Walkin' in High Cotton

Remember a few weeks ago I mentioned that our completely wild, only-comes-for-food, never been touch by a human tom cat had kittens? Well, she had taken up residence in Mr. Fix-It’s garage. First in the storage loft (until Mr. Fix-It had to stage a crying-kitten rescue) and then under the work bench. Until the kids [...]

I’ve already shared this week about feeling pretty down and missing my parents. I didn’t even bother posting on Tuesday because I didn’t have much to say. I’ve been crying and praying and moping and taking sinus medicine for a migraine all week. And I returned over and over to my old friend–my much underlined [...]

I mentioned last week that I’ve been busy at my sewing machine. Remember this cute little cell phone pocket?   Well, I also made myself a matching laptop sleeve. Partly because I could use one and partly because I just love the material! The colors are much truer in these pictures than the cell phone [...]

This is the first Easter I’ve spend away from my family in, well, a long time. We spent it with Mr. Fix-It’s family. Yeah, I know we’re all family, but it’s not the same. There’s a groove to your own family…a fit that comes from know them for 32 years of my life vs. the [...]

This past weekend we moved the sheep out to pasture (Yeah grass!). The Ladybug was Mr. Fix-It’s lamb-herder. It’s really important to have someone calmly bringing up the rear, ’cause those little buggers are fast!  All it takes is one frantic baby running in the wrong direction to bring chaos to the whole process. So [...]

Boy, I’m running behind this week! It’s partly because we’ve been busy and partly because I apparently have a twitchy finger that thinks it double-clicked when it actually didn’t. All week so far I’ve thought I posted before leaving for work and turns out I didn’t. Ugh! Our Cowboy’s been sick and had several doctor’s appointment [...]

So, it’s Wednesday and I must admit, I’m little ambivalent towards my Wednesday Windings {LINK UP} at the moment. Hosting a link up takes quite a bit of set-up, promotion and commitment–if you want it to be successful, anyway. Believe me, I’ve learned a lot trying this little venture out! And while I love crafting [...]

So often we marry someone because we love who we think they are at that moment. Then we find out 10 years later that we don’t know the half of it. Of them. Life is full of challenges. People change. People grow. People either buck up or fall down. Sometimes the half you don’t know [...]

I mentioned earlier this week that we had a ewe of twins suddenly go down with a raging fever Sunday afternoon. 108.7 degrees! Normal for a sheep is 100-102 degrees. (See all the completely-inapplicable-to-anything-in-your life facts you can pick up as a reader here at High Cotton?) We called the vet. We weren’t sure exactly [...]

The other night I was tired. Tired, itchy, sneezy, headachy, and tired. Tired of noise (oh, the noise. The constant, constant noise). Tired of nursing sheep. Tired of bawling cows. Tired of having a tired, busy husband. Tired of cooking dinner, washing dishes, and folding laundry. Tired of my house being a mess unless I [...]