tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274971039626691832012-01-24T07:15:23.544-06:00Here you'll find Funny Stories, Photography, Food, Friends and Travel...Java Girl:http://www.blogger.com/profile/18098310726553901059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-527497103962669183.post-68102748111990763952012-01-12T20:38:00.002-06:002012-01-12T20:50:19.904-06:00

While my Amish Bread starter is brewing and on day 6 (only 4 more days to go!) I thought I would share somethings with you while we wait.  I know you don't read my blog for certain reasons, I mean, let's be honest... I'm not a grammical (is that a word?) genius by any means. I'm more like a crazy woman on a farm who has a lot to say and no one to say it too. But any who... I'm happy you drop in

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I love this stuff... it's amazing. I think it's the vanilla pudding. So here it is! Starter  2 1/4 tsp. (1 package) active dry yeast 1/4 cup warm water 3 cups flour, divided 3 cups sugar, divided 3 cups warm milk, divided Please don't use any metal bowls or utensils. Day 1 In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand for 10 min. In a gallon freezer bag, combine 1 cup flour and

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With the Holidays behind us... I usually get a little sad watching all the Christmas lights being placed in the rubber container. But this year I did something different. I only put away 2/3 of the decorations. I left some lights up in my house and it makes for such a warm cozy feeling in the evening with the candles lit and the fire going. Lights especially help with the dark winter days, but I

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My BFF came to visit with her family.... if you want to know how long we've been friends, just check out the little guy below on the right to the big guy in the middle in the picture on top. I laugh at this picture because our kids were always dressing up and home boy would do whatever the girls were doing to a point. Maria in the middle was confessing in doing something that I didn't

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Celeste our Filly has two front teeth that are loose.... one is really loose. She's about 2 yrs. old and she has baby teeth. Isn't that funny. I think that's funny. Prissy our miniature mare who is 9 yrs old let's us check her teeth too. But she has her adult teeth and we don't really need to check them... but we do anyways. Because it's funny Earlier this year Kiele had some teeth

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 Dad's home from deployment and we got a new kitten named Sunny...   Sunny has found a new bed, warning.... washing is getting double checked before the start button is pressed. You know what I mean?!  We added another feline family member.. his name is Chance.. because he looks just like our cat who died in July. No really, the resemblance is unreal to Lucky. And he was named Chance for

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For many years I've made this wonderful festive hot Wassel and I wanted to share the recipe with you! Wassel 1 gal. apple cider 1 cup light or dark brown sugar 1 can lemonade -frozen 1 can orange juice - frozen 1 T. whole cloves 1 T. whole allspice 1 tsp. nutmeg 6-8 cinnamon sticks In a large kettle or crock pot add all ingredients and bring to a boil.... then remove all the

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 Here lies the most incredible tasting treat in the universe as we speak. And I wouldn't even know it existed if my youngest didn't bring it home one day. I'm thankful she brought it home and I'm angry that I can't control myself when I pass the freezer... you see, it calls to me, begging me to have just a spoonful that always leads to a bowl and then it's all downhill from there.  Ta Da, it's

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Last month my daughters attended an ice cream social which also involved English Country Dancing and I have to tell you that Daughter #1 has talked about the dancing almost everyday since. She simply loved it.  Daughter #1 located an instructional DVD entitled English Country Dancing as seen below.  My Daughters felt that they would have had more fun if they actually knew how to dance the

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Now with my hernia surgery behind me... I can blog with more vigor now. So Ill fill you in on what we've been doing...  We went to the pumpkin patch and saw the three little pigs.   We walked through the corn maze.  The girls endured the hay ride.. which by the way, I loved. They told me that they aren't three and five anymore.  Daddy came home...  The horses have enjoyed the Fall

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It's me... your random blogger. I'm here to tell you that my hernia surgery went great and that I had two hernias instead of one. Which I will from now on refer to as my "Two for One Deal". I'll be back later to let you in on the goin's on at our farm. Hernially Yours, Java Girl

