Don't build it yourself!
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
I had only a few days after returning from the hospital to get ready before the Amish log home builders arrived. One of the owner's sons was heading up the crew, and bringing his wife and baby for the week. We set up "rooms" in the basement by han...
Unusual Valentine's Day
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
My husband & I spent the night of Valentine's at a wonderful B&B north of Bordeaux, France (next door to Pauillac & St. Estephe). Our hosts were very friendly and the four course dinner we enjoyed with them and two other couples was de...
How I Made My Escape
posted over 3 years ago, updated 9 months later | 0 comments
The day I decided to try to become an AFS exchange student was one of the most important in my life. Before, I was one of three children in a lower middle class (actually, an upper lower class) family. After 5th grade, our family also included at ...
I never thought much about Thanksgiving before
posted over 3 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 0 comments
To me,Thanksgiving was always a day to eat too much of my favorite dishes, wash all the dishes for our large family, then nibble again.
The last few years, since my husband and I have lived in a fairly remote part of Montana, my ideas have change...
The last few years, since my husband and I have lived in a fairly remote part of Montana, my ideas have change...
Lightening almost struck twice
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
As I mentioned in a post on Sistas, I came within inches of a second rattlesnake bite last week. The little bugger was curled up resting under the leaves of a cucumber plant in my garden when I went to pick ripe vegetables. I had just picked a cuc...
When love happens almost too late
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 20 hours later | 2 comments
I answered a post in one of the groups tonight, then thought more about what I'd written, and wanted to expand on it.
My mom and dad married not for love but stability. They'd both had horrible childhoods and wanted to do better for their family. ...
My mom and dad married not for love but stability. They'd both had horrible childhoods and wanted to do better for their family. ...
When love happens almost too late
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I answered a post in one of the groups tonight, the thought more about what I'd written, and wanted to expandon it.
My mom and dad married not for love but stability. They'd both had horrible childhoods and wanted to do better for their family. Wh...
My mom and dad married not for love but stability. They'd both had horrible childhoods and wanted to do better for their family. Wh...
Modern day pioneers, Part 1 - Snakebite
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 year later | 2 comments
When we told people we were moving to the "boonies" of Montana, and were going to build our own home, we were subjected to not only puzzled looks, but lots of advice. The one I later wished we'd listened to was "don't build it yourself". By the ti...
Green living by necessity
posted over 3 years ago, updated 7 days later | 2 comments
Today everyone seems consumed by the need to be “green”. To me that still brings up an image of Ray Walston in My Favorite Martian. I don't subscribe to Al Gore’s gloom and doom hysteria, but probably live a greener lifestyle than most.
When Dan ...
When Dan ...
Straining my brain in paradise
posted over 3 years ago, updated 9 minutes later | 0 comments
February was an incredible month! After a year of planning and saving, my husband and I returned to the Institut de Francais for four weeks of intensive French language study. As I mentioned in my previous blog, we studied there once before in 200...
