Take It Easy Cabin

1. Heart of the Lakes Antique Mall - 132 N Main Street, North Webster, Indiana
2. Judy's De Ja Vu - Corner of St Rd 13 and Huntington St., North Webster, IN
3. Future Heirlooms - 105 E. Esterbrook, North Webster, IN
4. The Old General Store - 221 S. Main Street, North Webster, IN

1. Apple Antiques & Art Mall -  117 E. Center St., Warsaw IN
2. Gregory's Antique Mall, S.R. 13, Pierceton IN
3. Old Theater Antique Mall, 103 N. First St., Pierceton IN.
4. Amishland Antique Mall, 106 W. Market St., Nappanee IN.
5. Antiques On Six Antique Mall, 26358 US Hwy. 6, Nappanee IN.
6. Borkholder Dutch Village, C.R. 101, Nappanee IN.
7. Nappanee Antique Mall, 156 So. Main St., Nappanee IN.

This will be a special year at Epworth Forest.  I don't recall ever visiting the Lake Webster Fishing area during Thanksgiving week.  It should be great and, bonus, our friends the Fribley's will be at their Cabin Rental Indiana "Panorama" this week too.

We've had a very mild fall.  Great for Muskie Fishing Indiana.  Now it's time to prepare for our Winter Cabin Rental.  We're spending 2 weekends with family at the cabin in December and then, another first, we have guests staying at Take It Easy Cabin on Christmas Eve.  Happy Holidays everyone!
 

Celebrate families and togetherness this Thanksgiving Day at our Epworth Forest Winter Cabin rental with some time-honored traditions, which gives one a sense of family identity and meaningfulness that can last for generations. Here are some ideas from Susie Cortright for starting new family traditions - and for revering the old ones:

1. Sit down with your family and reminisce about your childhood celebrations. What do you remember most about Thanksgiving and the days that follow? Thanksgiving traditions can be much more than just food and recipes. In what ways did your childhood traditions symbolize particular values, such as abundance, generosity, the importance of family? What would you like to do that's the same? What would you do like to do differently?

2. Make a small booklet or a mini scrapbook album (which you can either make or purchase.) Write "Five Things I Love About My Family and Friends" and keep it out on the table during your Thanksgiving celebration. Each guest can come and record thoughts and insights. Other themes to try: "Five Things I'm Thankful For" or "Five Wishes for my Family and Friends." An even simpler approach would be to put one sheet of cardstock out for each year - and combine them together over the years in a Thanksgiving Gratitude Scrapbook.

3. Keep a Family Gratitude Journal through the year. Each night, a family member can share something that they are grateful for. Share the highlights of this family tradition at the dinner table on Thanksgiving Day.

4. Make a Gratitude Circle. Before the Thanksgiving meal, everyone stands and holds hands in a circle. Guests each take a turn sharing what they are grateful for. Or - if your guests are on the shy side - ask everyone to write down their blessings on a piece of paper, which you can read before or after dinner.

5. Designate a particular tablecloth for your family Thanksgiving celebrations. Provide fabric markers where guests can record their "gratitudes" or special prayers for the year ahead. Ask your guests to sign and date each message, as you'll be using the same tablecloth year after year.

7. Make a hostess gift for the person who is cooking this year. Purchase an apron or a t-shirt or a gift album with sentiments of thanks from each guest. Present the gift after dinner.

8. Show your gratitude to an unsung hero. Get together with your family and decide on a person or a group in your community who could use an extra pat on the back, ie. firefighters, soldiers, police officers, volunteers. Put together a special plate of goodies and deliver it (or pack it up for shipping) as a family.

9. Preserve your traditions. After the meal, record everyone's favorite activities. Appoint one person to be the scribe - or ask everyone to jot down a few thoughts. And don't forget to take lots of photos. It's fun to place disposable cameras throughout the house so everyone can capture bits of the action.


Our Vacation Home Indiana Log Cabin is the perfect place to create family moments and traditions over the holidays.
 

1. Finances: if finances are stressing you out, use our discounted rental rates this fall to get away.  The prices are 37% off our regular rates and can be used as a great gift for loved ones.  
2. Chores: there is no better way to stop stressing about your to-do list than to get away form it all.  If you are anything like me, trying to relax at home typically turns into a day full of chores.  Choose a place to relax where you can really escape, no malls in sight, no decorating to do, just you, your family, and a fire to warm up around.
3. People: if you struggle with being around people you don't want to be around during the holiday season, make sure you take some time to be around the people you DO want to be around - those you love and cherish.  That quality time won't just happen on it's own (especially during the holiday season) so make sure plan a specific weekend to get together with the people you love. 

I have noticed that most my client retailers that I call on have already started displaying Christmas items and Halloween hasn't even arrived yet, but I have also noticed a lot of people shopping online for cabin rentals for both Thanksgiving and Christmas here in northern Indiana lately.

If you are even thinking about Thanksgiving or Christmas yet, and you think that the perfect family gathering would be in a warm cabin with two fireplaces going, while gazing outside at Lake Webster, then you might want to get with it!  We recently received some inquiries about Christmas but as of today Thanksgiving is still open. 

Our Vacation Home Indiana Rental is so perfectly charming for holiday family dinners.  The natural all wood log walls and floor inside is picture perfect.  The cabin is fully equipped and has windows in every room with views that open up to nature.  It is not unusual to see deer, gray squirrels and a variety of wild life right outside the windows.   A log cabin setting is a perfect place to create a Thanksgiving or Christmas Memory.

I usually make a point to watch as many horror movies as possible in the fall leading up to Halloween. In honor of the upcoming season. I enjoy the feel of a classic old time horror movie that just feels good to watch on Halloween, much like Night of the Living Dead does. A good old fashion scary flick that gives you something to think about  One of the scariest movies I saw as a child was one with Vincent Price called "House of Ushers" and after the movie they had the characters who had died (some who were buried alive) come from behind the screen... you talk about being scared.  I have watched this movie as an adult and laugh at the exaggerated 60's drama and blood curdling screams. 
Check this classic movie (funny now) out at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k48BMS5AfW0

I've noticed in the past few years that horror films are becoming too much to handle for certain people. A lot of these recent films are what is known as a slasher film when the plot focuses on psycho killers. These kinds of films give people like me anxiety, due to the fact that this possible situation could happen.  These movies really creep me out especially when I am at our Vacation Home Indiana Cabin.  It just feel scarier since we are more remotely located in a Northern Indiana Cabin.

• Mini Mounds Bar
• Chunky
• Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
• Snickers
• Milky Ways
• M&M's
• Three Musketeers
• Butterfingers
• Nestles Crunch
• Candy Apples
• Popcorn Balls