We’re beginning to get ready for Christmas

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Well, make that two Christmases. It's sort of like 12 Days of Christmas — only just two. The first will be Christmas Day when...

Holy cow! Did you ever have one of those days?

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Yesterday was mine! Our big refrigerator died, Crystal, our sweet donkey died, my computer died, Will's big tractor, with him in it, rolled down...

We saw -40 degrees Saturday night

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Even though it was cold, we did just fine. On Saturday, with temperatures "warmed up" to -10, we drove down to Bill and Kelly's...

I canned on my new stove for the first time

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What a trip! The stove heated perfectly even though I had to light it with a lighter not the electronic ignition. (Still don't have...

Oh oh, a freeze warning

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Due to the tropical storm moving northward, it sucked a cold high down from Canada unexpectedly, after we had corn, beans, squash, and melons...