On our way to my cousins wedding, we stopped at an underground salt mine in Kansas. I had read about it on OMSH blog when they took a road trip, and added it to our list of “must do’s.” You have to wear a hard hat and take a small breathing apparatus should you get […]
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Little House on the Prairie
The only vacation we took this summer was a short trip up to Kansas for my cousin’s wedding. We left early Thursday morning (like 4am) and drove all day. I say we…but really Wade drove so I could work. Our plan was to stop in Independence, Kansas and then head over to Wichita. They are […]
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I went out to the front one evening to look at the clouds as a storm as blowing in. As I was walking back up the path to front door, I could hear this weird crunching noise, like something chewing. I walked over to one of our two trees in the yard and noticed that […]
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Yes, these are the best pickles EVER! Not because we made them, but because the recipe is the best one I have ever tried. And of course the best pickles come from home-grown cucumbers. For the first time in my garden, I was able to grow perfect cucumbers! I planted them by the trellis thinking […]
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About 2 years ago we decided to do away with AT&T Uverse (and just kept the internet). We replaced our land line with Vonage, which is VoIP. Having a newer house, all of the phone lines are actually cat 5 cabling. (Funny thing when we moved in…I complained that we did not have any traditional […]
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