Back before I flew out to Oregon in September, I signed up to participate in a quilt workshop put on by the Trillium Quilt Guild today. When I thought I was going to be staying in Oregon, I canceled my registration for the workshop. Then when Sherill died and I returned, I asked if there was still room for me and I was told yes, so I got to spend today being creative. Continue reading
I didn’t write about this last night because I was obviously busy, but June 13th was Mark’s and my tenth wedding anniversary. I had thought for several months about what I’d like to do for such a momentous occasion, but in the end we had to scale down our plans. It still turned out to be good. Continue reading
I saw Jamey and Sage off this afternoon, so now there’s time to reflect on their visit… Continue reading
Some of the churches in Door County have banded together to help the foreign students that come here to work in the summer. The students don’t generally have a car and are unable to get around to places they might like to see and things they would enjoy doing. They generally live at their work site and that’s about all they get to see. The church program is called Bridges and they offer bi-weekly activities, English lessons, and they match the students up with Christian families who do things with them. Continue reading
This is a love story wrapped within a love story. Grab your hankies, Ladies! Continue reading
Today marks the end of my first week at Tea Thyme, and consequently, the end of the first week of the tea room being open. As a result of the tea room being so new, I have the pleasure of learning a new job at the same time as my bosses. We are all in this together! Continue reading
As of today, Mark and I have had nine years of wedded bliss, more or less. I had the day off work, and he got home from work earlier than usual so we could celebrate. Continue reading
I was too tired to write last night after I finished processing all the pictures I took during the day, so I’m catching you up now.
Today was the Big Day we’ve been working toward. We got up this morning and took the bedding off the hide-a-bed we’ve been sleeping on in the living room and turned it back into a couch. We cleaned and prepared food and got ready for people to come to our house dedication which we had told everyone would start at 2:00. Our first guests arrived at 2:45. Continue reading
I didn’t have an opportunity to write last night and several people have asked me today how my first day at work went. It went really well! Continue reading