When you live in the country surrounded by fields, you have mice. It is what it is. It comes with the territory and is...
Fall in Indiana
thinking about floors and sharing an image that explains why news outlets are in trouble
I've been feeling pretty awful since my return from Disney. Now feeling human, I'm revisiting the floors of the...
I went to Disney and then promptly fell apart
My prescribed drugs are all gone. I'm hoping that means I'll finally start getting more than 4.5 hours sleep at night. That...
yesterday was monumental
Good ole' Perry fired up the outside boiler yesterday. I was so excited to see it back in action! Yes, we have to be...
we’re consuming electric like it’s our job!
Jackson County REMC supplies our electric needs at the barndo. At the house in Seymour, we had Duke Energy -- and Duke also...
vacations of yesteryear
My family actually took vacations in my youth. Not camping at the lake or short trips to the zoo, but real vacations. Oh...
chicken poop and spiders: country living is not for the weak
A quick trip outside with the puppies early morning -- while everything was still covered in a frosty dew -- I noticed how...
frost, yard work & no skydiving
Yesterday, 10/10/23, was the first big frost of the season. The black rails on the deck here were white when I got up, and...
i think i’m about to pull through!
I'm just now starting to feel a bit better. Jerilyn said her son, Jonathan, just got back from Disney and he's sick. Sure...