Day 3: Beach town

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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

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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.

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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

Home again

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 I’m home from the beach a wedding, visiting friends. I’ll fill you in soon.

10,000 Lakes

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Living in the Land of 10,000 Lakes is awesome. Having friends with a cabin on one of the beautiful lakes is priceless. Last weekend DIY Guy and I left The Cottage and headed up North with friends.  A grown-up get-away weekend at Battle Lake  — just the four of us.   Getting away from it all is invigorating … Read More

Oscar Party Creepin’

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Do you ever watch the Oscars and think about what it would be like to dress up and attend the Oscars or one of the many swanky parties? The kids and I were in Cincinnati for the Oscars.  On our way out of the TJMaxx store Sunday evening, we checked out an Oscar Party going … Read More

Cottages?

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Cottage Living – on steroids. I used to be somewhat hesitant to call our home “The Cottage” – fearing it is too big to be considered a cottage.  But now that I’ve been to Jekyll Island’s Historic District and seen the COTTAGES there, I am no longer hesitant. These actual cottages used around the turn … Read More

Whatchamacallit

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My first memories of these were stone…possibly exposed aggregate…but I’m not sure.  They were in the town (village?) where my grandparents had their summer home.  We called their summer home “The Cottage”. The highlight of any “trip into town” was getting a drink from one of these on the street corner.  We referred to them … Read More

Thursday

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Vacationing in (HOT and HUMID) Jekyll Island, Georgia in August is a bit unusual — unless the reason you are visiting is your nephew’s wedding. This is where the wedding ceremony will be on Saturday. The tent to the far right is where the reception will take place. We are having a great time relaxing  … Read More

It’s HOT here!

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V a c a t i o n ! We left the northlands  yesterday morning  and hopped a plane taking us to Jacksonville,  Florida Finally on the ground…we stop at the first Chick-fil-A  we saw…for dinner. our awesome (free upgrade) wheels for the week After eating we headed to Jekyll Island  to our home for the week the view from our room the ocean beyond the pool Wish … Read More