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#Harvest2020
This time of year, they don’t care what you bring them to eat or even if it’s very good! They are just grateful for a delivery. Tonight was Schwan’s oven-baked breaded chicken breast sandwiches and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Friends, … Continue reading
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Tagged #Harvest2020, Autumn, central Illinois, Farming, Illinois, work and home
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Definitely not retired
People often ask how I like retirement. Although I haven’t exactly been put out to pasture. I laugh. I say, “The pay is lousy; but the benefits are great.” In reality, I feel I work really hard to make something … Continue reading
It’s a Boy … AND a Girl!!
Miss Gertie delivered in her own stoic way. I was on frequent watch with her throughout the day … just knowing those babies were coming. At chores, I decided she would probably wait until late night. So, my sister and … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, Friends and Family, Work/Career
Tagged Boer goats, Country life, family, farm animal photos, Goat kidding, work and career, work and home
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Another weekend in review
I have to review this weekend because I don’t quite know where it went. I feel a tidge like Dr. Seuss. Is it here? Is it there? Where did it go; this weekend I no longer know? But, here I am. … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, Friends and Family, Work/Career
Tagged boys, brushing teeth, chores, Dr. Seuss, family, farm dogs, goats, kids, laundry, Pig-farmer, prom, weekend, work and home
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Sampling purgatory
I’ve never had the greatest understanding of purgatory. Today, I had a break-through, an inkling of what it might be like. Wal-Mart is purgatory on earth. Let me be even more precise, Wal-Mart, on a lunch hour from work, is … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, Work/Career
Tagged animals, chores, Pig-farmer, scoop poop, shopping, Wal-Mart, work and home
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Spinning, spinning … breathe!
I have increasingly been finding myself with this image in my head: While listening to voice mails at work yesterday, I did a quick, incomplete, sketch of my plates and came up with 18 plates I try to keep spinning … just at … Continue reading
Posted in Friends and Family, Positive Thinking, Work/Career
Tagged doctors, family, freckles, friends, physicals, positive thinking, priorities, psychiatrists, smile!, Spinning plates, work and home
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The Value of Happiness
When I saw my blogging-friend had been absent for awhile, I was sad. I had a feeling it was due to something being a-miss, as her blogs usually have an upbeat, funny aspect to them. I was drawn to her … Continue reading
Posted in Positive Thinking, Work/Career
Tagged dreams, Happiness, life is short, life lessons, work and home, workhomebalance
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A link to work
One of the responsibilities that I love most about my job is that I get to contribute to our publication’s monthly news. Our electric cooperative has a newsletter insert (Shelby News) into the monthly, statewide magazine, Illinois Country Living. I … Continue reading
Daily Hope … and who doesn’t need a little of that?
I want to recommend the following link that my pig-farmer found. I have it set up to be delivered to my personal/home email daily. It’s often a much-needed boost; so I want to share: http://purposedriven.com/blogs/dailyhope/index.html?contentid=11886 This particular devotional is Five … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, Eeyore, enthusiasm, Hope, Motivation, optimist, positive outlook, Purpose, Rick Warren, Tigger, work and home
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