Monthly Archives: April 2017

That time again to switch out the closet – Sunday

On Sunday I finally decided that I was going to take the plunge and switch out my winter to spring/summer clothes. As you can imagine, with having an older farm home also comes with having smaller closets and also the … Continue reading

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Just not getting along

Well I knew that all our farm animals don’t always all get along – but today I found out just how much our peahens don’t like the Roosters. I looked out the window today and saw this It’s our peahen … Continue reading

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Making soap

So what have I been doing lately? As you know it’s not keeping up with my Blog so the question is ‘Have I been taking naps all day or what?’ Well the answer to that question is that I’ve been working … Continue reading

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Waiting for Spring

It’s hard to be patient sometimes isn’t it? I mean once you have some good weather and the sun shines you really get spoiled. And now it’s been raining and then after it quits raining it rains some more.  Now … Continue reading

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Happy Anniversary to us!

Happy Anniversary to us!  Wow doesn’t that almost seem impossible that we’re married 34 years? To me it does. I mean wasn’t it just yesterday when we were kids and we had our whole lives in front of us just waiting … Continue reading

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Earth Day 2017

I was invited to a baby shower that just happened to be at a Winery in Guttenberg Iowa. Now if you haven’t ever had a chance to go to this town I would highly recommend it because it’s a pretty cool town by the Mississippi … Continue reading

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Looking for boys

You know when the baby peacocks were young I really thought that they were going to be Peacocks and not Peahens. Now I don’t know why I was so positive on thinking this way,  but the one little peacock that died … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Daryl!

With Daryl’s birthday on a Monday this year, it’s a little harder to celebrate. But he said he did have a great day and with a fresh pan of brownies that was his birthday cake, we were able to celebrate it … Continue reading

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  I ended up putting together some Easter boxes earlier this week and I am still smiling with the comment that the lady at the Post Office gave to me.  To backup this story – see I got some … Continue reading

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Good Friday is here!

It’s that time of the year again when Easter is close by and you know what that means It means that it’s also close to Good Friday! WhooooHoooo!! Now even though we honor all Fridays as all good Catholics do … Continue reading

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