Kayaking

Since Lia came to visit her brothers, there were things that they did together that I didn’t take pardon. Kayaking was one of those. The kids all got into the rental car, and took off towards Where they were going to rent kayaks at. Rod and I followed in the truck, because I wanted to

Home again

Well, here we are back in Mississippi. That’s both good and bad. I’ve missed my friends, and the people I work with, and I missed my shower!  But at the same time, I really really long to return to my little house up in the great White North. We had an amazing vacation! I got

Home Improvements

Today Rod decided that since we can’t all ride we should build the railing around the back deck and put together the patio furniture.  The only thing was I was elected to go back to Menards for 10 more 2x4s.  The closest Menards is 1 1/2 hours away.   Sterling and I set off and

Last Day

Well, here it is, the last day in our little vacation get away.  Tomorrow we will leave and head home to Mississippi.  There is ice on the roads down there so hopefully we will have an uneventful trip.  The last day is always filled with cleaning and packing and it just makes it oh so

Presents!!!

Christmas morning found us in Michigan, with snow on the ground and everyone was ready to open the presents!  We all seemed to feel that we had gotten each other things that would be appreciated.  As we got ready to open presents, Sterling got up to hand out the gifts and picked my one and

Waterfall Hunt

It was a perfect day.  It wasn’t hot, it wasn’t raining and the leaves were in full color.  We were in Michigan and it was also my husband’s birthday.  I had told him that since it was his day we would go wherever he wanted to, so I was prepared for a full day of

Day 1 Continued

Sorry about the brevity of the last post.  I am telling you, getting back into the swing of things from vacation is not easy.  It doesn’t help that part of my mind and a lot of my heart are still in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  I swear it is almost a magical place.  Each

Up North Day 1

I only have a short minute this morning so this will be a quick entry.  After driving for 18 hours we wanted to do nothing but hit the sack when we got to Michigan.  Since Rod’s Mom and Step Dad were visiting us, the next day we decided to take them to see some of

Back Home

Here I am, sitting in front of my computer in Mississippi, dressed for work and wishing it was last week at this time.  We had such an amazing vacation.  I will be sharing a few highlights with you in the coming days.  I know that my husband did not want to go to work this

Back to work

Well, it’s Wednesday, and I would normally be off today but I have been on vacation for over a week. So, is time to head back to work. Getting back home from vacation is always a great feeling. You’re back in your own house and you get to unwind all the traveling is over, and