If We’re going To Do Masks

Leave it to Americans to make lemonade out of lemons. Let’s face it and be real about it, no one likes wearing masks. No one. Not conservatives, not liberals, not adults, not children, no one, no one enjoys wearing masks. I’m pretty sure surgeons don’t even enjoy wearing masks, but they know they have to,

Date Night

As life gets crazier and crazier again, Mark & I have decided to make sure we stay connected by establishing a designated date night each week. For us because of various other commitments and work we chose Wednesday nights. And we’ve been really good about keeping this as ‘penned’ in on the calendar, except for

Fall is Coming

It appears fall is coming a little early here to northern Michigan. When I write “northern Michigan” it makes me think of Traverse City and Alpena, but when I write “central Michigan” I think of Mt. Pleasant and when I write “west Michigan” I think of Grand Rapids or Holland…. SO… Fall appears to be

Nosey Rosie the Doodle

Rosie the Doodle is six months old now and she is been such a wonderful addition to our family. She is Hank’s very best friend, and has ingrained herself deep into all of our hearts. She loves all of her people and loves to express that love with very aggressive kisses. Rosey started school last

Who wouldn’t want to quarantine in Florida?

Being from Michigan, we locked down early and locked down hard. I appreciate the effort to keep us safe, I truly do and I believe that was the intention, but after months and months of cold, gray, dreary Michigan my best friend and co-worker decided to change our quarantine location. It did take a little

Branson, Missouri…who knew

As with most people, our travel has been completely subdued since March. Actually my best gal pal and I chose a different quarantine location for 3 weeks in late May, that’s another blog subject… but other than that there has been no traveling, and for us, summer is all about road trips and travel. So

Shopping Local

When I was in high school, my mother owned a clothing store in our small town, this was her hometown, we had spent summers there but my dad was in the Air Force so we always lived elsewhere until I was 14. At the time, I thought it was the coolest thing ever; “free” clothes,

Where’s the Beef?

Oh great, first it was toilet paper, still can’t figure that one out – Lysol I get, hand sanitizer – I get, bleach – I get…. but toilet paper? anyway, now it’s meat. I haven’t been to the store in a week (I try to go every two weeks, but inevitably have to make a

5 Ways to wear Bike Shorts?

Now I’ve worn bike short for years, when I exercise and with a long tee shirt to cover ‘things’, or under dresses, kind of like Spanx but way less expensive and way more comfortable, but I’m seeing over and over this season bike shorts are on trend! One of the magazine articles listed these 5