So...

You may have noticed that I have not written in quite some time. Everything is okay...we have just been EXTREMELY busy. There was a relocation involved and my days have been filled with work and bringing everything to my new place. I am still in Northern Michigan but on the opposite side of the bay. We found our "dream" house and could not pass it up. So now my updates will be coming from Charlevoix. :) Unfortunately, I have not yet found a way to get my sled onto the trail system here...(we have been here for a week now) so I have not been able to check out any of the new territory.

Things are a little bit different over here...but most of it is good. We have some neighbors...lake access...and no more wood furnace! :P As much as I enjoy cutting wood...I absolutely hate having to keep a fire going. So now I can reach up...flip the thermostat and I get instant heat. Weird! ;)

The other piece to my delay in writing was lack of internet. We did not have internet for the first week we were here. Mix that with having no television...I went a little bit crazy. Instead of sitting around and getting settled...we spent most of our time at the local furniture stores and Walmart trying to make sure we have everything we need. Luckily we did not need much since we had moved once before. We are settling in nicely now that we have everything we need.

I DO miss the wood furnace in one room of this house. The basement den. It is FREEZING down there...and will not warm up! ;) I think a chunk of electric baseboard will fix that...but I will probably have someone drop by to make a recommendation. I do not want to do anything that is going to jump my electric bill to $200 a month.

Anyway...I just wanted to throw and update on here and let everyone know that I am not in jail or stuck in a tree somewhere. :) It is sunny, nothing but blue sky, and 14 degrees out. Should be a nice Saturday for tinkering out the new place!

Good morning from Northern Michigan!

-Derek