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Wednesday, October 9, 2019 / 21 Comments

Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town Sucks!!!- Part 2

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<span style="font-size: large;">       </span><span style="font-size: large;"> A week ago our son got hurt at football practice. He was tackled and then 12 kids piled on top of him. They brought him over to sit on the sidelines. You think the pastor or his wife cared? No....they didn't even flinch...nor did the pastor's sister. One mom of the bunch was kind and asked if he was OK. If it had been one of their kids a scene would have been made and declarations of prayers on Groupme would be up. This is what we've dealt w on a weekly basis since sharing anything personal about our lives w these people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another mom we met a few weeks before we left the church asked if her son and B could play video games together. I said yes. I even messaged her to let her know a few weeks later we had decided to leave the church and if they didn't want to stay in touch it was fine. She said they wanted to stay in touch and get the boys together. She even messaged me a few weeks ago to check in. I messaged her back the other day and she unfriended me. Aren't small town church pastors lovely?  So did the pastor's neighbor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During this whole process I lost someone I considered to be a dear friend w whom the pastor's wife enclosed a copy of their private Facebook conversations in their letter to our family. I told the friend we were done. With friends like that...who needs enemies. So this past weekend...my former friend went w our former pastors to hand out a bunch of the stuff my hubby, dad and I donated to the homeless. Then they took pictures of themselves doing it and posted it on Facebook. What do you say to that????? All because I stood up to a woman who couldn't keep her mouth shut after telling her about our young son's past. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This my friend's is why people don't want to go to church. It's not because they don't want God....it's because they don't want judgement and pettiness. They want God. Just to be clear...God is love. Going to church isn't mandatory to get into Heaven.  I'm not even sure what these people are hosting is church. They are independent and don't report to elders and a hierachy...like other denominations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> None of what has happened to our family made any sense until I finally decided to Google to find out a little more about who these people are affiliated with. At no point in time...did the pastor's wife say...hey Valerie let's you and I sit down and talk and work this out. No phone call. They even lied to our son and said they sent him chocolates while he was in the hospital. No....this woman was trashing us and our son in the background and we still can't figure out why. What did he ever do to you or anyone for that matter? I told her when she sent me a message  w a praying hands emoji while our son was sick in the hospital saying she loved him I told her, whatever. Don't say you love people when you don't show up at the hospital when they have been sick for days. I also told her she cares more about shopping and socializing then she did about loving God's hurting people. Michael Kors purses and Chanel belts and tops are way more important to her than coming to pray w a sick child. No this woman is out for blood. She does her dirty work behind the scenes. It's a whole new world w pastor's wives who take duck faced selfies of themselves and their children and post it on Facebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put in a prayer request to KLove radio explaining our situation (first time ever) asking for prayer and guidance and also sharing about all of this going on while my dad was being diagnosed w cancer and son being in and out of the hospital. The pastor was so moved he called me personally. Some of the first words out of his mouth were....I was kicked out of a church too...one I built and started in my home w 12 other people. He shared his heart w me as I sat in my car w tears streaming down my face. That my friends was God. God shows up when you need him the most. Never forget that. See Special needs kids are God's special gifts. He gives them to us and the world I really believe to teach us compassion and simplicity and how to love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I remember at one of our Mom's of Men Bible studies in the park the pastor's wife saying....church people are the worst. Guess she knew that about herself in advance. If Tammy Faye Baker and Elmer Fudd had a baby it would be this woman. Not only is she ugly inside...she's ugly outside. Fake is the term I would use to describe her and that's what the people who also have had difficult encounters with her have said to me too. It's like being stuck in an episode of Mean Girls. Do you all remember the movie? I hated it then and I hate it now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The now former church people ( all 10 of them ) keep unfriending me on Facebook. The biggest gossip of them all is the Pastor's wife's sister-in-law. Ouch....that woman has yet to realize that loose lips sink ships. 2 people have told me what she has said about us. I didn't realize she knew us based on maybe 4 conversations I've had with her. Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who knew when we showed up at this church it would turn out to be a "cult." I understand why now people are afraid of church and to be honest about their families. It's why the internet if full of chat rooms and sites like Quora and Askville and Reddit.  This is the formal definition of the word cult </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 28px;">cult</span><br />
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a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.</div>
