Here are two very important definitions for my house: taking for granted, and ungrateful.

Taking for Granted is when you've got something and you use it even though you don't think or really realize how important it is, or thank the person who got it for you.

Ungrateful is ( Read more... )

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Hey kids,

It's been a little while, and I'm taking a break from writing on my book because something is on my mind that I can't shake.  And I'd like to.

So, not long ago when I was just ( Read more... )

So I'm going to attempt an upbeat, happy sounding post...because it seems that everything I write makes my life sound super-sucktastic.

I FINISHED MY BOOK!!! YAY.

alright, so far, off to a good start.  Book was a resounding 337 double spaced typewritten pages.  I'm going to get on the road to publishing very soon (I bought the publishing book).

I ( Read more... )

I'm a glutton for punishment, apparently.  What I'd like to do is start trying to see if somebody's worth dating, then be completely snuffed when they decide not to call me (for varying reasons I'm sure).  It would be great if I could do this over and over.

Plus, my work schedule is not condusive to hanging out with friends.  And it's about to get ( Read more... )

Day 7- Fox country

Start Point: Rock Harbor
End Point: Mainland Michigan (Copper Harbor)

Highlights: We got up and headed over to the seaplane dock, where we’d paddled to.  After hiking one of the canoes over to the place where we’d later put it onto the Queen IV, I settled in to paint.  It was only the ( Read more... )

Day 6 - The Point Eight
Start Point: Belle Isle Campsite
End Point: Rock Harbor

Highlights: We’d been staring at, and dreading, the portage from Duncan Bay to Tobin Harbor.  In between us and our final destination was a massive ridge that could not be paddled around (Blake Point is a fool’s errand ( Read more... )

Day 5 - Open Water

Start Point: McCargoe Cove Campsite

End Point: Belle Isle Campsite

Intended Start/End Point: Yeah, who really knows at this point?

Highlights: We busted arse.  We got up early, ate breakfast with no cooking, hiked back to the canoes, and paddled back to McCargoe.  Then we broke camp (well, Kev and I did while the old guys ( Read more... )

Day 4 - The Push

Start Point: Lake Ritchie Canoe Campsite

End Point: McCargoe Cove Campsite

Intended Start Point: West Chickenbone Lake Campsite

Intended End Point: Birch Island Campsite

Highlights: Here’s where things started getting interesting.  I began to make a complaint, because the old dudes were thinking we could camp for the night at ( Read more... )

Day 3 - Portage and Portage and Paint and Portage and Portage

Start Point: Lake Ritchie Canoe Campsite

End Point: Lake Ritchie Canoe Campsite

Intended Start Point: Wood Lake Campsite

Intended End Point: West Chickenbone Lake Campsite

Highlights: It was decided (by my da) that we were going to spend the day at Ritchie in order to relax, do ( Read more... )