Pure unadulterated joy!

We just got back from the cabin and I had to share this Loon sighting with you! I usually have to go to the neighboring big lake to see the Loons, but now I have my own loons on my little lake heaven. And I haven't told you the best part yet.....

P.S. If someone can guess before midnight tomorrow, I will send you one of my Loon greeting cards as a prize. Must be a U.S. citizen and have a blog. :-)

Soccer anyone?

I didn't get to go to the cabin this weekend but Greg did go up with my stepson for a weekend of fishing. I decided to stay behind and enjoy my new little niece Charlotte. Also, Scout wanted to have a soccer tournament in the yard and that took up a lot of time as well! :-)

Greg called me yesterday and let me know there were a pair of loons right in front of the dock. I told him to invite them in for tea, minnows and anything else they wanted. I am counting on them having babies this year!

My new niece!

Wanted to share some good news! Last night I became the proud Aunt of Charlotte Elizabeth. This was my sister's first baby and everything went very well. Charlotte is the 6th generation in my mom's family to have the middle name Elizabeth. What else can I say except I am madly in love with my niece! I'm envisioning ponies, party dresses and trips to the zoo with her....

A common sight

This is a common sight we see when we drive I-75 north to our cabin. If it's early in the morning or dusk, the deer are plentiful on the side of the road. You have to be careful of them crossing the road which reminds me of a funny story....

Our family had just finished eating at a polish restaurant up north. My mom took home a big platter of sauerkraut. All of us kids piled into the van and continued heading up the interstate to our cabin. Lo and behold a deer crosses the road and my dad decides to swerve to miss it. The van rolls on its side and my mom's sauerkraut has splattered all of us. We were okay but as we stepped out of the van, we had sauerkraut in our hair, clothes, everywhere. Gawkers were pointing and laughing at us. Till this day, I will never eat sauerkraut!

Bargain shopping for the cabin

I love a good bargain, especially picking up cute items for our log cabin. I've been very fixated on my guest room (really, you'll enjoy being my guest!) and keep picking up odds and ends for it. I have a birds and blooms theme going on.

My recent store favorite has been the Christmas Tree Shop. Don't be fooled by the name - they have great home accents for indoors and outdoors. Take a look at this butterfly hanging I found - only $2.99? Can you believe it?







Here's a view of the guest room. (Really, it is a nice view from there, never mind my car that's parked too close!) That green mason glass candle holder on the table is from the Christmas Tree Shop - price - only $1.99!



Anyways, I'm still working on your room for when you come visit. I saw a cute dresser that has birds and flowers hand painted on it at Home Goods. I also want to pick up a nice headboard. Maybe I should put a wine cellar in there too...what do you think? (I bet a lot of you want to come visit me now!)

The girl who made our log cabin complete...

Today is Scout's birthday! She is one years old! From the time we got our log cabin, I knew we needed a dog to make it complete. (We had the log cabin cat, but of course I needed to add to my zoo!)


Here is Scout at 4 weeks old and the first time we got to see her. She gave Greg a kiss on the hand as soon as he picked her up. He was a goner!





Seriously, don't you think she could've been a model?




Okay, she's not acting like a model here.




The face of innocence...




Happy Birthday to my beautiful girl!


P.S. As long as I live, I will never click on another Facebook attachment, link, photo, nada, nothing! That virus reeked havoc on my computer and I had to have it "wiped" completely! I was having to go to school to use the computer but now I'm back! Thank you for your visits - I appreciate it!

I'm just saying.....

...somebody needs a manicure!



P.S. I'm crossing my fingers my computer virus is gone but I need to take it back to be reformatted. I took it home so I could pull some more photos off of it. Hope you are all doing well - I'll be making my rounds!