Scratchings in the Dirt

Let the games begin!

Harvest has begun.  The guys got two fields, or 280 acres, for you farming types, of peas cleaned up.  The peas look great, and they busheled quite well, considering we haven’t had much moisture again this year.  Clem and I had a little get-away last night – in the grain truck.  I decided that if

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Our boy

Today is the first day of school.  It is Adam’s last first day of school.  That is probably a good thing, but that’s a whole other blog.  He and Stephen were up early and off to football practice.  They were up late last night, too, finishing the second field of peas.  And there is football

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Rant day

I’ve decided to rant today.  It’s my blog, and I can do that if I want.  Although I’m sure the ones I am ranting about will not read this.  But bear with me. Could all of you people who are NOT parents of teenagers please quit judging those of us who are?  I am doing

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A Tanzanian Education

I am currently sitting in a rink in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, “watching” Derek at hockey camp. Thanks to my techie husband, I came equipped with a netbook (a small laptop computer) and some kind of stick that plugs in and gives me internet access.   Thus I am able to vie for the coveted “Mother of

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