Take one minute to watch this video; it will touch your heart! Gramma Izzie always helped feed others; everyone knew you wouldn't leave her house hungry! She also often bought groceries for families she knew were struggling or on hard times. Today, I donated to this cafeteria lady's Go Fund Me campaign in Gramma's memory. … Continue reading Donating in memory of Gramma Izzie
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Favorite past time
We're cleaning the chicken coop right now, and we're past the physical part I do... ..so I corralled the gang out of the coop into a small area so they would be out from underfoot but still have a birds eye view (Ha!) of all the action. This is Ted's fun now (he loves playing … Continue reading Favorite past time
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Gramma’s message
Gramma wrote this on the chalkboard wall in the trampoline room when we visited David and Becky Britt seven years ago. It popped up in my Facebook memories just now. I've worked so hard on our house this summer. Every time I do something different, I always think how much I wish she could see … Continue reading Gramma’s message
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How different this is compared to 50 years ago
Do you ever stop and think about how different our lives are compared to those of our grandmothers at our same ages? This morning, I: Made coffee using the automatic coffee brewer in under a minute at the push of a button Have lunch (bbq pork for sandwiches) warming in the slow cooker at the … Continue reading How different this is compared to 50 years ago
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Happy 4th!
Chewie hopes you have a restful and happy day!
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Fish time!
Today Ted is catching the fish in our fish pool and transporting them over to the new fish pond in the front yard. We have fish in our swimming pool because one time when we were on vacation, the house sitter called and said a storm tore up the little fish pond liner and our … Continue reading Fish time!
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Another first without Gramma
Gramma and I always made a big thing out of buying our flowers for our porches every year. We'd go to several places and make a whole day out of it. As she got older and couldn't stand all day trips, we'd make it a "flower week" and hit a different place each day to … Continue reading Another first without Gramma
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Found it!!!
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!! I FOUND THE OTHER PIECE TO THE ROBOT VACUUM!!! Backstory: A few years ago, Ted bought me a robot vacuum from Walmart. I kept moving it from room to room, and soon I lost the charger. I set the vacuum and eyeball guide thingy in the bathroom closet (I thought). As I've cleaned and … Continue reading Found it!!!
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Today’s to do list
Ted put up six round bales of hay. I didn't get any pictures because I stayed home and CLEANED for four hours! Here's the table. The rest of the two rooms looked just as bad! I tackled the living room and kitchen: put away all of the clutter, moved furniture, swept, mopped, did all of … Continue reading Today’s to do list
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Yellowbross Animations (Episode 9)
It's no secret that my youngest son loves all things coding. He found the MIT website "Scratch" when he was about five years old, and he has been into coding ever since. He has almost two thousand coding projects that he's made or collaborated on over the years, and he shows no signs of slowing … Continue reading Yellowbross Animations (Episode 9)
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