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We lost both of these dear souls this year. </div>
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Uncle Carl went on to Glory in the spring and Aunt Jennie joined him a month ago. </div>
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They are so very missed. Thanksgiving will never be the same. Never. </div>
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This little munchkin man joined our family August 31st! </div>
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AJ, our first grand baby BOY!!</div>
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Lilly (AJ's sister) and her Ollie (their adopted kitty).</div>
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Yeah, Lindsay has two under 18 months!</div>
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Harper Leigh just turned 4!! She is our F5!! </div>
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Hide the toothpaste and the Sharpies!</div>
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Keller Bug is seven!!! </div>
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Our first grand baby is growing up way to fast!!!</div>
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And, of course, thirteen great grand puppies joined the bunch!!!!</div>
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It's been a whirlwind of a year! </div>
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Wouldn't change a thing! </div>
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We've been on a de-cluttering journey this year!</div>
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We're looking for some rural land to settle into!</div>
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I'm taking a two-year medicinal herb/herbal medicine course!</div>
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We're checking off the maintenance list so we can put the house on the market!</div>
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Trying to get myself back into the studio!</div>
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Lots of work at the hunting camp!</div>
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Lots of work on the island keeping the rentals up.</div>
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<br />Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403912559222798842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453131333468993148.post-68724422926760116002016-11-19T10:20:00.004-06:002016-11-19T10:20:58.952-06:00Grace Manor Progress ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remember the dollhouse I shared with you last August? </div>
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I'm almost ready to move in! Goal is by Christmas!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As if I don't have enough projects in progress or standing by!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I brought the baby home last week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's not for the Grand Darlins'! It's for me!! Eeeeeek!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know!! I know!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My wheels are turnin'! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Pinterest Board is blowin' up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Makin' a list! Checkin' it twice!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Got windows to change and doors to add.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gotta add some walls for a bathroom and a utility room!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Considering an addition already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mean ... seriously ... gotta consider: art studio,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">gardening, canning, Grand Darlins' playroom, etc. etc.!!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We returned about a week ago from the annual </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Holy Smokes!!! New products released!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Awesome speakers!! Texas BB!! Win! Win!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll post later this week about the new products!! </span></div>
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My dear friend, Karen, is a cook extraordinaire!! </div>
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She posts the most wonderful looking food on Facebook!</div>
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I wish I could just reach into the screen and gobble away!!</div>
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I have a file folder saved on my computer just for her recipes!!</div>
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This is one of my faves! Perfect for sweet or savory fillings!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our third granddaughter was born a month ago today!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you have one? I'll be 55 this year and I'd never made a Bucket List. I suppose it's because I never thought I'd have the time to do those things I'd put on the list while our girls were growing up. And I further delayed it because I want to be present and available in the lives of our grandchildren. During some late night reading I came across the suggestion to start a list of what I want my life to look like in five years. At first I thought ... Why? What on earth is there I'd still like to do? I mean .. all I ever wanted to be was a wife and mother ... and have a garden and chickens like my grandparents had when I was growing up; to be the woman behind that awesome guy; to raise children that would honor their parents and their future spouses and raise children of their own ~ our grandchildren. Then, I considered the things I'd still like to learn how to do; the places I'd still like to visit; the people I'd still like to meet. And, Voila! My list was beginning to form. I was blown away as I started writing the first things that came to my head ... things that I remembered having said at one time or another that I'd like to one day do, accomplish or learn ... and still haven't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning, while watching the news, I remembered the list and picked it up. There are 109 things on that list. One Hundred and Nine. I wrote that list near midnight last night over a half hour period. There is nothing on there about being famous or recognized for this and that. Probably the most lofty thing is to ride in a hot air balloon. Ya know what? I've never had the desire to ride in a hot air balloon. Or at least, I never thought I did because of my gut wrenching fear of heights. But, it came to the forefront of my mind, so it went on the list. That list entertains ideas such as 'run a marathon' ... a goal I likely won't accomplish (barring an orthopedic miracle), but it's there, nonetheless, because it came to mind when I considered first 'where I don't want to be in twenty years' .... I don't want to be in a nursing home, unable to walk or do for myself. So the opposite was, of course, run a marathon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always been a list maker, but a <i>written</i> Bucket List was never something I wanted to do, because ... well, I had responsibilities. It seemed selfish to want to do things my family wasn't included in or had the same aspirations for. Well, if they want to bungee jump or ride roller coasters, who am I to stand in their way? I'll be right there cheering them on and fervently praying. Note: Neither of those activities are on MY list! So, getting on with it ... whether it be real or virtual, onward march! If I live to be 104, I figure I still have a little over 49 years left to mark some things off this new list of mine: part To Do List, part goals, part dreams!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> What are you waiting for? Grab a pencil and paper and write down at least five things you want to do before you draw your last breath ~ or call it 'What I want my life to be like ten years from now' or just make up a title !!! Do it now! Even if the list has to start with things you've already accomplished ... Begin!</span><br />
