Category: Pansyiana

The temp has gone up two degrees since 10 AM making it a whopping 5 below right now!! Almost ready for summer (not). I went outside to get eggs from the barn to make cookies (no, no chickens yet, the fridge is in the barn because there is electricity in the barn) and I thought… Continue reading Winter Wonderland

We attended our old Traditional Parish on Sunday. It was a most pleasant experience. Just about everyone asked where we have been and told us they missed us. The couple of families we have had problems with were not there for some reason or other and that helped with anxiety levels. I was afraid of… Continue reading Finding My Way Back to The TLM

72% Snob Good job Pansy, you’re safely out of super-snob territory. But watch yourself-a couple more sun drid tomatoes here and a few more trips to Dean & Deluca there and you might be veering dangerously towards the stuck-up. Best go touch some grubby sick people to keep your inner snob at bay.

It tried very hard to not be a good Christmas. The transmission on our van died somehow. We were in one of those positions where when something like that happens, perhaps you should get a new car, but do not have the money for one, so you end up spending a lot of money to… Continue reading How We Spent the Holidays

He did not want to drive an hour away to Oneonta at midnight to go see Lord of the Rings. Claiming that we would have gotten home at like 4 am and he would have had to leave for work at 5 am. What a pill! I guess we will have to wait until Saturday… Continue reading My Husband is Such a Pill!

I met one of my Amish neighbors who comes by to use our phone. The kids were thrilled to see him and loved his horse. He asked me again if it is OK to use our phone because it is the closest one to him in miles and he did not want to be a… Continue reading Today…

Before I start whining, I am so grateful to be finally here. My husband did a wonderful job painting and whatnot. Our upstairs still has boxes of clothes that need to be unpacked, or gone through or just chucked. Kids accumulate so many clothes. The hard part (so far) is the plumbing. The Mennonites who… Continue reading Finally Here!