tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79994704217945405892024-03-05T11:38:47.825-08:00Green TwigJohn 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-37474709214112252262018-10-01T07:18:00.001-07:002018-10-01T07:18:13.828-07:00From my daughter Joanna's FB page... just had to share...I was having a “feel sorry for Joanna” kinda week. I started to come down with a cold on Sunday, (sore throats are just the worst). Absolutely tuckered out by the end of the day (blowing your nose 50 times in a day takes a lot outta ya). I secretly wished Norman would come down with the cold too so I had a good excuse to stay home from work (I guess he’s healthier than me cause he’s still chipper as always). <br /> Nope. God had another plan for Norm this week. I picked him up from school and first thing he says “*** got saved today!” (A buddy at school, I’m not sure if I should say his name on FB)<br /> Norman said “I told him John 3:16... ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.’ I told him, Jesus loves you and He took your punishment for your sin so you could have everlasting life in heaven and not die. Well, you’ll die but then you’re immediately in heaven and everything’s beautiful and there’s jewels but then there will be a new earth where you can ride on animals. So, then he prayed, I helped him, and he asked Jesus into his heart.”<span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fb7/1/16/1f917.png"); font-size: 16px; height: 16px; width: 16px;">🤗</span></span><br />Norman agrees we need to see if he can come to church with us! My little missionary. <br />
This has changed my whole attitude. When I’m selfishly grumbling I’m missing out boldly proclaiming. <br />
Lord, get me out of the way so others can see You!<br />
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Grand children are such a blessing to me... children too!!! Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-30757407833658507302018-09-12T14:47:00.000-07:002018-09-12T14:47:01.260-07:00Summer 2018We have had a VERY busy summer. It seems it's not over yet. It started out with the garden. We usually plant on Memorial Day and this Memorial Day was wet, so we planned to do it over the next couple of days and that ended up dragging out to a week. Finally it was all in the ground. Whew. What used to take one day took us several. I guess we aren't as spry as we used to be. <br />
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This is what it looked like in May/beginning of June:<br />
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Then the garden grew... these are from July:</div>
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Winter squash, chard, Holly Hocks, squash, cukes and summers.<br />
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Then it turns into a jungle. The squash just took over everything. Thankfully we needed a LOT of winter squash this year to fill the void in the freezer. <br />
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In mid August the girls invited me on a camping trip... actually I may have invited myself, but it seemed like a great idea.</div>
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<strong>1. April is National Jazz Appreciation Month. Are you a fan? If so what's a favorite you'd recommend to someone new to jazz listening?</strong><br />
I really don't care for Jazz. I love hymns and songs of praise to God. I love a good listen to music from Majesty Music and others like that. <br />
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<strong>2. Mandolin, ukulele, harp, accordion or banjo...which would you be most interested in learning to play? Or do you already play one of the instruments listed?</strong><br />
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I play guitar and have a uke. I did play the uke, but haven't in so long I'd probably need to relearn. I know the basics of accordion from my dad and have played it some. Other than that I think I would like to learn to play the harp. I've always enjoyed listening to harp music.<br />
<br /><br /><strong>3. Do you judge a book by it's cover? Elaborate. You may answer in either/both the literal or figurative sense of the word.</strong><br />
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I always have a first impression of people and books, but I try to reserve judgement till I know a little more. I say about books if it doesn't grab my attention in the first chapter I probably won't finish it unless for some reason I must - for instance reading tax laws or DMV laws for work. With people, they don't always have their best foot forward when you first meet them, so give it some time. My best friend in high school had an awful first impression of me, but thankfully she was patient with me and we ended up being quite close.<br />
<br /><br /><strong>4. According to a </strong><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-nutritious-foods-in-the-world-2018-3#ocean-perch-3"><span style="color: #6e698f;"><strong>recent study<span style="color: black;">the ten </span> </strong></span></a><strong>most nutritious foods are-<i>almonds, cherimoya (supposed to taste like a cross between a pineapple/banana), ocean perch, flatfish (such as flounder and halibut), chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, swiss chard, pork fat (shocking! but I don't think they mean bacon), beet greens, and red snapper</i>. Are any of these foods a regular part of your diet? Any you've never ever tasted? Which would you be most inclined to add to your diet?</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br /> We butchered two pigs year before last and are still eating those with lots left in the freezer. We also butcher chickens which we have plenty of still. Mr. D eats almonds like they were going out of style and we eat LOTS of chard and kale in the summer and often I pick it up with the groceries in the winter too since it's so much better if it's fresh. We just had a beef-based soup with turnip, carrots, onion and kale last night and it was quite good. I do not eat chia seeds, rarely do we eat pumpkin seeds though sometime I add flax or sunflower or even pumpkin seeds to my bread for added crunch. I've never heard of cherimoya. We eat lots of fish, but flounder, halibut and red snapper are not within our food budget. We do eat tilapia and swai. I like both and though they aren't as high in omega 3 they are better for us than a red meat meal. We eat quite healthy, just too much.<br />
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<strong>5. Besides a major holiday what is the most recent thing you've celebrated with your people? Tell us how.</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />We had a birthday boy last week and a birthday girlie this week. Our birthday months are December, April, and September with two birthdays in each (or we could just make up a holiday to celebrate).<br />
