We have two large ferns hanging on the front porch. Compared to the flowers we’ve experimented with out there over the years, the ferns did a great job. And, if we take care of them this winter, they can go right back out next spring. We just needed a spot to put them. The best […]

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For those of you much more handy with needles and yarn than I am, the great folks at The Preemie Project are working on their special hats and booties for Halloween again this year and are looking for creative donations. It’s a great way to add a bright spot for the infants (and the parents) […]

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Have I ever mentioned how patient the DW is with me when it comes to certain projects? Let’s just say that this one has gone on for so long that I’ve lost the “before” photos. The dresser was given to us shortly after moving by the DW’s grandmother, who had used it when she was […]

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Those of you that follow us know that we like our potatoes. Heck… it wouldn’t make much sense to call the boy Potato Boy if he preferred leafy greens. Ironically, with that said, we haven’t bought a potato in over 2 years – thanks to a big garden. It’d be great if we had perfect […]

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I mentioned last week that we dug up the yard, again. This time, it involved our electrical service. When we bought the house, we knew the electrical need updating. Starting at the power company’s transformer all the way through to almost every outlet in the house, the electrical was outdated. After we had a nearby […]

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Sissy had her first experience helping video/photograph sale calves this fall at my parents. We use a calf off-screen for the actual calf we’re videoing to follow around. For us, it makes recording the calf a lot easier. Sissy got to lead around the “off-screen” calf all afternoon while we recorded the sale calves one […]

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I ran across a “trick” for cleaning strawberries a while back. I didn’t think much of it because I prefer a knife… that is until Lulu wanted to help clean strawberries one day this summer and I figured we might as well try it out. It’s rather simple… and great if you have little hands […]

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When you buy a place as a “fixer-upper” there are certain things you must be willing to accept: living with some things as they are longer than you’d like or living in a constant construction zone during the slow progress of night and weekend projects typically come to mind. But, the one that’s the most […]

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Have I mentioned we’re in the egg business now? Well, not in the formal eggs-by-the-truck-full-from-a-barn-full-of-caged-chickens egg business, but rather the we-have-the-room-let’s-get-a-few-more-hens-and-sell-some-fresh-eggs egg business. What started out as five chickens as a project for the kiddos grew quickly with the addition of a new group of chicks this spring. The timing couldn’t have been better, the […]

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Last winter we took the kiddos to the National Mississippi River Museum on a beautiful January day. There’s a spot on the grounds that has a statue of Mark Twain reading a book on a park bench. Of course the kiddos were quick to climb right in along side. I snapped a few quick photos […]

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