Last-day posts are always hard for me to do once we return home. I guess I get out of the groove, but I thought I’d catch y’all up before we head to Houston tomorrow for a check-up on the rejection. We were up early, leaving Colorado Springs, but not early enough to beat traffic. It…

Even though it was check-out day, we were still up early to see critters. I was up early to work on a post. I was behind a day, so I made coffee, lit a fire, and got my MacBook out. Amanda was tired and quiet, but I knew she wanted to see animals on the…

Amanda was a little chipper the morning on the last full day in South Dakota. She is only a morning person on vacation, not at home, though. That woman does not like to be up early! It was cold, and I had a fire going strong when she happily poked her head around the corner…

It was an early wake-up on the official heartiversary day, October 22. We needed to be back early to get all dolled up for the ballet in the evening. On the itinerary, I had “no showers, get up and go!” Amanda had her alarm set early. I asked why it was so early, and she…

It was another leisurely get-up this morning, but I was still up relatively early. We planned on leaving late because we wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore after dark. A few friends suggested we go after dark. We would leave down the road we had arrived on the first day to see things now in the…

After the long road trip, we slept in with no alarms set. I still got up a bit early but headed straight to my spot for my usual routine thus far: coffee, fire, post. I brought my coffee mug, which a friend gave me for Christmas. Amanda laughed at me for wanting to carry it…

It would be a long day, the longest of this trip, so I was up early. I usually get ready after Amanda; I gauge my time by where she is in her routine. Getting ready first gave her uninterrupted time to get ready, with no steaming mirror while putting on makeup! Today, I took a…

I woke up early, and I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I put on a pot of coffee. The view out of the cabin was astounding, with the A-frame tucked up in the woods on the side of a hill. Then I went upstairs to a sitting area with a nice chair and worked…