WIWW-by the lake

July 18, 2012

Me:tiny gold MI necklace-made by me

yellow striped shirt-J.Crew

purple layering tank-rummage sale

jeans-Uniqlo

sandals-Salt Water

Mago: black collar with a name tag and a cowbell so we can hear him running around

pleated poppy

Ice cream in town

July 17, 2012

The other day my dad, Mago the dog, and I went into town for an ice cream. I’ve mentioned it before but our town is so super small. We got our ice creams and ate them out front and the entire time we were there we saw maybe 3 people and 1 car.

When we were little we used to ride our bikes into town to what used to be the candy store across from the gas station and general store (where we got our ice cream from). It was 3 miles into town and back then it felt like a whole day excursion. We were always so tired too because over half way there is a huge hill (huge at the time) and more often than not we’d be walking our bikes up the hill. As soon as we made it to the candy shop we were offered water and did our best to drink calmly and not act like we could hardly wait to start picking out our candy rations. After our candy was picked out and paid for we would eat some and pack the rest away for later and head back home. It always seemed to take longer on the way back since all of the anticipation was gone. Plus we were tired so we’d want to stop and rest a ton of times. Oh but those were good days!

Out on the boat

July 16, 2012

Over the weekend I finally got to take a ride on my dad’s Boston Whaler. He got it last year and up until now I haven’t been able to take a ride. I was in Michigan last September but the weather was way too cold for speed boating around the lake so I had to patiently wait until this summer.

It was it’s first time on the water this season so we took it to a small lake near my dad’s house for a test run. It takes about 1 minute to get to the other side so we took a lot of loops around the lake. It was so fun though! The weather was perfect. After a few laps we anchored the boat and ate our lunch, relaxed, jumped in the water, and listened to a bit of music. Then we zoomed around the lake a bit more and finally headed in. A good day indeed!