Growing Our Life in Northern Michigan
The weather turned warm again with highs in the mid-70s. It is because Michigan’s weather is so unpredictable that I always check the forecast. I need to know if the weather will be cold, hot, sunny, rainy, snowy–or all of the above–so I know… Continue Reading “Bedtime Stories”
My goal is to write a blog post about once a week. I try not to write TOO often because I know people are busy and too posts many might get annoying. Although I’ve been very slack about writing over the last year. It’s… Continue Reading “Nancy Drew Addendum”
The weather turned rainy and chilly overnight. I wore a sweatshirt and hoodie jacket when I went outside, but it was almost cold enough for a coat. I figured the weather would remain cold now, but I checked the forecast and the temperatures will… Continue Reading “Not Nancy Drew”
Michigan tends to be bi-polar. The weather is different from year to year, day to day, and even hour to hour. I remember years throughout my life when it was warm when we went trick-or-treating on Halloween night while other years it rained, sleeted,… Continue Reading “Our Enchanted Forest”
Yesterday morning the house felt chilly. I tried to be tough. If we can keep the thermostat low, we save on propane. However, I couldn’t get warm so I finally told EJ that I was going to turn the thermostat up a digit or… Continue Reading “Autumn’s Chill”
In my last post, written on October 7, I wrote: “We still have not turned on our furnace. We just might make it to our goal of not turning it on until October 15. Wednesday night the low is forecasted to dip down to… Continue Reading “A Bird In The Hand”
The last few months I have not felt very motivated at all. I often think of writing, and even plan blog posts in my head, but Hannah Joy interrupts me frequently when she sees me writing. She seems to dislike anything that takes my… Continue Reading “Our Hobbit Life”