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Christmas Lights Fun!

Christmas Lights Fun!

Every year we usually go to look at Christmas lights with our grandkids.  Our son knows all the neighborhoods to go to close to them.  Nice neighborhoods that really go all out.  But since moving to our little town out in the country it is a little harder to go to...

My Heart is Breaking!

No matter how old your children get they are still your babies.  You hurt when they hurt, and you want to make them feel better.  Oh, if life was as easy as kissing their "booboos" like you could do when they were little.  Today was especially one of those days.  My...

Our Journey to the Farm

So about two years ago we decided to start looking for land.  I had joked for a while that I wish we had about a hundred acres of land hidden in the woods somewhere, just in case things ever got too crazy, that all of our friends and family could move to.  At that...

Thanksgiving Dressing

Saturday was the day that I made my cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving. As is typical for most people, I made the dressing that my mom has always made. I think that this is one tradition that people tend to stick with. I have eaten many other dressings, but I have...

Dot and Ruthie

Before I get started on the "adventures" of Dot and Ruthie I thought I would explain the story a little bit.   RUTHIE (Ruth) Ruthie is my mom.  She is widowed and has lived alone for several years. She is a socialite and loves talking and visiting with anyone who...

Cake Balls are NOT for breakfast!!!

Confession time...I ate cake balls for breakfast this morning.  I know what you must be thinking.  Why on earth should I listen to this woman about eating healthy when she is eating cake balls for breakfast?  It doesn't take an expert to know this was not a healthy...

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I am a born and raised (but city-fied) Texas “girl” living and learning farm life with my husband, trying to be a little more self-sustainable in this crazy life.