tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74741838853018279442012-02-16T12:11:08.213-08:00A journal of our life and what's going on in it...in case you were interested.MamaStaceChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284028587401012801noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474183885301827944.post-5834965946653426242011-09-03T20:14:00.000-07:002011-09-03T20:14:20.701-07:00

Wow, what a busy summer we had.  Between the kids and garden and work and critters, I hardly had a chance to swim in my own pool!  We had lots of family get-togethers and went to Lake White Pines a couple of times, but we didn't really make any big summer vacation trips this year.  We were going to go camping at Utica Lake by Spicer Reservoir, but it was too cold the week we planned the trip

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Just kidding.  I know the holiday was yesterday, but we really didn't do much to make it an Independence Day celebration any more than any other nice day off.  My hubby was engrossed in the Casey Anthony trial and stayed in bed until 3:20 alternately watching the commentary while the jury deliberated and snoozing - he worked his tail off on Sunday working around the farm, mostly mowing and weed

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The Root and Herb Beds Well, we didn't get the root veggies right in, but we did get them in in the last couple of weeks.  Between trying to work within the planting parameters of the Farmer's Almanac and working around the heat and my work schedule, we got them in around the 20th, I'd say.  We planted russet and red potatoes, yellow onion sets, and carrot seeds in the tall bed.  Then a day

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Our Green Beans (Strawberries are planted in front of them) So I left off where we had just planted sweet corn, then added tomatoes and green beans to the fray.  Well, the next morning when we went out to water our fledgling garden, we found that three of our new green bean plants had been pulled out of the ground and most of the leaves eaten off by our little goats!  The little (expletives

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Our Garden 2011 (North fence on right side) Planting tomatoes KJ prepped the corn rows while CJ moved rocks Yesterday we planted sweet yellow corn seed along the western fence of the garden and half of the tomato patch. Daddy only bought roma's, which I question, but that's all he's interested in using. Today we went to Jackson and bought some more tomatoes, green beans, and sweet

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Our Garden Area - With Scarecrows We finally started planting the vegetable garden yesterday. The site has been plowed and fenced for almost a week now, but the weather hasn't been cooperating and the Farmer's Almanac said that the intervening dry days weren't good for planting (specifically that plants sown on those days would "rot in the ground"!).  So, when we could safely do so, which was

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Well, the end of the school year is upon us.  It's a busy time for all of us and I'll honestly say I can't wait for the end to come!  Next Thursday, my baby graduates from jr. high school.  We went down last month to see the high school with her and get her registered for her classes.  I was impressed with how mature she was when her adviser told her what classes she needed to take in order to

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We just got back this morning from a premature Passover Seder in Watsonville with our extended family (premature because Passover actually started at sunset tonight).  Jack Leading the Passover Seder Marley, Tulsi, Sunny, and a Very Happy Paul The kid's End of the Table Sunny, Max and Fredda   Sheena, Vince and Delaney Playing in Sheena's Room 21 of us in all gathered

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The Goatlings What a busy life I lead.  Just wish it was a bit more productive.  Since last I blogged, we've gotten another new car (well, again, new to us but not truly new), we added to our menagerie, fenced off the front yard and the pasture, celebrated our youngest child's first decade of life and our eldest's entry into teenage-hood.    I have passed the first two of three real estate

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We recently enjoyed a week-long visit to our extended family in South Florida for my hubby's grandma's 90th birthday party. Her real birthday isn't until September 20, but she's been having some serious health problems lately, so my Mom-in-law decided to step up the date of the party a bit. There were people there from California, Carolina, New York, and even Canada! We got to see people that

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Well, we sure did wait long enough! We finally got our offer accepted just before Christmas last year. Escrow was supposed to close by the end of January, but it took another couple of weeks (don't ask me why!) We moved in at the end of February, after painting the whole inside and having the carpets cleaned. The girls got new full sized beds and matching bookcase headboards (though you

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We had a fun Halloween this year, although it kinda snuck up on me (like it always does). First we went to the annual bash at the elementary school, then we had the actual night itsself, a week later. I don't know why the school had their party so far from the actual holiday, but I'm assuming it had something to do with limiting the sugar intake of the local children!I took lots of pictures (as

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Well, it's that time of year again - birthday season. Not that I face it with any overwhelming sense of dread, but by the time it's over, I seriously doubt whether Christmas will even have a chance of coming for my children once again. Not that we go overboard, either, in my opinion, on the birthdays, but it just seems that there are so many of them at once that we're constantly on the move for

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So, back in April we put in an offer on a new home for our family, something farther out in the country than we are now. Something with land, just a couple of acres or so, where we could get some chickens for the kids and maybe a lamb or four. We had been looking for something for months, even put in several other offers on homes for sale, all for substantially less than the owners were asking

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Get the Varmints, Boy!!!Originally uploaded by Stace CThis is one of the videos that I have on my Flickr account and I'm afraid I'm going to lose that account entirely when we change our email accounts shortly...We'll see if it sticks around here after the fact. I sure hope so!It was filmed on August 21, 2009 in my room at home.

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There's a fresh rage for all things Michael... and because I was a HUGE fan for 3 1/2 of the 5 Michaels depicted... I really thought other fans of his would really enjoy this too!The guy in this video is so creative, he almost gives the King of Pop a run for his money. Enjoy... :)(Click here or on the title and it should take you directly to the video.)

