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Country Halloween

I mean, you had to know we were going to go there, right? PJ was all, “I’d rather wear the horns, please.” She’s such a diva. We tried to get…

October 31, 2010 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Stain, Siding, & Renegade Cows

I’ve been saying for the last four weeks, if we could just have one more weekend with good weather where we could plow through some work my left eye might…

October 18, 2010 | 1 Comment | Read the Full Article

True Story

I haven’t been getting a lot of sleep lately, which I suppose is to be expected with our family of four adjusting to life in a garage. You know, no…

Miniature Donkeys: Small, smart, and ALL MINE

Okay, not quite all mine yet, but  let’s start at the beginning. MysteryMan and I spent the last five days having a great time, with great friends in one Great…

November 1, 2009 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Old & Good

I hate the phrase “old but good” which seems to imply that those two things should be mutually exclusive and it’s a rarity when they’re not. I hope in my…

August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

Summer Shots

It’s clearly summer at Memorial house. The clover is making a remarkable comeback after the last baling… The corn is over my head… And the hybiscus bushes are in bloom……

Kitten, this ain’t no city livin’.

It’s not like I’m some New York City girl. For all intents and purposes I was raised in just as much country as MysteryMan, just without the donkeys and farm…

The Bible of My Future Life

MysteryMan and I spent hours in the bookstore this weekend, pouring over books about floorplans and landscaping and 1001 Reasons Why You’re Crazy To Build Your Own Addition, when I…

February 17, 2009 | 8 Comments | Read the Full Article

Country Livin’ & A Big WOO HOO

I laugh at the title of this post because I may be the last person on the face of the planet from whose mouth you would ever seriously hear the…

November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments | Read the Full Article

A little taste of our future life…

Definitely will not mind waking up and looking out over this in the morning… Of course, there was about 30 seconds of peace Saturday morning, imagining my future life–complete with…

September 21, 2008 | 6 Comments | Read the Full Article

Testing the limits of our relationship.

MysteryMan and I thought perhaps this month wasn’t challenging enough, what with both of us giving up alcohol for 30 days, one of us starting a new job, and collectively…

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