New Year, New Happenings! I’m so excited about 2018! The 5DF group has been such an encouraging, helpful and awesome collection of personalities. Graditude is just one of the things that I am carrying over into the New Year. This is typically the time when some of us reflect back upon things good and bad in the previous year. My…
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A quick update on the well digging and various other plans moving forward. Fortunately, the well diggers were able to hit water at 89 feet and I’m told the well is a total of 150 feet deep. Seems we should have about 10gpm and have been told this is a fine flow to support our two cabins. Making the decision…
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Laundry. A necessary evil? Maybe for some. I look at laundry as an art form. I love crisp folded jeans and sheets. Properly folded towels. I even roll our socks and rubber-band them. I learned this last bit from Marie Kondo’s book “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. This is a superb book for those that really want to…
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Kudzu. Bless you. Kinda sounds like a sneeze. It certainly isn’t a blessing but that’s exactly the type of challenge that I enjoy. The “you’ve gotta be kidding me you’re gonna tackle that” kind of challenge. The reality is our family isn’t afraid of a challenge. It’s a learning process. A way to discover it’s ok to fail then get…
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This was lining up to be the first Christmas that I did NOT have homemade gifts to give. I have to admit it’s killing me. There’s nothing better than spending time finding that “just right” item to make or bake and set about happily creating it. Until… you live in a 30′ camper with four frolicking dogs, one loving daughter…
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