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Totes Ma Goats!
Last spring, I went to a butchery class at a local “Farmette”. The butchery class was interesting, but I really took a lot from the lady who ran the Farmette. She was absolutely inspirational! She was living a life I … Continue reading
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Not a morning person
I’m not, and never have been, what you’d call a morning person. It seems like I am less of a morning person the older I get. This isn’t to say that I don’t get up early every day. It just … Continue reading
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Bathroom hell
“Let’s redo the bathroom instead of getting each other Christmas gifts this year!” he said. “It’ll be fun!” he said. Actually, it may have been my idea all along. Not that I didn’t need to think about it a bit. … Continue reading
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I guess we’re horse people now
My parents are horse people. It hasn’t always been that way. They became horse people recently. Remember when you were little and wanted a pony? Well, my parents decided they wanted the pony when they were just a little (a … Continue reading
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More Like Sour Beets
Recently, I learned what a Jake Brake is. I learned about it because starting as early as 2 a.m. and going all day long, I heard the loud, sputtering, Jake Brakes being used as they roared past our house. You … Continue reading
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Been a long long time…
I just saw that I haven’t written since July. I miss writing, I miss the therapy it provides, and I miss my friends making fun of me after I write. So, what’s the problem? I guess it’s that so much … Continue reading
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Manly Men
Our house is always in a state of construction. It is difficult to live in a house that always has something torn up. One thing we are missing is a proper “family room”. We don’t really have a good place … Continue reading
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All around the mulberry….tree?
We have a mulberry tree here at the house. Apparently the monkey and the weasel were mistaken….mulberries come from trees not bushes. Last year, I didn’t know what it was and was a bit scared to try the berries. This … Continue reading
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Scraping Away
This summer, we’ve been working on the exterior of the house. At some point between 1960 and 1994, vinyl siding was installed over the original wood siding. We think this was probably done because it was thought it would improve … Continue reading
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Blueberry pie is happiness
We have done a lot of research on the history of this house. Through social media and ancestry.com we have tracked down some of the relatives of the man who built this house (Horace) and his daughter (Helen) who lived … Continue reading
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