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One of the things we did for entertainment during the storm was play “99”. Madeline did a lot of Sudoku puzzles, when she wasn’t “busy” taking care of her 3-month-old cousin, Paige. (As if anyone could get Paige out of … Continue reading →

After a night of freezing rain and 40 to 50 mph winds, the power finally gave up the ghost Saturday morning around 9:00 a.m. About noon I packed up the kids and headed for Mom & Dad’s house, as did … Continue reading →

1 1/2 inches of ice… followed by 12+” of snow… gives you 60 hours without power. Not as bad as the ice storm of ’91, though. (Ha, I sound like such an old fogey.) Not here anyway. It’s worse south … Continue reading →

A couple of posts ago I mentioned that we were debating about expanding our beef business or not. Well, we decided to go the route of expansion. One good thing about being in the food business is that if you … Continue reading →

Y’all are going to get sicker of me blogging about corn than my family is going to be of eating it. But. It’s my blog, and I’ll blog about corn if I want to. Tonight’s corn recipe was deemed a … Continue reading →

One drawback to working from home is that you’re left in the house. Alone. With the kids’ Valentine candy.

Green & red peppers saute as stovetop chicken looks on Friday afternoon I reorganized one of our chest freezers. A while back we switched our upright freezer over to a farm business freezer, so all of our personal items from … Continue reading →

for your Valentines Day! More pictures of that totally anonymous baby… …and her big brother. As you can see, I was having some focus issues this time around. But it sure is fun practicing on these two (for me, anyway)!

The new snow on the trees reminded me of frosting. Maybe because the birthday cake has been polished off. We are slogging our way through profit and loss statements (more like lost-it and loss), trying to get a handle on … Continue reading →

We put a wooden crate filled with straw up on the porch for the cats to sleep in. The older tomcats, Pickles and Butterscotch, usually hang out in the chicken coop. But today they were sleeping in the crate with … Continue reading →