BarbP wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 5:50 am In Illinois, there was an apple orchard about 40 minutes from us. I used to take the kids for the petting zoo, kids' activities and apple picking, we picked blueberries a coupleof times during vacations to southwestern Michigan.

Barb, which apple orchard was that?

I was so happy to be able to squeeze in a scrapbook page last night...in between dinner and a load of laundry. Tomorrow is the Homerun Derby so the hubby took our little guy out for some hitting practice. We have our last regularly scheduled game tonight and it's a late one, under the lights. Our bo...

We used to go to a local Pick your Own farm near us. But they started charging an "entrance fee" to access the fields and then charged crazy prices for the fruits. I dont mind paying for the fruit but the entrance fees ended that. It would cost us $30 as a family just to walk out in the field. And t...

Barb - I hope you get some relief soon! I'm at work now (sneaking in) and then it's home to get some housework done. I have loads and loads of laundry to catch up on. These baseball games every day really suck up all my time and energy. I think I'll be making pasta for dinner tonight. And we can hav...

I dont normally journal on my layouts. I love to hear the stories people tell just by looking at the pictures. If I do journal at all it would be on vacation albums. I love to recap a lot of the trip that wasnt told in pictures. And when I do, I do not trust my handwriting so I always printed it out...

FUN! I'll start working on a word list! Thank you!!

So true! I've put many things in a shopping cart and then deleted them when I saw the shipping charges!

BINGO!!!

For real this time!!

YAY!!!!

just kidding....I still need one more...lol

We have a small portable one. We are working on the backyard and hope to build a little patio with a more permanent structure soon.