Fussin' & frettin' with my Dad

So since my Dad's in the hospital, we've all been 

in the fussing and fretting mode. 

My Dad's the caretaker and not one to like

being on the receiving end of things.

He tells us to go home as soon as we get there....

over and over.

I told him I was going to take a video of him 

telling us to go home so he could quit saying 

it and we could just watch the video.

Here it is.

Real Men do laundry

 Come on Jake...show your face.

Real men do laundry and I'm proud

of you. Good job you're doing there...

necessary and important and vital

to the family welfare.

Thanks....that's better. Now that

wasn't so hard, was it?

Menorah-type centerpiece for candle lighting ceremonies

Every time we've made one of these 

centerpieces for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Candle Lighting

Ceremony, they've each

been a little different and unique.

Any amount of candles seems to work just fine.

Any type of font blends in well.

We added holographic silver to the top one

and it gave it an interesting 

sparkle and shine.

Even a bit of the party theme can work

on it...like Jordyn's hugs and kisses.

They're just a bit different.

It's The Village of Wolverine Lake.

5 houses down from me is one of our Village signs.

There are a few more around the perimeter of our 

Village of Wolverine Lake but this one is the one I see

the most often. Whoever designed them made a pleasing 

sign that fits the flavor of this Village.

It's placed right near the beginning of the wood 

boardwalk that provides safety and a cool way to travel 

from point A to B.

Here's our quaint wooden boardwalk.

This boardwalk was a long time coming and I'm glad

it's here. It's used often by many people. I'm happy it

was constructed before Michigan took a poop.

January our sign was looking pretty messed up.

 Time had taken it's toll. Michigan winters

can be unkind sometimes.

But now it's lookin' good again.It's a sign to

be proud of and I'm glad fixing it up was put

in the budget.

Mulberry pickin' at the spooky house

There's a spooky windowless house across the lake 

and in a cove....kinda hidden from the rest of the lake.

Thank goodness its hidden away. 

It's the worst looking house on the lake.

 I wrote about the street side view in 

another blog post called Curb Appeal.

But there is a cool mulberry bush hanging

into the lake so there's something positive here.

We kayaked over there and feasted.

You had to grab a branch and pull and

lean and pick. They were soft and

tart and squishy and juicy.

  These guys looked like "survivors" foraging
for food in the wild.

 Good thing the water is shallow here. 

Standing in a kayak is never a really 

good idea.

 But if he fell in maybe it would clean up

his mulberry face!

"Rock the Rink"....colorful girls hockey party decorations.

The whole time this was in our work room Stacey

and I kept saying how much we loved these

colors together.

It was so vibrant and different than all

the reds and blacks and blues we seem to

be using a bunch.

Also, hockey...especially for a girl....was

uniquely fun too.

Memorial Day 2010

• Visited my brother up north for my sister-in-laws birthday.

Got to see his camper for the first time and we 

waded in the water on the Rifle River. 

He cooked a great pork loin on the grill.

• Saw a parade with peeps that I love in it. 

The morning was beautiful and 

the sun was hot and shining bright.

• Had a great bike ride to and from the parade and

snagged a Dilly Bar on the way home. Heavenly! I love

my bike. I love how it feels and I know it's gear settings.

I feel like I can fly.

I love Dilly Bars too. I'd put them in the top 10 of

the favorite things I love to enjoy.

Then around 2 pm it started to look like night.

The sky darken and I sat on my rope swing on

the porch and watched it roll & rumble in.

Glad I got that bike ride in.