This February I've been trying to get projects finished. Sometimes they get put off to the side and they sit for a while. Sometimes life...

Lovely. I've felt poor all day and now I know why. Guess I'm not going to school this week; time to get started on some sub plans...

I am often asked what people on Mackinac do to keep busy during the winter. If you went around town and asked 20 different people you might ...

Due to Covid, my son was unable to take Driver's Training last summer, so this year both kids have taken the class together. Recently, t...

My youngest child and I were in St. Ignace the other day to get their Covid-19 vaccination. We happened to have a few minutes to kill before...

Not much is cuter than a little piggy doing downward facing dog. Every time I see that tail, I giggle...

My youngest child turned 15 this spring and asked for an Animal Crossing themed birthday party. For those of you without kids, Animal Crossi...

The teachers at the Mackinac Island Public School are incredibly lucky. Not only do we live and work in an amazing community, and have fabul...

Every day I am seeing more signs of spring. Believe it or not, on this day it wasn't the tourists I noticed first- it was the trash can....

We bought a new bus! We use to own half of a bus - one we shared with another district, but it had their name on the side. This is our first...

I have always liked the look of cookies iced with flow icing, but I've never tried it. Until now. My youngest child decided they wanted ...

Foggy mornings on Mackinac are a sure sign of spring. Luckily the boats are running, because if we had to fly this morning, we would have mi...

As I'm sure you know, the Mackinac Island Public School is small. Our entire K-12 school is about 60 kids, half of which are in the ...

Back in the beginning of the Covid lockdown, I started seeing seeing faces  and it's happening again. Every time I walk past the windows...

Last week a letter arrived for me. A letter that left New York on January 14th. As you can see, it arrived at the Mackinac Island Post Offic...

For March is Reading Month, this year the Mackinac Island Public School is celebrating March is Math Month by reading a different math book ...

I packed this beauty up a few weeks ago and sent it back to its rightful owner. Years ago I my friend's husband snuck this unfinished qu...

We had an ice bridge for about a week this year. (This is not a photo from this year, as I wasn't willing to venture out on it - I just ...

  When you see a lineup of fancy snowmobiles like these at the Mustang, it can only mean one thing - tourists are crossing the ice. We'v...

Hey there. A few days ago my little blog became a teenager. Yup, The Quilted Turtle turned 13 on February 10th. 13 years, 1,026 posts, and m...