Tag: prickly pear
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Tonight I find myself the lowly farmer on the hill. I have the title because my youngest offspring loves to fill every crack and crevice of her life with things she can take care of. Couple this with her desire to travel and it is why – tonight, I find myself the lowly farmer on…
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Somehow our littlest one has turned one. She’s a socialite and her first word was “HI”. It’s no wonder, because every room she enters has someone new greeting her saying, “Hi, Amelia!” Since we moved into this multi-generational crazy world, I’ve found myself frequently saying, “Aye Yai Yai Yai Yai.” It’s fun to say and…
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School has started and there’s a new normal at the hacienda. This time of year is crazy in any household with school age kids, combine three families, 5 kids attending three different schools and crazy can turn to chaos quickly. This is the typical schedule through out the week: 4:30am Megan heads to work two…
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The car pulled up and as the doors begin to open letting its passengers out, I heard her say, “I love our family.” I watched as this newly formed family exited the car. A new mom, a dad, and three blonde beauties ranging from ten month-old to seventeen year-old with smiles that light up the…
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“And now I know you’ve lost your mind!” my friend replied to my text. But I had been looking for my Sadie dog for some time. Even the grandkids knew that Sadie was coming to our house. “Neenee, go get Sadie!” Liam would say. “I’m looking for her,” I’d reply. “She’s coming, she’s just not…
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I spent time imagining what this new living arrangement would be like, being in the same house that our youngest grand daughter would learn to walk in, she’ll go to her first day of kindergarten from this house and some day move out. I’ve tried to picture how having a space like this is going…
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Today I repurposed a Jade plant. It’s most likely the largest succulent plant I have every seen.
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A few too many thing come together when three house holds move to the same space.
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I hate this idea, it’s never going to work. This is only going to give the annoyed the right to be more annoying…
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Do you remember that morning when we were unloading a truck at 6:00 in the morning because there was a thunder storm the night before and after we finished with the truck Brian checked on the trampoline and found it had blown over during the night because of the crazy winds
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A friend of mine commented that our family hacienda adventure should be wonderful since our personalities are very similar. I nodded a blank nod and later as I recalled the conversation I had to chuckle.
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Generational living? That’s an interesting term, I thought. Then it hit me. We are doing the generational living thing…and that makes Jeff and I … the old people!!
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Maybe wrong numbers are really right numbers and miss-information is exactly the information needed.
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I’ve been saying it for years, Someday, we’re going to have a hacienda…lots of rooms and California style outside living spaces where we can live, dream and create.