runewheel
Of course we bought a farmhouse in Maine. . .in Round Pond. The house sat back from a curving road with hardly any traffic ... us the Russell house was still standing. We drove by the house and plans to visit the cemetery ... . It was (for me) a dream come true. We named the farmhouse Runewheel.I sold my loft, L kept [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 17:08:00
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Presevationists Rally Around Historic Farmhouse
It's not often that a historic preservation battle focuses on and old farmhouse ... plans to move the 139-year-old Mumford House, which was named for the school's original Dean of Agriculture. The house reportedly stands in the way of new landscaped plaza and bell tower.This "Model [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:47:00
Release Day!
A good friend of mine has her first book out with BookStrand Publishing ( A division of Siren Publishing) ... business and plans to tear down the old house. Katie wants the house to remain and is willing to fight for it. The people of Treehaven believe the old farmhouse is haunted. Katie [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 13:05:00
Info About Wind Generator Plans
With the world’s ever-increasing demand of power being more than its supply, it is about time that we take concrete steps to save power ... work best when the following conditions are met: * You have a house or farmhouse spread over a big ... basis, a wind power system offers the best solution. * Your house needs a lot of uninterrupted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 10:32:20
Learn About Wind Generator Plans
With the world's ever-increasing demand of power being more than its supply, it is about time that we take concrete steps to save power ... work best when the following conditions are met: * You have a house or farmhouse spread over a big ... on a regular basis, a wind power system offers the best solution. * Your house needs a lot of uninterrupted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 11:10:22
A midwestern connected farmhouse?
With the terrible winter weather we have in Illinois, I keep wondering why the connected farmhouse was a New England phenomenon ... is one example of a connected farm, and here is another.There is a big open area between our house ... plans because they might be disappointed down the line when they can't accomplish those goals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 12:37:00
Last Day at Tiffany’s
Last Day at Tiffany’s Dec 9th, 2008 by Alicia Today is our last day here in Nebraska. We have had such a fun time! ... open house at a beautiful restored farmhouse filled with Christmas cheer and fabulous food (except ... and a well behaved car! ;) Wish us luck! Posted in Field trips & tours, plans for the day, personal [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 17:35:12
Best Thanksgiving getaways
Okay, so the idea of firing up the car and heading to grandma’s house to spend Thanksgiving with a lot of boring relatives you don’t care much for ... if you can still make alternative plans: Blackberry Farmhouse, Great Smoky Mountains, Tenn. Four [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 14:04:14
Protecting Future Generations By Protecting Air, Water & Wildlife
CHERRY VALLEY AND KITTATINNY RIDGE It is easy to forget in these troubled times that government can help good people do good things ... to my horror that other houses, including a magnificent late-18th century farmhouse surrounded ... , and through a coalition of environmentalists and sportsmen, Du Pont's plans not only were thwarted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 11:45:00
A Thanksgiving wedding
{MS image}As we're getting ready for the holidays and making our plans for Thanksgiving, ... , the bride's parents own a charming colonial-style farmhouse (in Massachusetts, of course!) with an old ... house; Pottery Barn dining room; cranberry wreath; Row 2: MS pumpkin dip; Caramel pumpkin pie; turkey [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 04:52:00
What are your New Year Plans?
My friend has a farm house in the foothills of the moutains surrounding Pune. We (friends and families) are going to his farmhouse in the evening, eat, drink and dance and then sleep over. We intend to return back in the morning. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 11:49:58
Beat
Cincinnati wasn't very kind to me. Sure, I had a great Christmas with my mom's side of the family, ... before, I made plans to ride over to Allison's parents' house in order to celebrate Christmas ... up on the return and the descent back to the farmhouse was walked. I did go into the run [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 01:20:00
A Change of Plans
I posted several weeks ago about our dream to build our house on the river...the shovels were ready to go ( ... change in plans by now)...and so...WE BOUGHT IT...this incredible almost 100-year-old farmhouse ... for that special one-of-a-kind farmhouse sink)...well...in the middle of the hunt for things with a history [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 06:49:00
Amy Winehouse is buying a country house for her and Blake
Amy Winehouse is planning on splashing out a whopping $1.5 million on a secret country home where she can get her act together. Word is that she plans ... from signing the papers for the 150 year-old farmhouse. It has seven bedrooms, three sitting rooms [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 16:34:34
'Red Paperclip' Guy Is Ready to Trade His House
It's only been a couple years since Kyle MacDonald first made headlines bartering his way from a red paper clip to a house, ... and author announced Tuesday that he's accepting offers for his two-story, full-furnished farmhouse ... trading again, we were stagnant on that front," he said. MacDonald plans to accept offers until July 11 [more...]
