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Mixer is Found

February 5, 2012

It  surely wasn’t like I couldn’t function without my Bosch mixer and I mostly only use it for the blender and for kneading whole wheat bread but just knowing it was missing was making me want to rummage through every box I saw.  That wasn’t good because my rule is that if I open a [...]

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A New Lock

February 2, 2012

Who would have thought that a new lock could make a girl so happy?  Yes . . I know my door and trim desperately need painting.  A lot of things desperately need doing around here but . . remember that I don’t paint!  It’s not that I “can’t” paint . . I just don’t do [...]

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Goats!

February 2, 2012

You know there’s an adventure in the making when I mention goats!  If you’re from Texas, you probably understand better than I do about the importance of having and keeping an “ag exemption”.  We have it but we have to keep it.  We have to have “3 cow equivalents”.  If you’re not from Texas . [...]

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The Bad Things End Too!

February 1, 2012

Just like all good things must come to an end, some bad things eventually end too!  Yesterday after dropping Chad and Nicole off at the airport in Abilene, we stopped by the rental and cleaned it up.  Before we got there, I asked Vince how long we’d have to spend and he said he hoped [...]

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Speck, The Farm Dog

January 26, 2012

Sometimes I fall asleep when reading and either I wake up with my glasses on or I take them off without realizing I’m taking them off.  Sometimes I find them under my pillow, sometimes I find them on the floor . . not good.  Last week Vince and I went to Wal-Mart and I was [...]

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So NOT Right!

January 24, 2012

Remember when Vince was living here and I was living there.  He was staying at the Star of Texas B&B.  I was back home dealing with Chad getting his tonsils out, getting the house sold, getting things packed . . and he was staying at the Star of Texas B&B, and they were just named [...]

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