Big Blue Beautiful Lady

You know those old romance movies in black and white where they whisper or talk in a low voice...why hello there...That is the voice I hear in my head when I say hello to Lake Superior. Why Hello there you big blue beautiful lady. It was amazing this morning on the way to work!!! I love my morning commute in the summer! So big and so bright blue and so beautiful!! I did take some pretty amazing pictures, see below. When this is your back parking lot.....how can you complain! I just can't get enough of it! The only thing better would be living right next to it and waking up to it every morning. Sitting out on the porch or balcony watching the sun rise. But THAT, my friends, is expensive:-) Teal Lake in Negaunee was just as blue and beautiful this morning. The sun just glistens down on her - like a blue blanket covered in sparkling diamonds. I really just want to take my eyes off the road and stare but experience has proven that is not smart, the center line is there for a reason, eyes on the road.

So we are cleaning up our old house this week and still unpacking the new house. With the purchase of a new 'old' house like ours, there are surprises. #1 - well, the rain from the street runs down our driveway and into the garage. Old man was NOT happy, so there are trenches being dug and there will be a project in the works for getting a drainage system in there. Surprise #2 - Our basement leaks, as we have no gutters. Well, with no gutters, comes lots of water to the house and foundation, so we are dealing with that. We will be getting gutters. On the garage and on the house. Our lawn is growing like a wildfire. All 4 lawns. That's right, 4. Ok to be technical, 5 lawns. New house we have 2 backyards, separated by a fence and one front yard and then a front and back at the old house we still are taking care of. I would gladly pay to have some kid do it but our kid is gone for a month (damn now I can't use the teenagers to do the dirty work)....and of course the old man would say why pay when we can do it ourselves. Well, because he works very long hours and is tired when he gets home. And I am allergic. I would be a monster and sick as hell when I was done if it lasted that long. Usually the lungs say nope, ain't doing it. Maybe I can hire my son to come up and do handyman chores for me and pay him the mom rate. :-) Muahahahaha. Regardless, I am loving our new house. I am loving that we own it together. I am loving everything everyday and what is so nice is that NONE of it gets old. I don't get tired of looking at his handsome face every morning and every night. I don't get tired of figuring out how to set up our house because it is our house. I don't get tired of the every day hub bub here because I love it all.

I went to see my friend Giggles in Green Bay the other day and when I was leaving he was giving me a hug and said I love you and I love that you are a Yooper. I gave him some choice words and said, "I am NOT a Yooper yet!!" It was that last word that grabbed his attention. I had said YET. First time. It just slipped out. I will never be a full blooded born and bred here in da good ol U.P. yooper. I will always be a displaced cheesehead who loves her Packers. I may not be a Yooper but I have a little Yooper in my heart. So I am now hunting for a Cheesehead hat in the shape of the UP...and a heart locket or bracelet with the UP or YOOPER on it. :-) I will blog about it all day long....

Enjoy the pictures. They will never be as good as they are in person.

~Always a Cheesehead - with a little Yooper in my heart.
S