Thursday, April 1, 2010

Ruined Writing

Well, Farmtown has ruined my writing. Really! Instead of writing in this blog, or my manuscript, or journal, I play farm town, because it's so rewarding. Useless- totally useless, time waster. But, I get to have cows and goats! and I can raise crops without worrying about water- for an Arizonan that is huge. I'm not working in Ancestry either. Hmmm it seems to appeal to an obsessive part of my psyche.

You know, if Farm town had been around a few years ago, we may not have Twilight. Stephanie may have been so busy with the kids and Farmtown that she would have ignored the dream about a vampire, and whoosh, all that vision and emotion- worked right into a little farm.....

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Snow on the Hills

Well, here we are at the end of March, 2010. That seems like an accomplishment, for some reason. As I look out into the back yard, Mingus Mountain is still sprinkled with snow, even though the temperature here has been in the 70's. By the way, that's exactly the way I like snow- in the view, up in the mountains!

I finally finished the book "John Adams" by David McCullough. It is long and detailed, but fascinating. The steadiness he showed, with passion, is incredible. It really is a peek into the lives of amazing, brave and brilliant minds, including Adams, his wife Abigail, son John Quincy, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Much better than my high school history class, that's for sure.

The weeds are getting knee high in the back- we bought a weed-eater yesterday to remedy the problem, but didn't get out there yet to tackle them. I put the chickens in the front yard every day, and they are doing what they can to eat the weeds and bugs there, but I can't put them in the back with the dogs! The eggs, by the way, are delicious! They are laying 4-5 daily, enough to sell a few to friends.

We got the roof fixed, thank heavens. We probably don't need to worry about leaks for a while, the rains have really slacked off, but at least it's done. Home ownership is great, but there's always so much to do...

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Christmas 2008

Carthage Jail & Nauvoo Temple