From the basement to the attic, there’s 30 windows in the house. For better or worse, most of them have been replaced a time or two along the way and every time the wind blows I can’t wait to replace them all again. That is with one exception… in the dinning room there’s a monster […]
Jan
“The” Window in the House
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Wednesday, January 30th 2013 under: Home
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Tasty Tuesday: Momma C’s Lasagna
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 under: Food
1 comment received so farLast weekend I pulled an old favorite from the cookbook to be made ahead – lasagna. There’s hundreds of variations out there, but this is my personal favorite. Momma C’s Lasagna 1 lb fresh ground pork 1 clove garlic, minced 3 T parsley flakes 1 T basil 1 lb can tomato sauce 12 oz can […]
Jan
One Last Google Post
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Saturday, January 19th 2013 under: Garden
No one leave their comment yetHere’s my last comment on the new Google Map image of our place… I promise…. at least for now. In addition to the wagon, I noticed that Google’s images were clear enough that I could pick out every plant in the garden. Yeah, I know it doesn’t look like much in that context, so let […]
Jan
Lulu Magoo Turns 3
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, January 18th 2013 under: Family
3 peoples responds in this postHappy birthday to our FIESTY 3-year-old Lulu!!! This wonderful little girl never fails to keep us on our toes! 🙂
Jan
Aerial Photos
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Tuesday, January 8th 2013 under: Farm
No one leave their comment yetI stated in a post a few days ago that there wasn’t much incentive for Google to update its maps near our location because not much changes around here. Well, after getting side tracked by Google Maps, I went even further off track and started looking through some old USDA records. These USDA photos prove […]
Jan
Future Pumpkin Plans
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Sunday, January 6th 2013 under: Family, Garden
No one leave their comment yetDespite the remaining Christmas leftovers, a sure sign spring can’t be too far off is the arrival of the seed catalogs. I was flipping through one that arrived over the Christmas break and it got the kiddos talking about trying to grow pumpkins again this year. After last year’s drought, there’s a little bit of […]
Jan
The Most Famous Wagon On (Google) Earth
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, January 4th 2013 under: Miscellaneous
No one leave their comment yetI downloaded Google’s SketchUp software the other day hoping it would be helpful with drawing up a plan for a cattle shed (that’s still a few years off). As I was messing around with it, I found the “Add Location” tab that allows you to import an image from Google’s Map. I imported our property […]
Jan
The Year In Review
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Thursday, January 3rd 2013 under: Miscellaneous
No one leave their comment yetIt’s a couple days late, but in honor of 2012 here’s a few photos to highlight just a small portion of the year. Just click on the photo to see the story.
Dec
Peanut’s First Christmas
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, December 28th 2012 under: Family, Peanut
No one leave their comment yetEven though she didn’t express her excitement in the same way as the rest of the kiddos this Christmas, Peanut’s moments of wide-eyed wonder had me wondering on several occasions what she must be thinking about all the commotion. And commotion there was… It didn’t take long after it was discovered that there was nothing […]
Dec
Digging Out…
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Thursday, December 27th 2012 under: Weather
No one leave their comment yetWow… it’s been almost ten days since the last post. The time has flown by. Between Christmas with the kiddos, catching up with old friends, sharing time with family, and tackling a couple special projects the last week went by way too fast… oh, and there was also a little bit of digging out after […]
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