A few weeks ago I read a number of pre-holiday posts by people who were getting excited for Christmas, but wondering who these people are who celebrate Christmas but who aren’t really Christian. These posts made me very excited because I was able to wave my hands above my head in the comments sections and [...]
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Living in our first house has taken more getting used to than I thought it would. In spite of our crazy budgeting and years of saving to make this move, it has been more expensive than we thought it would be. The weather in The Prairies has been unseasonably cold lately, making it -27° C [...]
Posted in Her Life, Little House on the Prairie, Prairie Style, Things to swear by | 41 Comments »
The best thing about the late fall/early winter has been finishing all the house projects that we started this year. From July to November we ran a moving into our house, getting married, repainting the house, getting new windows, new patio doors, and new eavestrough gauntlet. And then there was the little war with the [...]
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The past few days I’ve been getting into the grooves of Christmas, giving into the cold, buying a real tree, altering dog snowsuits, and hosting friends over at our house – but I’ve been lacking a sound track that I can really get into. So, being the relentless mix tape enthusiast that I am, I [...]
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When we were little, we lived in the country.
There were horses in our little barn, cows and farm animals across the road at my friend Brent’s house. I knew which electric fences were on at what time of day and how hay is loaded into the lofts of old fashioned barns. I knew that when [...]
