Long time, no blog...

Yes, I know that I have been a blog-slacker lately; in my defense, I moved into my house, then turned around and went to Caseville that weekend, Traverse City for an overnight jaunt the next week, Chicago part of the following week, and St. Louis most of this week...and now I'm at my parents' house in the "thumb." My apologies along with my excuses (thank you to my loyal readers who even NOTICE that I haven't posted in a while!!).

So - this is a conglomeration of photos from the last several weeks:

Fun times with the family at the "big slide" in Caseville. Yes, it IS scary (just ask Kelsey!).



More fun with at Bar Lake - what a gorgeous setting! Tyler, Jordan, Kevin and Gina all picked up on surfboarding pretty quickly!


The aftermath of lightening outside an Alma College dorm room. Yep, I took a piece of that wood, to someday carve a baseball bat out of it.......(bonus points to anyone who knows the movie)!


Today....I never would have thought a trip to Caro would be so exciting: my 70 & 68 year old parents on the roof after climbing up past a bees nest. I couldn't do it, between the heights and the bees. I told them that I really wasn't too thrilled about the opportunity to lose BOTH of my parents in one day but there's no stopping dad when he's got an idea in his mind...


I'll be back soon - I promise!

Settling...

Finally!

The moving crew taking a break in my screened-in porch.


House shots...





Gorgeous house-warming flowers from Amy.

Jack Johnson sings...

and we listen.
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School Spirit: You're never too old.

Kay struck brilliance last week when she realized that we had never painted "the rock." So. We did, Kay, Rosie and I. And it was great fun.




The next day, Bob demonstrates his Scot loyalty in a different, uh, fashion.

Loons and Angels.

Sunday was a perfect day to go to the ball field with friends. Here, I'm demonstrating being "decked out" in Loon's attire (photo by Amy). Apparently adding a hat (which Charlie insisted I wear because someone had left it at his house) moved my outfit up a notch on the fan loyalty scale based on comments from acquaintances.



Cotton candy envy. Yep, I really had to restrain myself from getting some after watching a nearby fan eat his.


This is what happens afterwards, though: the post-sugar crash.



Finally, I was able to make it home for dinner with Cheyanne, Charlie and Channing, so we took a picture of Charlie with his "angels." :)

Bye Brett...

Brett's headed off to KY to chase bats. I hope he keeps taking pictures so that we can keep up with him. Amy, Tony and I bought him some gifts to help in his new career: a bat (for those rabid, attack-bats) and some glow-in-the-dark sparkle stars (for lighting up dark caves).


(Brett practices with his new bat)


Brett also demonstrated his "lighting-match-on-teeth" skills. I think those will come in handy in KY. At least until his teeth fall out. Then he can go back to using the zipper on his jeans to light them.



Brett, you've touched a lot of lives in Midland. Thank you for your sense of humor and your blunt honesty. It's refreshing - and we need more people in the world like you. Be well!

New bedrooms. Spoiled cats.

This weekend I half-lifted my self-declared garage sale ban. It was, after all, memorial day weekend in Caseville, which meant LOTS of BIG sales. How could I miss it? Regardless of the fact that I knew I'd be moving my household again in a few weeks (potentially closing just after the 4th of July), I decided buying a few more things couldn't hurt that much...

So, I outfitted my "bedroom" temporarily at Caseville with a rug and pillows - my bedroom being the chair right in front of the sliding glass door. Hey - it makes for a great alarm clock, the sun and the sound of the waves....



I returned from the weekend to find that Charlie and Gizmo found yet another bond. Charlie's newest method of spoiling Gizmo is to allow the kitchen faucet to drip. I don't know how he (Gizmo) is going to survive when he has to live with me alone...