My visit to Florida has had its shares of ups and downs. My parents are exceptionally stubborn and independent. Dad’s recent health set-back has made it perfectly clear what they have diligently ignored… they really just can’t live alone any more. I have been here providing support for them for a couple of weeks and […]
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If you have been following me for any length of time, you know that my parents are 81 years old, both have had strokes, and Dad has two artificial knees and one artificial hip. He also has a deformed pancreas that has not allowed him to consumed more than 20 grams of fat a day
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I am about to embark on an unexpected detour in life for the next two weeks. I suppose the timing was unexpected but the detour itself is not. Both of my parents are 81 years old, both have had strokes and Dad has suffered several health setbacks over the years. I believe they are beginning
This is our favorite go-to recipe for a truly wonderful chocolate cake. It comes straight off the Hershey’s Cocoa container. 2 cups sugar 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup Hershey’s cocoa 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon of salt 2 eggs 1 cup of milk 1/2 cup
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It truly has been a rainy week, and I’m glad. It has rained five of the last six days for a total of 2.65 inches. Most of them were not storms, certainly not the kind of storms that causes damage anyway. My dogs are not big fans regardless. With the recent fireworks and occasional thunder
This week, life was much more normal after all the storms. That doesn’t mean that things didn’t happen around here! Any time there animals in the mix, something interesting is bound to happen. I really like the A frame pig huts that I built for my Idaho Pasture pigs. They are more affordable than the
Give Me New Pasture: Now! Read More »
Sometimes life comes at you so fast, you can’t keep up, let alone write about it. I’m hoping I can get this to you before something else happens. We’ll see. On the morning of the 14th, I saw on the radar a storm coming our way. As you may know, because I am STILL in
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This is a recipe I got off about.com by Fiona Haynes. It is a frequent meal on Wednesday evening when we attend church services and my husband wants a hot meal he didn’t have time to eat after he gets home from work. The girls and I eat before church. 1 pound small white potatoes
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For four days last week, my granddaughter, Kinzie and I, worked the kids camp at our church. It’s four days of chaos being skillfully guided by seasoned volunteers who know how to handle the children. I believe the grades are third through sixth with others who belong to the volunteers. Kinzie bravely spent all her
The first half of the week seemed to be pretty slow news wise, but picked up toward the end of the week. I candled the duck eggs and ended up pulling two more, leaving 24 to finish incubating. I harvest some peas from the garden and was pretty excited about it because I had never
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