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In March we adopted a little pup from a shelter in Mississippi. His name is Skippy and he's really adorable and well behaved. <br />
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He's a lot smaller than we expected since the pictures we had were of when he was younger. Mr. D is a little concerned that he might not be able to handle rat hunting. He's got a good nose and great digging paws and I hope once he matures a little he'll develop into a good hunter. He is learning how to stay home right now. He loves to go play with the neighbors dogs (boxers) and is not timid about picking on dogs that are a little bigger than him. He is house trained though piddles when he is nervous and he doesn't beg at the table. He doesn't like laps, so is not a lap dog, but loves cuddles. He doesn't shed very much at all because he has a semi-rough coat with the cutest whiskers and eyebrows. I call him "old man" cause he's a puppy, but his face looks like an old man.</div>
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We also had a great Easter with friends at church and family at my daughter Joanna's home. It was a beautiful sunny day. We feasted and had some play time with dogs and J & H went for a walk with the pups. We got home before dark and to bed early... it was a wonderful day.</div>
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I just finished typing the minutes from Town Meeting which was especially long this year. I had 26 pages typed and they were just submitted to the DRA yesterday. I'm so happy that is over for another year. It is quite a process. I also had 4 workshops to attend in March which cut down on my work time. I am grateful that the Lord helped me wade through and I'm mostly caught up now. I have some filing chores that need to be done to keep up with the "retention policy". </div>
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Last Thursday we celebrated a boy birthday. Norman turned 6. He's growing up into a fine young man and is reading and doing well in school. I'm pleased as peaches with his Momma and how she's doing as a Mom. </div>
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This was on his birthday I think. She had the day off and let him stay home from kindergarten for the day. Then they came to our house. We gave him his presents then we had a vet appointment for Skippy and then we went to "Old McDonalds" for lunch. I think the only reason he likes to eat there is because he gets a toy in the lunch box. This time is was a Snoopy spinner. He really doesn't like the food so much, but he did enjoy a Strawberry shake... not a big cake eater either.</div>
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Next big adventure is going to the Middletown Bible Conference. I'm leaving my Deputy alone for the first time for 3 office days. I know she'll be fine, but it will be a little nerve wracking for her probably. Praying we have a wonderful time together. We haven't been away for quite some time just the two of us. It will be refreshing.</div>
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We still need to find a doggie sitter and I'm hoping we find one soon. If it's warm enough the chickens will probably do fine, but we can't take the pup. I'm thinking of a doggie daycare for him for the 3 nights we'll be away. I'm just not sure how much it will be. We do have neighbors who would probably keep him but they all have dogs already and Joanna has two and Heather has a cat. We'll keep looking. </div>
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Ah, LORD God! Behold thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing to hard for thee;</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Connect to <a href="http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/">This Side of the Pond</a> and join in for this Hodgepodge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">1. January 24th is National Compliment Day. Is it easy or not so easy
for you to accept a compliment? Share a recent compliment you've given or
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em>As dumb as it is, I have a hard time with compliments. I try to do what I do for God's glory and when people compliment me I don't really feel worthy, but I can usually mutter a thank you anyway. It's something I've always struggled with. Secretly though it does feel good to get a compliment. I love giving compliments, but have a hard time accepting them from others. Hmmmm.... another thing I need to work on.</em></span></div>
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2. Ten little things you are loving right now.</span></div>
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3. Would people describe you as a positive person? Do you see yourself that
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I read<i><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/avelist/positive-people_b_8348936.html"><span style="color: #6e698f; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> here </span></a> </i>a
list/description of eight things positive people do differently-<br />
<i>Positive people find something to look forward to every day, they celebrate
the small stuff, they're kind, they stay busy, accept responsibility for their
actions, forgive themselves, know when to move on, and resist comparisons</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em>I would say that most of these are true of me. I'm not sure of the "resist comparisons" thing. I don't compare myself with others very often but once in a while I do. There are times when I just sit and think... not busy ALL the time. Forgiving myself is difficult too sometimes. </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Which action on the list would you say you do regularly? Which action could
you add to your life to give you a more positive outlook? If you're a positive
person, what's something you do regularly that's not on the list?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em>I regularly look forward to another day. I definitely celebrate the small stuff. I think I am kind to others. I take responsibility for my actions. I forgive others, but have a hard time forgiving myself. I tend to move on when life is difficult and I try to not compare myself with others so I'm sure that is an area that needs work.</em></span><br />
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4. Homemade chicken soup, beef stew, or a bowl of chili...what's your pleasure
on a cold winter's day? </span><br />
