old niece Jersti, and her 5 year old brother, Kale on our way through Chicago and brought them back to MN with us. We had them all to … Read More
Day 3: Beach town
Continuing the five states one weekend story … It’s Day Three. If you are just tuning in, you can catch up on Day One here and Day Two here. Sunday we explored the little beach town of New Buffalo. I kept telling our friends Sue and Ed that I had no idea they lived within … Read More
Latest project
The latest finished project here at The Cottage was turning a garage sale find into a wine storage piece of furniture. I started with wood, black, cubbyhole box. You’ll have to use your imagination on this one — I failed at taking a before photo. I repainted the box with Sherwin Williams #7008 – Alabaster. … Read More
My Prayer
Our church and many others in our community are reeling today after learning that a dear friend and sweet lady has unexpectedly died. Jean had surgery on Friday, and was getting up to take that first walk after surgery late yesterday afternoon when a blood clot raced to her heart and took her life. I … Read More
A good attitude
We really didn’t plan for this to happen, but it did. Although we laughed and joked during our girl’s ordeal on the bridge, we all felt sorry that this happened. We also felt very proud of our Wild One — her good attitude, physical strength, endurance, and ability to literally “hang in there” was … Read More
good kids
These are good kids. They watch out for each other. The older”kids” look out for the younger ones. While perusing my rope bridge photos, I noticed the guarding of the young-uns taking place on the bridge. Younger kids in the front. Older “kids” following. Once the young-uns were safely on the other side the perilous … Read More
Just Dance
We got our dance moves on last weekend dancing with Wii remotes and the Just Dance game for Wii This is one fun way to get some exercise whether you have a Wii remote controller in your hand or not — you can – and will still dance. Definitely an activity for all ages and … Read More
danger
If rope bridges could talk . . . They would say if there are guys on the bridge — and you are a girl, to stay back. Stay waaay back.