Sorry this is so late, but I wanted to make sure that I wished everyone a

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

I'm going to Europe this summer!!!

This summer towards the end of May, I will be on my way to Europe!!!

Here is a sneak peak at my tentative itinerary.

Arrive in Amsterdam

Visit the Van Gogh Museum, Floating Flower Market, Anne Frank's house, Rembrandt House, and the Rijksmuseum. Plenty of free time to explore the city and then...

2 days later, board a train and head to Brussels.

Visit the Musee des Beaux Art, the Comic Strip Museum, and explore the many churches in the area.

2 days later, board another train and head to PARIS!!!

No hotels in Paris, we will be staying in apartments with kitchenettes (I get to shop for and cook food in Paris) (How cool is that!?)

Attractions in Paris:

Hôtel De Ville
Notre Dame Cathedral
Ile St.-Louis
Aux nos ancetres les Gaulois
the Louvre
Place de la Concorde
Tuileries Palace
Church of the Madeleine
Le Petit Palais
Le Grand Palais
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysées
Eiffel Tower
Palais de Chaillot
Ecole militaire
Musée Rodin
Montparnasse area
the Latin Quarter
Le Jardin and Le Palais du Luxembourg
the Panthéon
St. Sulpice
St. Germain des Prés area
Saint-Chapelle Church
museum of the Orangerie
Sacré Coeur
Place de Tertre
Musée d’Orsay
Monet's House
Les Halles district
Centre Georges-Pompidou
the Mouffetard Quarter

...just to name a few!

(sorry about quitting on the links, we are just doing too much!)

in total 8 days living in Paris.
What an experience.
Did I mention that I get class credit for this?

When the boys go hunting....

On November 15th every year I shove my husband out the door and tell him to have a good time with the boys.

I tell him, "catch a deer, don't worry, I'll be fine, I won't miss you that much, I can't wait to have the bed all to myself..." etc.

So I enjoy the simple pleasures of not sharing the apartment with anyone.

But then....

It doesn't take long for me to realize how wrong I was. I do miss him. Everything is better when he is around.

I love November 15th, but I love when it is over!

I'm still alive!

Sorry for the lack of posting! I could lie and tell you all that I've been way too busy to post, way too busy to bother with a little thing like a blog....but then I wouldn't be telling the truth.
The truth is that I have been incredibly lazy and in a funk.
I do not fare well in funks and neither do the people that are around me! :)

But....it is Monday. And Monday's are a new week! Whoo Hoo!

In other news. Yes, it did snow up here in the UP. I took pictures of the piles of snow that the plows made, and all of the snow plastered on the side of the trees. It's been almost a week since it snowed and all of it is almost melted. I'm not worried though. It will be back! :)

Jason is working his butt off with the classes he is teaching, the classes he is taking, working on his thesis, and applying to MFA (Master of Fine Arts) programs.
He will be leaving for deer camp in Lake City on Thursday night. He can't wait!
I'm not sure what I am going to do while he is gone, but I'm sure I will think of something!

Have a good monday!

my view of monday

Happy Birthday Kathryn P. Toony!!!

I love you!