Date: 2008-06-17 15:50:44
Bollywood stars and their New Year plans!
#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s almost time for ‘Happy New Year’ and the stars are preparing for a chillout time ... at her newly done-up house. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, with daughter Nysa, will usher in 2009 at their Karjat farmhouse. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 03:22:00
Bollywood stars and their New Year plans!
#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s almost time for ‘Happy New Year’ and the stars are preparing for a chillout time ... at her newly done-up house. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, with daughter Nysa, will usher in 2009 at their Karjat farmhouse. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 04:22:00
Bollywood stars and their New Year plans!
#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s almost time for ‘Happy New Year’ and the stars are preparing for a chillout time ... at her newly done-up house. Kajol and Ajay Devgan, with daughter Nysa, will usher in 2009 at their Karjat farmhouse. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 04:20:00
Plans?
I had all kinds of plans for today.It turned out that life just got in the way ... at the appointed time. Thanks be to God!But the house was frigid and all the things you take ... up as country kids Dale and I were surprised as all get-out that this old farmhouse was equipped [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 07:05:00
Thank God He didn't give me what I wanted
On my run today, I remembered a house I still pine for.We lived in rural East Texas where my husband had been recruited to work in a hospital there ... . And then one day our real estate agent told us he'd found it.Oh how he did!On three acres, the old farmhouse ... was painted white. When we walked inside I almost started crying. The contractor had gutted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 14:26:00
30 Rock 3.04 - Gavin Volure
Welcome back to our 30 Rock recaps after a *totally planned* one-week absence. Yes. Of course I always meant to post this the week the next new episode aired. Completely. Anyway… We open as Jack urges Liz to loosen up as they walk into a schmancy dinner party, but she’s 1.) Connecticut, 2.) No food yet, 3.) “Away” toilet situation, so no dice [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 00:19:34
persimmon muffins anyone?
wow..so i finally understand the expression, "the best laid plans"....i had every intention of blogging frequently throughout the holiday season.. ... ..but..c'mon...in southern cal everyone comes to a family member's house for a meal..and then goes home..here, they are at my house for breakfast, lunch and dinner...so i have been planning, prepping [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 03:43:00
The Albino Banshee
I'm going to tell you a scary story. It happens to be true, which makes it even scarier. In the early 60's, when I was in 8th grade at St. Theresa's, we lived in a 300 year-old, stone farmhouse in Hellertown. Its three foot thick walls kept the house cool in summer and warm in winter . . . except on the third floor. That's where [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 04:05:00
OH NO IT DIDN'T AND OH YES I DID
TAP TAP TAP - anyone out there. I know it's been awhile since I've posted and read any blogs. I hope you haven't forgotten about me :) ... at. I was going to stay with her and help but I just can't afford to be gone for 2 weeks with the house ... this morning. So while I was gone Mr. Farmhouse called on Sunday morning to tell [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 18:33:30
Please do not feed the (political) animals….