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5. The best part of my day is....</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em>I'm a morning person and always have been. Mr. D likes to sleep in a bit 'cause he has a hard time sleeping through the night, so I can get up early and have the place to myself for a bit before he gets up and presents me his list of stuff he wants me to do. </em></span><br />
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6. Insert your own random thought here.</span><br />
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We had to say goodbye to our little Spotty last week. She has been a regular part of our lives for 11 years and we will miss he VERY much. She had breast cancer and it got to the point where she had trouble walking and eating and moving around to get comfortable, so we knew it was time. This picture was taken only minutes before the vet put her down. She was a good dog!</div>
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Little Spotty enjoying a pleasant walk to the garden. She loves going there and laying in the cool dirt while I weed.<br />
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It's a little walk down the hill/driveway. I've always liked the view down our driveway.</div>
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Beets, summer squash and pole beans in the background</div>
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the winter squash. The culvert in the background will one day be our root cellar.</div>
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looking up the driveway from the garden, the summer squash in the foreground with netting over the blueberries.</div>
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We have plenty of volunteer berries, blackberries and raspberries all around the property. They make yummy muffins and pancakes in the mid winter like today when the weather is brutal.</div>
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The Hollyhocks were nonstop this year. These came up from last year and last year they were white, this year pink, not sure what will happen next year. I loved these reddish pink ones. I would have preferred them to be the double variety, but they were beautiful and lasted well into fall.</div>
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<br />Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-71535579697010802862018-01-02T18:57:00.000-08:002018-01-02T18:57:46.576-08:00Tooo much coldI am no fan of winter. Most people who know me realize this. I think it's from when I was a wee person in Maine. I just don't like shivering and teeth chattering weather. We've had a string of days now with temps below 0 deg F. It's supposed to get to 23 tomorrow which is going to feel like a heat wave. But alas it's going to take a dive again into the negative digits...<br />
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We had a wonderful Christmas with family. I cooked up a turkey that had been given to Jason and it was 26 pounds of yum. We had the Christmas story by Joanna and Doug and then opening presents which took a long time with all the Ooohs and Ahhhs. It's so good to have all the family together. </div>
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Not the best picture. I was trying to figure out why Mr. D was leaning over without turning away and yes, Brandon is taller than all of us now. This may be the last Christmas for Spot as the cancer is getting much worse. </div>
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You can actually see the growth on her belly. She's still active and on a special diet, but today I noticed she was having trouble walking. I think it is not good to let her suffer, but it's Mr. D's call as she is his dog in every way.</div>
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<br />Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-20138777912063546202017-12-04T17:50:00.000-08:002017-12-04T17:50:23.175-08:00Just a normal everyday MondayIt's been busy, I'll not contest that, but it has been a normal Monday in many ways. I've decided to cut the swim classes for the Month of December because it will be quite busy at work and at home and I don't want to be a skipper... class skip-er that is. I enjoy the classes and I do believe it is helping the knee with flexibility. I will go back once the holidays calm down and things get a bit more normal. Hmmm wonder if that will ever happen.<br />
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Hope you all have a great week!Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-35208488547639383812017-11-20T13:07:00.000-08:002017-11-20T13:07:15.332-08:00A Whole Year Has PassedI can't believe it has been a year since I posted anything on this blog.<br />
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It just doesn't seem possible that they are gone. I keep thinking of things I wanted to say to them or do with them. We were going to ask Kae to accompany us to Polly's Pancakes and of course we would have invited Pam as well as Esther. I drove by Kae and Eugene's house the other day and thought it looked so deserted and empty. I drive by Ken and Esther's house nearly every day and it still has a trailer parked in back where they had been going through the stuff in the house so they'd be able take things to Florida. It's lonely on this planet. I do long so much for Heaven, but I have many friends and family here and the Lord still has much for me to do, so I'm here for as long as He wants me here and I'll try my best to do what He wants me to do. </div>
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All is well on the Millett Farm. We did not raise pigs this year. We have no ducks since a mink wiped them out last year, but the garden was wonderful and we have 25 new laying hens who have been laying all fall. We butchered 15 meat birds this year, so the freezer is quite full. </div>
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My grandsons are growing up so quickly... it's hard to keep up with what is happening in their lives. Norman, who is 5 now just started kindergarten. I asked him what he liked most. He said he like to go to the library, playing in the gym and the bus ride to school. We went Christmas shopping for his Mom last Friday and he had a hard time thinking of something she would like, but he saw lots of toys. I'll take Brandon shopping later probably. It's a yearly tradition. Brandon will be taking drivers education next semester in school and then he'll get his license and he and his mom have already been talking about getting him a car. Yikes. The good thing is that when he's driving, he'll be able to come over to church when he wants and has the time. He'll also be able to come visit us when he wants. I'm sure he'll then need to get a job on top of his homework and all, so he probably won't have a lot of time to just visit. </div>
