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A Cabin in the woods

October 22, 2014

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These pictures make it look like the middle of summer but these are from our trip to Michigan in September. The weather was a bit all over the place but we got a few beautiful days of sunshine and warmth. We had planned to head up to my uncle’s cabin in the upper peninsula for some truly restful days and boy did we get lucky. His cabin is wonderful and this is only the second time I’ve been and I was really excited we were able to fit it in the schedule.

The cabin is relatively remote and situated on top of a bluff. It’s a one room log cabin that has an octagonal shape and is pretty rustic. Perhaps one of the best features is the sauna on site. There is no running water in the cabin but my uncle built a sauna for bathing in the Finnish style. A wood stove heats both the room and the water that is attached to it. On my first visit to the cabin it was a very cool fall evening and the sauna was just what I needed. This time around it was warmer but we still took advantage of it.

We explored in the woods a bit. Walker tried fishing and I tried panning for gold. We both failed but we are also both pretty impatient. Finally we decided sitting on the deck of the cabin and drinking a beer would be the best way to spend the day. And I’m pretty sure it was. In the evening we looked at the stars and tried yet again to figure out if we were looking at constellations.

After a couple of really nice days in the woods we hopped back in the car and got Walker to the airport just in time. Our mad dash to the airport was totally worth spending one extra night and it all worked out just fine. Although I was sort of secretly wishing Walker would miss his flight so he could stay one more day. Hehe…

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Happy day of love

February 14, 2013

Every year I struggle with should we celebrate Valentine’s day or not. I get very rational when I think of all the commercial reasons not to. On the other hand being a girl who was without boyfriend for my first oh 25 Valentine’s days it’s hard me for not to want to.

I guess I’ve made a compromise with myself. While we won’t be putting any ridiculous expectations on each other of what the day should be we are taking a little bit of time to have fun and appreciate each other. It’s so easy to forget this sometimes in our everyday lives and endless to do lists.

So this year my plan is this. We both get to choose a part of the meal (I have the main course), decide what ingredients are needed, and write a series of clues for each item. Then we’ll be heading to the store and using our clues the other made for us and shopping for all the “items” on the list. I wrote 4 clues for each item with the 4th clue being a sort of bonus and a little bit more telling. There can be no cheating and we can’t ask the other if we are right. If everything goes as planned we will make our meal once we get home and have a quiet night in. I’m sort of hoping one of us chooses the wrong item because it could be pretty funny. I don’t want to give away too much right now but I’ll share everything tomorrow.

I think this would be such a fun date idea! If it goes well we might have to use this one again.

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