Every time I start complaining about the inconvenience of my kitchen remodel I get a wave of guilt. Because, HELLO SELF – YOU ARE GETTING A BRAND NEW KITCHEN!!! But what the hell – here are my complaints: Ok that’s enough now I’ll show how it’s looking.  This is the area that has the most…

It’s the time of year when the prairies of the Midwest shine with color and life. We all went for a hike and a picnic over the weekend and then I took the girls for an early morning walk on Tuesday – both trips to see lovely prairies.  The weather cooled and the humidity dropped and…

We are two days away from the first day of school, but I still have some fun pictures to post from our trip to Florida. We went down to join the family part of Brian’s annual company meeting. I am so glad Grandma C. was able to join us. They alway choose a nice resort for the meeting…

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,& the deer and the antelope play,Where seldom is heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day. Home, home on the range,Where the deer and the antelope play;Where seldom is heard a discouraging wordAnd the skies are not cloudy all day. Where the air…

It’s happening – the cabinets are installed. I’ve chosen my stone for countertops and the flooring will be started on Monday. In the meantime we are watching the Olympics and getting ready for school to start next week. I’m a little frustrated that I have vegetables coming from my garden but no way to cook…

Bea really really wanted to start her own blog – so I signed her up on my account. It's cute. It's called Bea Log -I'll put a link in the side bar of my blog. Be sure to check out her about page too. http://laowai.typepad.com/bealog/

Yay – it’s time to pick tomatoes. I had the most delicious tomato sandwich yesterday. A slice of white bread, some mayo, a whole juicy tomato sliced thick and some salt and pepper. What could be better? I also spied some goldfinches eating from my purple coneflowers. That means summer is coming to an end soon.

OK – this is the last of my Switzerland posts – then I’ll try to catch up with some posts on our Out West vacation. For the last part of our trip we stayed in Appenzell – it’s a town in the east of the country. It’s well known for the way it preserves it’s…

Here are some pictures from another hike we did on a popular mountain called Ebenalp. We went up 1640 meters in the cable car. The trail circled the top of the mountain and along the way went through a cave. There was a little museum house built at the edge of the cave – it told…

Oh my goodness – look what happened in my kitchen yesterday. And then we had a mini party with a couple of Bea and Claire’s friends to celebrate the Olympics opening ceremony.