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Hello to all my dear friends and family, it's been an interesting time in the life of Me. I've been on the road to mending physically and just when I get the report that my pneumonia is all gone, I get the news that I need surgery for a huge hernia that formed while I was coughing my head off with pneumonia. So as you can see.... it's been an eventful summer. Starting in May with my Hysterectomy

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I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I've not forgotten about you. I've been sick with Pneumonia. Three days in the hospital and now resting at a friends home until we get our duct work cleaned in our home.  Please pray for me as I'm not out of the woods yet, breathing treatments and antibotics are my closest companions. So after I return home sometime this week... I

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This is the victim. Well not the actual victim, I found this picture on the internet when I googled squirrel pictures. I only show carcasses of animals if they exit this world with a smile on their face, like my Sea Otter blog.... called Beach Combing. This is the hunter... our little Walmart special kitten. And so for the story... you've heard about Zorro and how brilliant he is,

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My Hubby and I found these cute purses in a store in California. They are old license plates recycled and made into the most durable purses around. Even the silver ends are from bumpers of old cars. And as if that's not enough, they top it off with a adorable soda top for the snap. They have almost every state available. In several sizes. We bought the Classic Cyclone for both of our girls

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There's a man I know, whom I've never met. He's alive and well, but only lives through memories... great memories. He was a husband, father, friend and son. He was wise, Godly and raised three beautiful daughters. His name is Roger. I have a very special friend that I met not too long after we moved here to Tennessee. I met her at one of the hardest times of her life. She was taking care

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My Husband and his Mom....   My Sweet Family...  Amazing Ukrainian Children...  Our Sweet Friends that we've known for at least 20 years...  Our Flag in beautiful sunny California.... My Grandfather holding my younger sister and I, he is one of the few, besides my husband, that taught me, loved me unconditionally and invested in my life...   I love that

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Sunday we went to a Guys and Dolls theater production and I never laughed so hard in the last 10 years... really, my sides still hurt today.  We were able to finally visit the newly remodeled Franklin Theater in downtown Franklin Tennessee. So if you are ever in the area or taking a vacation here... it's a must see. They also have Green Night which is when a special singing star...

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As many of you know, my youngest Daughter is a very interesting character. If you've read any of my previous blogs... you would get the picture. But for those of you that don't know her... well you've just plainly been missing out. She's a lover of animals, art and especially the piano. She's quick witted and has a gift with words. She's also the one that makes the whole house suffer

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This weekend our field had it's second cutting of hay.  See how nice and mowed it is.  It's so well cut that you can't tell where the field and lawn begin or end. By the way... this only looks this way twice a year, so I believe that it deserves a picture to be taken to remember the moment (this is my suppressed perfectionist lawn diva coming out)  This is a picture that I

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Daughter #1 had her 22nd Birthday and we wanted to make it special...  So we booked an evening on the General Jackson Showboat...  And enjoyed an easy and relaxing ride down the Cumberland River ... When you first arrive, you head to the top deck where a live band is playing and you can get something to drink.... And after about 20 minutes you are

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My oldest daughter and I love the 1993-1994 Christy series. It's about a school teacher who goes to Cutter Gap, Tennessee to teach at a mission. The small town of Townsend Tennessee has a Christy Festival where the actors come and mingle with Christy fans... it's so much fun. Emily Schulman pictured below was there. She is as vibrant and wonderful as her character Ruby Mae on

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I don't think I've talked a whole lot about Zorro our fearless 1 year old who is more like a kangaroo that a cat. Do you see him below? Look real close....  He's always there, ready and eager to help you with an project you are working on... here we were planting flowers and we had no idea that he jumped into the hole before we could get the flowers in... He's also helps me dig holes,

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In all the years that I've been a military wife... I've had to learn to adjust.  Our first type of communication when Hubby was gone was snail mail and the occasional phone call. Then email and a few more phone calls. Now since the war on terror they pass out phone cards like it's christmas time all year. But now we can Skype, email, text or phone each other frequently. And along with the

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Since moving to Tennessee, I've observed many things or events that are foreign to me... and I feel it is my dubious pleasure to share them with you and inform you on unimportant satistics and such. Here it goes. Tennessee Dogs are different in the respect that most of them have a furosious side. And in the State of Tennessee you can mace a dog if you're walking by and he comes out to eat you

