Margo's Blog

We’re into Day 4 of the bathroom remodeling and I’ve had to move out of my bath in search of one that has all necessary pieces functioning. Yesterday the shower/tub was taken out with a Saws-all and lots of sweat, leaving a big hole. More work to be done on that today… taking [...]

The workmen including tile guys, electrician and plumber all descended on the house this morning to begin the two week long process of the renovation of 3 of our 4 bathrooms. Good thing we have that 4th bathroom that won’t get touched so we have a workable toilet and shower during the process. We [...]

My new wheels. Starting off the New Year riding in style. The week before Christmas we went up to Grand Rapids to look at cars. This was to be my Christmas present, however since I was getting one this spring, I don’t really count it as a Christmas gift.. anyway, we checked out the [...]

Christmas always used to be so special for me, having the whole family together and just enjoying each others company. In years past, with everyone spread across the country, it wasn’t so easy to be together so those times when we did gather were even more important. This year my sister and her family [...]

A few weeks ago we took the ferry across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin to visit my sister and the family. Even though we are a short boat ride across the lake, or a bit longer car ride through Chicago, it’s been six months since I’ve seen them. Of course its not like there hasn’t been [...]

Its a whole new year ahead of us and for some a new start to making goals and resolutions… neither of which I do. My thought is that if there are changes I want or need to make, any day on the calendar is good, why wait for once a year? I know I [...]

Bob asks me the other day where this hand written recipe came from.  He found it on the kitchen floor.  It was my mom’s recipe for a nut cookie, in her handwriting. There are a couple of her recipes tucked into an old cookbook, also hers, sitting on the cookbook shelf. I haven’t taken out [...]

The Holland Chorale performed their Holiday concert at Dimnent Chapel this past weekend in conjunction with the Holland Symphony. I haven’t heard either perform before and was quite surprised at the quality of the music and musicians.  They did  a number of pieces from classical to the more popular including a humorous look at the [...]

  It’s been 29 years since Bob and I got married…  that time went by so quickly and so much has happened during those years. The loss of our parents,  our son becoming an adult with his own life, my family moving across the country,  and the two of us retiring from our jobs. As I [...]

 We were up near Toronto this weekend for a family wedding. This would be Bob’s cousins on his father’s side. The girl that got married is one of a set of triplets and the second to be married. The first wedding, Sarah’s, was in May and we went to that one too… but it was [...]