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<i>Visualize what your life would look like if nothing stood in the your way. It's not enough to have a vision in your head .... It's not enough to have some vague semblance or hazy daydream of what you'd like to accomplish someday. You have to actually take the time - whether it be five minutes or five hours - to write it down. Taking the time to write down your vision of the future not only forces you to self-evaluate and to decide what is most important, but it also motivates you to act on those dreams. Writing them down makes them real. And once they are real, you can't ignore them.</i> <br />
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Keller Bug got her own garden!!<br />
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April 2014 .... Darius Rucker (aka Hootie) Concert!!<br />
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Keller and I spent several days creating this Gingerbread Village!</div>
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Jen and I were attending a conference in Nashville!</div>
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Yes! Young Living! No comparison!</div>
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Remember all those previous posts?</div>
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Insomnia (15+ years, hormonal issues, anemia, etc. etc. etc.)</div>
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Well ..... guess what?!! We've been using Young Living essential oils </div>
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for a year now and I've rid myself of all prescriptions </div>
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Lindsay and Isaac are awaiting a closing date for their first home!</div>
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They are also expecting Lilly to arrive anytime!!</div>
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Jen and Tyler will soon be celebrating TEN years of marriage!!</div>
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Keller will be graduating from Kindergarten in the next few months!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The more I learn, the more I wanna learn!! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One thing I'm learning a lot about is this incredible, edible, beautiful plant!! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've grown it for years, but never knew it was edible ... and good for you! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Right now, I have an abundance of it! Gonna harvest some this week! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_oleracea">Wikipedia</a></span> says it contains </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">more Omega-3 Fatty Acids than any other leafy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">vegetable plant, as well as </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a whole lot of other good things! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Could it be </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">added </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to the 'super food' list? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I was out taking a few pics for this post I picked several leaves and munched. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not bad. Similar taste as lettuce. While perusing the internet I found out that this stuff is packaged and sold in the organic salad section of the grocer!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Many consider it a weed! I've always loved it as a ground cover and cascading over flower pots! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What do you think? </span><a href="http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/homeowners/030726.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Weed it or Eat it?</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b> </b></span> And, </span><a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/power-packed-purslane.aspx#axzz2Zt2Tae1y" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">here's</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> another great article by Mother Earth News!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm reading that it's a great substitute for spinach and terrific tossed into salads. Highly nutritious!! How about some<span style="color: #f6b26b;"> <a href="http://www.prairielandcsa.org/recipes/purslane.html">recipes</a></span> using Purslane? Here's a recipe from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/health/purslane-salad-with-cherries-and-feta.html?_r=0"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">New York Times</span></a> using cherries and feta in a purslane salad! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tw8DcGAGmo"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">video</span></a> for all you foragers at heart ... Eat the Weeds!! The flowers, the leaves, the seeds, the stems ... all edible (except for the root). There are also medicinal qualities!! Be careful if you aren't positive it's Purslane. Especially if it's growing in your lawn and you didn't plant it. It may be Spurge. Here's a link to another video showing the difference ... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTjAhPDaZr0"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Purslane or Spurge?</span></a> The sap from Purslane is clear, while that of Spurge is milky. Spurge is poisonous, so pay attention if you find it in the wild!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Visit the <a href="http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2012/05/purslane/"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b><i>New Life on a Homestead</i></b></span></a> blog page and you'll get some great info on Purslane, including medicinal uses. I'm gonna toss a few leaves into a salad this evening. Then I'm gonna harvest a good bit to put on the dehydrator and make into a powder for smoothies and thickener (think 'cornstarch'). The New Life on a Homestead shows how to <a href="http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2012/10/how-to-dry-purslane/"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">here!</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you're interested in foraging or simply finding out what is edible and what isn't, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976626608?ie=UTF8&tag=newlifeonahomestead4you-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0976626608" style="background-color: #ea9999;">this</a> is a great book on the subject! </span><br />
