my county road
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My County Road: Hit the Reset
Growing up in the country outside a small town in Indiana with a population around 1,700 — we moved to a neighborhood in a city with a population of around 20,000. Now we’re back where we were before… and live in a barn.
From here, I can see the house where I grew up. I can also see the one where I raised my son. We were ready for a more relaxed and imperfect way of life, and have found it here.

Barndo Creek is a great place if you’re a dog — not a privacy fence in sight.
@ my county road…
what my OURA ring revealed about 2023
Oura ring provided a year-end review for 2023 compiled of my recorded habits. Interesting stuff -- much of it needs to be addressed and improved....
today is the storm before the calm
Our family Christmas is tomorrow -- as I mentioned earlier... I have 2 celebrations on the same day. I'm looking forward to seeing Perry's Mom and...
yesterday’s snow was a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10
As I worked upstairs yesterday, the snow was coming down like crazy. Sideways even! It was ASNutiful but just didn't last long enough. In addition,...
snickerdoodles for the win!
I felt inspired to bake cookies today and snickerdoodles seemed easy enough. I picked a random recipe from online and they turned out GREAT. Because...
decorating for christmas… fa la la
This evening, we put a few lights over the cabinets in my tiny kitchen... It's so bright in there, I don't need any other lighting to even cook at...
need some holiday lights out here!
It's great weather for the hot tub... if only the wind would stop blowing. Nice and steaming now that it's cooler. It's ALMOST winter, y'all. Dharma...