Happy Halloween! Only 55 more days until CHRISTMAS ! !! Decorating my car for trunk or treat on just $4 and handing out treats to about 100 kids when Jake only told me the day before that he'd told his school that I'd do it - big Martha win for … Continue reading Happy Halloween!
Month: October 2016
Happy birthday, Jake!
This is my baby. He's ten years old today, and he's funny and thoughtful and sweet. He's fair-minded and happy and quite the Boy Scout popcorn salesman! He's obsessed with space and could probably teach a high school class on anything and everything space related. He loves iPad apps and computer coding and his Enderman … Continue reading Happy birthday, Jake!
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Cheap Treats!
I had to get Jake new shoes after school yesterday and saw a bread outlet so decided to stop and ask about their waste stream. She stopped me halfway through my spiel and told me I could have 200 loaves for eight cents each ($16/200 loaves!). I was FLOORED! It was only two minutes of … Continue reading Cheap Treats!
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Nobody can resist pigs!
When people hear we have pigs, we hear all kinds of things: stories of how they couldn't ever raise them and then eat them (more on that in another post), stories of how they're scared of them, stories of how they have a friend of a coworker's friend's relative about a farmer who fell in … Continue reading Nobody can resist pigs!
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Getting in the hay
We started getting in our round bales for the winter. This is the way to do it - freshly baled, straight from the field! Now we just need to put by 21 more bales...
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Tucker stole my heart
Is it any wonder? Look at her!
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