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They tell me it’s snowing at the lake house
Luckily, we’re not watching the sunset from there.
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13 Remedies I’ve Used At the Lake House, 8th
Warts: Lemon Essential Oil . Just a drop two to three times a day, directly on the wart – and it disappeared. Stomach Flu: Each boy got his turn at this flu, about 3-4 days apart. I didn’t have Mama Milton’s remedy, Oscillococcinum with me, but I did have essential oil of Cinnamon, Oregano and Peppermint . I poured some plain olive oil in a cup, and added one drop of each of the three essential oils listed above. Then, I gently rubbed it on each afflicted tummy, especially where it hurt. In about two hours, the symptoms were gone. These oils will not let you stay sick. Swimmer’s Ear:…
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How to Turn Your Lake House Into a Spa
After 6 days with no shower, and only being able to use the toilet in the guest house 130 feet away — which, and I might add, involved encounters with raccoons and opossums along the path at 2 a.m. — my definition of “spa†has changed dramatically. I am now grateful for the little things that make a spa so pleasant — like a shower that can actually be turned on without water backing up and filling the basement. Or perhaps being able to brush my teeth and rinse the tooth brush under running water. Or, my favorite, hand washing the dishes, and not having to carry the washtub outside…
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Work at the Lake House
I thought I would spend my days using primer and paint to make my lake house trying to make it look like this. Instead, I’m not spending enough time inside (except for when I’m washing dishes – by hand) to even care what it looks like on the inside. After years of neglect, the lake house is in desperate need of some TLC. One of the first projects is the peeling paint on the garage. What does Daddy always say the secret to a good paint job is? Good prep. If you do a good job at the scraping, you shouldn’t need to paint it again for 10 years —…
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Our Lake House, Part II
It had been over 5 years since any property had sold on the lake – so no one really knew what the property should sell for. The high listing price caused quite a lot of mumbling around the lake – lots of speculation. But one thing everyone was in agreement with was that the price was outrageously too high. The realtors kept insisting that lakefront always goes for more. For some reason, we didn’t wish this was our lake house. Instead, we just instinctively knew it was ours. We didn’t know how it could ever become a reality – we didn’t have a clue. But something seemed to tell us…
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The Lake House, Part I
My husband took me there about 9 years ago, when my oldest was 4, and my second son was just a toddler. It was a 3+ hour drive away, and I didn’t know what to expect. I had heard about the Lake – he started going there as a baby when his Grandparents lived there. He learned to fish there, and spent long weeks in the summer growing up there. His Uncle, also his Godfather, now owned his own house there. So we were coming up to stay for the week. I expected to find a run-down fishing resort, complete with houses “sitting on top of each other.†But, I…
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One for the Lake Journal Archives
So, it will be four years until this happens again, the boys tell me. To ground this into my mind, I’ll count: Fun Size will have left his middle school years in the dust, and the oldest will have completed college, and the second oldest will be starting his college career. And the baby will be starting high school? Not sure if that’s right… But putting into this perspective helps me see that the next time the World Cup game is played, all six of us may not be together. The boys don’t say this, but I wonder if they think this, as they all joined in a little moan…
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To The Lake
Packing List: One country ham Corn Meal (Forgot…. throw into car!) Packs of Starbucks Salted Carmel Hot Chocolate Pears Cans of Pineapple and Cherries Ice Skates (lake is frozen!) Entire duffel bag of mittens, snowpants, gloves, scarves Extra blankets Hersey Kisses for Peanut Blossoms Source: pillsbury.com via Shauna on Pinterest Peanut Blossom Cookie Dough (already made) When we drove to Chicago, my husband and I snuck into the lake house and pulled out the Christmas tree, and decorated it… and left a few presents.
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Big City and Small-Time Lake Fireworks
There are some rather distinct differences between big city fireworks and small-time lake fireworks. This is clearly evident in the first firing boom that reverberates across the lake, at 9 a.m. on July 4. In the city, you wait, and you wait, and you wait, until the sky is completely dark for the first boom. One thing you will never hear repeated by kids at the lake is “How much longer before it starts?†However, you might hear, “When will it stop?†Anxious trigger-happy neighbors start shooting their arsenal off at dawn, with encores happening at random intervals throughout the day. Be careful when chopping herbs on this day; you…
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