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Our little dog, Spot, has cancer and it is progressing quite rapidly. We hate to see her go, but we don't want her to suffer either, so when we think it has come to the point that she needs to go, we'll be taking her to be put down. She has been a good pup and we will miss her. We are already looking around for a new pup. There are a few at the VT Dog Rescue we'd be interested in, but haven't heard back from them about our application. </div>
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Lots happened this year.... here's a glimpse</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">summer kyaking</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trip to the beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanley and his "mom"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">shop king</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">visit to SC - Fuddruckers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">quiet afternoon in the rocking chairs... southern tradition</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">last Christmas (2017) the fam</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the eclipse in SC</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norms and Mom... camping again</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dem dogs is wiped out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best event of the whole year. Brandon was able to lead Norman to the Lord during a rainy camping trip in VT. We are all so happy!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not sure I'd dare to go zip lining, but these crazy people did.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sportin' his Fuddruckers hat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second most wonderful thing that happened this year... I was able to go see my Brother and Sister in Love in SC. It was sooooo good to see them!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He said he was a "mixed up chameleon"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norms lovin on his mommy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fall camping.... not me</td></tr>
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This was the sow and also the first time we ever butchered a pig. We tried to singe the hair since we didn't have means to dunk her in hot water and scrape her. Finally we gave up and skinned her, which we decided that we would do for the second pig while it was hanging. It took the two of us quite a while to do the skinning. This pig was around 500 lbs and yielded about 350 lbs of meat. I deboned the shoulder and the hind portion due to freezer space. I packaged most of the meat in 3-4 lb portions so it is easy to grab a package and thaw and cook it in less time. If we have company we can always grab a few packages. I froze the bacon slabs and packages of sausage scraps for when I have more time to work on them. I've never cured or smoked meat either, so that will be another learning curve for us.</div>
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This is pig number two, the boar. He was a bit smaller and yielded about 260 lbs of meat. This whole process went a lot smoother as we skinned him while he was hanging. I don't think we'll do another pig for a few years as it is quite a labor intensive process feeding and processing them. And to tell you the truth we probably won't need to do another for a few years judging from the amount of meat in the freezer.<br />
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We moved all the vegetables that I put up this summer into the upright freezer which now is completely full of squash, green beans, beets, peppers, mushrooms (precooked), Brussel sprouts, and various other veggies. The chest freezer is nearly full of meat and various berries.. blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. We took the flour out, but I think I may put it back in as there is room for it. Mr. D was able to purchase many five pound bags for 1.99 and .99 each at the discount food store, so we stocked up.<br />
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Mr. D and I took a day off and went to Maine for Thanksgiving. It was a much needed break and good time together with all of his siblings and their spouses and Mom and Dad. They took this picture just as we were getting ready to leave for home. It was a stormy night and I had to go about 30 mph all the way home. </div>
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Updated pictures of the Grandboys. Handsome creatures. I love them to pieces. Brandon is even taller now as is Norman. I hope to get some new pictures at Christmastime. </div>
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This first picture is my little Honda the day of my accident on December 29th. I had traveled this commute for 8 years and this was my last week at Swish White River, LLC in Hartford, VT. God knew what he was doing and worked all this out for His honor. That day, I must admit, I was a bit downhearted. We had just gotten the car ready for inspection by replacing two tires with studded snows and fixing the front wheel bearings ( a tricky process that required a special tool ). But God knew we would not need two cars since I would not be making this commute any longer. I now work 10 minutes from the house.</div>
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I'm now driving my old Dodge Neon with 354000 miles on it. It's still chugging away and we are putting some money away for a 4 wheel drive so I can get up our driveway and up the hill to work. Then we'll probably retire the old lady.<br />
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I got home from church a couple Sundays ago and the sky was soooo incredibly blue and the trees were just the perfect shade of green. I just had to take this picture. These are the trees up behind our home.<br />
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We had great success with the greenhouse this spring. I raised all our plants except some of the beans and peas in the greenhouse and then transplanted them into the garden. We can plant away, but God makes the little seeds grow...</div>
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Sorry the pictures are a little fuzzy... still working on my picture taking skills with this little iPad. <br />
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the second picking. These went to Brandon's graduation party for strawberry shortcake. Yum.<br />
