Daily Musings
I like the idea of being able to see what is going on in each others lives. I don't have time to chat with everyone, every day. So this way people, who care, can find out what my life is like on any given day and I can read about theirs. I wish others would get on board. Come on...blog with me.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Summer Blahs
Friday we leave for Camp Dearborn, if you don't know, it's a campground owned by the city of dearborn but it's in Milford which is only a 15 minute drive from my house. They have a lake and pool, mini-golf and bike trails. It will be great for the kids to have some options. We'll be there for 2.5 weeks. It's also nice because I can still come home for things like laundry and bills. Anthony will still work and the kids have doctor appointments and such. So, it's like we just uproot our home and move it somewhere fun for a few weeks.
We have invited nearly everyone we know to come visit us and hang. We even have a couple friends that are coming to stay for a week or more. I'm looking forward to it.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Oh What a Night
The concert was good, she was promoting her Memphis Blues Album, so she sang mostly songs off that album, which was really good and in the end, I liked it better than when she did some of her "greatest hits". Although, the crowd started getting grumpy when she didn't do some of the songs they wanted her to do and then she got a little testy herself because of them, which dampened the end of the concert for everyone. But she was still Cyndi Lauper and I do love her.
But throughout the night, we just had these other uncomfortable, odd situations. I got a text out of the blue that was distracting for me, she had a drop-in visit from a relative that she hasn't seen in years, and then a voice mail from another relative grumping at her.
On the way home there was a major police chase and shooting on the opposite side of the highway where an armed robber was shot and killed! I think every police officer in Oakland and Wayne Counties were there. Then five crotch rocket type motorcycles drove past us at such a high speed, they had to be going at least 120mph, that we both nearly pooped our pants. Needless to say after it all, our nerves were fried and all we wanted was to just be home!!
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Sustaining the Momentum

Saturday, June 26, 2010
We Call Him the Chipmunk Whisperer
But the most fun has been watching Sam feed these little guys...
We call this one Woody. Later The Prospector came and tried to gather some almonds for himself, but Woody was having none of it!
We like to picture Woody in a track suit in February sitting on top of his fat pile of nuts with a gold chain around his neck rapping..."You can get with this...or you can get with that..." (points to little wimpy chipmunk with one wilty peanut standing in the corner). *Thanks Kia Soul for the fantastic commercial*
Here is Sam feeding Woody by hand.
If you want to see a chipmunk stuff his cheeks with almonds up close check this out. Fast forward for a few seconds first.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
More Blogging, Less Twittering

Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A Red Roof Inn might work just as well
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Oh Canada...

We are taking our first family vacation of the summer in Grand Bend, Ontario Canada. The campground we are at is called The Pinery. It's only about 3 hours from home and it is absolutely beautiful here! It's a huge provincial park with lots of trees and space between the campsites. There are tons of trails and it's a quick bike ride to Lake Huron.
Yesterday we rode bikes on a trail for a while and then hiked one of the trails and read all about the Oak Savannah, one of the few remaining of it's kind in North America. We learned how in the 1960's people were afraid that because the area looked sparse, they thought they needed to plant a ton of pine trees, but in doing that they actually hurt the environment so now the rangers here are pulling the pine trees out to restore the savannah to it's natural state again. We spent time talking about how often man destroys the natural order that God has created but then we can learn from our mistakes and fix it again. Hikes like this make me want to home school the boys.
Speaking of disturbing natural order...Sam's favorite thing has been hand feeding squirrels and chipmunks. He named the two that hang out around our campsite Buzz and Woody and they take almonds right from his hand. He loves to watch them fill their cheeks until they can't hold anymore then run into their hole and come back for more. He calls all the big black squirrels Rex.
When we're not learning about the savannah here or feeding wildlife or riding bikes, we spend our time reading and playing games. Battleship is a favorite on this trip for some reason and I've taught the kids Phase 10 although they are both terribly poor losers at that game for some reason.
Today is rainy and is supposed to rain all day...tomorrow too. So, we haven't quite figured out what to do. The nearest movie theater is about 50 miles and I hate to spend our time doing things that we can do at home, but I might shoot myself if I have to be trapped in the camper with the boys for two days. So, we may not have a choice.
All in all, this is a great trip so far and I would recommend it to anyone that enjoys the great outdoors.