The Rabb's Farm Life Adventures

Many have asked for an update on the house renovations so here you go.   As you may remember the washer and dryer were in the kitchen when we moved in.  Well, they are no longer located in the kitchen.  As a matter of fact, nothing is in the kitchen, not even walls.  The kitchen is gutted and the laundry is basically complete.  By complete, I mean, the room has walls, a closet and we are doing laundry in there.  It is a fantastic space and I have even been able to set up my sewing machine in there and have been busy working on sewing projects.   Kitchen cabinets above the washer and dryer were removed.  We hope to reuse them in the laundry room or in the shed.  This is the last time you will be able to see through the laundry room into the living room, these two rooms will have a new purpose now. My carpenters! The windows were appropriate for a dining room but really too big for a laundry room.  The guys worked really hard to figure out the best way to make th

Do you know what  a cattle guard is?  I take for granted that everyone knows what they are, but I imagine if you didn't grow up on or around a farm you may have no idea.  When I was a little girl, they were sort of my enemy.  You see, a cattle guard is designed so that a cow won't cross over into a different area.  As a little girl I was always afraid I would get my foot caught.  That was back when I had small feet, that is no longer a problem.  We have one at the entrance to the property and another at the entrance to our fenced in yard.  We have a small fenced in area where the house is.  That area is protected from, well, you know, the stuff cows leave behind.  It is the one place I know I don't have to watch for it.  Although, driving down the road is a completely different story.  Please don't think I mind, I love driving down that road.  I usually have the John Denver song stuck in my head.  Ok, everyone sing along...Country Road...take me home....to the place....

I've been remiss in posting to my blog lately.  It isn't because I don't have a lot of information to share, but we have been really busy.  We are right in the middle of birthday season for starters. Birthday season begins in June and carries all the way until the end of November.  We start in June with Chris.  He turned 26 this year and he and Jenny are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Amelia Jane, who should make her grand appearance around the 14th of February.  We are really enjoying being closer to them.  They moved into a house of their own in Sulphur in August and they are working to settle in and make it a home before their first child is born. July brings the birthdays of both of our daughters.  Lisa is of course the oldest of our children and the mother of our first grandchild, Logan.  Lisa had told us for years she wasn't having children, I am so glad she changed her mind.  I love being a Nana!  Stephanie's turned 18 this year on her birthday.  She s