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Well, that's all for now. Just thought you'd like a little glimpse into our lives. I am enjoying my new job as the Town Clerk/Tax Collector in Groton. I've learned many new things and have been very busy. It's a gift from God that I am closer to home and can spend more time there. I've also gotten started in a water aerobics class and will be getting some physical therapy for my old arthritic knee. It was getting quite painful. Since I started swimming 3 times a week, it has loosened up quite a bit. I know it will never be completely well again, but I want to keep it limber as long as possible. I might even do some biking yet this summer. </div>
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God has surely been good to us. I'll include a couple more pictures of the beautiful lupines He gave me this year. I think all blue flowers must be my favorite. I have to force myself to get other colors. You will see in the perennial bed I have yellow, pink and red now, so I'm making progress, but blue is still my favorite flower color to go along with the green leaves.</div>
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Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-7114434896776528712016-07-08T15:12:00.000-07:002016-07-08T15:12:20.298-07:00Written April 18th/Posted July 8th... hmmm what wrong with this picture?Odd for us that it is April 18th and we've had some really great weather. I started my greenhouse about 3 weeks ago and things are coming up! I went out yesterday afternoon and did a little cleaning up in the garden getting ready for some early planting such as peas. We did have the chickens out there cleaning up in the spring but the fence wasn't able to hold them due to winter damage and with Mr. D busy building a fortress for pigs I just decided to take down the fence. It will make it easier to till and plant anyway. The blueberry bushes are outgrowing their fencing so that will need to be hiked up a little. The fencing we use for beans need to be repaired so there are many little details to take care of.<br />
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I'm getting excited to get my fingers in the dirt and it's coming quickly this year. Yea!!!<br />
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The girls went for a little hike on Sunday and sent a couple pictures over FB. <br />
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I think that Norman went hunting for salamanders already so mom just let him wade in his skivys .</div>
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It was a beautiful day Sunday and the temperature was a steady 74 at our house all day. I looked at the weather map from last year and on April 24th we had snow. I'm not saying it can't happen, but I don't see anything about snow on the weather calendar for this April. </div>
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Norman comes over sometimes to see us and so doesn't Brandon. Grampa has fixed up a bed that stretches across the backs of the seats in the dining area of the camper so he can get a good night sleep when he comes over. When Norman comes over he sleeps on the couch. He loves coming over to Gramma and Grampy's house and we love to have them both. It's not a big place and certainly not "classy", but we've got lots of love. </div>
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I am not a very good blogger I guess. Not only have I not written anything here in a long time, I also haven't read too many blogs lately. I wish I had an excuse, but I think Facebook has taken me away to some extent. There have been many new changes in my life. So I'll begin with the new job since that seems to be the most recent and greatest change.<br />
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I've left my position at Swish White River LTD after being there for nine years and have taken the Town Clerk's position in our town. There are numerous differences. The first is that I won't need to drive an hour to and an hour from work anymore. I am extremely happy for that as it also gives me a couple more hours to be at home each day and the gas consumption has decreased greatly. I was doing a small column for the local paper "Talk of The Town" when they needed a correspondent for our town. Because of this I started attending the Select Board Meetings once a week. This gave me an opportunity to meet more of my fellow citizens and hear what was happening in town politics. One Tuesday night it was brought up that the Town Clerk was resigning. This was first sad because we all loved our former Town Clerk and hated to see her go. In my mind it seemed a very distant chance that perhaps if she was leaving I would be able to "apply" for the position, so I met with her and the Deputy Clerk and had a chat about the opening. About two weeks later the Select Board appointed me Town Clerk and I began work on January 8th. <br />
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There are soooo many things to learn and get straight in my head. When this is due and when that is due and this law and that law. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd find myself in politics, but I will be running for this office in March. As far as I know I only have one "contender" who will be a write-in for this election and perhaps will also run on the ballot in two years. I'm hoping to win this election, but it's really in God's hands and I will be content with what He chooses for me.<br />
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At Christmas we went to Maine for our family get-together. We had a wonderful time and I had taken a few days off work so it wasn't rushed. The next day on my way to work (actually the day I was supposed to give my notice at Swish White River LTD), it was storming. Out on route 118 (which is a dilly of a road most people 'round here know well), I slid on the ice and the car hit the guard rail front and back. The collision totaled our little Honda Civic. She was a great little car, even though we didn't care for the fact that she was a two-door. As it worked out it was OK, though now I do not have "my own car" which can be a trial from time-to-time. I don't really need my own car now since I'm only driving 10 minutes to work from home. We still have a small pick up truck that works fine and my old Dodge Neon is still on the road after 340,000 miles and we have a couple other non-conventional vehicles that would be fine in a pinch. If I had a horse, I could ride the horse to work **smile**.<br />
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Here are a few shots of my cubicle at Swish White River LTD. We had a Christmas decorating contest. Mine didn't win, but it was a lot of fun. <br />
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Good days to remember in the dead of winter. This was from this summer when the girls and their boys went camping. What funny people.<br />
