Bobby, my husband, took Owney and me for a ride on a recent Friday night. He had heard about a new artisan ice cream shop, Cowhaus Creamery, that will be coming to Wooster, Ohio in the very near future. He decided that we needed to do some market research by going to see the original location in Oberlin, Ohio. I always like the idea of taking Owney for a ride, so it was no big deal for me to consider driving to Oberlin for ice cream. It is a nice drive from Wooster to Oberlin. I have only … [Read more...]
Surplus Stories from the Amish Heartland
It's been a week or so since my husband, Bobby, and I took our anniversary trip to the Amish heartland. But we still enjoy talking about all we did. Bobby and I love to get away. It is nice to just be together and experience new things. While the primary focus of the trip was to experience Berlin, we didn't start our trip out there. (If you want to check out the blogs about Berlin, click here or here.) We were on the way to Strasburg to Blazin Burgers. Bobby wanted to take me there for … [Read more...]
Happy 2016: Lessons in Reflections
Bobby got a cold for Christmas and he decided to give it to me for New Year's. I've been struggling for a few days just to do the minimum required for getting by--you know eating, sleeping and going to work. However, on this first day of the new year, I wanted to reflect back on the awesomeness that was 2015. I started a blog! Is that not crazy?! It has been such a fun ride. I have gotten to see and do so many cool things. And now they are recorded for all time--or at least until the … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Choices
I hate it when there are two really cool things to do going on at the same time. It forces me to make a decision knowing that I'll feel a sense of loss for not being able to do both. That was the exact issue I faced on November 7, 2015. Bobby and I were in Cambridge, Ohio for the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Weekend. The first act was on Friday night, the second on Saturday morning and the third act was held on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Unfortunately, at the same time as the third act, Gerald … [Read more...]
The Game was Afoot for a Sherlock Holmes Mystery Weekend
Whodunit was the theme for the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Weekend in Cambridge, Ohio on November 6-8, 2015. Bobby and I were in the thick of the game as we participated in finding clues to solve the mystery presented before us. It was a fund raiser for the St. Benedict School put on by the Cambridge Performing Arts Centre. Friday night we were introduced to the mystery by watching the first act of the original play "Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Seven Stages" written by Anne Chlovechok. … [Read more...]