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

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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

Monday Monday!

The beginning of the week sees me almost back to normal after a weekend spent knee high in stash, paint and mess! ... maybe bright and funky but as we live in a really old, old farmhouse kinda cottage, Hubs wasn't so keen ... that belonged to the guys Great Grandma. I now have plans to strip it down, repaint and recover [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 15:22:00

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

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

I swore off the Hannah Swensen mystery series by Joanne Fluke after the third installment, Blueberry Muffin Murder ... Scharf. It’s an old farmhouse that belonged to Rhonda’s now deceased aunt, and Norman plans to tear ... to remove some antiques that Delores plans to sell at her store. While checking out the basement [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 10:41:26

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

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

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

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

A sense of wonder

December 11, 2008 at 2:43 pm | In Christmas, Holidays, Life, Thanksgiving, art, baby, blogging, cats, country life, faith, family, ... running around inside our old farmhouse walls and rafters. These cats are hunters and survivers, barn ... in that extraordinary magic light that children and childhood bring to Christmas. What plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 14:43:43

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

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

Reader Design Dilemma-Farmhouse kitchen

It's time for another reader design dilemma! This one comes from Catherine in Los Angeles, CA. She recently moved into an old 1892 farmhouse, and wants to update her kitchen."I am always drawn ... with the counter-tops (we don't have a detail shot)Here are some items Catherine plans to switch [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 14:00:00

In Which We are Moved Elsewhere

December 12, 2008 — Anna For all those who have followed our saga in Ohio: Our plans have changed. The new point of interest is Virginia ... again. I like having the comfort knowing an old farmhouse tucked away in the hills is inviting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 16:30:55

The Old Shed

Or, “Not the Lodge Project“ A couple of years ago, ... to repaint. They like to do things themselves which is all very well, but for a huge Victorian farmhouse ... a suitable cottage for me. Two years of rejected plans, bat surveys, and a displaced family of hedgehogs [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 16:25:39

Paul Newman Dies

Paul Newman Dies Posted by Kim Priestap Published: September 27, 2008 - 10:19 AM He was 83 years old and struggled with cancer for some time ... at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends. In May, Newman he had dropped plans to direct a fall production of "Of Mice and Men [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 15:19:48

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