tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post3781753627597561796..comments2023-11-05T05:36:16.541-06:00Comments on April Showers: Break it down.....Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683295973318482442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-10884554918328255852008-06-12T21:00:00.000-05:002008-06-12T21:00:00.000-05:00Terrif post. I don't know where to begin. Our farm...Terrif post. I don't know where to begin. <BR/><BR/>Our farm doesn't have a name. I tried to come up with one, and the best I could do was Yellow Barn Farms--which is because... we have yellow barns. Y'all are way more original.<BR/><BR/>We have got to get ourselves a pig.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02414405825215814113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-74816484893693267732008-06-10T10:10:00.000-05:002008-06-10T10:10:00.000-05:00So with all those fruit trees, I'm assuming we'll ...So with all those fruit trees, I'm assuming we'll be seeing some Coal Creek preserves later this summer. We used to have apple, pear and cherry trees when I was a girl. My mom made pear honey, applesauce, apple butter and we always had cherries for fresh pies in the dead of winter. <BR/><BR/>I think we need an update on the no tv thing...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282795765966618930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-31089976404725928092008-06-02T23:53:00.000-05:002008-06-02T23:53:00.000-05:00My husband and I were reading the comments on this...My husband and I were reading the comments on this post and when you said that you would cry if someone hit one of your pigs and heat up the skillet I thought he was convulsing. He rarely laughs out loud and this made him laugh. pretty stinking funny!Eggheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12929947510816062200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-68810533924139963812008-06-01T21:45:00.000-05:002008-06-01T21:45:00.000-05:00i hope no tv month started well today. i was so am...i hope no tv month started well today. i was so amused to see you are doing it again this year. i guess amused is the word. awed? impressed? glad it's you and not me? but i keep thinking about it. i think about it year 'round really- "april's family goes a whole month without tv every year. we really should do that." i made my children go all last week without it, but no way i was giving up the lost 2 hour season finale. then again, i wasn't the one who kept fidgeting and talking during church last week. if they can't sit still for an hour during church, how is it that they can consume a good three hours of saturday morning cartoons when unsupervised? it worked too! they were very good today! anyway, nothing is really on these days anyway. i really should just give it up. probably won't, but i should.<BR/><BR/>i also love your new profile. or at least i haven't noticed it before, your little blurb. it's a good one. well done :) and i just want to say that i love reading your blog and seeing that you are finally where you want to be- being given the desire of your heart and all of that. it is encouraging to me. i have told you that before. but i repeat things. anyway, carry on :)Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383716854616689551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-88439810372762968902008-06-01T11:09:00.000-05:002008-06-01T11:09:00.000-05:00April, you are one funky chick!! I love your blog...April, you are one funky chick!! I love your blog, and your sense of humor, and... well, all of it!! I really like your no TV in the summer thing. What a great idea. If your kids get half your sense of humor and optimism, they'll be fine. Best wishes on your garden. We've also started one this year. Actually, it would be more accurate to say my husband started it, since he's done all the hard work. I pretty much stood back and gave "advice".<BR/>I absolutely loved your post where you were having that little "conversation" with yourself about getting out in the garden. That was a riot, especially since it so closely resembles what goes through my mind most of the time!<BR/>Thanks for sharing your life!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153751759157433693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-35098300337175485982008-05-31T21:12:00.000-05:002008-05-31T21:12:00.000-05:00Jean- I'm looking forward to not using envelopes, ...Jean- I'm looking forward to not using envelopes, but it's working for us too, so I'll keep hauling around my little envelopes clipped together. <BR/><BR/>Carol- Yes, the Dukes had a home in NJ, it was considered their 'farm'. It was open to the public, but I think they closed it this year. <BR/><BR/>I think if someone hit one of our pigs I'd cry......and then heat up the skillet!Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683295973318482442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-23819902908771576072008-05-31T20:07:00.000-05:002008-05-31T20:07:00.000-05:00Hi April, Loved this post. Several points struck h...Hi April, <BR/>Loved this post. Several points struck home with me: 1. We live near a place called "Duke Gardens" here in NJ. Do you think that could be any relation to Doris Duke?<BR/>2. Way to go with Dave Ramsey! We followed his advice and tore up our credit cards and just that feat alone has given us more money at the end of the month. Am working on a budget now because we wanted to see how much we actually had to work with if we didn't have a credit card bill to pay each month.<BR/>3. When we were kids, my dad decided that we were going to raise a pig. He built a pen way out back in our large yard. But the pig escaped (it was still small) and got hit by a car! You should have seen the poor guy that came to our front door and said "Uhm, I think I hit your pig."<BR/><BR/>Take care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18817460.post-48498902454696739032008-05-31T20:05:00.000-05:002008-05-31T20:05:00.000-05:00Poor Ellen! I hope she is feeling better. Preach...Poor Ellen! I hope she is feeling better. Preacher needs a time out. Again, I have to give you so much credit for the whole no TV thing. As for the money,my parents always used the money in envelopes system. It really works. Just this year (after 45 years) they stopped doing it. My mom said that they had saved so much money that she could finally shop without a budget and never spend it all. After we picked my dad off the floor, she said she was just kidding.jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925212233815659494noreply@blogger.com