damnit... we haven't even got a closing date set (and we have to drive home to accept the counter offer on the house) and I won't even live there full time for another year or so, but I'm already wanting to invite people over to visit and cook and just have fun 
it's Snowstorms and frickincheng fault, lol
I've also started planning room uses and furniture placement
and additional outbuilding use >>
niiiice
or future additions
there's a sauna house outsise
guest bed and bath (and my office, and a family room) in the basement
and a guest house next to us, though that will be Brattiest's
y'all need to visit sometime, though
you can hike to the top of mt arvon 
or hike to see waterfalls and stuff
alllll the outdoor things
and real pasties.
lol
pasties
brattiest wants to start making her own wines and cordials once she moves up
oh man. we had 2 pasties while we were up there
we got some from Lehto's down by the bridge on our way downstate
their crust is amazing, the inside ok - no rutabagas 
awwww
and we also got some hot fresh ones at a convenience store; the Ojibwa senior group had them as a fundraiser. damn, those were good
hubby got cheese curds, too lmao
but yeah. there will be space for having people over
oooh
how far are you guys from the UP, Alex?
I'm totally comign to visit. O_O
the UP?
upper peninsula of Michigan. you're in Wisconsin now, right?
I'll have room, Megs. (a lot of the houses up there have saunas. it's a big Finnish area, so it's a Thing™)
ah! I'm about... let me see... i'm not exactly sure, maybe 4 hours?
we're kind of in the lower eastern part of Wisconsin
that's doable if you guys wanted to, then
yeah
I will be driving through at least once a month, too, until Brattiest is done with college
Wisconsin, I mean
it's on the way to Oklahoma
oh! maybe we can meet up for lunch or something one of those trips
I'm sure we'll have plenty of times to plan it
we've got an offer in on a house between Marquette and Houghton. about a mile or two from the bay.