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Since my mom is still recovering from her surgery I thought I, her eldest daughter, would write a blog in her stead and since we’ve had cherry season and all we did every day was think about cherries, I figured I would write about this. Back on May 25th is when our cherry season started, so early on the 27th my sister and I drove to an orchard nearby to pick sweet cherries. In just under

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My sweet Daughter #2 has a problem.... with Lowe's. Almost everytime she enters the store something happens. For example... she was picking up grill parts for me one day and met this sales associate named Nancy. Nancy was very rude and obnoxious. So on her way to check out Daughter #2 called me and told me how she treated her. I advised her to tell the manager. She did and that was the end of

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Little did we know that on that cold Feburary day in 2010, while we drove to the Dog Pound to maybe look at puppies... that we would end up with this. Oh there's nothing wrong with him, it's just Dutch being Dutch. We call him Rubber Dog, Tick Taxi (because he usually is carrying around more ticks on his body, than all the other animals on the farm), Autistic, Dumb, Brillant among other names

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My Gelding Kiele has not been feeling too well, so after his chiropractic adjustments I decided to have the Horse Dentist out. And we found out some things... Kiele age was always a guess, because he was caught at the BLM (Bureau of Land Management in Nevada) and they guessimate what the age is, which they said he was 3 1/2 yrs.But the Equine Dentist is more accurate and he said that  Kiele is 2

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For those of you tuning into my blog... I've had a special experience today, that I thought you'd love to hear about. My horse Kiele has been having problems turning his head... especially when I'm working him in the round pen. So being that I live in the middle of horse country.. they have Equine Chiropractors. Here's Dr. Reynolds adjusting the pelvic area of Kiele... his pelvis was rotated and

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My girls and I had a night out last Friday and on the way to a beautiful farm in Franklin Tennessee, we wondered what we would find. I had heard about the Wild Horse Ministries and they use a horse to demonstrate the process of salvation. But I never imagined how amazing it would be. Below is the opening ceremony... Then the star of the show comes out. His name is Paul Daily and he's

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In the last 3 1/2 weeks... we've been busy to say the least. Hubby is getting ready for another deployment and with that comes my Honey Dew/Do List. This is what we've done... 1) Bought 16 tons of sand and Hubby and Daughter #2 have spread it in the round pen where I work the horses. 2) Hubby has went out to breakfast with his church buddies exactly three times. 3) We went to the

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If you are reading this blog right now.. that means you're faithful, because I have been so bad at keeping in touch with all of you that I wouldn't be surprised if you've dumped me. But I have a good reason... my Hubby! He's home and we've been busy before his next deployment. WARNING: The contents of this blog today.. are not beautiful, pretty, proper, fragrant (good), lady like or necessary

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I love watching birds... but I haven't always enjoyed it. What started me even thinking about a bird was my Grandparent's persistence that we watch the birds, feed the birds, watch the birds daily again and again. I remember Cedar Wax Wings, Cardinals, Blue Jays and Finches. And my Grandpa would buy his bird seed by the 100 pound bags back then. So you can imagine my surprise when I looked

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If there's one thing that my girls have taught me to love... it's tea. And my oldest can find the best loose leaf tea shop around. She's tactical that way... it's in her blood.  Below is our new favorite place to purchase teas like... Cherry Rose, Coconut Oolong and Hibiscus Peach. Here's the inside of this cute little shop. Also you can order tea's online, just go to franklintea.com One

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I've always loved Pesto and found that in the stores it was just too expensive to buy... so I started making my own. This is a dairy free version so if you want to add a half cup of Parmesan cheese at the end.... please be my guest. Pesto 3 large bunches of Basil leaves (washed) 1/4 cup Pine Nuts 2 cloves Garlic  1 tsp. Sea Salt or Kosher Salt 3/4 cup Olive Oil Now this parts easy.

