Category: Home Sweet Home
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A Horseshoe Takes the Cake
In honor of our wedding anniversary this week, I decided to share a wedding story. When I tell people about the custom-made wedding cake top we had, they have to follow me to the gun cabinet to see it because that’s where it stays now. I wanted something western looking instead of the standard wedding…
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Planting a Lot of Work
On Saturday June 6th the whole family helped put the garden in. It may sound insane to wait so long to plant a garden but the general rule in the higher elevations of the Black Hills and especially the Custer area, is not to plant anything at least until June first. Late frosts are not…
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Kid Therapy
I’ve been sending my kids to therapy regularly for a long time now. I’ve insisted on it since they were babies. After spending too many consecutive days indoors, my kids will relapse in behavior; a sign that they need some therapy. Like a woman waiting too long before re-dying her hair, their behavior becomes very…
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Give Me a Line
Of all my husband’s lines, my favorite is the one that pertains to doing laundry. It’s my four-strand Binford clothes line that he made for me. I consider myself somewhat of an expert on line-drying clothes. Years of learning my lesson the hard way with clotheslines have helped to develop the line-drying criteria and etiquette…
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Branding Day 2009
Monday lived up to it’s reputable name last week when neighbors stopped by to tell my husband and me that the girls had gone wild and were seen a mile or so away from where they were supposed to be. About thirteen head of those sassy heifer calves found a weak spot in a gate…
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Big Tease
Last week’s sunshine-filled days were nothing but a big tease. Each day got warmer than the day before; reaching temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s. Like I do every spring, I fell sick with spring fever, and prematurely assumed the snow was behind us. I started storing away winter coats, boots, snow pants, and coveralls,…
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Mud Blogging
Tweet I don’t know much about blogging except that it’s just another internet information tool that seems to be more on a personal level (I had to do some internet school housin’ to learn more about it). But I do know about mud bogging! After three days of rain and soggy wet weather, I got…
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Securiousity
A lot of people do more than just lock their doors these days. Having some form of prevention against intruders gives people peace of mind. A popular way to ward off prowlers at night is to light up the place. Modern yard lights automatically come on at night and motion lights come on when movement…
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Fixes and Kisses
My kids know better than to come to me with their broken toys or equipment. The best I can do, is give them a sympathetic hug or a kiss, but neither have been successful repair tools. My approach doesn’t fix it, or do much to make the kids feel better, but my husband delights in…