A friend of mine pointed me to a book swap site, where you just pay the shipping for books you want. I haven’t figured out entirely how it all works nor had time to really browse it, but it sounds really neat… They use some sort of point system, you accrue points based on books you have that people want.
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🙂 That’s Icelandic / Old Norse for “Are you learning Icelandic?” If you really want to know more… you can learn Icelandic for free (registration required) online courtesy of University of Iceland.
Today was a work day for me, as is most of this week. However, we are still up north and Monday night at Swift Field (in Bayview) is Hot Dog night. They have shirts that say “The Best Deal in Town”… You get two hot dogs and a can of soda (you have to bring everything else) for some reasonable
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We went to Mackinaw City today to see the Kite Festival. It was held in a park on S. Huron Ave, right on the water. The turnout was pretty good, and even though the wind didn’t seem very strong down low there were plenty of lofty sights to see. Bill and Grace liked looking at the different designs, and a
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Little Traverse Bay has a fabulous, 26 mile bike path called the Little Traverse Wheelway that runs from Charlevoix through Petoskey to Harbor Springs. In addition to connecting several parks (including Bayfront Park in Petoskey, which is referenced below) it also includes places to stop for picnics and scenic views that you really can’t enjoy from a car. We biked
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We have several traditions for the trek north, some of which trace back to Jennifer’s childhood. One of these is to drive around the bay to Juilleret’s, which has been serving hot meals on the waterfront since 1895. After this, we go across the street to Kilwin’s (which is no longer across the street, but around the corner) for some
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We took the kids to Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf today. They had a blast, and the Wee Lad actually did pretty well (no where near par, but clearly trying) once we told him he couldn’t touch the ball with his hands until he was done. Wee lass seemed to enjoy having Mommy help. I think everyone got an honest hole-in-one.
We went up to the park on the Bayview campus today. Wee lad ran into a friend named Nora, who he met at last year’s “Tot Lot” summer program. They were testing out the new playground equipment near the Post Office. It’s a very nice setup, I discovered I can still do pull-ups while the kids were playing. We arrived
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This morning while Nana and Wee lad and Jennifer were out shopping, the Wee Princess and I took a walk. We walked around the block, and then we walked over to the swings by the Memorial Garden and she was content to swing there for probably 15 minutes. We watched boats in the bay and birds and butterflies. Then we
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We went shopping today in town at several of our favorite places. First stop was American Spoon to get a few treats and stuff for the grill. Next was Symon’s General Store for Cloudberries!!!. Cloudberries are Sweden in a jar. They are yummy on ice cream, yummy on breakfast starches such as pancakes and waffles, and just generally yummy in
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