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The Tree Saga Continues…

The tree dilemma seemed never ending for us!  We went from obsessing over individual trees to bulldozing open fields (OK, there probably shouldn’t be a “We” at the beginning of that sentence, but I thought it sounded better…).  I thought I was handling it all very well actually. You have to remember that while Jim was working […]

The Tree Saga

Dozers are awesome!  Seriously!  They.  Are.  AWESOME!!  They can do just about anything.  They can knock over a tree in 2 seconds flat.  They can even knock over trees that you don’t want knocked over-in 2 seconds flat.  Yeah.  Sometimes big boys and their toys get carried away… and then the trees are carried away by […]

Big Boys and Their Toys

When Jim first mentioned buying a bulldozer…well,I think ….I might have…. laughed in his face.  Not very kind, I know.  But that idea came out of left field.  And what did we know about bulldozers?  I mean, sure Jim had been on a dozer before but just because I’ve been in a plane doesn’t mean I […]

Plans Change

  We bought our land and we couldn’t wait to get started! We had plans.  We had dreams.  We had hopes.  We had a vision.  We had waited a long time to start on this adventure and we were ready to start!! We got estimates on the work.  We cried.  We got more estimates.  We […]

The Beginning

Country girl + Beach boy + Land= Beginning Farmer story.  Isn’t that how it always happens?  No?  Oh, yeah, sorry.  I forgot to add the rest. Country girl + Beach boy+ Land+ 3 kids + church + running a business + homeschooling + real life + more real life + more and more real life […]