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I'm so so so sorry for not keeping up with my blog like I should!!! I've been bad, real bad. But I'm going to get right to it tomorrow.... I promise. No really. Oh you don't believe me... well I'll show you. See ya tomorrow, Java Girl

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Yesterday my youngest had her 19th Birthday. And boy did we have fun... you may be wondering why the cake says 20-1. I'll just let you figure that one out. It was her idea. And in true fashion... we ate cake before dinner. If anyone knows Daughter #2, she loves her sweets. Then we headed out to Macaroni Grill and on to the Mall. But the best part of the night was the Grand Ole Opry.

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Our family has been going through some trials with our parents. They are getting older and with that comes change. It seems funny that your parents take care of you and then one day the roles switch. I was talking to my Sister-in-law on the phone as I was walking out to the barn and we were discussing concerns regarding the situation.... and I was sad... real sad. But just then I looked out

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About two months ago, we added another member to the animal family.... Here she is little Sweet Pea aka Prissy, Little Woman, Pig Pen. She's a 9 year old miniature horse. I was a little worried when she came to our farm because of the fact that I have Mustangs and they are different horses. Oh they are tame and extremely smart, but I wasn't real sure how the dynamics would play out in the

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  During the last few weeks Hubby has been setting up the game camera in order to see if he could capture on film the Leprechauns that so cleverly escaped the great Leprechaun hunters William and Lizzy. If you don't remember... they were the ones who discovered their hideout and almost captured them and their gold on their last visit to our farm.    When my Hubby checked that game

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This is what I woke up to this morning... it was like a dream. When I went to bed it was brown and unattractive, but now it's a winter wonderland outside. I love snow!

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Below are two very dear friends that came over last week to hang out and ride horses at our farm. Hi JC and Sugar, Teri and Bella!   I love this photo because of the steam coming out of Bella's nose.   Here's Sugar and JC and she's ready to go... she doesn't want to wait for anyone else... she hasn't been ridden since October because of a hoof injury.  Here we are desensitizing our

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Just when I think there isn't going to be anything more to write about Dutch.... something happens. That something was about 8:30pm on Tuesday night... while we were enjoying a campfire with neighbors. Dutch was gone for awhile and when he finally came back he reeked of skunk. And this was no partial spray, it was full on, in your face. This is a picture of his new existance. Outdoors,

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Yesterday we met our cousins at a cute little restaurant in Grand Rivers Kentucky. We met halfway and boy did we enjoy ourselves. The decorations were adsolutely beautiful... below is the nativity scene that sat above us at the table we sat at. This picture doesn't do the decorations any justice, but it was beautiful, paper star lights, huge ornaments, lights and more lights.... I could

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Every year when we give stocking stuffers we place something   in the stocking that will make our girls scream or go Whoooooow! This year Hubby and I found the perfect Whooooow present! A Grow your own boyfriend kit. We got the biggest laugh from this trick present, I love how it says on the package... "If you can't get a date, then grow the perfect mate." And like the box says..."Grows

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Not!! In the 28 years that I've known my hubby there's one thing that I can honesty say about him that has stayed constant... his sense of adventure! He's not afraid to try something that he doesn't know anything about and when we got these horses I was tickled by the fact that he loves to hug them. I'll be riding my horse and he'll walk up and give my horse a big hugola. In a world that

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Believe it or not.... Tennessee hasn't see a white Christmas in 41 years! But we saw it Christmas morning and it couldn't have been more beautiful. Zorro enjoyed warming himself by the fire... And Hubbies Mom and Husband was able to spend Christmas with us... and I believe it was the best Christmas ever! And after all the excitement of opening presents... we

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Last night our church went Caroling... we visited the shut-ins that belong to our church. It was so fun because we all loaded in the van and headed out, with the Pastor driving. Now if you're like me and you are new at the church... one thing you absolutely have to do is something outside of church to really get to know the people. And last night I never laughed so much!! My face hurt from all

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I had the privilege of bringing dinner to a couple that attend my little church. She has brain cancer and to help out... our church takes turns bringing meals. As I pulled into the driveway, the garage door automatically went up and I knew that was my cue to enter through the garage. As sweet Arthur came to the door, I entered in with my youngest and we unloaded our bounty. I realized I

