Lisa in the UP of MI Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I already posted on the Michigan thread but I was the only one in the UP so I thought I would try a separate thread to see if anyone would come out of hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahli Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I was a yooper from 99-'03 when I attended NMU. It was fun and beautiful, I liked swimming in Lake Superior and eating pasties. Mmmm. I'm in CA now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 How about a Yooper wannabe? We love the UP! Grand Marais to Paradise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy in WI Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 so we are close to being Yoopers! And, really, shouldn't the UP be part of WI anyway? :001_smile: Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Green Bay here, too - not MI, but darn close! ;) (Hi Wendy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 We visit there at least once a year but this is as far north as I want to live for now. Are you closer to WI or MI? And no! The UP is in Michigan. Back off, Wisconsin! :D Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 DH and I went to NMU, too! We were there from 2001-2005. That's actually where we met. Now dh is working on his Ph.D. at Michigan Tech. We are much closer to WI than downstate MI. As far as the WI vs. MI debate, the UP should be it's own state. But, having grown up in central WI I think that the UP is much more like WI than the rest of MI. But that's just my 2 cents. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinderSafari Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 There is a large group of homeschoolers (well, we think it's large! :) ) - 20 families maybe and 80 or so kids from K through 12th - centralized in Rhinelander, WI We draw homeschoolers from Minocqua, St. Germain, Eagle River, and Tomahawk. If you are ever in the area and would like to stop in and join us for an activity - drop-ins are welcome! Visit our local forum at http://maranathahome.10.forumer.com Activities, area events, and local homeschool helps are listed at the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2agang Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 We are from Marquette. Glad to see a yooper! We should be our own state! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieD Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hi! I'm new to this forum, but I live in the western UP. I was born and raised in the Escanaba area before moving to big snow country. It is so exciting to find Yoopers here! I've really been enjoying this forum. Like many others here I find myself readjusting what I've been doing with the kids. I have been feeling overwhelmed trying to create my own science, history, geography, etc. from library books, and at the same time I feel like we bounce around too much and need something to tie it all together. So I'm hoping WTM will help me figure out the solution. I have a ds who is 8 and in third grade. He currently wants to be an inventor. He's my dreamer. My dd is 6 and in first grade. She currently wants to help take care of people at a nursing home. She's my practical one. Currently I'm using SWR and RightStart Math. We do a bit of Spanish and piano as well. I don't post much on forums, but I think I will be reading a lot here, so I wanted to introduce myself a bit. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristamaranatha Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm from Sault, Canada. I know that's not quite UP, but it is across the river :) Now I live in Washington State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyomarie Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 DH and I went to NMU, too! We were there from 2001-2005. That's actually where we met. Now dh is working on his Ph.D. at Michigan Tech. We are much closer to WI than downstate MI. As far as the WI vs. MI debate, the UP should be it's own state. But, having grown up in central WI I think that the UP is much more like WI than the rest of MI. But that's just my 2 cents. :001_smile: Not a Yooper, but just giving a shout-out because my dh did his undergrad work at Michigan Tech. I think we're a bit older, though, since he graduated in '80. :blush: Dh used to talk about going back up to Houghton to live and maybe teach at Tech but his photos of shoveling snow off the roof of his house onto a snow pack that came up to just below the eves didn't create one bit of excitement in me. A few days of an inch or two and I've had enough! Living in SE MI means I still get a fair bit more winter than I'd prefer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Yooper by marriage-my dh was raised in Escanaba. Nice place to visit, wouldn't want to live there!! Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vansolkema1996 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Not a Yooper. We live in lower Michigan. My husband has family up in Iron River. We were up there twice this last summer. I would love to live there if my husband could find a job up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Not a Yooper, but just giving a shout-out because my dh did his undergrad work at Michigan Tech. I think we're a bit older, though, since he graduated in '80. :blush: Dh used to talk about going back up to Houghton to live and maybe teach at Tech but his photos of shoveling snow off the roof of his house onto a snow pack that came up to just below the eves didn't create one bit of excitement in me. A few days of an inch or two and I've had enough! Living in SE MI means I still get a fair bit more winter than I'd prefer! Well, we weren't even born yet by 1980... If getting a few inches of snow a few days in a row is too much then you would not like it here. Once winter really starts it snows 3-7 inches every day. And those are the days that we don't get a bigger storm. We got almost 3 feet of snow in the 24 hours after ds was born...in March! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm from Sault, Canada. I know that's not quite UP, but it is across the river :) Now I live in Washington State. We almost moved to Sault, MI recently. The house that dh's family has lived in for a few generations was being sold but it just didn't work out. Now we're moving to WI, which is where I'm from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Anyone else in the UP? We are in WI for now, but we hope to move back to the UP some day. The UP is definitely our home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in MI Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 We live in Livonia, which is a suburb of Detroit, but my inlaws live in Curtis. We are leaving tomorrow for a visit. We would love to move there sometime, but sadly no jobs are available right now. Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2agang Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 My DH was born and raised in Marquette. I'm from the Flint area. We live up by Marquette. We moved away once but there is no place like the U.P.. Its beautiful and the people are nice and the lifestyle is totally different. Its Gods country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbeee Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yooper born n bred here! Born in Munising, raised in Kingsford, raising my family somewhere in between! Ds is 6 and dd is 16 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I was raised on Drummond Island, if there was decent jobs up there and everything wasn't so far away i wouldn't mind moving back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 My mom was a Yooper - raised in Menominee. My dad was an almost-Yooper - raised in Marinnette. We used to spend a couple weeks up there every summer from as long as I can remember - loading up the station wagon, driving six hours with the windows rolled down (before AC in cars.) My uncle had a stone house about half-way to Escanaba. We walked about 100 yards from the front door to the beach - across 35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delski Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I lived in Menominee for about four years so I guess that makes me an ex-yooper. Down in Two Rivers, WI right now but currently getting ready to move to Indiana. I think DH would love to move back up to Menominee or Marinette though. He loved it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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