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
Summer!
It’s the first day of summer! Here at The Cottage we’re making sun tea every day catching up on some R &R pool side enjoying the views listening to the calming whirrrrr of the fan cooling off on sultry days cutting favorite blooms diving in to summer ! What’s your favorite way(s) to celebrate the … Read More
Pizza on the farm
Once in awhile we get a hankerin’ for pizza and a drive in the country so we head to a farm in Wisconsin and order ourselves up some pizza but only on Tuesday’s and when the weather is nice because everything is outside including the ovens we bring our own table & chairs and we … Read More
Two Evenings. Two Sunsets.
Wednesday evening DIY Guy and I were out at “The Man’s Mall”, also known as Fleet Farm to folks in these parts. Farm & Fleet to folk in other parts of the country … like Illinois and Wisconsin. I was running low on chicken feed. When we walked out the door, I gasped. The people … Read More
Follow-up
Sooooo, lately DIY Guy has been giving me some blog post ideas. As the thunder cracks and rumbles and lightening flashes like strobe lights through my windows, I am reminded of DIY Guy’s first blog suggestion. Suggestion #1 “You should do a follow-up on the Dark & Stormy Night post.” Follow-up because that stormy night … Read More
Take me out to the ballgame
We took the kids out to the ballgame last week. Mike’s ballgame — in Stewartville. First stop: The Pizza Ranch — because Baby Girl loves her some Pizza Ranch Boofay (trans. buffet), especially the cactus bread. I’m pretty sure she goes just for the unlimited supply of cactus bread. After we finished at the feeding trough, … Read More