Monthly Archives: February 2013

Winter

Posted on February 27, 2013 by farm2011

The old saying goes, ‘If you live in Iowa and don’t like the weather, just wait a little bit and it’ll change’. Well that’s just what happened these last couple of days. We had such nice weather on Sunday and … Continue reading →

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A Sunday Afternoon

Posted on February 24, 2013 by farm2011

With the snow on the ground and the sun shining,  our friends invited us over to go on a sleigh ride on Sunday. If it sounds like fun, it was! When we got there we visited for awhile in the … Continue reading →

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Kayak shopping

Posted on February 23, 2013 by farm2011

Do you know how many different kayaks there are in the world? If you guessed millions – you probably are not too far off. I seriously knew that it wasn’t going to be this hard and that all I would … Continue reading →

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Scooping snow

Posted on February 22, 2013 by farm2011

It snowed during the night on Thursday and then snowed a little more on Friday, but we never did the terrible snow storm that everyone was saying that we  were going to get. But I guess that it’s a good … Continue reading →

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Phone call

Posted on February 20, 2013 by farm2011

Now Daryl is pretty used to getting phone calls in the middle of the night, so when the phone rang last night after 2:00 am, he was up and answering it right away. But as I was laying in the … Continue reading →

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That’s it!

Posted on February 19, 2013 by farm2011

Yup, That’s It! I’m officially starting spring. Now I know that we’re under a storm watch for the next couple of days, but honestly… I just don’t care. And if you’re wondering how am I going to start spring? Well … Continue reading →

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Boiled eggs

Posted on February 18, 2013 by farm2011

There is one thing that has always seemed impossible for us to do. What is it? It’s to hard boil our chicken eggs and to be able to peel them. Now I’ve done my research on this many times and … Continue reading →

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The boys

Posted on February 17, 2013 by farm2011

William’s birthday was last Friday and so on Sunday we went down to visit him at his college to take him out for dinner. It’s just crazy to think that he’s 19 already! It’s one of those things that you … Continue reading →

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Giving up what for Lent?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by farm2011

So Lent is here and is in full swing. I thought and thought what I should give up for the 40 days and I came up with the idea of giving up meat. That sounded like it shouldn’t be so … Continue reading →

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Lent

Posted on February 15, 2013 by farm2011

As you probably know by now we are Catholics, and it is Lent in our church. Other than some special masses and fasting, it seems like Catholics also eat a lot of fish these next couple of weeks. So on … Continue reading →

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