10 Things I love about Living in Michigan

1.)    True "Four Seasons".

2.)     In the Winter, your garage doubles as a fridge/freezer.

3.)     Hard to go a mile without hitting some kind of water.

4.)     The beauty after an ice storm.

5.)     Mackinac Island

6.)     Christmas lights peeking out through snow.

7.)     The 45th Parallel--exactly halfway between equator and North Pole

8.)     Lake Michigan

9.)     Traverse City

10.)   The Mackinac Bridge

Cross Country Skiing

What a beautiful weekend--fresh snow and blue skies!  It was a bit cold, but not too cold to ski.  Although DH has been out, this year, I have not.  He found my skis and boots and I dressed for the weather (I thought!).  We put on our gear in the garage and headed towards the beach.  Snowmobile tracks made for a semi-"groomed" feel.  The beach is on a bit of a slope and I decided to follow the snowmobile tracks onto the lake--figuring if THEY didn't break the ice, I wouldn't.  Half way down the beach slope, I was unsteady and couldn't remember how to stop!  So, I fell, but did so with grace and no injury. :)

This picture (above) is of the next day, at Richardson--yes, even though we live by the lake, we drove over to the wooded trail.  It was beautiful and I remembered to bring kleenex, water, earmuffs and my phone/camera.   We forgot the dog leash.  So DH had to fashion one from what he had in the car.  In true "gym teacher" manner, it consisted of exercise stretch bands.  Poor Milo!  Tried to take a picture of it, but sometimes (and I don't know WHY), my phone camera takes the pic--it LOOKS good, but when I go to retrieve it, it is all pixilated. See?

If we were younger or better on skis, we would've just let Milo run free, like all the other dogs we encountered, but we were afraid he'd run over our skis or cause us to fall, if we did that.

Starting out good

The first week of 2010 has been good, so far.  Found a free medical service for DB and my dad filled out the forms and sent them in.  I know he qualifies, just have to see if they have room.

Have a new client and she is progressing suprisingly well.  Only worked with her about 10 hours and her extended family is even noticing a difference. :)

The father of a former client left a voice message, yesterday, to thank me for helping them apply for the Children's Waiver.  They qualified and their daughter is getting many services that she wouldn't have received.  I haven't worked with her in about 6 months, so I was surprised and pleased to hear from him.


Son3 is coming out of his "den", more, now that we have a Wii. :)  It is "my" Wii, so it is on the living room computer.

I'm subbing today and tomorrow, which is always an easy gig for me. Well, maybe not "always", but 98% of the time.  After subbing I go PLAY with 15 year old for 4 hours.

I've decided to not sub on Fridays, as I am getting too many requests and all of my pm slots are taken.  So, business is good. As is life.

Happy New Year!

Wow!  It is 2010!  I remember as a kid thinking, "The world will blow itself up before the year 2000".  I truly did not believe I'd see this day.  

Things to be thankful for in 2009:  Son3 getting Firefighter job, Son2 stabilizing (somewhat), no major disasters, all of my clients and their trust in me with their children, DH still has good job, 50th birthday and all the friends and family who attended, our free NAET lady, good/better health, roof over our heads and plenty to eat, cars working, safe vacation trips to FL and TN, Facebook (has gotten me back in touch with so many people and keeps me in touch with others), both parents still living and in fairly good health.


Things to hope/pray for in 2010:  World Peace, Autism Cure (even though it would put me out of business), cure for Bipolar Disorder.  More tangible hopes:  new hardwood floors, repaint kitchen, son3 stays employed and in school, son2 keeps stable and on meds, my laptop gets fixed, I lose 20 pounds, more time to read, a healthy and successful garden,get DB dx and treated.