Got most of the basement insulated and will take tomorrow off to get the mowing done for this week. Got to run my daughters over to Maryville in the morning. Last summer I gave them their birth certificate & SS cards and guess what they can't find now! They both got jobs this week, one at Dairy Queen and the other at Sonic and of course they...

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My Bishop had tons of very full plum trees and no time to deal with them so told us to come pick plums! We packed our truck with every container we could come up with and filled them to overflowing and didn't even make a dent. I canned up two batches last night before going to bed late. Got to sleep in to 7am! Unheard of in our house! Working...

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Good morning! It's great to be alive! Off to a great start today. The lord truly answers prayers!
Had to drive a group of youths to Illinois and then back over 400 miles and then get up the next morning to take them to St Joseph, MO (93 miles away) I only have enough money for one more tank of gas and my daughter will need to get back and...

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I woke up at 4am this fine Sunday morning and my brain was going full blast. My life is a mess and I put me there. I'm still dealing with this sudden fixed income thing. Never had to budget before and go a whole month on just one check! Before we had a check every Friday so if you screwed up you knew relief would be there soon! I decided I must...

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We're living mostly off our land now. Kids fishing a lot and having fresh fish fry each day. Harvesting from our garden several times a week. Eating freshly picked produce and canning the surplus. Nothing finer than relaxing after several hours of picking, cleaning and preparing and then canning our produce and then listening to that lovely ping...

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