My friend, Erin, has a daughter in 4H who is taking a calf to the fair this year for the first time ever. Erin brought Klaus home in the backseat of her minivan, but he's too big for that now so she needed some help hauling him to a weigh-in and vet vheck. I volunteered … Continue reading Ivy and Klaus
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Saved from the mouth of Luci(fer) herself!
I was in my home office just a little bit ago, finishing an end of year parent/teacher conference with a student and parent, when I looked out my office window. I immediately noticed Luci under the trampoline, murdering playing with something that looked to be larger than a mouse. I ran outside to see what … Continue reading Saved from the mouth of Luci(fer) herself!
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This is the year for my garden!
I have a dirty little secret: I do NOT have a green thumb! It's quite the opposite. I have the plant thumb of death. I honestly stink at growing any plants except for big patches of wildflowers (which Gramma Izzie calls weeds) which grow over the sidewalk, forcing us all to walk in the yard … Continue reading This is the year for my garden!
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Silly Daisy!
I have the silliest cat. Daisy does this thing when she's cleaning herself, and if she gets distracted, she forgets to put her tongue back in and just sits there, making this goofy face at everybody. It's hilarious! Now the kids distract her on purpose just to get a big laugh out of her … Continue reading Silly Daisy!
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Happy birthday, Ted!
My sweetie turned 46 today. He already got the headgate system and the impact wrench he wanted for himself this past weekend, so I had to really shop to find things he didn't have but would use. He is not an easy man to shop for! He did like the screwdriver sets from Janeesa and … Continue reading Happy birthday, Ted!
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Spring break
I've been on spring break all week, and I have accomplished so much! I tore apart two bedrooms and deep cleaned them floor to ceiling, moved furniture, tossed and tossed and tossed (donations and trash bags), and decorated. Unfortunately I now have huge baskets of laundry from Sahara's room and realized she just doesn't have … Continue reading Spring break
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Happy birthday, Dad!
This is my favorite picture of Dad. He was sharing a pretzel with Beef during one of Beef's many escapes. Dad has always had a soft spot for animals. I get it from him. 🙂
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Where do your eggs come from?
Do you know? If they're from the grocery store, they're probably from what are known as "battery cage hens". That means those hens are kept individually in cages the size of a sheet of printer paper THEIR WHOLE LIVES. They don't get to scratch, peck, dust bathe, eat bugs, eat grass, stretch out in a … Continue reading Where do your eggs come from?
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Smart car mileage – WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!!
I drove a LOT this past week for work, so I had to gas up twice. 246 miles ÷ 4.503 gallons = 54.63mpg!!! This was ALL highway driving (here to Cleveland and then gas on the way back!!!). Wow!!!!!
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That bucket is useful!
For years, I've wanted to widen the top of our driveway where we park. It was narrow and bottlenecked due to the hill on the left and the chicken coop and picket fence on the right. Ted got that bucket on the tractor last weekend and spent Friday evening cutting away part of the hillside … Continue reading That bucket is useful!
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