Archive for January, 2012

You know how I told you that I was working on a novel and that the first step was reading/dissecting other novels? Well, I’m through two books of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, working on the third and have the whole Tolkien series waiting for me as well as a   Read More ...

Categories: Crafts

Today was gorgeous. Blue skies, lots of sunshine, and 54 degrees (??? it’s winter time, people, I’m supposed to be freezing my buns off.). Tonight was even more amazing. Clear sky, bright stars, a crescent moon with a smile so bright that I didn’t need a flashlight to walk around and I   Read More ...

Categories: The Scrapbook

…have been filled with: stomach bugs, dodging elderly grandparents to save them from said stomach bugs, slow recovery, swing dancing to “Moves Like Jagger”, looking like a gypsy with my striped scarf in-hair and crazy eye makeup, wild bass player who stand on their bass, shirtless while playing his bass,   Read More ...

Categories: The Scrapbook

involved one of the cutest things:

Categories: Family, Relationships

I’ll just let the photographs explain what’s going on….

Categories: Homesteading

Step 1: Wait until dusk, when the light is dim and the chickens have decided upon a roosting spot. I usually find the roosting when I am about to feed the horses. Step 2: Find out where they are roosting. They are usually in the hayloft in the rafters. Fortunately   Read More ...

Categories: Homesteading

Alternate title: I hate large amounts of mud. I kind of wish that I had my old 4-Runner. This would have never happened.

Categories: Homesteading

Mom and I went to the Weaver/Fiber Artists’ Guild monthly meeting today. The theme was spinning. For those of you who are not familiar with the practice, it is the way yarn is made; you have a wheel or spindle and turning those implements happen to twist the fiber into   Read More ...

Categories: Crafts

are good for…. …. catching up on your favorite television shows. …. taking really long naps you don’t need. …. catching your neighbor’s game chickens in your barn. …. getting run over by blind brood mares. …. eating the remnants of white chocolate peanut butter truffles. …. doodling on large sheets of   Read More ...

Categories: Homesteading

From time to time, I like to pick up a pair of needles and knit something. The last thing I knitted was a headband to keep my ears warm during the cold weather. This afternoon, I was surprised to hear on Air1 (Contemperary Christian radio) that they were partnering with   Read More ...

Categories: Crafts, Inspiration

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