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<br />Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403912559222798842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453131333468993148.post-81862824785047959382013-07-07T11:35:00.002-05:002013-07-07T11:36:48.693-05:00I'm still here! Good Sunday Morning, Y'all!<br />
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Hope y'all had a wonderful 4th of July! It's been a rainy one here! There was a small pocket of no rain during which a fireworks display was delivered by our son-in-love in the front yard of the camp property! We made paper chains and read T<i>he Boxcar Children! </i>Gramma rocked the little one <i>a lot!!</i> Joy!<br />
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It's getting quite soggy outside after nearly a week of rain, and another week long rain in the forecast. The garden is drooping and getting leggy. I'm hoping for a break so I can at least add a few supplements to replace all the goodies leaching from the ground in the raised beds. On the bright side, the watermelon vines have grown about four feet the last few days!! <br />
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I'm gonna try and finish a piece of artwork for my grandbaby's birthday coming up next weekend. It's been on the easel for a couple of weeks awaiting finishing touches. There are also three 3x4 boards awaiting painting (photo props for her party). Nothing like procrastinating to get your beeeehind moving!<br />
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If you're on Facebook, come over and visit the Healthy, Wealthy, Wise and Other Junque <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HealthyWealthyWiseOtherJunque">page</a>! It's where I've been hanging out. It's probably the reason this blog has fallen behind! Come visit!! It's Christmas in July!! <br />
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<br />Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403912559222798842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453131333468993148.post-26559697771447229892013-05-22T14:27:00.001-05:002013-07-23T16:06:33.346-05:00Real Men Eat Quiche!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Simple! Savory! Cheesy! Versatile! A win-win recipe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This season started off .... well actually, overlapped the last season, with expanding the 'garden' area too incorporate more raised beds. After finally getting the stone edging moved and the grass killed, we added two more small raised beds (four more to come in this area), and several containers. There was also room for the new re-bar tomato cages (four more of those coming soon!). I seem to create more work for myself on a regular basis!</span><br />
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<br />Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403912559222798842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453131333468993148.post-14218201577819576352013-05-02T11:03:00.001-05:002013-10-07T11:24:39.480-05:00Continuing Education .... not just for the professional type!<br />
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1. a house, esp. a farmhouse, and outbuildings. <br />
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3. the place you rest your head ... and declare, for tax purposes.<br />
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The word itself conjures up an image in the mind not unlike the above photo (source unknown). <br />
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The last couple of years I've become familiar with a lot of new-to-me buzzwords. Juicing (not as in sports enhancement). Homesteading. Foraging. Charcuterie. Organic. Dehydrating. Alternative (heathcare, cleaning products, toiletries, ....). Drying Racks. Cheese-Making. Rain Water Catchment. I learned more about old buzzwords I'd already incorporated into our lives. Composting. Vertical Gardening. Square Foot Gardening. Rotation Gardening. Bread baking. Meat grinding. And, 're-growing' more celery, ginger, scallions, and a whole lot more food from the scrap ends! Who knew?!! <br />
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It may seem like an enormous pile of contradictions. I'm in no way professing to be an all-organic, fair-trade, eco-friendly, never-gonna-buy-anything-made-in-China, carry my own 'green' bag to grocery kinda gal. I've made a hodge-podge of eclectic choices and incorporated many changes ... slowly, subtly, sporadically ... into our life the last few years. We will always be consumers to some extent or another. I still prefer the old light bulbs. I still use the dryer. Though I do use a drying rack during the less rainy seasons and have turned to using woolen dryer balls in lieu of dryer sheets. I don't have chickens or goats, or raise rabbits. Though we do eat wild boar and venison and pheasant because my husband hunts. We catch the fish we eat too. I want to learn how to make the best pasta, the best cheese, the best sausage, the best pizza. Though we still occasionally frequent our favorite local restaurants. I still drive an SUV (eight years old and paid for). I still take my dogs to the groomers for baths. I still use a dry-cleaning service ... not for dry cleaning but for laundry of my husbands shirts. I am contemplating returning to the ironing board, but for now, I have too many other irons in the fire! :-)<br />
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Why? Well, it's simple, really. Because I can. I do it because I can, not because I have to. Not because I can afford to. Because I can learn to do it before I have to do it ... and before I can't afford other options. Because I honor my grandmother by using many of the skills she taught me when I was younger. I do it because I want to. It's not easier. We all know it's easier to run to the doctor when we feel ill. To get a shot. To pop a pill. Or, to just grab a pesticide or commercial weed killer, instead of mixing up a safer, equally effective alternative. But, easy isn't always better. The better (for me) way takes more time, skill and discipline ... a day filled with shortcuts. I learned that for the first time when I decided to home school 14 years ago. And, when I decided to learn and try alternative measures for a few health issues. I'm still learning. I still take shortcuts ... but I'm more selective; more mindful.<br />
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I've started paying attention. You know how it goes? Life gets far to busy to be concerned with what's going on in the news. Prices have been going up the last few years at the grocery store. Big time! That alone re-energized the gardener in me. Learning about GMOs and organics further motivated me to start canning and preserving what we grow and what I can acquire from local gardeners. Healthcare is fast changing. I've avoided gallbladder surgery, bone spur surgery and rotator cuff surgery by seeking alternative routes. I didn't share that to boast, but simply to say 'there is always a better way' ... unless you find yourself in an emergency and unable to speak up ... being at the mercy of the healthcare system ... which is not all bad. Conventional medicine and procedures do have their place in times of emergencies and life threatening situations. That's another blog post altogether!<br />
