My Stuff

I started making this cheesecake at Thanksgiving many years ago when my siblings and I could still all get together for the holidays beca...

Wow, it's been about a month since I've added to my blog.  All I can say is that we've been crazy busy.  The pond is finally fin...

All four second cousins made it to the wedding.  Four boys in 18 months makes four great grandsons for Mom. What are the odds of getti...

The wedding was wonderful and fun.  I think it was everything that Meagan had hoped for and envisioned.  I didn't take any pictures and ...

Why yes, yes I do. We had everything that could be set up done by around noon.  With great friends and family to help, I turned the reins ...

OK, tomorrow is the day that we've been working towards for two months now.  Wow, it went fast. My biggest anxiety has been the cake. ...

We've finished the hardscape in our front yard landscaping project and it's ready for planting. Here's one side of the walk...

Tom has been working on building a stand for the old farm sink that I bought at the flea market last year.  There was no small disagreeme...

I know that listening to someone else's dream can be a bore, but I've had two nightmares about the upcoming wedding that I thought w...

Tom:  "Charles is going to teach  me how to drive his dump truck.  He'll fill it up, then I'll go dump it." Me (with ren...

I heard a song on the radio the other day and the lyrics went like this: Blow up your TV Throw out your papers Move to the country Buil...

I was at the feed store the other day choosing some garden plants from their rack outside.  When I walked in, there was a discussion about t...

Birds over the water. Charles, the digger (also the one who helped Tom build the apartment), and Reid, our teenage laborer, taking ...

A 2.3 oz. deoderant stick, when used once a day, will last for seven months. A large tube of toothpaste, when used an average of three tim...

When pastures are left empty around here, the goatweed takes over.  If you're smart, you will not plow a field and then leave it empty. ...

Because of the drought, many ponds in the area are drying up.  Ours is not gone yet, but it is very low. It's a little round wateri...

Well, not really, but from what I have observed, apparently some parents think so. A few nights ago, Tom and I went out to eat with some fri...

This is the progress made as of Saturday. Back when I did the flagstone patio in the back yard, I told myself that I absolutely was n...

The soil along the front of our house has always been too high up on the foundation and we've been concerned about rain water (if it eve...

Remember back in August of 2009 when I said, "Don't buy a Hoover Windtunnel vacuum cleaner...it's the worst thing ever."? ...