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Outdoorsy Van Adventures

About this time last year my husband, Tim, came up with an idea and pitched it to me with the caveat that if he was completely off his rocker I should just say NO.  His idea was that we should consider selling our house, purchasing and building out a van and travelling full time.  Not

Fall Comfort Food

Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy Midwestern Fall weather makes me crave comfort food and Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy fit the bill!   Over breakfast in Chicago recently with family from North Carolina we discussed the differences between Southern biscuits and Midwestern biscuits…essentially the silky high clouds of the South vs the dense short biscuits served

Zucchini Season!

It’s zucchini season and my wonderful neighbors with gardens have been dropping off fresh vegetables by the heaps.  So, I’ve been making lots of yummy things with the many cucumbers, tomatoes and zucchini that have rained down upon my front deck recently.  Thank you to everyone for sharing the bounty!  It never goes to waste

DreamVanTirement Beginnings

DreamVanTirement beginnings 8/9/2019 Every story has a beginning…this is the beginning of our retirement story…on Friday we went to the Mercedes Benz Sprinter Store to find out how soon we can purchase our van to begin building our dreamvan for retirement.  What we learned was a little disheartening but we were happy to have given

Cherry Bounce

It’s Cherry Bounce Time It’s that time of year in Wisconsin when the Door County cherries are ripe and ready for savoring, baking, freezing and making into Wisconsin traditions like Cherry Bounce! Cherry Bounce is said to go back to the time of George Washington, who reportedly carried it along on his travels.  Whether that

That Feeling of Freedom

Do you remember the first time you rode a bicycle somewhere meaningful?  Do you remember how it felt, like you had the world on a string, and all you needed was your own pedal power to go anywhere…Do you remember how exhilarating and free that felt? Well, I’ve found that feeling once again with the

Dreamtirement

Have you done any planning for retirement?  Most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their retirement.  Tim and I have a solid plan developed for our retirement and we are working toward our goal.  It includes, you guessed it…a Sprinter Van, our game, two cats and travel around the country! 

June Dairy Month

June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin– It seems pretty silly that we have an official dairy monthin Wisconsin when every day is dairy special!  In June Wisconsinites celebrate Dairy Month all month long withCows on the Concourse, Breakfast On The Farm events, and the newly crowned Alice in Dairyland begins her year-long reign marketing Wisconsin Dairy products.  The