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Memories Michigan 2013... two of the best doggies in the universe, watching my momma play in her band and getting to hold a snake :) 

Mackinac Island

 

 

 

Mackinac island...wow, this is the most beautiful place in the entire world, so peaceful so perfect so complete regardless of being tiny (I think it was only 9 miles in the round?). There are no cars here and everything is done by foot, bicycle, or horse and cart and its just perfect...I didn't want to leave. I was actually nervous for coming here because I'm nervous of boats and of course there's the ferry to get to the island in the first place. But it was worth every single second. The pictures I took do not even do this little island justice. you have to be there to really see what I am talking about to experience what I felt. We was only there for one short weekend but it was perfect. First day we got a horse a cart tour and stopped halfway at a butterfly house we I had I butterfly (more than one in fact) sit on me for the first time ever, I was like a child with excitement it actually made me cry. There's something about butterflies for me that spell freedom and to get to spend time in a place like that with beautiful music playing softly in the background meant so much to me. So after we eventually left the butterfly house I might have kept that going for as long as possible ...(opps) we jumped on another horse and cart and drove though the state park and onto arch's rock. It actually had this most beautiful story behind it but I can't remember it fully enough to replay it back. The next day when we were cycling around the island we got to see the rock from the other side too looking up it was unreal how much beauty one place could have. Then there was fort Mackinac which is where there used to be base for the soldiers, that was amazing...getting to see the place and the buildings where the soldiers used to live, work and raise their family from every day. The tiny little school and tiny hospital for all those people made me wonder how they ever managed, but wow did it give me so much more pride for them all.

It wasn't even just the landmarks that were beautiful, you could walk down a road and be in awe of the nature and the buildings, on main street the shops were perfect and the stuff sold in them amazing and unique to the island itself. if I could have I would have spent thousands there maybe more. 

I would give everything to go back again. True story.

I love you Mackinac  

Boyne Highlands

 

I'd been out in America for only a few short days when we decided we would take the drive up to the northern pat of Michigan to visit Mackinac island. as we were travelling with two young kids we decided to stop on the way there and stay a night in a town called Pelston. I thought this story was totally legit but I did know that Stef was taking me somewhere that evening whilst Patrick looked after the kids for abit. I did not know nor have a single clue that we were going to see the dinner theatre show. Like seriously the second I realised where we were I screamed with happiness it was insane. I  couldn't believe she would take me there...even better I had seats right up the front so I could see everything perfectly. I also got to meet the wonderful Robyn who ive been dying to meet since my very first workshop and see people I hadn't seen in years. THANK YOU STEF.  

Seeing Stefannie again :)

I'm sorry I've not updated in a while but I haven't had time at all what with getting ready for America, America itself then the whole crash down of being home and back in England. Do you know that feeling when you haven't had a chance to see one of your bestest friends in what feels like forever and you've booked to fly see them but you have to do that whole countdown well I was going though that whole sucky phrase and time was dragging so...so....bad. I would spend forever counting down the minutes, seconds, breaths until I could get back on that plane again and be back in Michigan.
Stefannie has been my friend for so long now march 2006 to be exact and every year she manages to change my life and inspire me more than before, and that's after me thinking she couldn't do anymore for me... I had that thought of dread as I boarded the plane, I totally loathe flying and didn't want to have to take a 9hr flight but I kept within my mind where I was going and who I would be seeing and just sucked it up. 
Getting off the plane, security, getting my cases and all that crap (the stuff that basically always puts me in a pissy mood) was forgotten the second I saw my friend again. SO FREAKING HAPPY :)

To be back in America felt so unreal I felt like I was dreaming I was so happy and so complete and just every part of me felt right being back  in the place where my heart belongs, getting to see Stef's kids again made my life, although I wanted to cry my eyes out when I saw how much they had grown...

I'm gonna blog everything separate because there is simply too much to put into one blog.
But watch this space.
:)