May 28 2010
Welcome to Food and Farming Friday, where I give you lots of minute details about food production from our own little backyard perspective and then offer TRIVIA, just to keep you coming back. Meet Chester. He’s our mature, Miniature Zebu bull. How mature, we don’t really know. We’ve had him for 4 years know and [...]
May 26 2010
Welcome to another guest post from my own personal circle of inspiration. Meet my Aunt Annie (we pronounce it “ant”–and we like it that way!), but you can call her Ann. Or “The Favorite”. She answers to both. She can sew, knit, crochet, quilt, decorate, and sling a hot glue gun like nobody’s business. She’s [...]
May 25 2010
The other half of my weekend (not described yesterday) was spent cleaning house and trying to get some of our gardens into shape. I was so excited to find this on the counter from Mr. Fix-It… I’m not much of a gardener, but it’s starting to come together. This lovely is from a brand new [...]
May 24 2010
On Friday there were 21 Cornish-Rock chickens lounging in the sun and pecking bugs out in our field… (This is actually them from a few weeks ago–they were bigger a few days ago but I was distracted by contemplating their future and forgot to take pictures) But as of 8:30 pm on Saturday night there [...]
May 22 2010
Tuesday was George Strait’s birthday. I love George Strait. Love, love, love him. If you’re not a Country Music fan then you’re probably already bored and will be glad to know this post is not actually about George Strait. However…his new release just hit the Billboard top 10–his 82nd song to make the Billboard top [...]
May 21 2010
Yesterday was a rough day for me. Last night was tough. I have discovered that grief, allergies, too much allergy medicine that doesn’t actually work, and not enough sleep can all blur together into a sort of false hangover. I don’t always like to admit it (and some people don’t believe it) but I’m pretty [...]
May 20 2010
Today is the 4 yr anniversary of the accident that killed my parents. The Washington Post did a lovely article about them after the accident. It’s not about the accident, it’s about them. We insisted on that. I was typing a post all about how sad, how dark, how devastated I still feel. People don’t [...]
May 19 2010
Guest Post Rachel Chieppa, Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. I created the above Dream Pillow with no particular pattern. I had bought this fat quarter pack a while ago and have been waiting for the best time to use it. It’s pieced together randomly and then cut to the size I liked for a small accent pillow. [...]
May 18 2010
I was reading this hilarious post at Ruffled Feathers and Spilled Milk earlier today (yes, if you’re not a farmer, it really is just like that!) and thinking about how much I hate our rooster…this rooster… Mr. Fix-It built me a beautiful chicken house with a private little chicken yard for Christmas last year (2008). But [...]
May 17 2010
We get that question a lot. Thankfully, no. They’re 13 months apart. I can’t imagine doubling up any more than we already had too. We did briefly have two in diapers or pull-ups at the same time, but for less than a year. The thought of having to potty training two at the same time [...]
