What is it about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that are so good that I still love to eat them? Is it the happy childhood memories associated with the PB&J sandwich? Maybe it’s the salty/sweet combination. Whatever it is, after I made my daughter a PB&J on whole wheat bread, I made one for myself [...]

We gave it a go with breathing treatments for a little more than a week, but Littlest One’s cough and stuffy, runny nose is still lingering, so today we went to see the doctor. The verdict? His lungs sound good but he’s got two ear infections. They’re bad enough to keep his chest and nasal [...]

It reached a high of 52º today. The sun shone brightly; it was simply beautiful. I’m sure it would have felt even warmer if there weren’t so much snow still on the ground. Even though it was so warm, Little Man’s school was canceled.  Did I know that? Of course not. Since it was in [...]

Today we are spending the day at home. I’ve got some last minute stocking stuffer shopping to do. When I get back, we are going to bake cookies for Santa as we watch all the fun Christmas movies on television. Later this evening, we are going to our church’s Christmas Eve service at 7pm. Tomorrow [...]

I broke out my cross country skis yesterday. It had been about two years since I skied the last time so I took it easy and stayed in our back property to get some practice. It’s wonderful exercise for every part of the body but is low impact so you don’t have to worry about [...]

Today my husband and I went out on the snowmobile trails nearby and boy did we have fun.  I was going to go on my own sled, but since I am just learning to drive and I’ve never been on these trails before, I decided to hop on the back of my husband’s sled to [...]

It’s almost Labor Day, which means the Fall season is approaching quickly here Up North. The nights are getting cooler. In fact, tonight’s low is sinking to 41. We’re seeing a lot more patches of reds, golds, and oranges on green trees. All this makes me very happy because Fall is my favorite season. I [...]

The Ogemaw County Fair is going on and today my babysitter and mother’s helper, Danielle, and I are taking the kids. They’ve never been to a fair before, so I’m really looking forward to seeing their reactions. Now that I think about it, I haven’t been to a fair in decades! I’m taking my camera [...]

I didn’t get the chance to weigh myself yesterday morning, the last morning of the Summer of Me! weight loss contest. I overslept and then had to rush around the house like a chicken with its head cut off trying to get myself and my kids ready for my daughter’s physical and speech therapy appointment. [...]

As owners of a canoe livery, we get our share of interesting phone calls, one of which happened to my husband just today. A woman who lives a couple hours away and who had a reservation today for some canoes and tubes called this morning asking about the possibility of a rain check. My husband [...]