Monthly Archives: November 2015

Arts and Crafts

I’ve been working hard lately to build up my soap inventory and I must say I’m kinda diggin’ how some of them are turning out. I’ve come a long way from how my first soaps looked and hopefully I’ll continue … Continue reading

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St. Albert the Great Day!

Now I’m sure many of you don’t know what St. Albert the Great day is, but if you had a Dad named Albert and a son’s middle name Albert – well you get to know November 15th really fast! Quick … Continue reading

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Exciting news!

We have big news for our family! William and Jude are engaged! Whooo Hoooo!!! They got engaged this afternoon and we couldn’t be happier for them. Right now the plan is to wait a little until they are both out … Continue reading

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Summer flowers or should I say Winter flowers?

Mom was over the other day and wanted to know why my flowers were still alive. I guess I never thought about it until then. It’s one of those things when you walk by something every day and see it, … Continue reading

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Veterans Day and remembering Dad

I was looking through all the old photos that I have of Dad tonight, I decided on this one to post for Veterans day. It’s a picture of Dad with my two brothers many years ago. It’s also one that … Continue reading

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Good-bye Earl, Good-bye Giggles

Yes it’s that time again when the cold wind starts to blow and we take a good look at what cows we need to keep during the winter and which ones will need to find new friends. And sadly this … Continue reading

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Girls day out – Whooo Hooo!!

Today my Mom, 2 of my 3 sisters, my two sister in laws, and my niece spent the day shopping, eating, and then ended the day going to a Play. We had a great time. The day started out with … Continue reading

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Invitations

We have my side’s St. Nicholas Party coming up and with the challenges of trying to get everyone all together at once, we decided to have this annual party to include the Christmas gift exchanges. Now granted this isn’t a … Continue reading

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Roast Beef

We are not big roast beef eaters and to be honest I don’t know that we’ve ever eaten a whole roast after I cooked it.Usually we become very good friends with our cats and dogs. But I was determined this … Continue reading

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Painting in November!

Painting in November … and in Iowa! Who would have ever thought? My plan is to take off work early and use some vacation hours to try to get some painting done. Well anyway that was the plan. So I … Continue reading

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