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 [...]

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 [...]

I just saw via Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife that Robin at Pensieve is having a BlogHop party for those bloggers who aren’t in San Francisco at the BlogHer convention (read: me) and are encouraging other bloggers to participate.
That is such a great idea! Unfortunately, I don’t have any hors d’oeuvre or drink [...]

It’s Fat Ticker Friday once again, and I’m pleased to say that I lost another pound!  I still feel like I need to get on the stick because at this rate I’m not going to meet my 8 pound weight loss my July 25th, but I, again, will take a pound any day.
So here are [...]