Having Lunch At The Park

I left work at noon to find something to eat. I wasn't really sure what I was hungry for. I headed for a small grocery store in Hancock for some soup but I really wasn't hankerin' (is that a word?) for soup...so I passed by. Then I remembered another little cafe in the old hospital. What the heck.....I'll give it a try.


I ordered the Hot Oven Roasted Turkey Dijon. This is how it's described on the menu:


Fresh roasted turkey topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions, provolone cheese, a creamy Dijon sauce and served on an Italian Batard, with pickle & chips-$6.95.


Sounded good to me, so I ordered it. I wasn't sure what Italian Batard was but I love bread--any bread--so I wasn't too concerned.
The cafe is called Kangas' Cafe. They also do catering and I have been at several weddings where they have catered and I enjoyed their food. Today was no exception. This is the "to-go" box with their menu and the gentleman at the counter gave me the two candies. PERFECT!

I drove to a small park close to work to eat and noticed this little guy busy with his pine cone. I couldn't eat all the bread or all the chips so I shared with him.

He carried this pine cone all over the park. He'd run with it in his mouth, drop it, run away from it, then come back and get it. Funny!

I watched him for a bit and then had to head back to work.

Turkey in my belly......I'll need a nap break this afternoon. Hope I can hold out for the rest of the day!

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Gettin' My Bakin' ON!

I decided to get a little baking done on Sunday. I love chocolate chip cookies but making them in bar form is so much easier. Your not tied to the oven making batch after batch.
So, I got all the ingredients together (Love, Love, Love my kitchen aid mixer).
Found a GREAT helper! He's always ready to help out.

My grandson helped put all the ingredients in the mixer. Just follow the directions on the back of the chocolate chip bag and you're good to go! We chatted away while we watched the mixer do its job! This little guy is super fun to be around.

Once mixed we dumped it into the jelly roll pan......

and baked 'er up!!

Baking duties are over for the week.

My daughter has a volleyball game on Tuesday and that is the only thing on my agenda for after work this week. AHHHHH!

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Halloween Decorating

I've been decorating for Halloween and am still working on my porch.
I am so proud of myself because I haven't spent any money on this decorating yet. I made this picture on a whim and I think it turned out great! The picture frame was just hanging around in my basement. I spray painted it black and spray painted the matting green. Then I printed out the Halloween saying a put it all together. Cute! My table is still a work in progress. I had some white candles and the candle holder in the basement. I took all those and spray painted them all black. Then I put the spider webbing on the candle holder and the picture. The material on the bottom is something that was in my halloween box so I threw that on there. Now I just need to find some other things to add. I think I'll check out Goodwill and see what I can find to turn into halloween decorating treasure. I do want to find a good size skull (obviously not a real one--don't worry hubby, you can sleep with your eyes closed) to put on one side of the candle holder.
What do you think?

Everything here I had. I changed out the paper in the window for halloween and printed out a couple mice to have hanging out up there.

The last picture is of my table. I never know what to use here. I love table runners and I have one for just about every occasion. This time I put a square tablecloth under a slice of tree. I was lucky to take a few from my step-sons wedding.Then just an autumn string of leaves and a pumpkin faced tin.

I've been having tons of fun doing trash to treasure projects and am quite please at home much money I have saved.

Any suggestions are welcome!

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I Love To Create

More things I would love to make time for to create:

Would love to make this for my hubby's golf friends. I just may do this for next year. Oh how I love Frankenstein! He's one of my favorite Halloween decorations.

This I want to try and paint on canvas for my grandson. He loves big machines and I know he would love this on his wall.

This is a caa-ute Christmas card! I love the little box too.

I am working on some Halloween boxes to put treats in for some special Trick or Treaters. I will put them up on here as soon as I purchase another memory card for my camera.

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Catching Up!

I'm trying to catch up on my blog....please be patient with me.

Life happens way too fast and I don't want to miss a thing!

Pictures of My Son's Wedding

This is my son Michael and his wife Brooke. They were married this summer in Puerto Rico.
This kid of mine is so fun to be around! His imagination is really what I enjoy the most! He's ALWAYS been able to make me laugh.
This beautiful lady he married is a doll! She is so kind and loving and to top things off, she is an orthopedic surgeon. That'll come in handy when body parts need replacing!:) This is just a gorgeous picture! I love the background...and it's real....it's not a backdrop!

Isn't this so sweet!

Just waiting for his lady. What a handsome dude!

More wedding photos later.

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'Tis The Season

No, not Christmas.....Deer Season! It's the time of year all men can't wait for!
We took our grandson with us for a ride to the hubby's deer blind. As we were driving on the dirt road, we came upon a tree that had fallen across it.
Here Nathan is on the tree watching/supervising the cutting and clean up of said tree. Here is hubby cutting up tree. My job was to pick up logs and stack them in the truck. Mission accomplished.

Here is our grandson hanging out the window. He had to make sure G-pa didn't run over anything.

Along the way we ran across these....wolf tracks. Hope that wolf doesn't decide to follow hubby.

We made it to the deer blind and Nathan helped G-pa load the shell into his 410.

Before the shell was loaded, he had to kiss it for good luck so G-pa didn't miss the target.

The deer blind. Home away from home come November 15th. Nathan helped to paint it.

Trying to shoot the water bottle.

Walking in the woods to pick a new spot for the deer blind. They were sharing shoestring potato sticks. They both love them.

Back in the truck. He's playing opposum..he wasn't really sleeping.

So, for two weeks in November nothing else will matter except for hunting for a big buck!

At least I'll get a mini vacation. I won't have to cook or make lunches at 5:30am for two weeks!!

My Dad

Dads are the quiet ones in the bunch. They don't worry about what they get for birthdays or Christmas (mine asks for socks!...No-I'm not getting you socks!). They don't make a big deal if you forget or get something totally silly and they don't hold it against you.

I can always count on this man when I am in a pinch. He has picked up my kids at the drop of a hat when they needed him. He has driven to and from my house countless times.

This is my Dad on his birthday this past year. The Hut offers free eats on your b-day, so we got together and went. This is Dad in the kitchen at home. He loves having us and our kids over (I think). He is a man with a serious sweet tooth and I used to love making him treats. I'll have to start that again for him. Maybe...I'll ask Mom.

Here he is at one of Nathan's horse show competitions in Escanaba. He travels all over to see his grandkids and great grandkids in their activities.

Of course, Mom is never far behind....more on her later.

There is so much I want to say about my Dad-He is a kind, caring wonderful man and I appreciate all he has done for me and my kids!

Love ya Dad....thanks for being there for all of us! I hope you know how much you mean to me!