My Girl

Miss Cassie Ruth loves her water. We enjoy taking her to the back where she can run and play. Can’t take Gauge. He likes to run off for hours. Cassie stays close like a good dog...
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Getting behind

Most of my days seem to be a whirl of activity that takes me from one task to another, each important in its own way, yet some how nothing ever seems to get completed. I make sure that Devon’s homeschool is kept up to date. On bad days when he doesn’t want to do his work so much that he shows me how ‘hard’ it is for him to write neatly. And on good days when he looks like...
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The Canner

Check it out. 23 quarts of aluminum bliss, baby. Shiny. It is its own bling. Mmmmm. Sparkly. It’ll hold 7 quart jars. My old canner would only hold 8 pints. I’m thrilled. And the fact that it’s summer, with all the fresh fruits and vegetables, means I’ll be busy using all it’s shiny new features. Cool, eh? I think I’ve said shiny 22 dozen times. I am...
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The blog

I really need to rethink the blog. I get ideas and usually Facebook them, but do all those folks really want to know every thought that pops into my head? Probably not. It’s a pretty open forum and a lot of folks I don’t really KNOW but like to follow and like them following me…especially if they’re funny. Or family. I need a running stream of conscienous (not sure if that...
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