I had a terrible time finding my way back here again, it's been awhile. I don't even remember which computer I was on so auto log-in was long gone and moving and misplacing old papers with passwords. . . I couldn't even find the page here to look at as a guest even! I realllly need to remember to drop in now and then so I don't lose it all ( Read more... )

Last Spring I put a chalkboard up on the fridge and wrote our "shopping list" for a house on it.  Every time we found places that fulfilled the list there was still one problem or another.  LOL!  Price most often of course.  :-D ( Read more... )

We reached the point where we honestly *had* to do something.  This old tin box is very literally falling apart.  The electrical systems have been failing for years and getting worse all the time, the structural issues are getting beyond fixing.

We had a couple choices.  We could move out and gut the place and rebuild on the frame.  That was a ( Read more... )

I don't know if I can make this work well enough to use it again.  It just got worse and worse on dial-up until I gave up but I really could use this format again ( Read more... )

I realized the other day that on a subconscious level I must still be clinging to the routine of the last couple decades. Up in the truck are my work gloves and there is my "work survival " tote bag with my tools, my favorite pruning shears, markers, pens, pencils,extra tubes of chap stick and hand lotion. Extra dry, warm socks and spare earbuds ( Read more... )

Anyone else just see the Saturday Today segment on that "new industry that has risen up over the past year called Crafting"?   I have never seen anything so condescending and clueless in my entire life....  the references and remarks like "now even adults are getting in on it" and "oh, flashback to Summer camp!"" were just sad and...  I dunno....

I can't remember exactly what year I started work with the Agway farm store.  Maybe it was 1997ish.  I could go look it up if I really wanted to know but it doesn't matter.  It's enough that is was a long time ago.  It was back when it was all really a farm store and there were still a lot of farms to keep it going.  I took the job to just hold me ( Read more... )

I'm hoping this will work. I'm finding it nearly impossible to post on the web site. I couldn't do it from Firefox, finally got Opera to let me post last night but today that wouldn't work either. I went to the help section and I guess this is a common new issue... the post button is greyed out. I turned Java back on, double checked it all ( Read more... )

I thought that once I got a better computer it would be easier to get on here but that really hasn't been the case. Nightmare prehistoric dial-up is the main problem... i knew that but still hoped. I've been trying to get in here and get the "New Entry" page to open for weeks and all of a sudden tonight it did! I hope it keeps working. I need ( Read more... )

LJ just will NOT let me add photos... I've tried and tried... every browser, rebooting, reloading. I can't figure it out. Oh well. Here's a link to the pix of the modifications i made to the Basic "Babe" spinning wheel ( Read more... )