This morning we had the most interesting and unexpected pair of visitors! I was still asleep when Mum came to get me and said there was something I needed to see. I stumbled out of bed and down to the basement, where I looked out of the window and saw this:


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It's raining. I love rain ( Read more... )

So last week I acquired a job. I'm working at Dolly's Pizza in Hartland, making pizzas and salads, answering phones, taking orders, and generally doing whatever needs done. It's not a glamourous job by any stretch of the imagination, but it IS a job! And after turning in probably 15 applications, it was refreshingly easy... a friend of a friend ( Read more... )

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I can't remember if I promised to post photos of my ball gown or not, but I know I talked about it... so here are some pics!


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Katie made dinner tonight... it was very good. We had fun naming the casserole, though; she had used a recipe called "New Potatoes and Peas", but we had no peas so she used green beans instead, and the potatoes were not "new" (small, young) but huge old Idahoes. So Daddy said it should be called "Old Potatoes and Beans" instead. I think the name ( Read more... )

oooh, that was bad. I'm sorry ( Read more... )

I went to a friend's house after church today, and went riding in the afternoon. I had forgotten how much I love riding - I'd also forgotten how many muscles it uses that I don't exercise often! But it was so much fun... I got to ride Ramby, who I've never ridden before - and who was exceedingly restless today and spent most of the afternoon ( Read more... )

...I washed and brushed the dog. She looks and smells so much better! I love her when she's freshly brushed... she's just a little ball of fluff on legs :) So cute ( Read more... )

My first week home... full of less sleep than I would have liked, time-consuming projects and lots of flowers.

I planted my garden on Friday... here's a healthy young tomato plant.


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