i'm doing more of this right now~ (just sitting in my big chair- trying to catch up

and rest)~ than i've done all summer.... it feels so good.

that sale i had? it pretty much took over my life and kicked my butt. i think the wedding may

be easier. we can only hope!  :  ) every part of my life needs attention now

and i'm chipping away at all of it day by day.

 i do want to tell you about this though. this mop may change my life. not even kidding!

i saw it on tv and yesterday i picked one up at kohls. i don't know when mopping

my floors has brought me more pleasure.... it's called the hurricane spin mop

and it ROCKS! i was so excited while using it that i stopped and did a little

happy dance and then took a video and texted it to my big sweetie and

 told him that he's probably going

to want to start taking a turn to scrub the floor now and then.

again...a girl can hope. 

if you have floors to scrub, get thyself one, asap.

in other news, i bought a hot spot/jet pack to use at the lodge so there may be 

chances for me to blog when i'm up there. 

i haven't been there in almost 2 months because i was wedding dress shopping

with my girl and then doing yard sale prep. i cannot wait to see

how that big garden i planted is doing. i just started calling it

"dale's garden" cause in my absence he's the one who's been taking care of the

weeding and watering. i mostly just hope there are flowers blooming! 

the flowers in my twin cities yard are fantastic right now.

 i took a bunch of pictures of them this

week and can't wait to share them with you. 

i'm going to post from up north if i can, so maybe there will be a weekend

update even.  :  )

oh and one more really great tidbit. our oldest got a job working for

a concrete company near our cabin, so he will be moving up there

in a week. and my sweetie is taking a sabbatical this fall so he too

will be spending most of his time in the woods.

they are going to be 2 happy guys. 
together, 2 boys and 2 dogs

and one very big woods.

*we do not take this for granted.

we are blessed. life is good.

God bless you,

xo, beth

"i went to the woods, to suck the marrow out of life~ 

to see what it had to teach 

and not when i came to die, discover that i had not lived".
                                                                         Thoreau