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With the dryness going around this farm... my skin is screaming and when I found this little container of sunshine for my skin. I'm now complete... no more dry, itchy skin and the scent can't even be described. Period. Question Mark.I actually believe that if everyone used this... even the Iranians, there could and would be world peace.Amen.... Over and Out,Java Girl

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My Family.... look at us here, so young (especially hubby)!Snow days...My horses....Bronner's Christmas Store... check them out at www.bronners.comHamburgers....My Daughter #2 photography.... this is Zorro our Walmart kitten. He's brilliant.Short haircuts.....That our local crime force is used for hard labor...That Lucky loves clean warm linens to sleep in...That little children can get pony

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I'm not a big drinker, but I do like to have a glass of wine here and there. So when my Sister-in-Law served me this Apple Pie Moonshine two Christmas's ago... I knew I wanted the recipe. So here it is for you to enjoy!Apple Pie Moonshine1 gal. apple cider1 bottle apple juice5 cinnamon sticks2 cups sugarBring the above to a boil and then let cool completely, at this time also remove cinnamon

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The history of Leprechaun Hunts started with my Father-in Law way back when their church had a camp and everyone went. My husband and Brother-in-Law remember them very clearly... and the one thing they both agreed on is that their Dad had a way of working them into a tizzy to the point that they were sure they were seeing things. So now this tradition lives on through us, now that Dad has passed

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My Hubby's brother and family came to visit.... and if I can say so, we had so much fun! Aren't they cute... we like to tease them because when they were little they both played birdie and made little nests. By knowing this important information... I've come to the conclusion that this means they were completely meant for each other. Because I don't know of any other human beings that did the

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If you've been following my blog for at least 6 months.... you have certainly heard about the three wild mustangs that we adopted. Then how they went to my Amish friend for breaking. I ended up selling one of the mustangs to my Amish friend Levi and I received Kiele back at the end of August. I've been working with him in the round pen and getting more comfortable being ridden. And I finally saw

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Our house has never been normal.... it's a lot of hard work and time away from Daddy. We're very use to not celebrating birthdays and holidays on the same day as everyone else and so the story goes. But in the rare moments that we are together with family we have a time honored tradition that started with my Father-in-Law long ago.It's a Leprechauns Hunt.Days and days of preparation are involved

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Our sweet Lucky...Fall time in Tennessee.... Fun with friends... Daughter #1 out for her daily ride and Kiele....My friends youngest... out of nine kiddos!Peanut!And Dutch in one of his favorite sleeping positions!Until Later,Java GirlPS- My next blog will be about a big secret that we have! Stay tuned

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Life's a little funny and sometimes it sends curves your way, but in the case of a crazy little puppy that entered our lives in February... it's been anything but boring.Here's how it unfolded....1. We went to the Dog Pound and found this perfect, cute, ball fetching, bundle of love.2. We came home and he slept.3. He awoke and was sick.4. He got better and the energy level increased.5. Energy

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With Hubby home from deployment... we've now been able to settle down and enjoy the Fall weather here in Tennessee. I can't believe it's almost been a year since we moved here. We simply love it and the transition from living by Base and now commuting to Tennessee... has worked out beautifully for all of us.Living in the Heartland leaves you with endless possibilities for fun and outdoor

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I've been absolutely crazy busy with Hubby coming home from Iraq. With all that's been going on and making arrangements to get work squared away and have some good family time.Please don't think that I've forgot my blog... I haven't. But I sure could use some time to just sit and tell you some of the crazy stuff going on in our lives.I'll write soon, I promise!Java Girl

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Last Sunday after church we went to Cracker Barrel for lunch. We women in this family love it for it's food but especially because we can shop too!So while I got ready to pay my check and head home, my daughter and her best friend who is visiting from California decided to play checkers on the front porch while they waited for me.Well that's when it happened. My 18 year old daughter explained it

