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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Thecia Ellis There is a difference between bone broth and bone stock, and I don’t remember which is which. I just call what I make bone broth. I find that it is a very satisfying and nutritious liquid, whatever you choose to call it. There are many uses for bone broth besides a base for
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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The summer heat is on. We have had a few days of milder weather, but generally, the temperatures have been in the the mid to upper nineties with a heat index as high as 124 degrees. I try to get the chores done in the morning before the heat sets in for the day. Evening
I’m always busy, regardless of the time of year, but as I go through my notes of the past couple of weeks, I began to realize that it feels a little ramped up, even for me. I always keep a calendar in my phone up to date, a calendar for a page-a-day for events and
The past couple of days have actually been nice, weather wise and I am grateful. The sweltering heat and humidity gave way to a nice rain storm and several days of high temperatures in the eighties with a little more rain forecasted later this weekend. On Monday, Tom and I loaded up Yoda onto a
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Between days of extreme temperatures of 100 degrees with a heat index of 125, we have also had some intense bouts of rain. Welcome to Oklahoma. A few days after my Cornish cross chicks arrived, a huge storm blew through, blowing four inches of rain sideways into the chicken tractor in the early morning hours.
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