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One should never be so comfortable, confident and complacent to think hard times won't fall upon them. I have friends who've lost jobs. And, friends who've had to re-invent themselves because the labors they offered have become a lower priority as people make cuts in their budgets. I've seen many, many businesses close. Businesses which have been around for 30 years or for only two. Some, who's temporary entitlement incomes have been reduced. Many who's weekly paychecks have recently had huge, ragged bites taken from them. We've had our own 'Rob Peter to pay Paul' moments. Hardships penetrate all of our lives. A little learning goes a long way in keeping one afloat. Learning helps one to be prepared for leaner times. But, what good is learning without practical application? One must learn not only from books, but from trial and error. I've made many mistakes along the way ... learning curves. Making mistakes is part of incorporating the newly learned skill into the eating, breathing and walking day-to-day routines. This is how gardening is mastered; how baking is taken to new levels; how health is improved; how we learn to depend on ourselves and our faith more.<br />
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UPDATE 9/7/2013: I still use the drying rack ... indoors and out (dryer is rarely used anymore! That alone cut nearly $100 off each of our summer power bills compared to last year)! We no longer use the dry cleaner to take care of my husband's shirts. I iron them all now. That cut a $50/month expense! I'm baking sourdough weekly (perfect for diabetic husband), canning, gardening and whatever else I take a notion to learn!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was skeptical at first. But I went ahead and tried it. Yay! When I first started I needed a way to use up the pulp from juicing.Perfect! Layered it daily with pulp and brown leaves (of which I have an endless supply).Then I started adding coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shells, vegetable peels and scraps from the kitchen, and shredded newspaper (no colored print), layering with brown leaves and/or dried grass clippings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No <strike>fancy or elaborate</strike> bins or unsightly piles.Nope! I picked up two scratch and dent trash cans and began my layers.After the first one was topped off, I began the second. Now, I have a full can for the spring season and by the time the fall season comes around, I have another can ready to top dress or work into the soil. Spreading the love throughout the garden! I'm no longer skeptical! This stuff is amazing! </span></div>
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Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403912559222798842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453131333468993148.post-66873292117625228782013-01-08T21:19:00.004-06:002013-01-09T14:00:03.330-06:00Already Thinking about Gardening!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">While January is typically a kick-off for setting organizing and fitness goals, I'm giddy with excitement that gardening season is just around the corner!!! After coming across this photo this morning, I immediately went to the garage and did a quick inventory of containers for a few fruit trees that are still in their ugly black plastic pots on the deck. I see a Tuscan transformation coming soon to the back porch!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Lots of container gardening tips at the <a href="http://whiteonricecouple.com/garden/lemon-tree-for-container-gardening/">White on Rice Couple</a> site!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I began going through the abundance of seed catalogs last night while watching the game. Roll Tide!! There is very little on my wish list as I have an abundance of veggie seeds already. We're shooting for growing 90% or more of our garden from seed during the upcoming season. I will (hopefully) be getting the trays ready this weekend. </span></div>
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<br />Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02403912559222798842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453131333468993148.post-29373149378387270352013-01-06T16:00:00.002-06:002013-01-06T16:00:35.028-06:00Something to Ponder . . .<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less. We buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families. More conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and hate too often.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to our life not life to our years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stock-room. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or just hit delete. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside you.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person may not be there.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Take time to love! Take time to speak! And take time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">And, always remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by those moments that take our breath away.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Expand my garden.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Keep my blog current.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Make cheese and homemade pasta.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pull out my late mother-in-law's short stories, </span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">poems and other writings and compile them into </span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a hard cover book for my husband and daughters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Work towards a healthier me,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>physically, spiritually and emotionally.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And,leave behind procrastination, clutter, </span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">impulse buying, </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">fear-based decisions and </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did I just make 2013 resolutions or another To-Do list? Perhaps. Perhaps I should have added fluff like </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">give more of myself to others, nurture friendships, love more, laugh more</i><span style="font-size: large;"> .... instead of focusing on myself. My take is .... if I focus on the things that bring me contentment and peace, I will be more apt to be a blessing to others in so many more ways. It's taken me a long, long time to realize that focusing on my fulfillment is not selfish. It makes me a better person and it brings joy to my heart to help others fulfill their dreams!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A friend encouraged us to find one word that we could embrace this year. One word. Only one. Considering the uncertainties that lie ahead of us in 2013, only one stood out among the possibilities. The same one I've whispered for years now. <i>Trust</i>. I might add <i>Faith</i> to that. Although for me, the two are synonymous. </span><br />
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