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This is my sweet Daughter #1, shortly after moving to Alaska for the second time. You would never know it... but she can't stand dogs. But she had strep throat and Chief came up and laid with her on the couch. Alaska in the morning...The cutest little lighthouse in Rhoda Island...Downtown San Diego...Ocean Kayaking and I just love her expression....Lucky scratching herself on the birdhouse...Our

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While I still have Daughter #2 horse Sham at Levi's to be broke... we still make our usual weekly trips to Levi's farm to work with Sham. Sham's been a bigger challenge to break because he's more wild than the other horses.But something bad happened on last Monday. Levi was breaking a Mule and it kicked him and he broke a rib and fractured another rib. So as you can imagine... Levi can't ride

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Kiele's hiding his head here because he's embarrassed, read on to find out why.As if I didn't have enough to do around here.... my horse Kiele came home from my friend Levi's who is Amish. As Kiele adjusted to being with Celeste our pushy filly... I noticed that each day he kept slowing down. And then one day it looked as though he was lame and the next day even proved it more!So I did what any

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First off, I apologize profusely for not blogging like I should.... and second, I have a great excuse.My excuse is Home Girl aka my Sister-in-Law. She came down with her kiddo's and we had a riot. At least I did, I don't know about her.What Home Girl means to me...1. We're very compatible ex. I cook and she cleans up.2. We have the same sense of humor when it comes to animals.3. We're married to

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So after the Tea Room we headed home. And most of the time we have quiet birthdays which just include us. But I wanted a little more for Daughter #1 this year. So as we settled down for an evening movies, we heard that someone was in our driveway. Daughter #1 looked and looked and said, who are those people and why are they here. I finally knew I had to tell the truth.... so I said, "Maybe

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There has never been a week in my life that I've told so many lies.... lies, lies, lies. But I had a good reason. Daughter #1 had her 21st Birthday and we planned a surprise party for her that included about 27 people.But the day started out slow and we gathered around in the living room to watch her open birthday presents. It's real funny in our house, but our pets usually gather around to watch

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Everyone needs a Johnny in their life and my husband found his in Alaska one cold night in a Chapel on base. Johnny was there with his brother playing his trumpet. But that's not all.This Johnny has special skills.... skills that even I haven't ever encountered in my military wife career. Do you want to know what it is? Well, okay! But first you need to know that our family is the worst at

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Friday was my very first day to finally ride my mustang Kiele. He's now been with my Amish friend Levi and it's now been 6 weeks. Levi is amazing and the gentle but firm way he breaks these horses is incredible. Here I am below getting on Kiele.... and if you remember.. I had foot surgery in April and my foot is still healing. So I tried to get on him from this tree stump. But it didn't work, I

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I know the title of this blog really took you off guard today.Good.That's what I'm here for... to enlighten you and let you know what's going on in the world.So when I found this product at the Co-op the other day, I knew I needed to tell you about it.I at first thought it was a joke and then after getting a great laugh... I then drove home quickly to investigate on Google... because everything

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In case you don't remember or you need a refresher... we adopted three Wild Mustangs from Nevada last April. The first few months involved what is called Gentling which means feeding sweet feed by hand and just teaching them that they can trust you. Simple, right? Well, yes and no.Celeste is our Palomino filly and she has been the smartest and most willing to become our friend. When the other two

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If you don't recognize this mug shot.....it's Daughter #2...And from the day she entered this world.... I've had a hard time understanding her, she's artistic, musical, hilarious, level headed, forgetful and cheap. She's usually is the only one not to get you a present for your birthday and then will lavish you one day when you're out shopping. And as the years have went by her Dad and I have

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It's Peach picking time here in Tennessee and I found a cute little orchard to pick at yesterday, even thought it was 93 degrees and the humidity was 63%... I still chose to go out and pick peaches by myself because my incrediably sane daughters chose not too and they kept warning me that the heat was too much.I ignored them.Like I sometimes do, because I'm 45 and they're still little pups in my

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Below are horrible pictures of my garden.... I have many excuses for it looking this way, but you probably don't want to hear them. My Brother in law told me to just plow the thing under and to tell you the truth I would have to agree. I did get four cucumbers and I'm hopeful for my potatoes and tomatoes.This is a scary pricker bush, yes bush.I do believe I am very successful at growing weeds...

