Up North

Photos by me using iPhone Camera Bag app.

...I must say that Cole, Wellie, Pip and I had a wonderful time on our vacation at my parents' cottage. The first few days were so cool and crisp and gorgeous that we drank hot toddies by the fire and cuddled up with blankets. Then came a huge and horrible heat wave with the temps rising into the high nineties with 95% humidity. Since there is no air conditioning at the cottage, all we could do was lay around sweating and drinking cold beer. After suffering through the heat for a few days, we were saved by some wonderful thunderstorms that cooled the night down and made it enjoyable to sleep again. The final few days felt like the first and made me as happy as a caramel apple on a cool Autumn day.

Vacationing up north is truly so wonderful, but it doesn't come without its downfalls. I had a horrid internet connection and pretty much drove everyday to Traverse City or Petoskey to find a free wifi hot spot. This made the vacation a little less relaxing and a bit more stressful. I'm really thankful that I planned ahead of time and scheduled such amazing guest bloggers. I seriously don't know what I would have done without them. A hugely massive Thank You to Beatrice, Claire, Annie, Starr and Rosie!! Not only are you girls total life savers but you are also extremely inspiring. Every day was such a wonderful surprise, clicking on my blog and reading your guest posts. I am so very thankful to call each of you my blogging friends!!

Another big Thank You to all my amazing readers for sticking with me during my vacation and for treating my guests with love and kindness! You are all truly the best readers a girl could ask for.

Cole starts the second (final) year of graduate business school today! Wish him luck. Urg, I have the first-day-of-school-jitters by proxy.

Yours,