Foggy Black Friday
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:04 amGood Morning everybody,
A foggy morning is greeting those up here who are out doing their Black Friday thing. I'm glad I'm tucked inside and looking out rather than being out in that frenzied mad house. There will be a lot of tired but Christmas present loaded down shoppers by days end or in some cases, mornings end, as some stores started sales at 10 p.m. last night.
As for us, we are heading out later this morning to a quilt shop in Ishpeming that Brenda wants to go to and also over to another store. Also plan on doing some sightseeing again while the weather is nice. Rain showers moving in tomorrow, so probably won't be out and about. I do however want to go to a really good local bakery and also a Pasty shop to take some pasties back home with me, so that's on tomorows agenda at the moment.
Yesterday after we had out dinner, we went and drove around Van Riper State Park, just up the road here so Brenda could see what that park looks like. I've been in it a number of times as it's on my list to hopefully go camping there this coming year. There are a lot of trails to hike there. and it's fun just strolling the campground too. And there is a bike path as well.
Hard to believe that this week is almost over and in a couple of days we will be heading back south. I'm watching the weather forecasts as a storm is coming in and supposed to hit on Saturday night and Sunday, more in the lower peninsula than up here, but that means we might be driving into some snowy weather. Have to keep an eye on it in case it looks like it might develop into something quite nasty. We can stay here till Monday if we have to but Brenda has to be home on Tuesday, so that is the latest day we can stay. I hate to leave, but. As is, I'm contemplating coming back for Christmas week as there is a unit open that I can use for the week. Shall see what I decide to do later. Two trips in a month is not easy in the pocketbook especially coming up here.
The weather here is so mild, in the upper 40's, that most of the snow on the ground here is gone or just melted down to an inch or two. Couldn't ask for more beautiful weather. Sunshine for the past couple of days and also on the forecast for today. Unseasonalbe. But we will take it.
Beth, it sounds like you had a wonderful time at the dinner your helped out with yesterday and it was so nice of you to give those folks some additional ham and other stuff to take back with them. It's a shame that people have to get caught in those situations but that couple seems to be making the best of it. And like you said, it makes those of us who have what we have, very grateful for it.
Time to be off and have a little bit of breakfast. Just a bowl of cereal and OJ for me. We still have plenty of food here, so come up and join us, you can have your choice of whatever you want. Have a great day all.
A foggy morning is greeting those up here who are out doing their Black Friday thing. I'm glad I'm tucked inside and looking out rather than being out in that frenzied mad house. There will be a lot of tired but Christmas present loaded down shoppers by days end or in some cases, mornings end, as some stores started sales at 10 p.m. last night.
As for us, we are heading out later this morning to a quilt shop in Ishpeming that Brenda wants to go to and also over to another store. Also plan on doing some sightseeing again while the weather is nice. Rain showers moving in tomorrow, so probably won't be out and about. I do however want to go to a really good local bakery and also a Pasty shop to take some pasties back home with me, so that's on tomorows agenda at the moment.
Yesterday after we had out dinner, we went and drove around Van Riper State Park, just up the road here so Brenda could see what that park looks like. I've been in it a number of times as it's on my list to hopefully go camping there this coming year. There are a lot of trails to hike there. and it's fun just strolling the campground too. And there is a bike path as well.
Hard to believe that this week is almost over and in a couple of days we will be heading back south. I'm watching the weather forecasts as a storm is coming in and supposed to hit on Saturday night and Sunday, more in the lower peninsula than up here, but that means we might be driving into some snowy weather. Have to keep an eye on it in case it looks like it might develop into something quite nasty. We can stay here till Monday if we have to but Brenda has to be home on Tuesday, so that is the latest day we can stay. I hate to leave, but. As is, I'm contemplating coming back for Christmas week as there is a unit open that I can use for the week. Shall see what I decide to do later. Two trips in a month is not easy in the pocketbook especially coming up here.
The weather here is so mild, in the upper 40's, that most of the snow on the ground here is gone or just melted down to an inch or two. Couldn't ask for more beautiful weather. Sunshine for the past couple of days and also on the forecast for today. Unseasonalbe. But we will take it.
Beth, it sounds like you had a wonderful time at the dinner your helped out with yesterday and it was so nice of you to give those folks some additional ham and other stuff to take back with them. It's a shame that people have to get caught in those situations but that couple seems to be making the best of it. And like you said, it makes those of us who have what we have, very grateful for it.
Time to be off and have a little bit of breakfast. Just a bowl of cereal and OJ for me. We still have plenty of food here, so come up and join us, you can have your choice of whatever you want. Have a great day all.
For some reason I've kept a tiny TV from probably the seventies, it's one that has an extra plug so you can also run it in a car or RV. I'll have to check eBay to see if anyone is buying these. Of course the problem in this is now I want different furniture and one of the walls painted a darker color so my white iron bed frame shows up. Then I'll need new curtains...ack!! I have a dresser in there from my Granny's house and a rocker that came from her Aunt. We are talking old here and no one wants this period of furniture anymore they want 50's & 60's so I'll be lucky if I can get someone to haul them away. It also is hard for me to find and very expensive to buy furniture as I have to buy 'green' which means real wood and certain types of stains or something that is old enough to have completely out-gassed. 
