I've made the move over to the new site.  Any of you that make it also look me up and be sure to send a friend request.  I've looked for all my friends and only found just a couple (Hi Heather and Whitewytch!)  But it seems prety nice there.  See you there!

I'm so very excited!  I leave this weekend to go up to the U.P. with my mom, my niece, my youngest daughter (oldest has to work), my boyfriend, and one of his daughters.  I've gone a couple of years now with my mom and the two girls and man is it nice to get away from it all.  No electricity, water from a pump, elk bugleing in the night, owls hooting, loons looning (what the heck is that noise a loon makes, anyhow?) lots of fishing and water fun.  And of course the ever beautiful and relatively frightening Lake Superior.  Every time I stand on her shores, I just get the feeling she says to me, "I could pull you in if I wanted.  I've done it to others..."  SO... I use extra caution on the lake shore!  I can't wait!!!  Sure wish my oldest daughter could go though.  It'd be even better.

My two daughters are both coming out tonight and I'm so excited! My oldest is 22 and I'm picking her and her cattle dog Tigger up after work, then I'm picking up my youngest who is 14. Dropping the oldest and her dog off at the house and then it's off to 4-H with the youngest. Then back to the homefront. I cleaned up the backyard last night, planted my remaining mint plants (2 chocolate mint, YUM!, one apple mint, and one orange mint), put some wood in the fire pit, arranged the chairs just-so, and put out candles and incense. We should have a nice time just sitting around the fire this evening. I miss having my oldest living at home - she moved out at the beginning of May. And the youngest is only with me on the weekends, although I take her to see her horse one night during the week too. The moon garden is groomed up, the herbs are blossoming, and I'm thrilled! Blessings, everyone!

My lease is up at the end of August and I believe I will be moving into my Grandmother's house.  She's in a care facility and her house is vacant and in need of attention.  We've been cleaning and repairing since October of last year.  Such a huge project! 

I actually hate to move because I love my house and my town, and my Grandmother's is a LOT further away.  But even the increased gas $$ doesn't compete with $700 in rent and I'm BROKE and tired of it.  So I'm going to move in there and try to save some money.

The biggest drawback is that my youngest daughter really doesn't like the house.  She doesn't live with me full time, and I won't be moving in until the fall, but still...  I hate to make her miserable.  I'm hoping she'll understand that if I save some money maybe we can buy our own house next year and stop all this stupid renting crap.  (sigh) Sure hope she takes it well when I break the news to her.

Ah, this is one of the laziest Mother's Days I've spent in a long time! Rainy day here, spent it with my youngest daughter not doing much at all. I realized though when I logged in that I haven't put in a blog post in over a month now, so I figured I'd better say something. So I'm wishing a lovely Mother's Day to all Maids, Mothers, and Crones out there! Love and blessings!