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Death – Can bring a family together or tear it apart
When my brother ended his own life a couple of years ago, our family spent days together reflecting on the state of our families. We talked through things that needed to be said but had not previously been spoken. Although hard to hear, it was good for our family. It brought us closer together. We…
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Are you a lazy couch potato?
When you have down time at home, what do you do with it? Are you the type of person that enjoys sitting on the couch and watching TV? Do you find things to do around the house? I am struggling with the fact that my husband and I have very different answers for these questions.…
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Don’t let You talk You out of it
It’s not failure that I fear. It’s the thought of someone thinking less of me or ridiculing me for not knowing how to do something that makes me anxious. I went kayaking with my sister last year and I loved it. It brought back so many fond memories of kayaking/canoeing when we were younger. It…
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Don’t get mad until you know the whole story
My husband and I built a small cabin on our 33 acres. We were still finishing it when two of our sons used it for the first time. We showed up to the cabin to do work on that Saturday morning and saw a pack of cigarettes and a lighter in one of the windows.…
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Believe it or not, you don’t need a professional to install your garden drip lines
Assumptions This is the year I decided this is the year I’m going to add irrigation. It’s the third year for my garden at this house and I am going to do it! Where do I start? I started with dripdepot.com. Not only does that website have the supplies, but it also has videos for…
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Screw it. Load the dishwasher however you want.
It’s the disagreement that many households have — how do you load the dishwasher correctly? Do you put the dirty dishes in the sink until it’s time to run the dishwasher? Do you load the dishwasher as the dishes are dirtied? Do you empty the dishwasher immediately when it is complete? Ask yourself, does it…
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Starting a garden is supposed to be easy, right?
When I was a child, my grandfather had a huge garden. He would plant rows and rows of seeds and tend to it all summer long. He made it look easy. When he harvested the vegetables, he canned most of them and that’s what we ate throughout the winter. Now, I’m an adult and I…