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For those of you reading this entry into my blog today... it will be considerably boring being that it's regarding my plumbing issues. And as many of you know, I've had practically every faucet cause me some issue or another and so that's why I know a plumber named Jeff.So Jeff these pictures are for you....This is a Delta Monitor...Hope these pictures help you out.See ya next week,Java Girl

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I received this amazing box in the mail today from my friend Colette. She sent it as a celebration regarding the end of my Homeschooling career. I wanted to share this unique gift of 9 different presents that I had the privilege to unwrap... again, Colette is one of the most creative people I know and she made this gift up herself.So here it goes... the letter said.. "Congratulations on the

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Since moving to Tennessee... I'm not real sure the neighbors know what to think of us. We're three women alone and we have to make things happen. Dad's gone and we're use to that. But now with a farm and me still recovering from foot surgery... there's a lot more to do, so we divvy up jobs.Daughter #1 does laundry and dishes and some food prep. While Daughter #2 does most of the outdoor work. And

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You've seen this mug shot before.... and you know our sufferings. But if you're reading this blog for the first time today, I'll give you a refresher. This six month old terror has let not one day rest in peace since we brought him home on that cold day in February. He's stolen plungers, bra's, books, underwear and anything else that he can put his ever chewing mouth on. And Daughter #2 has never

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I've been known to take chances and often times look back and wish I'd had thought things through more thoroughly. But in the case of adopting three wild mustangs from Nevada.... it's been nothing but absolute enjoyment and an incredible learning experience. This is Sham and he's now been staying at my Amish friend's (Levi) farm and he's breaking him. It's now been 12 days and he has a halter on

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This is the newest addition to our family... Zorro is her name. She's the cutest, sweetest little creature I've ever met. We got her at Walmart for free... there were some kids giving them away.This is the amazing world of Skype... we get to talk to our Daddy almost daily and we love it.My Brother-in-Law and his family are visiting and here we are having our afternoon tea party after

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I think you all knew it was coming....but the executive decision to make Dutch an outside dog was decided two days ago. You know our sufferings so I won't go into detail, but he just couldn't cut it as an inside dog. Oh, yes he was outside during the day but he would come in each evening and have movie night with us in the TV room and even for about two weeks he would sleep in there and ask to go

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This month ends my Homeschooling career... and along the way I've been asked, "Do your daughters socialize?" I often want to start laughing about this time... because as long as your children aren't locked up in the house and not allowed to go outside... they socialize. And more often than not, they socialize with any age level from 90 to 9.Here's Daughter #2 with friends at a mall scavenger hunt

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Yesterday was a busy day at our farm... I hired a wonderful young man to bale our hay. And as the day progressed we enjoyed watching the process from raking to baling. The horses about went crazy because they wanted the hay so bad.... and the torture of it being just on the other side of the fence was almost too much for them.Here's Dan baling away, what a hard working young man.... I was so

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My Girls......My Oldest with her little friend Bella... they have this complete connection and it's amazing to see....My new ride since my foot surgery.... I love it because the brake is on the left side and I have complete freedom on it.... if you want to know a secret, I could spend the rest of my life on a riding lawn mower... no cell phones or interuptions.Another amazing photo by daughter #2

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Just the other weekend our dear friends who were stationed in Alaska with us came to visit. Now for most people that's no big deal... but for Military Kiddo's it is a big deal. Because during the formative years they spent a lot of time together. What usually connected us was our faith and the fact that we love to play Combat Uno (a dangerous version of regular Uno) which usually involved

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In a world that always has bad news and rarely if ever has good news.... there's a little piece of heaven that I get the privilege to be part of and that's my farm out in the country. If you were to drive by my place, you probably wouldn't even notice it, but tucked behind the gate and up the driveway... is my world. It's full of fun, adventure and never ending comedy.Here below is one of the top