Let’s turn our memories back a notch, back to the days when Bobby Sturgell had been freshly nominated to the job of FAA Administrator ... s lacrosse practices and games after work. He and his wife, Lynn, work to keep up their old farmhouse ... his plans to coach 6-year-old Ben’s team. His schedule as acting chief of the Federal Aviation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 08:17:36
Bits of our Week
Wes arrived home safe and sound last night. I'm always glad when he gets home safely and we can get back to life as usual ... the sink to wash her hair when he went to their house to visit for a bit on Saturday. I think ... farmhouse in which Granddaddy was born 90 years ago. So I want to show you some pictures of them [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 19:12:00
The Old Homestead...But With An Hour And A Half Wait
My parents are fascinated by Brooklyn. As much as they enjoy my little forced marches/tours through the sights of Manhattan, ... of DUMBO, Vinegar Hill House, I figured it was a must for this season's Kirschbaum Tour de Brooklyn ... , immediately made plans with the family to trek out to the wild yonder this past Sunday night.After [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 13:00:00
That lovely Renault 4...
A little piece we wrote for the Guild of Food Writers magazine, marking (almost!) twenty years of writing about Irish food.. ... publishing house had promised to publish the finished result, so that was that.All that stood in the way ... , and explained our plans to tour the country in this elegant vehicle in order to write our book, we asked [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 10:20:00
Buried secrets
By Grist This article, written by reporter Abrahm Lustgarten, was published by ProPublica.org. A version of it also ran on BusinessWeek's website. In July, a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rural Sublette County, Wyo., and pulled up a load of brown oily water with a foul smell [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 00:53:01
Help me find the perfect house
{from Martha Stewart}So I'm working on creating a post/board for a holiday-at-home wedding, similar to this Thanksgiving post, only for a snowy, ... up by one of the many fireplaces. It could be an old farmhouse, a suburban retreat, a city dwelling ... your submissions and I may check back in for help with another aspect of the holiday-at-home wedding pla [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 17:53:00
Energy teams see different shades of green
Facing soaring gasoline prices and the prospect of sky-high heating bills this winter, presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain have assembled teams of top-notch energy advisers to formulate some solutions. Two of Obama’s leading energy advisers — Jason Grumet and Heather Zichal — developed strong connections with the environment when [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 08:58:11
The Post In Which I Curse Dial-Up Internet and Technology In General (Don't Strike Me Down Now, Please)
Did you ever feel like that?Like everything around you is upside down, inside out, and topsy turvy to boot?Did you ever wonder why we say "to boot"? ... and played with piles of cousins near and far. We were snowed in at our little farmhouse for days ... plans to breathe or anything for a 24-hour window of time so as to ensure that the person shows [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 02:24:00
Amy Winehouse to buy country retreat… to live with Blake
Photobucket Image Hosting Amy Winehouse’s dad has admitted that his daughter plans to live in a country estate with her now-incarcerated husband, ... s about two and a half months away. Plans are underway to purchase the home for Amy, a $1.3 million 150 year-old farmhouse on three acres in quiet Suffolk, about an hour and a half train ride outside [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 11:06:48
Luther Shield’s Story
December 30, 2008 in Luther Shields | by Dennis Hill Prior to being drafted, I attended Garrett Ridge High School in the Cortez area of Colorado during my freshman and sophomore years. My mom and dad had no money to pay tuition for me to finish high school, so I went to Kuna, Idaho where I lived with my granddad and grandma Walker [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:17:51
Five Book Reviews
The Little Gentlemanby Philippa PearceRecommended Age: 10+Bet lives with her grandparents the Allums, and often accompanies her grandmother when Mrs. Allum cleans house for the eccentric Mr. Franklin. One day, after Mr. Franklin breaks his leg in a fall, he asks Bet to do him a strange favor. She is to go out to a tree stump in the garden [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 00:12:00
Two Illinois Levees Break, Force Evacuations
GULFPORT, Ill. — Floodwaters breached two levees in western Illinois on Wednesday and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after ... -old Russell, who had lived in the white farmhouse for 57 years. Later in the week, the Mississippi ... plans and begin sandbagging. In Clarksville _ a historic artists' town of 500 between St. Louis [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 13:54:40
Happy Birthday to Me!