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Well, I guess that gets you mostly up to date with the fam. It's been a very eventful winter and we hope that spring comes soon. It was neg 18 degrees F yesterday and thankfully all is well. Our water is not frozen and the cars still start. Supposed to be in the 30s this week with rain on Wednesday.</div>
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We were able to find a large chest freezer to replace our old freezer which met a demise this summer along with 2 refrigerators and an upright freezer. I'm now ready to fill-er-up. We have chickens to butcher too and I am thinking about getting the price on a 1/4 beef or pig to put in also from a local butcher. With the meat and veggies this year I think we'll be set for food... except dairy (butter, cheese, milk, yogurt) and flour.<br />
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I gotta tell you about this freezer. We had been looking for quite some time, actually since the middle of summer when the old freezer died. We had several leads and I was ready to throw in the towel and get a couple of smaller chests in lieu of a larger chest freezer. We found a few of those, but Mr. D was a hold out. Just need to say, He's the best husband ever! We found this one on Craigslist and they were asking $550 for it but it was a few years old / not new / and so they agreed on $300, but because they helped load it Mr. D paid them $325. They also threw in 500 lbs of popcorn (guess they used to do the fair or something and will not need this - extra). What a blessing this all was and now I'm on a tear getting everything in from the garden before winter.<br />
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Mr. D is overwhelmed with tasks getting ready for winter... there are cars to maintain/register and inspect. Then there is the general clean up so we'll have a place to push the snow. The tractor needs a gasket which he is having a hard time finding. Once the garden is taken care of, I will be available to do some of these things myself, but was fighting an infection on one of my fingers last week and it's amazing what you can't do when you have an infection on just one finger.<br />
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Friday evening after work I went into the garden and picked more beans. I also knocked loose one of the Spotted Hound winter squash. I cooked that up on Sunday for the potluck and it was very good though not fully ripe it was sweet and very fleshy. We have a good number of these on the vines so it looks like there will be plenty of winter squash this year if all goes well.</div>
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This weekend we had both grand-boys overnight. Norman went with us to the Cornish Fair, Brandon being older and wiser decided not to go to the fair, but he came with us afterwards. </div>
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We had lots of fun at the fair. I didn't purchase any food there 'cause it was way too expensive, but the animals were lots of fun and we did go on 3 rides... actually Norman went on 3 rides and I went on the big Ferris Wheel with him 'cause that was a little scary. Then on the way home we stopped at the Meriden Market for some corn dogs and sat on the "bear benches" to eat them up.</div>
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After the fair we went home and Grandpa and Brandon went on a bike ride and then swimming in the river, while Norman played in the wading pool and Grandma fixed beans (which I didn't get done since there were literally hundreds of questions to answer).</div>
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Grandpa spent a good amount of time at the fair talking with the owner of the pigs. He has an order in for two next spring. Another expansion to our little farm. I think I'd rather dress out a pig than 20 chickens... well, I've never done a pig before, but I've done other large game animals and that doesn't take all day like it does when we butcher chickens and not nearly as messy or smelly. We'll see what happens with the pigs. Live and learn is my motto.</div>
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I love this cartoon. I eat good food, just too much of it. I heard on the radio that research tells us that if we make commitments to others, or proclaim our goals, it's not so easy to fulfill those goals. Psychologically we tend to think of them as done if we proclaim them. I find this is true with long range goals, but I always write down a Saturday list and check things off as I get them done. I would like to write down a plethora of goals, but am a bit shy of doing that since so many things get in the way of accomplishing them and maybe it's true after all, if I tell people about my goals I may never accomplish them. I'll just tell you, I have secret goals! How's that?</div>
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The harvest continues. I put up these beans and blueberries and then Saturday I picked another two baskets of beans and yesterday one more basket of blueberries. The cukes and the squash go right on the table or I take them to church for dinner there. It's been a great harvest so far this year. </div>
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The little dish lawn ornament was something I picked up at the plant sale this spring. I thought it was a cute idea and my daughter Joanna went on to make a few of these for her garden and for friends.</div>
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I purchased these little flowers late in the season from a local shop. They were nearly dead and now they are blooming in the little moss covered cement urn that Mr. D picked up at the dump. Please disregard the weeds around it, but one day I'll have this sitting in a more picturesque setting.</div>
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These pink blossoms were from Home Depot. They also looked a little sad when I bought them, but perked up once they were planted and watered. I like rescuing plants that have been neglected. I think these look a little like butterflies and they have bloomed all summer.</div>
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I'm sharing a few short verses with you today that are appropriate for the gardener. Though I love, love, love gardening, I'm completely aware that it's not my green thumb that makes things grow. I've had fellow gardeners with much better talent than I who have had a rough year this year and we have also had some very rough years in the past. None of that is in the gardeners hands, it's totally in the hands of our mighty creator God! I also have had folks that I have shared the Lord with. I've shared verses from the Bible with them and they seem not to respond, but it's a little like gardening, at least God uses that comparison. We may just be the planters. Another may water and move the plant into the sunshine, but God is the one who makes those seeds of the Word grow in the heart.</div>