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This is my oldest and since she was 3 years old she has always been interested in money... I knew we were in for a ride when at age 3 she asked for her allowance like this... "Can I have that in cash?" and as the years went by.... she became a expert at saving money and how to spend wisely. Now there's another side of her that you usually don't see in Savers like her and that is a side that

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I'm just going to call this photo Miss Beautiful because that is just what she is and this photo shows her great easy style of enjoying laughter. She came to me after I arrived at their house for Sunday dinner and she couldn't wait to tell me how her Grandpa had an accident in the garden, which involved low impact falling and him rolling a couple times. I will tease her Grandpa until my last

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This is a hard blog for me to write because it involves our beautiful Rascals who was 11 yrs and 8 days old. He loved the hunting and exploring he was able to do here in Tennessee and for his sake we are happy his last days were spent doing what he loved. But just before he left us the Veterinarian said that he had arthritis and we could tell because he didn't like to be held (unless Daddy was

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A lady from a church we were visiting, asked me if I would join her for lunch at her farm. Not only was she from Louisana but she raved about this quick way to make Gumbo. The results were absolutely amazing and I've served it about 842 times since then. JKNow I've always been a little intimidated with making the Roux for Gumbo, but as you'll see below... you don't saute the Roux, you make it in

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This is Peanut and she's my friend's youngest daughter... I simply love her when it comes to photographing her, she'll do whatever I say. I said.. "Close your eyes and keep them closed Peanut." This was the result, Fantastic lighting and expression. This is Lucky and she lives on fence posts, cars and anything else that lifts her up. She's the most unusual cat because she's more like a squirrel..

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After my foot surgery I was bedridden and my mind had to comprehend how I was going to lay in bed for two months so that my foot heals correctly. I was troubled to say the least and then to top it off, I wondered about human interaction and whether I would have any sense by the time this all passed. As these rumblings jogged around in my head... I received my first visitor. Yes, it is Dutch our

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Today I had my cast removed after 10 days recuperation from surgery and I was all ready to get rid of the bulky, heavy and annoying piece of cotton, gauze and plaster!Right?Wrong.... I'm sad to say. As I sat in the cast changing room I couldn't be happier to be getting a lighter case for my 7 weeks of cast wearing career. But as the dear Doctor started to explain what he did in the surgery...I

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Guess who's so happy that my nephew and niece are coming next month. I gave Kiele and Celeste the news and then quickly snapped this picture. So Elizabeth and William....Get ready to have a best time with our horses and let's see if we can tame them even more. Because I know you two love critters, just like your Daddy.Celeste will be waiting too! Doesn't she look like she jumped out of a fairy

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In case any of you are weather buffs... you've probably seen the massive amounts of rain that are falling in my neck of the woods.And even if you'd don't care one bit about the weather, below are some pictures for you to see anyways...This is the rapids to the left side of my driveway...This is the river to the right of my driveway and I'm so happy that my husband put large stones to protect the

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Hi Everyone! Sorry it's been so long in talking to you, but I had a good reason.... PAIN MEDICATION. That's the reason it's been so quiet at Java Girls World. Oh I started a couple blogs, but then became disturbed at how dark and depressing they seemed and you know me... I like things light and entertaining. So I made the executive decision to hold off blogging until I had a clearer mind and

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Many of you have emailed me and asked a report on the Mustangs we have. Well you'll be happy to hear that Sham and Celeste are eating out of our hands and Kiele is eating out of the bucket while I hold it. This whole experience is more than I can put words too. But each day we move forward and today it was Kiele... he would never come near us unless he had one of the other horses blocking him,

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As I promised... I then had to tell my Husband about what I did by adopting the Mustangs. Now my sweetie isn't like most men, yes he would never go out and do what I did... but he's always trusting God and if I do something crazy, he usually encourages me to be me.So while he's overseas, we Skype (communication over the internet where you can see each other.) It's just like the Jetson's (cartoon)

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So after the arrival of our three furry friends... we loaded them into the barn and I was instructed by the Directors of the adoption center to "Let them stay in the barn tonight, then let them out in the morning." As my daughters and I finished up talking to the couple, they walked away saying "Once you gain their trust, there will be nothing you can't do with them!" And then this horse

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