Monthly Archives: December 2007

Good luck for the coming year

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Annette

It is a tradition here in the South to eat black eyed peas and greens on News Year’s Day, as a way of ensuring good luck and prosperity for the coming year. We hedge our bets and eat black eyed … Continue reading →

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Football paradise

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Annette

For football fans, this time of year is the best: both college and pros come to the end of the season, which means multiple games throughout the week, and the very end of the year brings the bowl games, with … Continue reading →

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Three days of freeze

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Annette

To be more accurate, that should be three nights of freeze, but it comes down to the same thing: we will be dipping down into hard freeze temperatures for more than a few hours come the first few nights of … Continue reading →

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Going green

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Annette

In more ways than one. Followers of this homesteading saga probably recall that our soil, such as it is, mostly contains clay and on this lot in particular, sand. The sand is predominantly the result of this house being built … Continue reading →

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Sidling into the new year

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Annette

Once again, here we are at the end of one year and the beginning of another. Once again, it will be time for people to make a list of resolutions the cynic in me says they will never keep. Ironically, … Continue reading →

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Hi, stranger

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Annette

“Where are yooooouuuuuu?” asks one of my loyal, even if slightly deranged, handful of readers. Well. I’ve been busy with work-related stuff, trying to get some things done for the end of the year. I’ve also been dealing with a … Continue reading →

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Planning for the harvest

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Annette

“Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” We don’t have any chickens around here (yet), and wouldn’t be hatching any babies anyway, since we’re only interested in fresh eggs, so I suppose it would be better as “Don’t count your … Continue reading →

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The big day

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Annette

There are few things in life for which I will get out of bed at 5:30 in the morning after going to bed around 3 or so. Since I’d not done a lot of the things I had wanted to … Continue reading →

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Heading into the stretch

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Annette

I decided, rather on the spur of the moment, to convert the blog to WordPress. The thought has been brewing in my head for a bit now, even before the conversion to Movable Type 4. After dealing with the back … Continue reading →

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Something to tide you over

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Annette

How about some fresh, homemade strawberry ice cream?

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