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So, my darling hubby was caught off guard a week or so ago on the way home when a deer ran out in front of him too close to avoid a crash. He did a great job keeping the car on the road, but in the long run, that wasn't much help for the car, cuz the insurance co ended up totaling it out anyway. :( Fortunately, they gave us a decent settlement, so we did our online research for about 8 hours

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This kind of stuff just blows my mind....Check it out!Thank you, Charlotte, for sending it to me! :)

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To: YOUDate: TODAYFrom: GODSubject: YOURSELFRe.: LIFEThis is God. Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help. So, have a nice day. I love you. P. S.: And, remember...If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in MY TIME.

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I can't believe it's been so darn long since I wrote anything here! I've been working a lot more, but that's really no excuse, and it's not like I've been spending my free time doing something constructive like cleaning the house, writing my book(s), helping my kids with their homework, doing Brownie projects or GATE projects with them, folding the half-ton of clean laundry piled up in the

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This was sent to me in an email...these were great, strong women. It's a message that all women need see; to be reminded of the price they paid so that we could have the great honor and priviledge of the right to vote:WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to

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I went to my 20th high school reunion on November 1st, which also happens to be my hubby's birthday. It was fun, but I didn't get to talk in depth to half of the people that I'd wanted to, and I didn't take a 10th of the pics that I'd intended to, even tho the damn camera bag was hanging off my neck all night! There were people there that I might not see for another 5 or 10 years, if ever again,

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I am in the midst of reading The Outlandish Companion, the fifth book written by Diana Gabaldon in the Outlander series, although I probably should add for those of you who are ignorant of the amazing milieu of creations directly related to this phenomenon, this is one that was created by the author herself as a supplemental reading in order to enhance the reading experience and answer many of

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OK, so I'm going to go off on a rant, and I hope my more conservative readers will forgive me the idiosyncracy of having an opinion that differs from their own, but a beloved (however deluded she may be) friend of mine sent me the following email this morning, and - (I'm actually writing this as I hear the Lovely Sarah Palin speaking blasphemies (I assume) on the television in the next room...) I

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It's just in line with the books I've been reading about Claire and Jamie Fraser....and it was recorded right here where I live!If it doesn't work, just click on the title & it will take you to my You Tube page.

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We took a little jaunt down to Santa Cruz & stopped in one of our old haunts for a snack...

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I get this funny video sent to me every morning, and this one gave me quite a little giggle type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="382" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" src="http://www.thefunnystuff.net/FunniestStuffPlayer.swf" FlashVars="videoFile=http%3A%2F%2Fvideos.funnieststuff.net%2Fcontent%2F2008%2F10%2F12%2F1%2Fchicken.flv&videoTitle=Speaking%20of%20chicken.&autoPlay=false&

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I swear, I don't seem to know if I'm coming or going lately! I'm still doing the BPO pictures thing, and on top of that for the last month or so, I've been working for my mom-in-law over at the real estate office in which she's an agent, doing the billings for some of the properties that she manages. I was also working for the broker a couple of days a week, until this last Tuesday, managing the

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So, for the last several weeks, I have been reading the series written by Diana Gabaldon about Claire and Jamie Fraser, which started with her book "Outlander". Actually, I read that one about 20 years ago and loved it. It encompassed all of the elements that I find most intriguing in a book, along with a few others that I hadn't considered yet; it was a historical romance, but it also used a

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I've been driving all around the county for the last several months, taking pictures of houses that are either about to go into foreclosure, already in foreclosure, or about to be refinanced. I do this for my hubby, because he is a mortgage lender and, since times are lean, he's been doing BPOs to make it easier for us to "crack our nut" every month. BPOs are Broker Price Opinions; kind of like a

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See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or DieSee more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="382" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" src="http://www.thefunnystuff.net/FunniestStuffPlayer.swf" FlashVars="videoFile=http%3A%2F%2Fvideos.funnieststuff.net%2Fcontent%2F2008%2F10%2F07%2F1%2Ftimeforcampaignin.flv&videoTitle=Time%20for%20Campaignin%27.&autoPlay=

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My GrandparentsOriginally uploaded by Stace CWith the exception of those who don't taste enough of life to develop loving relationships, ie very small babies who die themselves without truly knowing the toll on the heart, psyche, and spirit losing a loved one can cost for those who are left behind, everyone has suffered the loss of someone who was dear to their heart.Usually we experience our

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We've been going to the lake once a week for the last three weeks. My father-in-law has a little Bayliner and we take it out on Lake New Melones near Angels Camp, either with the kids or just the three of us, and ride around, swim, or wakeboard. I just learned how to get up on one for the first time this year. I've known how to ski and kneeboard since I was about 13, but I'd never tried

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I feel as if I really work hard at keeping up with the times, but I'm being left in the dust all the same. Things are hard for everyone now, but the width of the chasm between the rich and the poor has been ever expanding, and the disparity has become painfully obvious to pretty much everyone but the extremely rich, who, unfortunately for the rest of us, are the ones in charge of the country. But

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Check out my page!!! (It's a fancy photo/video sharing site!) My screen name is Stace C.

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I've been arguing with my hubby for the better part of the last year that I most emphatically am NOT a blogger! Every time he's walked into the room and I've been typing an email to a friend or entering some details on a picture I just downloaded to Flickr, he asks me if I'm done "blogging" yet. At this point, I'm still pretty sure that he's unaware of the definition of the word - even to the

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I was a good student…in the top 10% of my high school class – took all the advanced placement & honors classes in preparation for attendance at a University (& I’m sure I could have taken my pick at the time, as my SAT scores were amongst the top 10% for the whole country!) But then, I wasn’t emotionally prepared to leave my friends, my home, and (in particular, although I never would have

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