It seems appropriate to discuss our Vacation Verse since it should be summer soon and many of us will take a vacation. Our family went to the shore of Lake Superior this last weekend. Little did we know four months ago when we made these plans that instead of spring temps in the 50’s we would be in the midst of a winter blizzard.
Can a Unexpected Staycation Replace Your Vacation?
After months of planning and preparing we just canceled our vacation. Doing that provoked many emotions. Disappointment Some anger, Sadness, Loss – we experienced all of them. But we decided to make the best of our situation and have a staycation. My husband and son had been dreaming about seven days of camping and fishing in the Boundary Waters wilderness area. Away from all electronics,
Holidays, Family Illness, Vacation – But I’m back!
When your 23 year old son tells you it’s time to write a post I guess it’s been too long. December 22. Yup! That was my last post. I got influenza Christmas Day and the rest of my family followed me one after another. We left on a trip on New Year’s Day just as the last one was recovering. I thought I would catch
Family Traditions and Making Memories
Thank you to those of you are new, and not so new to our newsletters. With the abundance of written matter out there it is a privilege to have you sign up for our newsletters. We don’t take this lightly and will endeavor to write material that will encourage you as wives and mothers. Today I want to share with you about our family traditions
August! How Can it Possibly be August Already?
Does this sound as impossible to you as it does to me? Where does the time go? This has been a different sort of summer for us. It seems like more of our friends are having visitors and visiting others than in years past. I think it is partly due to the economy, since it is far less expensive when you visit someone and don’t
Vacations
Aren’t vacations supposed to be fun and relaxing? Preparing We left home during a string of humid 90 degree days and our air conditioning quit a couple of days before we left. So we had to spend time getting estimates and deciding if our 17-year-old unit was worth repairing or if we needed to consider replacing it. Not to mention trying to accomplish packing and