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Living off the Grid

by Swirly Girl

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Here is a picture of me and my sisters all standing in a line. You can see in the picture that my sister Cathy is wearing blue stockings. She is the slow poke of the family. The rest of the g...


February 19, 2014

MAJOR SNOW DUMP

I just love this crazy deep snow up to my waist, My girls can barely walk, but they don't care. I wish I could be a dog and get to play all day. I'm cozy here at home with my wood stove turn...


February 07, 2014

MY HARRY!

I down loaded my diary and decided to print it off. I still have to print off 645 pages. I'm going to run out of printer ink. Printer ink is so expensive. I don't know if I should just let it...


February 05, 2014

The Seahawk Parade

SEAHAWK PARADE IN SEATTLE What a beautiful day to have a parade. When I woke up this morning it was zero degrees. Yep Baby it's cold. I decided to stay home in the comfort of my living room...


January 24, 2014

MOLASSES COOKIES

Cookies 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup shortening 1/2 cup molasses 2 eggs 3 1/2 cups Original Bisquick� mix 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1...


January 08, 2014

COOKIE PARTY

I'm the auntie for Brian, Brittney, Brandon, Michele, Shana, Melanie, Justine, Jenna, Mariah, Cody, Kari, Lorren, Kaysa, Scottie -wow that is a mouth full. We recently all got together at my...


January 01, 2014

NEW YEAR BABY

Today is my mother's birthday! She turned 76 years old. She wrote this little story about when she was born--a new year baby I bet you didn't know that 76 years ago today my name was Dolly....


December 20, 2013

GINGER AND NUTMEG

So today is the big day for the production of rolling out the Gingerbread Men. My new beautiful Kitchenaid works so incredibly. Last night I made two batches of ginger bread dough and place...



November 30, 2013

25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHEER

My husband had fun putting up the artificial Christmas tree, I could hear him cursing under his breath. The tree came in four parts with sections of cords. While he was having fun messing with a...


November 29, 2013

PEPPERMINT COOKIES


November 29, 2013

PEPPERMINT SUGAR COOKIES

Frosted Peppermint Sugar Cookies �1 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour �3/4 teaspoon of baking powder �1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt �1/2 cup (1 stick) of softened butter �1 cup of granulated sugar �1 ...


November 29, 2013

PEPPERMINT COOKIES

Ingredients: 1 box of fudgy brownie mix 1/3 cup of canola oil 2 large eggs room temperature 1 cup of milk chocolate chips 1/2 cup of chopped candy canes 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract Dire...


November 27, 2013

THANKSGIVING

I will be having thanksgiving at my in laws again. We did want them to come and have thanksgiving at our cabin. Unfortunately my in-laws are getting up in age now and are not able to walk on o...


November 25, 2013

MY DOGS ARE MY BEST BUDS

If I could just choose just one friend in all the world that would be forever at my side and love me unconditionally It would be my dogs Sweet Little Avery and Ms. Daisymae. there is not a mo...


November 25, 2013

MY EXTRAORDINARY DOGS

A DOG HAS NO USE FOR FANCY CARS, BIG HOUSES OR DESIGNER CLOTHES. A WATER LOG STICK WILL DO JUST FINE. A DOG DOESEN'T CARE IF YOU ARE RICH OR POOR, CLEVER OR DULL SMART OR DUMB. GIVE HER YOUR...


November 23, 2013

NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS

I have an elder neighbor that lives across the bridge from me. I noticed that his car was stuck in the snow. He was trying to rive up his engine in hopes of getting unstuck which would just c...


November 22, 2013

SWIRLY GIRL GOING TO TOWN

Husband stocked the wood this morning at 5:30am before he left for work. I awoke at 8 am with lovely smell of alder wood glowing in the wood stove. Alder is my favorite wood, it permeates th...


November 20, 2013

WINTER COMES EARLY

November 19th the first day of snow It looks like winter is here to stay for awhile. Will need to get used to living in snow for the next 8 months. I love every thing about Winter.


November 14, 2013

OH CANADA

IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME It feels so good to be home in my own bed. The bed I slept in was very inviting I wish I could say that I had a great time in Canada, but I didn't. My sister Celine did h...


My sister is out running again. She is trying to talk me into running. The last time I ran was when I was in high school. I went to Clover Park High, the home of the WARRIORS. I vividly remem...


November 13, 2013

GHOST TOWN

Whistler is a Ghost Town today Where are all the people, Where did everyone go. I feel like I'm in the Walking Dead television show. My sister is off on an 8 mile run, I'm glad because sh...


November 12, 2013

WHISTLER HERE WE COME!

It was a very long trip to Whistler which took us 6 hours of driving. My sister wanted to do all the driving. So, I sat back and enjoyed the ride. She says that she is the better driver. I d...


November 10, 2013

2-4-1

It's your lucky day my friends I'm having a 2 for 1 special today which means you get two entries today from your very own Swirly Girl. I'm trying to catch up on NOJOMO . I did get a chance t...


November 08, 2013

C-BLOCKED

C-BLOCKED -if you know what I mean. My sister Celine called me yesterday and told me that I would not be able to go to with her to Canada because her so-called friend the "Rocket Scientist" dec...


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