Nov 14, 2008 | House & Home
I was in my office this morning when I heard the familiar clinking of chains against trash container as a big orange blob moved in front of my window. A few hours later, I went upstairs and saw that 3 or 4 guys had been steadily working to fill the container…and...Nov 3, 2008 | Product Insights, Wellness & Health
Santa Claus came early this year…and he brought me a wildly fantastic new SLR camera! My dear husband mentioned to me before my birthday that he’d been thinking about getting me a new camera for blogging, work and fun use. But unfortunately the prices were...Oct 8, 2008 | Homesteading Life, Pets
Last Thursday, I was returning from my morning walk with Ayla and our neighbor from across the street was ringing our doorbell to let me know my car door had been left open. Strangely enough, I don’t remember leaving it open (especially as far as it was when he...Aug 27, 2008 | House & Home
We were out for a walk with Ayla today and as we passed by one house, I saw the man of the house vacuuming his begonias in his garage. He had taken the plant with its hanging basket to a bench where he sat it down to vacuum it. What he was vacuuming up I can’t...Aug 16, 2008 | Food, Homesteading Life
When we took Ayla for a walk this morning, we grabbed a couple of Tupperware containers and carrying bags so we could raid the blackberry bushes near our standard walking area. We picked for about 30 minutes I guess, canvasing a pretty large area of berry bushes and...