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church<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/church--1_us_2.mp3" data-df="a building used for public Christian worship." data-ex="they came <b>to church</b> with me" data-hw="church" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+church&forcedict=church&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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faith<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/faith--_us_1.mp3" data-df="complete trust or confidence in someone or something." data-ex="this restores one's faith in politicians" data-hw="faith" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+faith&forcedict=faith&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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faith community</div>
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belief<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/belief--_us_1.mp3" data-df="an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists." data-ex="his <b>belief in</b> the value of hard work" data-hw="belief" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+belief&forcedict=belief&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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persuasion<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/persuasion--_us_1.mp3" data-df="a group or sect holding a particular religious belief." data-ex="the village had two chapels for those of the Methodist persuasion" data-hw="persuasion" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+persuasion&forcedict=persuasion&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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affiliation<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/affiliation--_us_1.mp3" data-df="the state or process of affiliating or being affiliated." data-ex="his political affiliations" data-hw="affiliation" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+affiliation&forcedict=affiliation&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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movement<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/movement--_us_1.mp3" data-df="an act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed." data-ex="a slight movement of the upper body" data-hw="movement" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+movement&forcedict=movement&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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group<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/group--_us_1.mp3" data-df="a number of people or things that are located close together or are considered or classed together." data-ex="these bodies fall into four distinct groups" data-hw="group" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+group&forcedict=group&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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body<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/body--_us_1.mp3" data-df="the physical structure of a person or an animal, including the bones, flesh, and organs." data-ex="it's important to keep your body in good condition" data-hw="body" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+body&forcedict=body&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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faction<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/faction--_us_1.mp3" data-df="a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics." data-ex="the left-wing faction of the party" data-hw="faction" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+faction&forcedict=faction&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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clique<br />
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<div data-au="//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20180430/clique--_us_1_rr.mp3" data-df="a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them." data-ex="the old-school clique" data-hw="clique" data-lb="" data-tae="false" data-te="false" data-tl="en-US" data-url="/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNTZ3pjOrGke8il9p4RBae6pAhLgQg:1570631197507&q=define+clique&forcedict=clique&dictcorpus=en-US" jsname="sUPGue">
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a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.</div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">Seems to fit our situation. Our son's counselor read over our messages, the letter and all the exchanges we had with these people. She even said, they have no idea how much they've hurt you or B and that you were reacting because you were hurt. She also said they aren't the type that care. She's a spirit filled Christian and even her 81 year old lifelong church going mom, who never comments on anything, said these people are clueless and wrong. They are in error. A simple situation that could be fixed with a conversation and a visit to the hospital has turned into this. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;"> There are a few things I know for sure that are fact when you are raising a child with special needs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">2. People will abandon you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">3. People don't want to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">6. People will tell you you're their hero and then talk about you behind your back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">7. School will be a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">8. Social activities and social skills will be a problem.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">9. You will have to change churches often to not exhaust the people.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">14. People will tell you and everyone else what they think your child is capable or Not capable of.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">16. It's expensive. It will drain your pocketbook.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">Is it fair...NO. These children didn't ask to be born this way or for bad things to happen to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">I always find it interesting so many people are Anti-Abortion but don't want to be the one's to deal with the difficult children now or into adulthood. They don't want to provide the resources necessary to survive.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-size: large;">I love good days. Where fits are minimal, there are lots of smiles, we don't have to deal with lots of people's opinions and things seem normal. Those my friends are days to be treasured.</span></div>
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Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town Sucks!!!- Part 2

