October 2009

Socktoberfest

October 31, 2009

I’ve divided October/Socktoberfest into quarters.  I tried to keep up by doing 1/4 of my goal each quarter. Here’s what I did: I finished the dark blue socks. The turquoise socks . . I would have finished but I lost them.  They’re probably snuggled up with my iPod that I can’t find.  I need another [...]

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Trip To See The Amish

October 31, 2009

In the Amish community near me, two men who are brothers-in-law (or is it brother-in-laws?) . . forget that . . Daniel and Ellis run the produce market.  It opens around Memorial Day and closes the last Saturday in October.  Daniel’s sister and Ellis’ wife, Mary, runs the general type store which is not exactly [...]

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Cooking, Cooking, Cooking!

October 31, 2009

Friday morning after letting the chickens out, I contemplated going back to bed.  But there were just too many things I wanted to do.  The menu for the week needed to be made.  The grocery list needed to be made.  A trip to Wal-Mart . . all had to be done and I had to [...]

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My Chickens are So . .

October 31, 2009

Chicken!  Yesterday it was windy . . very windy.  The kind of windy that reminds me I’m too close to Kansas!  I was in the kitchen working and from there I can see the chicken coop/run.  It was a gorgeous sunny day but I noticed there were no chickens in the run.  They love a [...]

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Memory Lane is Getting Longer

October 30, 2009

It’s kinda funny but I suppose this happens to all of us as we get older.  The trip down Memory Lane takes longer and happens more often.   Two things I think make my life extra special (at least to me anyway) is that I never have trouble sleeping.  I can sleep anywhere . . any [...]

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At Home in the Kitchen

October 30, 2009

There are some, and there’s nothing wrong with it, who just don’t feel at home when working in the kitchen.  Actually, I love to cook as much as I love to sew so it’s a toss up as to where I’m going to have the most fun on any given day — sewing room or [...]

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