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While I was gone to my sister's house, Tom and Charles were very busy. They put up some of the rough cedar siding and built the stairs...

I thought the garden was done for the season, but when I happened out there yesterday morning, I found that the bell peppers and jalapeno pl...

Second Halloween Party.  We went with our good friends, Nelda and Ty... didn't even recognize them when we arrived.  What great costum...

Tom and I went to a costume party tonight.  I had a friend take a picture of us, but he only got our heads, so you really can't see what...

Most of the framing is done.  There are a few small walls to do, then the ceiling rafters will go up. There will be a sliding glass door he...

...or not. I finished the little seating area, but have a long way to go on the rest of the landscaping.  Also, have no furniture to sit u...

I went to the dentist today.  I used to go every six months back in the day, but I haven't been since some time before we bought the far...

Tom and Charles made great progress on the apartment today...this first day back to building after a two week break.  If they keep up this p...

I had Pearlie spayed this week.  She is very sad.  She also thinks she can't jump up and down off the sofa or the bed and waits for me t...

Here are some pics of the finished floor.  Some of the streaks are still visible, but they are so faint, I don't think they will be noti...

So, I stained the floor on Sunday evening and let it dry overnight.  The instructions say that the acid must be neutralized with a baking so...

For the barn apartment, I've decided on a floor of acid stained concrete.  I called a professional to get an estimate.  He said it's...

Thanks to a great tip from a follower (yay for followers!), my sunflower seeds are outside drying in the sun.  She suggested laying them out...

I found a recipe on food.com on how to prepare sunflower seeds.  Their recipe was for one cup of seeds, so I just loosely followed the instr...

I bought this from an old junk shop that isn't open.  I happened to meet the old fella that owns it while shopping in an antique shop.  ...

A couple of months ago, I cut off the sunflower heads, wrapped them in cheesecloth and hung them up in the garage to dry. Today I unwrappe...

My husband and I are very politically active, but I don't write much about it on my blog because I like to keep the blog pretty much abo...

Got stung by an asp caterpillar!  I didn't know there was such a thing. I went out to move my sprinkler beside the driveway this morni...

It's a sad, sad day in Texas when there are only two choices of stores to buy cowboy boots at. The day has come when my 30 year old co...

No fair!  I wish I was stronger.  I have a landscaping project that I want to do.  Well, actually I have a whole lot of landscaping that I w...