Today didn't get much better.  While I was teaching math this afternoon I noticed the sapphire from a ring my husband gave me was m...

Things have been a bit rough around here lately. In two weeks time we've had a dryer stop drying, a snowmobile stop running, and a r...

Such a wonderful surprise this morning. I think our principal was probably the most popular guy in town today... 

I'm not quite sure why, but this year both of my children requested that I make them Pokemon Valentine cards to pass out at sch...

Today marks the day of 2015's first ice crossing.   On Thursday, as my son and I flew across for a dentist appointment,  we checked...

When I came out of school this afternoon I noticed a sure sign that winter is here to stay - the ice breaker helping a freighter throug...

As of the end of today, the boats are done for the season. Now we are hoping for calm, cold days so we can get a good ice bridge...

This little item (details here ) is now near the top of my wish list. It's a bummer that they don't seem to be available in the...

Every time we hop on the snowmobile after school my daughter says, "Can I drive?" Of course, if we were driving home in a ...

This was yesterday: gray, cold and windy. Not exactly a good day to spend even a little bit of time outside.  Today, however, was...

Snowmobile helmets are big. So big, that they won't fit in a standard school locker. Most of our high school kids keep them up on t...

Our cat, Minnie, has decided the Christmas tree is a special climbing toy we put up just for her. Then again, she thinks just about eve...

Black Friday was rather quiet on Mackinac Island. We saw a few people people out and about, but for the most part town was empty. ...

Let me start by saying that my daughter is fine. She's fine today , but three weeks ago things weren't so great. You see,...

Did you know that for the last ten years a little spacecraft, named Rosetta, has been traveling to catch up with a comet? The name of th...

I love Halloween. Love it. Especially helping the kids get the perfect costumes.  For a number of years now our Tourism Bureau ha...

My son has always been enamored with ancient Egypt , so I shouldn't have been surprised when he asked for an ancient Egypt-themed b...

Two weeks ago I went shopping with a friend. Can you guess which cart is mine? Remember, I'm shopping to feed a family of four for...

My little Pharaoh decided, back in September, that this year he wanted an ancient Egypt birthday party. Luckily we had access to lots o...

I was in town the other morning and found this on main street. Someone was up early and had a little fun; luckily it looks like there w...