4-29-07

My new front porch is almost complete.  The only thing left is the roof.  That will be added soon.  It is so nice to have a front porch that doesn’t look like it is going to fall off of the house. 
The girls called last night and said that two more ducks had hatched for a [...]

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4-28-07

Today I have been busy overseeing the construction of our new front porch.  I have to say that I am a little particular on how things look.  I can’t help it, it’s in my blood.  We have been so busy trying to get things in order for possibly selling the house.  Last night we installed [...]

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4-26-07

Yesterday the girls and I took a trip to visit my mom and see the progress of the hatching ducks.  At the time of the trip there was one duck who had made it’s entrance into the world, but last night two more decided to follow suit.  There are still more eggs beginning to crack. 
Last [...]

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My three other children

Here are my other three children.  They were all rescued from neglect and unwanted homes.  The first is Big Mama.  She became a part of our family in 1997.  She was found by my dh at the dump.  She was very neglected and even had bubble gum stuck to her little bottom.  Now she is [...]

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Sgt. Van Aalten

Another young soilder has laid down his life for his country.  It was early Friday morning in America, while we all slept safely, that Sgt. Van Aalten paid the supreme sacrifice in another part of the world.
Those were the words that toped our local newspaper yesterday.  Sgt. Van Aalten was 21.  I don’t care who [...]

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Back on track

We are desprately trying to get back on track with school this week.  I have to admit that it is all my fault.  We managed to get started on math and english this morning and now it is time for lunch.  It has rained all morning and that doesn’t help much.  Just makes me want [...]

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This weekend

Here it is Sunday afternoon and I just woke up from my nap.  I am so tired from all of the yard work that we did yesterday.  On a side note, I have been having very little back pain.  We ripped out three bushes that have been with the house for 15+ years and put [...]

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I am going to amaze you..

I am actually going to post here in my blog.  I have been horrible at keeping up with this site as well as my personal journal.  Basically there is not much to tell about the time that I have been away from here.  After we returned from Mississippi I spent the next week doing laundry [...]

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Back home

 Well we are back at home.  I had a wonderful visit with Beth while in Mississippi.  I only got to visit with her once due to Gregg’s schedule and then we had a ceremony to attend right before we were supposed to leave.  We also had a friend who was there and brought his son with [...]

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