Category: Country living
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I am back
It has been quite a while since I posted, but I have decided to take a new direction. It has been a very difficult couple of years for us, especially this year. If you don’t follow my YouTube channel, Vickie’s Country Home, you might not know what I am referring to. In mid January 2022,…
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Busy Day
Today is going to be one of those non-stop days. We will be heading off to church soon. First things first. But tonight we are going to my sister’s soon to be home to have a celebration! Her anniversary, and two birthdays! Brian is smoking a brisket on his Pit Boss smoker. As soon as…
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Friends
Isn’t it funny how you come across people, and all of a sudden you know exactly why they came into your life? Sometimes it will because you need their love, encouragement or support. Sometimes they will need the same. Sometimes you both do. It’s funny. I used to be painfully shy. No really. So shy…
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Just one of those days…
It’s hot. At least 100 degrees today. To top it off, I had to make a trip to Costco. The shopping isn’t too bad. It’s the part where you have to load your car, then unload when you get home. And it was a Costco trip. Ugh. Then, apparently shortly after I got home, I…
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Kombucha
Has anyone else tried making their own kombucha? If you haven’t heard of it, it is a fermented sweet tea, full of good probiotics! Healthy for you, and even though it starts with sweet tea, a lot of the sugar gets eaten up by the yeast, so not bad for you. It forms this weird,…
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Playing Catch Up
I have been missing for a couple of weeks. Work, a trip to visit my sister in the wine country, playing catch up with work, canning, soap, garden, including picking off at least 35 – 40 tomato hornworms, and a little of everything else. Sometimes everything becomes a distraction, but time to get back to…
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Wildfires, but life keeps going
If you read my previous post, you saw that we have been dealing with wildfires. Since July 3 we have had 3 wildfires, in 3 different directions around our small valley. Not the kind of excitement that we want for the 4th of July! Fire danger is extremely high this year due to the record…
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Thankful in all things
Well, it looks like we might be in the clear from those fires. That doesn’t mean that there couldn’t be more, but for now we can rest easier. Literally. When there is a wildfire, or a threat of one (from lightning or something else) no one gets any rest. You might manage to get some…
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