Resort and Hotel Listings for Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Planning your summer vacation and getaway can be very difficult and tedious as there is a never-ending to-do list for your perfect getaway. First you decide a location and once you’ve narrowed that down you break open the computer to search for hotels, motels, resorts and places to stay or rent fo […]

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Votes No – School Security and Overcrowding Still an Issue

     This week our local school district, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Independent School District 22 voted on a school building referendum that was multipurpose. Our school district at the moment is severely overcrowded. The school board sought advice from a demographer that predicted the enrollment […]

Beating the Summer Heat #RockYourBlog

       Living in lakes country of Minnesota our summer’s are filled with humidity! Average temperature varies greatly depending on the wind and storms, but typically the average temp is anywhere between 78-92 degrees. Very rarely does the mercury rise above 100° f.   The humidity is the killer her […]

Are You Poisoning Your Family Using Common Summer Products?

    This weekend my family took some time, to do some yard work. I began working on the flower beds in front of the house and Sherman worked on the yard, garage and the retaining wall. Though the work took all day and was more of a pain than should have been, the outcome looks very nice. As much w […]

Minnesota lost it’s Winter and Snow..But I think I Found It!

I FOUND THE SNOW  It was hiding……. video platform video management video solutions video player    Alaska has been hogging it all! Fargo, ND is about 45 minutes from where I live. Ok, so now that we know what has happened, thanks Mother Nature but could you please send th […]

Music Monday

Well it’s Monday! That means it’s time for some jams! I take part in,  Monday’s Music Moves Me hop hosted by Dolly over at Xmas Dolly. I was SO excited to see that this weeks theme was a freebie. This weekend I turn 30, yeah I know, Miranda is turning 30. You have no idea how old that makes me […]

Just Some Pics 7/1

…Today we had fun…Enjoy the pictures & video!   Thanks for stopping by! Today I met a new Twitter friend who wanted to share my HELLP Syndrome story with his followers and readers. He did an amazing job on the post […]

Spaghetti With Bruiser, Oh Joy!

   Tonight for dinner we had salad and spaghetti. Some of our kids use sauce, some don’t. Sherman makes home made spaghetti sauce and does an amazing job! It tastes phenomenal! We all appreciate the extra effort he takes to make sauce for us. This afternoon we skipped snackwhich left the kids very […]

A Day of Fun in DL

  Today the Street Faire was in town today and the kids had so much fun! We got a late start. We had planned on going to Rollag for the pancake feed but with a late night of Brody and Bruiser it just didn’t seem like the best idea, so we skipped the breakfast and slept in. Later in the afternoon we […]

Die Hard Baseball

  So, Apparently we have hit the age where baseball becomes more than a game! Practice and games are twice a week now, kids have started pitching, weather plays no factor in the schedule and the boys are a little more fierce. Last night a thunderstorm with high winds blew through Detroit Lakes and […]