You know you live in a small town when the very first time you attend services at a church, you are asked to do a reading. Mackinac Island...

Mother Nature just couldn't make up her mind today. It would be beautiful and sunny and then dark thunderous storm clouds would roll...

Earlier this summer my daughter chopped her hair. And I mean chopped . She went from having hair that fell to the middle of her back with...

My husband fled the island last night, on the 11:00 pm boat, hoping to get our dog to the vet in time... He'd already consulted wit...

Flowers : August is beautiful on Mackinac Island. My lilies and daisies have exploded, as have the roses in the Grand Hotel Tea Garden. Summ...

#4: Personalized Autographed Photos In one of my mother-in-law's Disney travel books, I found the address where you could write in and r...

#3: Autograph Books I knew I wanted to have autograph books for the kids to use at Disney, but I wanted them to be special. Certainly not th...

#2: New Hats Everyone who knows us, knows we are a hat wearing family. My children and I are all quite fair so we wear hats outside 99% of t...

OK, I'll admit it, I'm cheap. Well, maybe not cheap - frugal would be a better word. Yes, that's it, I'm frugal . I hate ...