I know you had images in your head of people sitting in church pews in their underwear, didn’t you??? Well it is a little nippy in Iowa today to do that but our church does this fabulous thing called Undie Sunday. Every year they collect Continue reading →
This Is How WE Deal With Snow….
We LAUGH at snow in Iowa…. Yep–that says The Big Push Iowa has it covered……still snowing and no signs of stopping! Happy Winter! Continue reading →
Mariachi Band at Las Palmas in Mason City!
Sorry for the horrible video quality but I was in a bad spot!!! The music was good, tho! Just wanted to share some culture from Mason City!!! Oh and excuse the man who keeps popping into the video……birthday boy…. Continue reading →
Iowa is On the Map!!!
I know you all want to come live in Iowa! I know that all of the readers of my blog have a secret desire to come to the land of corn ! Judging from the number of visitors we have had here since we moved Continue reading →
Finally–a Tour of The Stockman House
Chris and I love going to see Frank Lloyd Wright homes and buildings and we finally made it to The Stockman House in Mason City today. We had tried 2 years ago before we left for Australia but the time we had chosen to go Continue reading →
Stop Whining!
I just read 2 unrelated articles in our local paper -The Globe Gazette—online, of course. One was about the abundance of area sweet corn and how great it is this year and the other was about the local library and how the renovations that are Continue reading →
Flying Umbrellas and Iowa Winds
So I bought a new umbrella for the deck today……….I was excited because it fit the area much better than any we had had before. We really just needed a smaller market umbrella and one that matched our chairs a bit better so I found Continue reading →