After running and playing tennis, we spent the rest of the first day of fall at the lake. After three hours in our chairs on the dock, we went for a boat ride. We both were sad to think that this could be one of our last rides for 2012. Mr. SP’s banjo and guitar…
Mr. SP just informed me that today is National Ice Cream Day. In celebration, we hope to spot the ice cream boat on the lake today. Maybe the boat will even pull up to our dock like it did a few weeks ago. What could be better than ice cream on a hot summer day?…
Saturday was my 43rd birthday. Since it was my birthday and Memorial Day weekend, we decided to have a small family party to celebrate both. A birthday isn’t a birthday without cake! Mr. SP and I enjoyed a pre-birthday cake on Friday, Mama made a cake for my birthday on Saturday, and my sweet friend…
On Sunday afternoon we decided to take the boat to the lake so that it would be ready to enjoy over Memorial Day weekend. What should have been a relatively simple task wasn’t. We used a crappy ramp that’s just across the cove from our dock to put the boat into the water. No problems getting…
A big project on our spring “to do” list is to stain our dock. Yesterday Mr. SP took the afternoon off so that we could head to the lake to put the first of two coats of stain on it. 3.5 hours later, all but a small portion that needs to be reached via kayak…
I planned on spending most of the day last Saturday decorating for Christmas but had a change of heart when we had an unseasonably warm weekend. Mr. SP bought a new toy and we couldn’t resist going to the lake to try it out. I hadn’t been to the lake since the leaves fell from…
This coming weekend is supposed to be the peak of foliage in the mountains surrounding our home. The trees in our area are starting to show some color, and as always, the show is a pretty one. Last Sunday we headed to the lake for one last boat ride and to take the boat out…
An annual Smith Mountain Lake event is an October charity home tour. I’ve never had the opportunity to go on the tour until this year. The great thing about this tour is you can travel from house to house by either car or boat. It was a beautiful day, so we traveled by boat. I…
Our dock at the lake is now complete! Our boat now has a home and we now have a place to relax. This is what you see when you enter our cove by boat. Our dock is in the center of the photo and our lot is the wooded area to the right behind it. The…
Saturday was our 17th wedding anniversary. We’ve never made a big deal out of our anniversary. No cards, no presents, we just enjoy spending the day together. Usually we are at the beach with family on our anniversary but not this year. To celebrate we went for a run (separately) and then spent the rest…
It’s been warm here the past two weekends. Our boat is still winterized and wrapped in plastic, but it didn’t stop us from going to the lake to enjoy the sun. Last weekend we toured a few properties for sale, each of which has incredible views. Unfortunately, unless we win the lottery, we won’t be…
After five days of 7th graders, I was more than ready for the weekend. Mr. SP and I headed to the lake on Friday as soon as we both could leave work. We cruised for a while and then watched the sun go down while we had a picnic. It doesn’t get much better than…