So the last month has been pretty boring as we have been stuck back in Illinois. The good news is that Brian’s Eagle Scout project is turned in to his troop. And now we just have to wait for the Council to contact us for the final meeting. This could take several weeks, so as…
When Jim said, “Let’s go to South Dakota!” when we were trying to figure out which direction to go first after our launch, I was all like, “Meh. South Dakota? Not much in South Dakota, except the Badlands, which are only mildly interesting.” Boy, was I wrong! We spent several days around Deadwood and the…
I had no idea that there were Sunflower fields in South Dakota! When Jim and I were discussing which direction to go when we left Illinois a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to go to Colorado to photograph the Sunflower fields, but Jim wanted to go to South Dakota and see The Badlands. So…
We finally broke free of Illinois for a couple of weeks!! Woot!!! So we started heading west and stopped for a couple of nights in Amana, Iowa so we could see the Amana Colonies. The Amana people began in the early 1700’s in Germany by two men, Eberhard L. Gruber and Johann F. Rock, who…
Well, we’re not having a very sexy beginning here. We are camping on the hot (its 92 degrees right now!) black asphalt parking lot at Jim’s work. We did not close on the house as expected on Friday. Something about some child support paperwork that the buyer still needs to get to his bank. In…
Seven more days. One week. At this time next Friday we will be full-timers. There’s still so much to do! And yesterday we got word that the buyer’s bank is insisting he have the radon mitigated, even though it only tested at a 4.4. I always thought it didn’t require mitigation if it is under…
We’re counting down! 9 more days! So far we have: *Held 2 garage sales *Sold multiple items via Craigslist *Taken 2 carloads to Goodwill (stuff that didn’t sell in the garage sale) *Dumped multiple loads into the dumpster at Jim’s office. And all this is AFTER we just sold the big house in December and…
Today is totally gonna be a “feelings” post. The house is sold – the closing is set for July 24, at which point we will be “homeless”. Its scary. Every day I waffle between being excited and being scared to death. Jim is busy clearing out the house – maybe a little too fast! I…
I’m not gonna lie – EVERY person I have served these ribs to has asked for this recipe. For the longest time I wouldn’t give anyone the recipe – it was my little secret. People would ask, and I would tell them, “I’d tell ya, but then I’d have to kill ya.” and laugh…
What a spectacular weekend! We put our house on the market, left the kids at home, and took off for a long weekend to go to The Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan. The Tulip Time Festival was first started in 1927 by Miss Lida Rogers, a Biology teacher at Holland High School. She suggested…