Category Archives: Farm Stories

Finding my inner girly

I grew up a tomboy. Not one of those cool, sport playing tomboys that is confident and gorgeous and still girly even though she thinks she’s not girly. Who still wears cute clothes, has cute hair, and paints her finger … Continue reading

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Barrel Racing

We knocked over the giant metal oil drums and rolled them to the edge of the pond. The once bright yellow and blue paint was cracked and peeling . Large ammounts of orange rust peered through, making them look like … Continue reading

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W is for White Wash

Encyclopedia of Me Meme I loved Tom Sawyer as a kid, it has been such a long time since I have enjoyed his adventures. One of my favorite stories from Tom Sawyer was the white washing the fence story.  Even … Continue reading

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G is for Goal! and Goalie

Encyclopedia of Me Meme    Or not – we were really hoping to see one though, and there were so many close calls, but no lucky shots.  What am I talking about? Why soccer of course! Once again, Paul recieved free … Continue reading

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E is For Egg

Encyclopedia of Me Meme   Much to my mother’s chagrin, when we were youngin’s on the farm, we used to lob rotten eggs onto the roof of the barn.  Well, we tried to anyway, usually they just smacked up against the … Continue reading

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B is for Blueberry

Encyclopedia of Me Meme Part of the 15 acres I lived on as a child in Pennsylvania was covered with marshes. During the long humid and hot summer months the marshes would burst with blueberries galore.  Each of us were sent … Continue reading

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Of Bikes and Bullies

Bicycle  Inch           by               inch                    I creep, a snail                              carrying … Continue reading

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Something Grand

I decided to add my grand announcement and join the ranks of a few of my fellow blogging friends….  I’M EXPECTING!!!!! So, there you have it. April 1, 1980 (or there abouts) “Dad! Dad! The sheep got out of pasture, … Continue reading

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Well, you asked….

There’s been this fun little interview game floating around – I saw it first on Stephanie’s site and then on Awesome Mom’s so I joined in to play… I’ve been running short of  blogging ideas and inspirations so maybe this … Continue reading

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Rudolph for Christmas

(Sorry to those of you who might have read this over at Queen of Cute Shoes I’m her guest post today, but thought I’d be lazy and use it on my blog too, then I don’t have to come up … Continue reading

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