sandhillsis on May 9th, 2010

I don’t want for anything. Well, peace and quiet would be nice somedays or a faster internet service, but generally I lack nothing. So when Ben and I were shopping for ceiling fans I was surprised when he wanted to get me this.
 
In fact, I was hiding in the shoe aisle when he went to [...]

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sandhillsis on April 8th, 2010

Ben and I are celebrating our 15 year anniversary today. Kind of. In reality? I need to finish planting our garden, put clean clothes away and whoop a clean on this dirty farm house. After school the kids will have homework and maybe ball practice. Ben has to work late, then has a bluegrass gig. Our plans for [...]

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sandhillsis on November 14th, 2009

 
SINthia, my evil twin, and I have a birthday coming up here real soon. Ben, in typical Ben fashion, has surprised me. Well kinda. As much as you can surprise someone you’ve lived with for almost fifteen years. Last year, we were making like bums on one of his days off and went into a flea market to see what we [...]

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sandhillsis on April 8th, 2009

Fifteen years ago, I went from a daughter of a working cowboy in Nebraska, to a nanny living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.. Every Tuesday night without fail, my friend, Jules and I would go to small local bar, for ladies night. Well, for one drink anyway, the first one was free.
While we were planning the rest [...]

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