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<br />Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-55302672632569322942015-08-06T14:15:00.000-07:002015-08-06T14:15:01.230-07:00BEGINNING THE HARVESTIt doesn't seem possible that it's August already. Didn't the summer just start? Days are getting noticeably shorter and the blueberries are nearly done. We picked our first green beans last night (in the dark after church). It's been quite wet here this past month raining nearly every afternoon.<br />
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We had a wonderful 80th birthday party for my mother-in-love last weekend. We had planned to leave Thursday after I got through with work, but there were lots of tails to wrap up before we left. First was a transfer of our just hatched chicks to my daughters basement for them to "chick-sit" for us while we went away.<br />
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Then I needed to get home and pack up what clothes and food we needed. All was ready to throw into the car, but needed to be gathered together. We had just finished and I was going to make a little supper and Doug needed to get the chickens situated before leaving he went in to check the large chest freezer since we've had a bit of trouble with it. Things were floating in the bottom. We had already emptied most things out, but there were some older pieces of meat and stuff that had been in there a while, but it all was floating in the bottom and it had to be cleaned out before we left. It was already around 10 pm and so we pulled on our big-kit pants, put everything into garbage bags and hauled it off to a "borrowed" dumpster to get rid of it so the bear wouldn't raid while we were away. By that time we both had to take a shower and still eat a little something before we left. Poor Brandon got put to work too and he was so patient I was way proud of him. He wondered why all this was happening, but thought perhaps God was sparing us from some unseen danger and He certainly could have been. We never know these things, but God has a reason for it all. We got on the road and arrived in Maine about 3:30 am. The camper was all ready for us and we climbed into bed and slept like rocks. The next few days made up for all this with a great time with our family. <br />
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Mr. Ds sisters are great photographers and took some great pictures which I'll include here.<br />
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Much fun was had by all regardless of all the trouble getting there. We may never know why things happen the way they do, but there's an author of our days who holds the master plan. He's a great and mighty God and He loves up beyond measure.<div>
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The pickings from last night after dark... had a flashlight. I intend to do lots of work in the garden this weekend. It needs weeding and has had several days of neglect. I'll try to take a before and after picture. We had beans for supper and a zucchini/tomato dish baked in the oven... yum!</div>
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I measured some of these Romano beans and they were all between 8-12 inches. I thought they'd be tough, but not at all, they were tender with no strings. Looks like we picked a winner. Thank you, Lord!</div>
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Just another blessing from God's hand.<br />
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If you look closely you can see the pie cooling on the stove to the left of the picture.</div>
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Sorry so fuzzy, but this is filling for a wild strawberry and rhubarb pie. Thank you Lord for the little blessing.Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-35526640518568049402015-06-04T10:31:00.001-07:002015-06-04T10:31:13.216-07:00PICTURE FEST 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Memorial Day we did get the garden in. We were pretty exhausted from Saturday as we needed to move many of our things around that day and even with the help of a able-bodied grandson our antique bodies were complaining vigorously. By the end of the day Monday all we had energy to do was eat, shower and go to bed. I had to come back to work on Tuesday to get a little break. I don't think I've fully recovered yet and its been a week now.</div>
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the new herb garden. Most of these plants... except the little ones and the easter lily spent a year in containers while we decided where to replant the herb garden. I'm sure they will recover. We have quite a variety in this small space but construction is still pending around our place so as soon as we know where and it's safe, I'll expand this garden to include other plants that are in temporary homes.</div>
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The strawberries are going strong and will need to be covered soon so the Cedar Waxwings don't devour them. The blueberries are also doing quite well though we had a very dry spring. (not pictured here). We've enjoyed some rhubarb already and it has started to go to seed.</div>
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We've had some good soaking rain this week and I'm sure that will help the garden perk up and get going rapidly.</div>
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I'm going to now post a bunch of pictures that daughter Joanna downloaded off her camera for me. They go back a ways and that's OK. I just want to include them here so I can print them into my Blog book. Thought you'd enjoy them too. Thank you Joanna for all the nice pictures. I have another disc to download and then I'll bring them back to you. Love you!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa and Gramma visiting... makes for a crowded camper :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">want some sticks Mom? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Padro likes sticks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe a bigger stick.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleepy boy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norman and Uncle Adam.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After walking up the driveway when we couldn't drive up. Was a blizzard it looks like.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Heather and Cousin Brandon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not so tight Gramma.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very busy cleaning up the leaves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooking on the campfire is lots of fun!!!</td></tr>