A week ago our son got hurt at football practice. He was tackled and then 12 kids piled on top of him. They brought him ov...

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 / 37 Comments

Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town -----SUCKS!!! Part 1

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A few weeks ago I went to stay a few days at my dad's while he was undergoing a cancer procedure...there was only a day in between his procedure and my son being hospitalized for 4 days.<br />
My hubby called and said, " you are going to be so pi----- off." I said, "why?" He said, " because they're kicking you out." What I said. Out? "Out of the church." He said. Now I don't think I've ever been kicked out of anywhere much less a church but that's where this story get's interesting. ***( Note...the church is a church plant and has maybe 10 adults besides the pastor's family. Not alot of people and is non-denomintaional so they don't report to an organization.)***<br />
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See I know this is a Home and Garden Blog but dealing with family is part of dealing with our homes. As much fun as it is to decorate...you can't always get to that when you get buried under massive amounts of everyday crud when you are dealing with a special needs child.<br />
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We thought this time...we had found the right place. It was small, they believed in healing, they had activities, outreaches, the music was good, they were nice and lots of little boys my son's age.<br />
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They even had a " Mom's of Men" Bible study in the park and it was nice to get to know people all around town that also were homeschooling because of a variety of needs. This time I thought we were lucky. My hubby enjoyed the pastor and the men's group they were doing....I loved the pastor's wife...she wasn't but a few years younger than me....and they had 3 little boys perfect in age to play with our son.<br />
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Get this... they all went to a co-op, had a party at their house, visited with a fairly good size network of other homeschool parents who also had lots of kids our son's age. SCORE!!! This time it was going to work out. The small town hell of having nothing to do and no services available for our little man was finally coming to an end. Doors were opening.<br />
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After a few Fri. lunch dates in the park, with a group of women and a pastor's wife who had all of these brilliant ideas ... I finally opened up about our little man's past. I spilled my heart to her....slowly...week after week...bit by bit....all about the trauma he suffered before he ever made it to us. Her sweet boys were so exhausted and begging to go home but she stayed and she listened and she encouraged me that things would look up for our little guy.<br />
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She started messaging with me on Facebook, called to check in when things were rough and even went to see him on his 2nd hospitalization with her husband. I felt like our little boy was finally going to have a NORMAL future....<i><b>whatever that is...</b></i> <b>Right.</b><br />
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We were even extended an invite to join the co-op, sent the links to join and enroll and they even accepted another local friend of mine and her little girl who too has special need of her own.<br />
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This time it was different. We had a <b>whole new future.</b><br />
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Fast forward ...... 3 months later and it all came crashing down...with no real warning. It all fell apart and here it is Fall and our world has been turned upside down.<br />
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Gossiping women, judgemental moms, loony pastors, a superficial preacher wife, a youth football team that isn't playing our son and even a scandal that made the national news. We are sitting here saying what the heck....did we just go through. We didn't know these people at all.<br />
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So see I will tell you more in a few days but right now....I'm still trying to wrap my head around the enormity of it all. Despite the Hallmark movies we've all come to love.... most small towns are far from Mayberry U.S.A. Raising a family in a place where people love to gossip and churches are more like country clubs....scandals are always looming around the corner.<br />
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So for a few more days I'm going to sit and think about how to tell you what all happened in our home and family during the Summer of 2019.<br />
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Raising A Special Needs Kid in a Small Town -----SUCKS!!! Part 1

A few weeks ago I went to stay a few days at my dad's while he was undergoing a can...

Home farm life , gardening , goats

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 / 19 Comments

What's Happening Around the Farm --- February

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<span style="font-size: large;">Knock...knock. Anybody still out there? I know I swore to you in June I'd be around more ...... but the darn internet companies have been determined to see to it that service gets worse in our area versus any better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've missed you...all of you....alot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have so much to tell you and so much exciting news and sad news that has happened at the farm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Besides the obvious...we have Spring Fever....like much of America ... the never ending 4 seasons in a week is in full play right now in the good ole Sooner State.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's get the bad news out of the way first shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">7 of our goats died in a fire. Yes, 7. It was horrible. Came home and it was over. Nobody saw a thing. Burying 7 goats....all our girls and the babies and everyone ever born on the farm was horrible. It's taken awhile to process but that's that. Farm life can be hard. It was hard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My hunky hubby...Mr.Wade celebrated another birthday. Yippee. That was a blessing considering he had a stroke 3 years ago this past Jan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He still has the beard and it makes him look 10 years older than he is and he's already 11 years older than me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The best news of it all... We are opening our very own farm store...right here on our farm. I've wanted to do this for a long time. A very long time. Like...since before we moved to the farm. Now the opportunity has presented itself and here it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Valentine's Day was sweet this year. The hubby bought me flowers, balloons and chocolate. I know... I know ....we live on a flower farm and he has to buy the stuff. In all fairness though....it's Winter...nada thing is in bloom...yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally my dad's little "Short Stuff" crossed the rainbow bridge after years and years of living with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of you may remember we lost my stepmom a year ago August and Short Stuff was her sidekick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We promised we'd all be super good to him and see him through to the end. It was hard. But he's by her side again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I get sad I just remember that and it helps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even with all the heartbreak this month...there is so much to look forward to. A real live dream coming true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will still go to some other locations to sell our goods but you can actually pull up in our driveway and buy stuff that was made and grown here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For us....it's super cool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to share with you all the exciting plants and flowers, food and homemade stuff we do here at the farm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The decorating, the crafts and all the fun that makes cottage living on a farm our little dream come true.</span></div>
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What's Happening Around the Farm --- February

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Sunday, June 17, 2018 / 27 Comments

