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Goat herding
Hello, my name is Diane and I am a goat-herder.I'll only have the job until Rod fixes the goat fence, but he has work and he somehow injured his neck so it hurts to digs holes and set fence posts. I...
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"Are you my brother?"
I knew I wasn't ready to be a mom. I was 19 years old. I honestly don't think I was ever ready. Not really.I knew I wanted him to have the best chance at a good life that I could give him.I remember...
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(This was originally posted in March 2008. It bears repeating because of all the craziness this week.Diane)This day comes around once a year.(Like most days, I guess) Usually I remember what the day...
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Full-on Ugly Cry
If you have not read about the son I gave up for adoption and my daughter's successful search for him, read this post and this post first. Otherwise the current blog post will make no sense.Which will...
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Memorial Day memories
What a great title. I astound myself with my creativity.I think the highlight of my weekend came when I had to dig the tick from the cozy home it had made on Rod's collar bone.We had just arrived at...
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Ingrown Eyeballs
Oh, come on.You know you get them, too. When you become so focused on yourself and your problems that other things, more worthy things retreat, growing dim and quiet.So, a couple weeks ago I dropped...
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Duck Wars and other weekend happenings
It was close, but there have been no injuries and no bloodshed.On Saturday I went to the feed store to pick up goat chow, fish chow, dog chow, rabbit chow and I even went to the grocery store (on a...
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One thing leads to another
Rod came out of our bathroom yesterday and began giving me an encouraging pep-talk."We need to be patient and not lose our tempers with each-other. We're in this for the long haul. We just need to stay...
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Remodeler's Log: 07/21/2014
It is day five of the master bathroom/bedroom remodel. Up until today we have been not only civil, but kind, patient and courteous. We have kept our sense of humor and encouraged each other.Well, hello...
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Letter to my daughter
Dear Amy,My girl, my girl. My own baby girl.Tomorrow at this time, you'll be checking into the hospital getting ready to do the hard work of bringing your own daughter into this world.Wow.I remember...
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Expecting
In case you didn't see the fireworks, standing ovations, marching bands or the military jet celebratory flyovers, my daughter Amy, had her baby last week. It was a joyous, emotionally...
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Identify
My good friend is throwing a wedding this weekend for her daughter because her daughter's fiance is getting deployed much sooner than expected. I am aching for them because I know they were...
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Dud
Remember the Fourth of July celebrations when you were a kid and you and your siblings ran out to the curb of the street with your bundle of fireworks that your parents brought home? Remember the...
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Shame on you
I have been doing pre-Easter dinner cleaning at my house today.I'll be honest; deep cleaning is not my spiritual gifting. We have animals who really seem to delight in bringing in their dirt and their...
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Dear Self...
I found this blog post under my draft folder from last winter and thought I'd post it today because I had a big ol' Costco chocolate cake on my counter yesterday. Do you even know how HUGE these cakes...
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Welcome to the Jungle
Okay it is not an actual jungle. But it does feel like one.Some might call this a season in the desert, all this grieving and anguish and gnashing of teeth. But , for me, it is the jungle, and it is a...
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Hangry Baby Bird
As I was putting a clean bowl from the dishwasher away in the cupboard today, the tears started again, making my Bobbi Brown mascara make thick, black, expensive tracks down my face.The ugly...
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Gadget Girl
I think collecting gadgets may be my spiritual gifting. Yes, gadget collecting is a real sickness habit addiction blessing.I don't often get the gadgets first, but, by golly, I'll get them.My son told...
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No Apologies.
It has surprised me, during this dark season, of my seemingly endless capacity for pain. Max asked me last week if we could play kitchen, or if I wanted to watch him play MineCraft.Without pausing for...
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#Killin'it
I made oatmeal in the pressure cooker this morning for Rod. (Gosh, that is absolutely captivating!! Please, tell us more!! What happened next!!)Honestly, I think it takes twice as long to make it in...
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Happy Anniversary??
Yesterday was our 34th anniversary and we celebrated with our typical over-the-top style; a flash mob dancing it out to our favorite Bruno Mars song(sung live by Bruno Mars, of course, sparkling...
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Praying for super powers
When I was little, I was obsessed with superheros. I wanted to have their super powers. Like invisibility, or being a human torch and throwing flames everywhere. But I especially wished I could of fly....
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Outta Control
I really wanted to title this "Rolling Stones" but Rod would probably not like that plan, and I should be nice to the patient.Apparently being kind is expected behavior unless you are Kathy Bates in...
View Article"Save us from our si-ans...."
This sound bite is my granddaughter, Gracie, age 3, praying with her Mama. Amy sent it to a couple days ago. Because, the sweetness of it. I can't even.At her age she isn't even sure what sins are, but...
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God, Grandkids and Sophie the Deer.
Reading to 3 of the 5 grandkids before a sleepover with Nana and Papa. And Cooper the professional photobomber.Living up in the woods near Mt Hood has its perks. We can wander the trails to our hearts...
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