sandhillsis on September 6th, 2009

It’s funny. I thought we were done. I’ve told you before about our conversation before we were married about children and staying home with them, here. I said ”If we have one, we’ll have two. After that, it’s negotiable.”
Only Ben forgot to negotiate.
Well, kinda.
He had been talking about the need to add to our herd off and on [...]

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sandhillsis on August 6th, 2009

 
 Whew!
I just got back from twisting off and going MIA.
Ben’s parents took the boys for a week while his band played a bluegrass festival and three fairs. It was fun to be on the road, touring. Touring? Touring! I think that’s the right word. Somehow when I think of touring…I don’t think of driving our old Tahoe and pulling a trailer held together [...]

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sandhillsis on May 4th, 2009

What do you get when you cross 20 tons of sand, a few people who refuse to grow up, and an Americana music festival?
Sandy Feat!

Meet Ed and Alan, for fun they travel around the country building stuff out of sand.

It’s safe to say these two gems play nice in the sand box.
Their music festival started with [...]

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sandhillsis on May 1st, 2009

Some people chase their dreams. Some their tail.
Ben chases smoke. Not just any smoke, mind you, when your grass is BLUE…the smoke you chase can’t be inhaled. However, it’s fair to say it’s as addicting as other smoke. This banjo player chases the ‘prewar sound’ type smoke. For all you non-banjo players, that would be [...]

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