What's Happening Around the Farm

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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello friends, Thank you for all the lovely comments and the warm welcome back. <b>It's much appreciated</b>. I have to tell you the farm season is in <b>full swing</b> and I think this year will be the busiest and most challenging season but I'm ready to knock it out of the park.  </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have so many home improvement and yard projects going on I can't even tell you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's makeover central here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <b>deck decor</b> is taking shape and I'm loving it. I would love to add pillows and outdoor carpets for<span style="color: lime;"> color</span> but I have to be practical people,, <b>we live on a farm</b>. The outdoor cats or the goats would eat them the first night I have them out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Farm problems * heavy sigh*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm</span> <span style="font-size: large;">becoming the queen of dividing and propagating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> That's right lots of how- to articles coming up on how to multiply that stuff so it <b>saves you money and beautifies your yard.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Think <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">colorful plants </span><b><span style="background-color: white;">e</span>verywhere.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The goaties have been <b>naughtier than ever</b>. The lil turkeys refuse to stay in their pens. They keep hanging out at our neighbors who haven't mown their fence<i> like in forever </i>so the goats think it's a lot more fun over there. Waaaayyyyyy more to chow down on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was late to a birthday party last night and was late to church a few Sundays ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me tell you how fun it is telling your preacher I was late because I was chasing my goats. <b>Really</b>. <b>I was</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to tell them a few months ago my dog ate my work. My dog really did eat my paperwork.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">                        <i>They just roll their eyes at me and smile.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now if you've been around here much before you know my dad is like the <b><i>King of Moonflowers</i></b> and they are<b> FINALLY</b> starting to spread all over the farm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you don't have any. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BBQ season is in full swing. Just had our 2nd one we hosted here at the farm today and have already attended one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See these funky leaves below? As soon as they are finished blooming these <b>over the top tropical flowers....</b> I'm finally going to divide them. They are a special variety of lily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A sweet friend gave me a bulb a few years ago. Her son grew them in his high-school Ag class. Sadly, he passed away and gardening was a refuge for her to get through his death. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was kind enough to share one with me to celebrate our friendship and I will treasure them always.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now if you'll please excuse me I have to get back outside. We are getting a new pool soon and where we are putting it has been abandoned for like a year and I need to fix it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Father's Day weekend to those of you who celebrate it.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got to spend time with my favorite fellas, my daddy, my hubby and my son.</span></div>
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What's Happening Around the Farm

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8 Easy Spring Plants You Can Grow Almost Anywhere

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<span style="font-size: large;">It's <span style="color: red;"><b>hot</b></span>!. I mean <span style="color: red;">H....O....T</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Slap yo momma (It's the name of a seasoning that's great on bbq. I promise.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Get flipped off by the other drivers...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Get stuck at a red light  with 2 half dressed girls singing, "It's Getting Hot in Here So Take off All Your Clothes," at the top of their lungs... <span style="color: red;">hot</span>.<b><u> ( It happens to me every year, I'm not kidding)</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yep, that's how we know flower season has arrived in Oklahoma.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It also means I enjoy staying home and enjoying the flowers all over the farm while the rest of the world loses it and walks around half-dressed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So let's talk about drought tolerant flowers that you will totally enjoy year after year that won't break the bank and will make you smile....in your own little flower paradise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above we have the <span style="color: #e06666;">Knock-Out Rose Bush</span> - It grows large and is fairly low maintenance, unless of course you are me and your goats keep eating them.😜 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now yes it's a bush but it's a flowering bush so it counts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, we have the Canna. It's beautiful, luscious- comes in multiple colors, blooms and multiplies.   </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we have a real<i style="background-color: lime;"><b> exotic</b></i>, color popping flower - the <span style="color: lime;"><i>Asiatic Lily</i></span>. It's a showpiece. Sip a margarita and just sit and enjoy her blooms. They really are that beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><i>Moss Roses</i></span> <span style="background-color: white;">are just colorful and fun an</span><span style="background-color: white;">d</span> if you are in Zone 7 or above they will come back year after year. I love that they spread and provide constant <span style="color: cyan;">color.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Sedum groundcover is never a bad investment. A lady put this out on the side of the road and I picked it up like 4 years ago and have done nothing but water it a few times a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Per</span><span style="font-size: large;">haps one of my favorites is<span style="color: purple;"> Salvia</span>. This is a great flower because it's pretty and for those of us who have a hard time with <i><span style="color: purple;">Lavender</span></i>, this smells so good and looks pretty. It grows and comes back year after year in my pots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I get so many compliments on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one above I just planted and in a few weeks it will fill the pot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="color: orange;">Tiger Lily</span> is an excellent investment and if you can get a few bulbs from a friend or neighbor's garden, you will be set in a few years, if you keep dividing them. They are striking, colorful and hardy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last but not least, the flowering <i><span style="color: yellow;">Forsythia bush</span></i>. The <span style="color: yellow;">yellow</span> let's you know Spring is here. I keep trying to add to my collection every year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nothings SCREAMS Spring like the color yellow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>These have already bloomed, sorry. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My favorite season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, it's a bush but it has blooms and it signals the start of Spring so I included it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now if you have questions or ideas let me know. I'd love to hear what your favorite Spring flowers are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought a fairly decent amount of plants on clearance for  whopping $28 that I need to get in the ground and am praying for more rain.</span></div>
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