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 ...

Today I: cleaned the hallway carpet, washed the rug that stained the hallway carpet, scoured two bathrooms, cleaned out and organized four c...

The hatch has begun. My son is thrilled . He's been patiently waiting for their arrival. What's not to love? Their mouths don't ...

This year, for Fourth of July weekend, we camped with friends here . Well, technically since we were in a camper it was camping, but Sandy P...

When I noticed this shirt at the Goodwill I nearly did a little jig once I had my hands on it, it was that amazing. The best part was, the s...

I tried not to spend an arm and a leg decorating for this party, because I really tend to go overboard on birthdays. I bought a pack of cat...

While planning the cat birthday party, I had visions of cute little cat shaped cakes, but my husband had other plans... This part of my daug...

Thank you so much for playing along! Several of you guessed our destination correctly. Go back and click on the photo of the condo and look ...

So sorry that I've been ignoring this space lately. I've got a very good excuse, I promise. We've been on vacation! It didn'...

The birthday shirt has become somewhat of a tradition round these parts. This year's shirt, of course, went with the cat theme. (The shi...

I love living on Mackinac, and one of my favorite things about the island is the sound of freighters. After a long winter without hearing th...

Lots of horses have been returning to the island - ready to get back to work. They travel just like the tourists do. By truck, and by boat....

The only ready-made cat party supplies I could find cost an arm and a leg, and they were pink. Not that there's anything wrong with pink...