Good morning, friends! I’ve just finished my coffee and this amazing Apple Fritter Bread, which was a perfect start to this rather cold, dreary day in Minnesota. It’s been a lovely weekend overall, I’d say. Yesterday I had the house almost to myself. Teacher Man was deer hunting (no luck,…
Now that June has arrived, I feel like summer is here and I am wondering why there is still three days of school left. I am ready for Teacher Man and Joe to have a break, although this means that I have an incoming freshman in high school in my…
It’s Wednesday night and I went for a walk around downtown Buffalo while Joe was meeting with his confirmation small group at the new ice cream shop. (Usually they meet at church but today was different – a social night, it was called – so the boys and their leader…
It was a glorious September day … the sun came out and the temps soared to about 80 degrees with a light breeze and low humidity. These are the days we must cherish now for soon, winter will descend upon Minnesota and we will be trying to remember what a…
I should’ve gone for a run tonight, but my mind wasn’t into it and my body felt tired. Rather than fight it, I decided to walk instead to help clear the clutter from my day. And you know what? My eyes suddenly opened up to my surroundings and realized my…
Fall colors are calling me. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a summer kind of girl. I love the heat. I love wearing sundresses and sandals and not having to schlep a jacket everywhere I go. A beach trip? I’m there. However, I will say there is nothing quite…
Life is too busy right now. I mean, we all say that, right? But how often do we slow down and try to do something about it? I can’t fully control all aspects of my life. Case in point, we’ve been short-staffed at the office since May (not for lack of…
I have a couple of confessions tonight: First of all, I really don’t have many photos from the weekend to share, except this one which I posted on Facebook. (So if you follow me on Facebook, I apologize this is a duplication.) We had a special date night on Saturday,…