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Yesterday morning I took Hunter to meet his new doctor to establish care. The doctor was very nice and did great with Hunter. So I guess she is a keeper. Afterwards, we stopped by a local Amish store called The Dinner Bell and got some cookies for breakfast (they had oatmeal in them, so theyContinue reading “Work hard, play hard”

I brought the last load of items out of our storage unit to the farm until we move here permanently, years down the road. The drive is 18.5 hours not including any stops, traffic, road closures, detours, gas and potty breaks. I wanted to drive straight through but that didn’t happen. We did get intoContinue reading “Back in Kentucky”

Most people go years living in a home without speaking to your neighbors. Since buying the farm we have had several neighbors step up and have been the best. We had one neighbor in Utah, and she was the best ever and we miss her dearly. Maybe I can talk her into moving near usContinue reading “Neighbors”

It has been a busy few days both here in Texas and on the farm in Kentucky. The days are starting to get shorted and my mom is tired of cooking by lantern light. So I got on amazon with Chad and we searched page after page looking for the perfect light fixture for aboveContinue reading “Let there be light”

Kentucky has been getting quite a bit of rain lately from Hurricane Ida but that has not stopped any progression on the farm. Due to all the rain it made the hill up to the chicken coop very slick and my mom slid down it and fell. Luckily, she didn’t break a hip or anythingContinue reading “Slowly but surely….”

Our Amish neighbors came back yesterday afternoon and baled the hay. I know most people are probably not as intrigued about hay cutting as I am but I have never seen it done at all. Let alone the way the Amish do it. At first it was just the young man’s father out there withContinue reading “All baled up”

A little of this, A little of that The Amish guy that cut our hay field came back. He used a different tool to move the hay around. I am not sure if it is just to help it dry more or what exactly it is for. But, once again I made Hunter take someContinue reading “A little of this and a little of that”

We have a hay field on the back side of our property. The property has been cross-fenced because they used to have cattle on the property as well. We knew we had a hay field but we don’t have a tractor to cut the hay, only thing we have right now is a push mowerContinue reading “Hay, Hay, Hay, we have a hay field….”

Since we got the farm, we have met several of the locals. In town of Hillsboro there is only a convenient store, an elementary school, an auto/tire shop, a small bank, and a funeral home. We made several trips to the convenient store for ice, and drinks. While Chad and I were driving around oneContinue reading “The Locals”

The beginnings of modern conveniences My dad has started putting in some of the plumbing into the house in the kitchen area. He has also been working on grinding the bathtub so it can be resurfaced. It has been quite the chore in its self. I know it will be beautiful when it is completed.Continue reading “The beginnings of modern conveniences”