December 30, 2008 in St. Thomas | Tags: Alamo Bowl, Birthday, Bumpas, Missouri Tigers, Northwestern Wildcats, Old Stone Farmhouse So I thought this card was so appropriate since my birthday falls between ... that we were leaving the house at 8:30 a.m. to go to Bumpas, a really great breakfast place on the island [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 12:42:44
Matthew Rothschild is really, really sick
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Princess Brat Speaks" went up Sunday morning.Now moving on to Matthew Rothschild who obviously had a mother who over-fed his giant ego and conditioned him to hate women as a result. Below is a section of his "Bush Winks at Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza, While Obama and Clinton Are Silent" [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:00:00
the night we burned christmas
Before I dive into this story, I want to say that all is well. People have expressed concern over those past two posts. I apologize if I sounded grave or despondent. I was just reeling from the past few days. There was a death in my family, and a lot of lay offs happened at work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 23:09:00
Simple Woman’s daybook
For Today...Outside my window a gray November day. The leaves have now fallen from the maple tree outside our south window in the living room, ... am thankful for...living in this old farmhouse where we have gravity forced heat which means ... and a nice warm shower.A few plans for the remainder of the week…making a couple more pairs [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 14:10:00
East Coast Coast Destinations
New England Coast Destinations – Vacation with Friends School break is coming up and you and your friends are eager to travel to New England ... by these places. Yale University You may have no plans of switching colleges or universities ... satisfactory bed and breakfasts to solve your dilemma. 1886 House, Massachusetts You’re going to share [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 17:21:47
Build your dream home
I am planning to buy a new house and only then I realized how tough a job it is as it involves a lot of careful planning ... from. I have always craved for having Contemporary house plans. I bumped into houseplansandmore.com website where I found almost all types of house plans like Bungalow House plans, English Cottage plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:50:45
Weekend News Digest
Weekend News Digest is an Open Thread 49 Stories. Now with U.S. News. From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes By JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer 26 mins ago Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 04:48:28
My Sister Dilly by Maureen Lang
Posted by bookroomreviews on October 6, 2008 It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 02:30:54
My Simple Living Story Revisited
This is a post I made on my old blog here. It is linked into Rhonda Jean's blog in her sidebar under Readers Stories, ... into saving came in 2003. We were living in a rented farmhouse near Melbourne in the bush. We also ... him to get a contract. So on the contract at the farmhouse, he was told it wouldn't be renewed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 13:01:00
Homepages, the Book
Thanks to a tip from Primal Sneeze, I recently found out about Homepages: Stories from the Irish Blogosphere ... on election-related materials. So I decided instead to rework two of my blog posts about our little house ... . For me, it's a weird anticlimax. I've waited seven weeks for the closing on our house. I should [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 05:58:00
New contest! 4 copies of A Little Bit of Faith by Cindy Kenney for Precious Girls Club AND 10 free trial access codes! Open internationally, this contest closes October 12, 2008. Don’t forget to enter! Don’t forget to enter our contest, 5 blessed winners will receive an autographed copy of Craig Houghton’s Family UNplanning [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 06:41:39
Farmhouse part 4
It was Jatin s birthday. He along with his friends Sanjay ,Chetan, Janvi, Saakshi were at Sanjay s farm house to celebrate his birthday. “Chootu ... in front of his girlfriend?” said JanviChetan could not stop blushing. The farm house was about 100km ... that they would spend a couple of days each year at this farm house. The location was very good [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 19:45:00
Whitefish to Chicago by Amtrak
Miles travelled on trip so far: 10,186. Planes: 3. Trains: 11. Buses: 14. Taxis: 7. Car trips: 6 ... (grim), or the odd Swedish-style farmhouse (an indication of the ancestry). Which ... to very quickly check email and tweet. It’s here that it felt like real ranch country and I noticed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 21:53:57
My Sheddie : Ian from the Cheese shed
This weeks My sheddie is Ian from the Cheeseshed, a friend of readersheds and of course official cheesemonger to National Shed Week ... windows has been replaced by a beautiful traditional farmhouse window (left over from another project ... -to-earth, as well as reminding me that corrugated iron is the thing to aspire to. Future Shed plans [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 11:17:46
