Even though we have a membership at the YMCA, I decided to buy some exercise equipment for the house. It was not a quick decision because home treadmills can be expensive and quickly become nothing more than clothes hangers. But after researching all of the different brands and types, I found a piece of equipment […]

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All she does is sweep. She bumps into walls. Sometimes she gets stuck. But, for a robot, she does a really good job! We named her Rosie. I decided to buy one of those robot vacuums, and I must say I’m impressed. I was a little worried it wouldn’t really be worth the price ($600+), […]

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Helms Elementary’s 5th grade class got all herded up and put on a bus to visit the state capitol of Austin. I volunteered to go as a chaperone. Several other parents went, each getting 5 or 6 kids to look after. I ended up only with 3 – Ivy, Natalie, and Elijah. I have to […]

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Ivy did another round of gymnastics competitions this spring. This time 4 cities! Some were quite far away like Lubbock (8 hour drive from Houston). She did pretty good in most competitions. Here are her stats: League City: Feb 9th, level 3 double mini and trampoline. She got 2nd place in her age group San […]

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Friends of Holly put on their first annual Urban Homestead tour! They asked we wanted to participate, and we quickly said yes. That meant a stream of people coming into our yard all afternoon, but it was pretty nifty meeting lots of other people who are interested in raising chickens or homesteading. We had about […]

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George Kjeldseth passed away February 15th, 2019 Holly: My earliest memories of Uncle George were from about age 4 or 5. He would bounce my younger sister Jill and I on his knee with varying levels of vigor, explaining that “this is how the ladies ride: clop, clop clop… this is how the gentlement ride: […]

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It was a chilly winter day, and Ivy was bored and so was I. It just so happened there was a BOGO offer at Pleasure Pier in Galveston. I asked Ivy if she wanted to go? She said yes. We invited her friend Hanley as well. So off we went to Galveston for some carnival […]

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9 days at sea and no sunburns or seasickness! I’d call that a win. Off we went early one morning to catch a flight to Miami, then a taxi to our the port, and then set sail for the Caribbean! If there was one theme to the trip it would be windy, because it was […]

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We usually make sure to spend the holidays with family, and we certainly made the trek to Arkansas for Thanksgiving.  The past two years we’ve spent Christmas in Arkansas and Thanksgiving at Grandma Jane’s new house!  But this year we decided to do things a little bit different for Christmas/Anniversary.  We’re setting sail on Navigator […]

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This year has been… different, I must say.  It has been non-stop change, surprises, repair, illness, sweat, stress, arguments, exhaustion, etc etc.  I can’t say it has been a fun year, but there has certainly been some fun and good times in the middle of remodeling and wreckage.   Ancestry DNA – Many years ago, Holly […]

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