After the rug was pulled out from under my life, I have been working diligently to get back on my feet again. I have spent many hours looking for a job, answering the same questions over and over, ruefully aware of my varied work history and my advancing age. Still, I am determined to get […]
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I struggled with naming this blog post this time. “My Word of the Year Just Bit Me in the Butt” is probably more accurate but maybe a little too graphic. “When Life Throws You a Left Hook” was another that I rejected. One way or another, life has certainly been interesting lately. But first, let
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Well, I go through my farm calendar to see the events that have occurred since my last blog post and I was dismayed to see how long it had been since I posted. Apologies. The saying is, that if you are saying “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to something else. Definitely true in
Just like everyone else, we are in the middle of the holiday season. Our calendars, and our lives are full. The weekend before Thanksgiving, the town of Claremore has an event called Dickens on the Boulevard. Because the town was established in 1883, participants dress up in period costumes and downtown becomes, to the best
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Tom took a week of vacation during muzzle loading season to get some deer hunting done and ended up getting some work done around the property too. It was very nice to have some help around here, though I believe he was ready to get back to his job so he didn’t have to work
I’m finally back in the gym one or two days a week and doing other forms of exercise at home on other days. I love going to the classes at the gym. The instructors are excellent and the ladies in class are a wonderful mix of friendly, kind and funny. I am definitely more motivated
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For some reason, softball season was grueling this year. It seems there were more games scheduled, up to five a week. I was glad when one of the other players’ grandmother rode with me to the away games. It made the drive to the games pleasant and the girls could keep each other company on
This definitely been a period of emotional ups and downs and I am not a good candidate to handle them well. Every morning, after reading my devotional for the day, I record several things. I go through my calendars for the next week, making changes as schedules change. I record my weight and the physical
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I don’t know why I waited so long, but I did. When I decided to rebrand my YouTube channel from Ellis Family Farms to Grandma’s Homestead, I knew that I would have to create pages and other accounts to reflect it. Instead, I have been posting a mix of things from piglets to daily scriptures
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My days have been filled with scrambling to get things done so I can attend a softball game, up to five a week. I video them and so, the next day, I spend a lot of time transferring and cataloging the footage so I can get back out there start again. I’ve had some losses
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