Baby Girl came home for the weekend with her roomie, Katie. I enjoyed an evening of shopping with the girls on Friday, hanging out with them on Saturday, and having Baby Girl all to myself for most of the day today. It was wonderful. Tonight, it’s back to a quiet cottage. Just a few … 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
Five States. One Weekend. Day TWO
Day Two of our five states, one weekend trip began with an 8:00 am wake-up, and 9:00 am out-the-door scramble to hit the Chicago traffic. This is a Saturday morning! We are on our way to state #4 I’ve passed this site many times been there a few times Go White Sox! Finally arriving in … Read More
Five States. One Weekend.
We returned last evening from our five state pack as much as you can into a weekend trip. Heading East on I-90 began on Friday morning. Arriving a little over 5 hours later at the home of my sister (and family), we hugged and kissed the 7 family members already there (including Cara and Tim) … Read More
Parties
This weekend we had both at The Cottage. Saturday was a planned party. We hosted a gathering for the artsy people who serve at our church — the musicians, vocalists, tech team, actors/actresses… At about 7:30 pm we realized it had been nearly 4 hours since we had guests at The Cottage, so we called Darold and … Read More
Monkey Bread
A favorite recipe at The Cottage is an oldie and goodie Last week Ryan wrote this on my Facebook wall: “heeeeeeyyyy.. remember that one time you made monkey bread? wanna do that this summer? then eat it all in one night?” This is Ryan with his super cute girlfriend, Sarah. I haven’t met Sarah … Read More
Like OR Dislike
Consider this fair warning. The images you are about to see may be disturbing to some. They also could be cool to others. I’ll let you decide . . . Toads. Itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, itsy-bitsy, little toad: Cool? or Gross? When I was a young punk with no fear and lots of curiosity, I liked little toads. I … Read More
Thursday
DIY GUy took me downtown Rochester tonight — to have a beverage and listen to some live music. It’s a big social event and party in the streets– a great place to run into old friends, co-workers and acquaintances every Thursday evening through the summer. After Thursday’s on First shut down…we strolled down a few … Read More