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My New Family Room
Now that the addition on the house is no longer a bedroom but a family room I’m working on creating a cozy family room. It’s not a large space but it allows us to entertain in a cooler environment...
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Family room is complete
Not a lot of words. Just a few pics of the final results of the my family room remake. The first pictures are of the bedroom it used to be. I had so much fun cleaning and re-decorating it. I … Continue...
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Weight loss update
On the 25th of March I posted about starting over on my weight loss goals. It’s working!! I’ve started keeping my food journal again and though I may not walk everyday, I am walking at least twice a...
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Good intentions and New Year revelations (not resolutions)
For all my friends, whether close or casual, just because. One of the shortest posts I will ever do.. and the most real, too. Everyone will go through some hard times at some point. Life isn’t easy....
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Patience
Definition: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset; the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face...
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Had enough. . . time to retire
I’ve been working at Virginia Tech since April 2011 and last July moved to a different department on campus. I loved the job, especially loved the students and worked hard for my department. I will be...
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Bath Re-do
Our home was built-in the early 1800’s and is part of the 200-year-old family farm we live on. I have a very small bathroom and it’s the only bathroom in the house. We don’t have a bathtub and our...
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Walking through a wildflower garden
Fall is here and so are the fall wildflowers. Here’s a few I took photos of just along the driveway from the house to the mailbox. Once the weather cools a little and I can get out in the sun …...
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Grape arbors
We have four arbors on the farm. Definition of ARBOR: a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vines. We don’t exactly have the latticework but have “different”...
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Season changes and colder weather
Fall colors on the farm before the first freeze. I love early fall but after the first freeze everything changes. We’re actually shocked that the pasture and hayfields are still as...
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Smokehouse cleanout
This building has been on my bucket list for cleanout for the last three years. It is so full of junk, metal, useless tools, boxes, jugs of all shapes and sizes, feed sacks and more junk. We hauled...
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Graduation 2016
Our beautiful granddaughter has grown up and graduated from high school! We’re all so very, very proud of her and know she can accomplish anything she sets her mind too when she wants to. I want to...
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Cattle Working Pens
Hubby and I spent most of February tearing out our old loading pen. It was well over 50 years old and was worn out. Instead of repairing like we normally do we decided to start over with this section...
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I brought all of my flowering Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti in the first week of October and now my upstairs foyer is full of color! Everything outside has lost its beauty since the leaves are...
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