The View From My Window
There’s an email I get on a daily basis from Gretchen Rubin. She’s written some book about the "Happiness Project." Every 4th day or so her email has something worth reading in it so I keep subscribing to it. …
Year: 2011
Those With Weak Stomachs Should Not Look
Happy Halloween! It looks like the weather may actually cooperate this evening for the kids to Trick or Treat in Grand Marais. The temperature is only suppose to get down to the high 30’s and there’s only suppose to …
Paperwork vs Stuff That Makes Paper
There’s a game the kids play called, "Would you rather." When my pre-teen girl plays it with her friends it usually inolves two boys in her class and which one they would rather kiss. Today I’ve been playing the game …
The Rice is Gone and so is the Mattress
If you didn’t read yesterday’s blog post then you probably have no clue what this blog is about. Just a quick re-cap for those of you too tired to read yesterday’s post. I’m busy, I like to cook when …
Confessions from a Busy Mom
Have you ever been rushing around in such a hurry you put your zip-up sweatshirt on upside down? I imagine you are thinking, "How is that even possible?" I wouldn’t know either except for that’s what I did this morning. …
Hurry Up Daylight Saving Time
The morning sky is blacker than black especially when the clouds are in the sky. The last few days of taking the kids out to the bus stop it’s felt like nighttime instead of daytime. I looked up into …
Bear Troubles Beyond the Gunflint Trail
I guess we’re not the only place where bears cause troubles! October 19, 2011 (KETCHIKAN, Alaska) — Some shoppers in Ketchikan got treated to Alaska’s version of a bear market last weekend. The Ketchikan Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/pAP804) a …
Halloween and Caramel Apples
There’s something about Halloween that makes me crave caramel apples. A week or so ago I went into the Gunflint Mercantile in Grand Marais to visit our former employee Chelsea. Her store is filled with sweets of all kinds …
Preparing for Winter
Every fall we have the same list of "Things to do" before the snow covers the ground and this year is no exception. I have the list in my computer and a hard copy in one of my files …
Cigarette Butts and Other Discarded Trash
I wonder what people think when they see me walking across our parking lot bobbing up and down as I pick up pieces of trash or cigarette butts off of the ground? I also wonder why some of those same people …