And then comes the winter....

I was warned the first winter would be rough. I think I thought those words of warning we related to the weather and not to that deep sense of isolation and loneliness. Maybe they were talking about the weather I don't know. I don't think the weather is that bad and driving up here in the winter so far hasn't been anything that I thought it would be. I have had my moments of loneliness but the last few weeks its hit hard. I am used to eating with my family every sunday afternoon now I most sundays I drive home open the fridge stare a few minutes close the fridge and eat yet another can of spaghetti o's. Don't get me wrong I love spaghettio's. I just miss having a lunch table full of conversation and coloring with my nephew or teasing each other by taking food when he's not looking. I got used to go out after saturday night service with a group of people I could relate to for one of the first times in my life. I miss meeting with an awesome group of ladies wednesday night at the frandor beaners for life group. I know this is a good move I just miss the sense of community I had downstate. Growing up isn't easy I know. I am thankful for my job and haven't forgotten that I prayed,we all prayed that if this is where God wanted me he would put the pieces to the puzzle together every piece fell into its perfect place so i know I am where God wants me. I just have to trust he's gonna bring the right people into my life to help fill the wholes.I need to remind myself of ps 32:8 "I will guide you along the best path for your life I will watch over you and advise you."

Let it snow let it snow let it snow!

Call me weird! We are under a winter weather warning and I honestly can't wait to see how deep it gets
now that I am here for the duration I want to see one of those deep deep snows that everyone tells stories
of in the UP. Tonight is the community tree lighting perfect weather for it! I just got a cheap video recorder yesterday so I am hoping to use it tonight and then get some video posted to my facebook account. For those of you who actually read this I need addresses so that I can send out my christmas cards you can email them to me on my facebook account or at Krissi3209@gmail.com. I hope that everyone had a good thanksgiving.Thankful I got to see those of you who I did. I look forward to hosting anyone that wants to come visit to see the snow or the summer at the beach or pictured rocks or anything. Hope to get back into my creative mode and get some more of my adventures posted here for you to read and keep on the happenings in my life.

The first Snow

We had our first snow week before last it snowed and snowed and For a minute I thought it was gonna stick. I am heard the snow here is beautiful but I would rather it not snow quiet yet. I wanna make a trip home for Thanksgiving before it snows. It suppose to snow again tonight so I am hoping that doesnt mean that, the time of the snows is upon us.

If all esle fails....

Bang the pots and pans. Well that's what I was about to do. It was about 5:15a.m. I was still staying out at the cabin on Big Manistique Lake and it was time to leave for work. Being out in the boonies and on a lake it was always extremely dark when it was time to leave for work so I always took a flash light out to the car with me and shone it around the yard on the way to my car to make sure there were no scary wild creatures. This particular morning I walked out shut the door turned on the flash light and there between the cabin and the car was a coyote! What was I suppose to do now? I was yelled as I unlocked the door to cabin to go in and get some pots and pans to bang together to scare him away. Apparently yelling was enough as the coyote ran out to the fields far away enough for me to get into my car. Later I was told since there was only one it was very possible that it was not a coyote but quite possibly a wolf. While a vacation would be nice in such a cabin I am thankful to no longer be staying at my "Little house in the big woods."

Homesick

The day I arrived I had pretty mixed emotions, but was still feeling excited and adventurous.The sun went down and morning came and morning turned into early afternoon which turned into the goodbye that made this all a reality.After having lunch with my parents and two of my friends from paradise I had to say goodbye to my parents. I felt like a little girl being dropped off at summer camp all over again.I couldn't help but cry.Over the course of the next couple of days I called home several times a day. The cabin I was staying in suddenly felt like the other end of the earth.I even considered going home thinking this wasn't such a good idea.I was beginning to doubt was this really what god wanted or me wanting this to be what god wanted.But wise people( my parents and a few close friends) remided me that stepping out in faith and trusting God isn't suppose to be easy.Working helped but what helped most was my youngest sister and I figured out how to use Skype so I was able to see and talk to my neice and nephew. My sister even took her webcam to my parents house and I was able to see and talk to them.There is an internet cafe called Moose du nord near the cabin I was staying in I would grab a chia tea or hot chocolate be able to catch up on facebook and email so that helped out too. My mom and my youngest sister and my neice and nephew came up last weekend and we went to the soo and that was better than skype. I am still a little homesick but it gets a little better each day. I moved into my house this week so now I am less than two minutes from work. I have easier access to what feels more like civilization than I had out at the cabin. I am really looking forward to seeing my mom and my dad and my older brother this coming week! Since home is where the heart is I guess I will always be a little homesick since my heart is now in two different places!

It's pretty.... stinky!

What is white and black and lays in the middle of the road? A skunk! This particular skunk was laying in the middle of State street also known as M-123 it was about 5:30a.m. I had already driven through the most secluded wilderness part of my drive and had not seen one specks of bright eyes looking at me from the road, yet here in the middle of state street with its rear end towards me there it was a large skunk freshly hit. I am told if you are the one who hits it, it doesnt stink. Of course I was the second one to hit the poor skunk so my car was the lucky one. Work wasn't too far away at that point so I thought maybe the smell would fade a little down the road. I went into work not thinking anything of it. Upon returning to my car that afternoon I was reminded ever so kindly about the events of the morning as I opened the car door the nauseating smell of skunk permemated every membrane in my nose. I called my dad to see how to get the smell out and of course being Mr. Humorous himself roared with laughter and kindly informed me it would fade in a few days. Just two days later when the scent should finally fade, I was driving down Highway 33 and out of nowhere I see bright eyes running straight for my car low to the ground. I tried to stop to let what ever creature it maybe cross the road safely but instead I hear a squeal and a thud. Who moves the the U.P. and hits two skunks in less than one week. Pretty? No not the skunks they are stinky!

Stay tuned...

work in progress.