I did not have any of the winning numbers for the Jan 5th Megamillion drawing when I checked the numbers last night. I was dissapointed. I woke up this morning hopeful that I had another chance on the

The ice on the inside of the back door window was not unexpected. How beautiful it is was. It is a result of my trying to keep my house warmer by letting a pan of water simmer on the stove. I had made

The fall here in eastern Nebraska was warm. It was shirt sleeve weather for 80% of the days up to mid December. I plan ahead and plant garlic in a pot to start growing before it gets warm outside because

If you haven't heard of Krampus he is the opposite of Santa. Krampus is a horned figure described as half-goat, half-demon. Krampus travels about Germany with St Nicholas who rewards the good children

It has been a while since my last post. Life has a way of messing with plans. Because of the need for more money to stay in my home, I now have 2 roommates. The first has lived with me for a year now.

Today started out early with a phone call about medicare suplemental insurance. It was followed by three more calls from other insurance carriers trying to sell me their version during the day. The joys

I grew up in the city. Not all my memories are about city living. Almost like a farm kid I lived in a 3 room house with a sink and a water heater electricity and outhouse. We had a large 1/4 acre garden.

Today I am sad. Not for me but for a friend. I will do what I can to help her through what is to come. She will help her sister get throught it some how. Life is not fair. It shows us how little control

I had a lot of hair as a kid. When I had my hair cut the lady would use a pair of thinning shears to cut down the bulk. I had the usual teen age experiments with tweezers and razors and hair removal creams.

Walking from the garage to my back door after running errands I saw them. The black one had short hair and very bright yellow eyes. He, I think it is a he, walked out of the yard keeping an eye on my every

Growing up I drank coffee with a ton of milk and sugar. I remember begging my dad for a cup because he drank it and as a 6 or 7 year old girl I wanted to be just like my daddy. My dad was a truck driver.

I have an on line friend, Rose Dutra Duncan. She has blogged here on Steemit about a new duck that just hasn't adapted to the new home. I laughed as I read her blog. I remember a duck. She was also aMuscovy.

I was checking my tomatoes and hoping they would ripen and not fall off the vine. Blight has almost destroyed the lower vines. I saw a tear fall onto a leaf and sit in a small round bubble for a few seconds

I went out to see if my tomatoes needed water. They did. They also needed some TLC. I am trying to keep the vines going until the fruit that is set gets a chance to ripen. The tomato blight has been just

WOW!!!! I had my back door open for a grand total of 3 minutes. I now have at least 5 flies in the house getting on my nerves my hair my hands my brie cheese (that warrants a death penalty) and on Lilly

I was watching a video blog about homestead critters. The critter mentioned was an o'possum. I smiled remembering an encounter with one several years ago. My mother had a peach tree in her back yard that

This week I harvested my first tomatoes from my bucket and A frame plants. The tomatoes were an early variety and just big enough to hold in the palm of my hands. I ate the first one on 2 mini bagles with

Zombie Doll Mommy (Deb) here. I know just enough about computers and the internet to get on Face Book check my bank balance and watch videos...... Well maybe a bit more. How ever, I have no clue on this

I grew up on a 1 acre lot with our house and outhouse 2 apple trees and 3/4 of the yard as a garden. I didn't know you could buy green beans in a can until I was almost 10 years old. We had chickens ad