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I feel sorry there are no pictures here of Mom and Norman, but she was taking all these pictures. They came off her camera. I'll get some others later of the two of them. I have another disc to download from too so more to come.<br />
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Mrs. Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703464320152527607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999470421794540589.post-17284739078960701582015-04-15T10:35:00.000-07:002015-04-15T10:35:59.005-07:00Hodge Podge Wednesday<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 15.3333320617676px;"><i>I haven't participated in Hodge Podge since September of last year. I just saw this one and thought it was interesting, so here we are. If you'd like to join up, visit <a href="http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/">Joyce a "From This Side of the Pond"</a> and have some fun.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Speaking of April
15th...what's the most '</span><i>taxing'</i> thing you've done recently?<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>“taxing” - according to dictionary.com means:
wearingly burdensome: the day-to-day<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>If that’s the case then a lot
of what I do is “taxing”. That makes it
sound as though it’s not a good thing, but I really don’t mind doing them, like
washing dishes 2/3 times a day, sweeping the floor (though since mud season
began I don’t bother doing it quite as often… mostly at night before going to
bed. Laundry – not my favorite “taxing”
duty, but I like clean clothes, so a necessity.
I think women are bound to those taxing duties in general and men too if
they like a clean house. The time I do
these that is the most unpleasant is after work when I’m tired of being indoors
and want to get outside into the fresh air.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><br /></i>
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<span style="background: white;">2. When
did you last take a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>tax</i>i
somewhere and where was that somewhere?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>I don’t recall ever riding in
a taxi.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">3. What's
something you can do today that you couldn't do a year ago?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>I have tried a lot of new
things. It’s not that I couldn’t do them
a year ago, but just had never tried them.
We now have heat mats for our greenhouse which permits us to start our
seedlings earlier. This is our second
year making maple syrup, which I did inside last year, but did outside on the
wood-fired grill this year. This
permitted me to make a lot more syrup than last year. I am able to have my grandson come overnight
now and could not do that a year ago as he was living in MD then.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">4. How
often is chicken (in some form or fashion) on your menu at home? Which of the
following would you most like to see on your table tonight...a chicken salad
sandwich, your mom's fried chicken, a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.chick-fil-a.com/"><span style="background: white; color: #310e6a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Chick-fil-A </span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">meal,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.crackerbarrel.com/"><span style="background: white; color: #310e6a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cracker
Barrel's</span></a> <span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">chicken n' dumplings, a roast chicken dinner
with all the trimmings, or '</span><i>hold the chicken,
I'm a vegetarian</i>'...?<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>We raise chickens, so chicken
is a large part of our diet. Usually it’s
some tough old bird that needs to be cooked in the pressure cooker. I make chicken pot pie, chicken soup, roast
chicken, chicken on greens, chicken salad with “craizins” and walnuts. You name it, we’ve made it at one time or other. I like chicken, but sometimes I just get sick
of it, so the past couple of months I haven’t made an effort to eat the chicken
we still have in the freezer and we’ve had moose, venison, pork, fish, anything
but chicken.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">5. What
was your favorite television program when you were a kid? What characters do
you remember the most?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>I didn’t have TV when I was a
kid, but when we went to visit my Nana in NJ she did and I loved watching the
morning cartoons.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">6. What
was the last piece of '<i>art'</i> you made?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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completed two large UFO this year. I do
not do this in the summer and it looks like my counted cross stitch days are
over for the year. When spring comes,
garden chores become more important than crafting. In the winter it is dark when I get home so
while I’m waiting for dinner to cook we either listen to a preaching tape or
watch one of our many OLD video movies and I sew and Mr. D relaxes on the mini
couch. This winter we’ve had company
many weeknights so I sew on the couch while Brandon and Grampa play card games
(Monopoly or Uno) on the table. Such is
life in our little winter camper house.
It’s cozy, but I’ll be happy to have a larger space.</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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frustrates you most about the Internet?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>What frustrates me most is when
it doesn’t work. I do not have internet
at the house, so I usually do this kind of stuff on my lunch break at work. I do have a laptop that I use when I get to a
free WIFI hot spot, but it spends most of its time in the trunk of my car. It is just frustrating when at work or on the
laptop I have something important to do, the screen doesn’t respond. I really hate it when I’m talking to a
customer and trying to take an order and the screen just freezes up and then
goes blank…. Humph!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Insert your own random thought here.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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birthday cake. We had a fun
celebration. Happy Birthday to my little
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