Category Archives: Michigan
No teacher left behind…?
It was very interesting talking to Michelle, the teacher in the family, about the No child left behind act. I had no idea the testing standards could vary so much depending on what state you’re from….and there’s so much money wrapped up in the whole process. Meanwhile, it was sad to hear about the funding shortages [...]
Family & Michigan
Carol worked this morning, but ran to the store first to get some ingredients to make bean soup. The mouth watering aroma was wafting through the house by the time I woke up. We’re lightening our load today, storing a few things with family we’d originally planned to bring with, because space is too precious [...]
Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner
We are staying with Chris’s family in Muskegon, MI and it is nice to have a roof over our heads and lots of home cooking. Carol went all out with turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry-apple-orange relish, stuffing, buns, deviled eggs, gravy, peanut butter pie, brownies, cookies…and it was all delicious! Chris met his nephew, Gunner, for [...]
Coopersville, MI
Hello from Michigan. Today was the first day of our trip where I haven’t seen the sun at all-very dim the entire day and only in the 40′s. We’re spending a couple nights with Chris’s friend, Eric. It was fun meeting Eric’s son and playing ball, checkers, making balloon figures, and playing with his cool [...]