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So this couch was Billy and I’s first REAL piece of furniture. We were pretty excited until about a year later when we realized is was made of pallet wood. Then, there was picketing. We lost. Very sad. Now it’s back.
Take notice - tacky new feet made of barn wood… in our living room - […]

Here’s the newest sitting room set up. It’s the warmest room in the house, so
we decided to put as much furniture as possible in a circle around the
woodstove. In the corner you can see the table and lamp that my mom gave me for
Christmas (there’s another table over on the other side too). Very pretty.
Thanks […]

Goose loves it when we have the stove cranking.

Billy’s family came to visit a couple of days after Christmas… here’s what
Danny (Billy’s little brother) thought Goose might like to be for Halloween next
year. Seems that Goose has a VERY high tolerance for all types of things
attached to her body. She didn’t even seem to notice! Berkshire, on the other
hand, found it rather amusing […]

Cape-Able “champagne” party.

We had our annual “present party” this weekend. It was a success.
Nice work Katie

Driving my “luxury automobile” like an old man. According to Katie

Was on 2 hour trip to my folks house for the weekend, when I noticed the temp
gauge in my Veggie Car was starting to creep up.
A few moments later it looked like I was putting a smoke screen on all the
traffic behind me on I-495. Pulled over to find that the coolant tee near the
oil […]

Dogs crashed (in the Benz) out after a long day of working on the family
Christmas tree farm.

Here is my NEW and IMPROVED Veggie car.
So yesterday I get an email from a local “want ad” style publication that I
subscribe to. Here is the ad:

1984
Mercedes 300sd
turbo diesel.
5cyl, automatic, 4 dr, pw,
a\c, moonroof. 210K. Car is in good
cond w\a current inspection sticker.
Driven daily. Looking to get $800, or would consider
trade for an […]