Living Life and loving it!

Yooper, nope.... cheesehead, well not really, but living life in the UP of Wisconsin you betcha!  Going to give the blogging a try again, partially to share my craft with you, partially to chat, and probably therapy for me to talk things through.

Leaving Iowa, family, and friends behind was hard 3 years ago.  The Brattruds were going their separate ways with Jeff up here, Shelley in Iowa City, and Scotty staying in Clear Lake.  The Manns were separated too with my brother down in MonMouth, Illinois, Dain moving to Mason City, and me up here with Jeff.  Our parents had passed, so changes were made for us all, but life was going to be alright because the Big Guy was definitely steering our ship.  

During the past 3 years Jeff, Pablo, and I have met wonderful friends, found a church family, and adjusted to life in Mayberry as a good friend calls the UP way of life. To say shopping is limited is an understatement; to see the kids playing outside summer, fall, winter, and spring  awesome and definitely happening. 

Our home in Montreal is the best of both worlds.  Looking out to the south, you are in town.  Looking out to the north, you are in the woods.  Getting up in the morning and seeing a buck lying down in the yard under the apple trees is always a treat. 

So that is life in a nutshell.  So much is wonderful, still miss family and friends from Iowa, but have been richly blessed with friends and "new" family in the woods.

Enough rambling for the day.  Monday chats, eh?