Leesa just stated what I thought when I saw the meme about where you're born traveling around Facebook. While we want to be open and friendly, we do need to think about what information we're sharing with the internet and the uses to which it could be put. Pretty much all of us are on Facebook,
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03/17/2010
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE UPCOMINGPLUM CREEK CDE WHO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY OR WEEKEND OUTSIDE WITH HORSES AND CARRIAGESWHAT: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR DRESSAGE, CONES AND MARATHONWHEN: APRIL 17TH-18TH, 2010 (VOLUNTEER FOR ONE DAY OR BOTH!)WHERE: AGARITA RANCH IN LOC
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03/15/2010
The geese mentioned in my prior post were a hint. Yesterday confirmed it. Beautiful blue sky, sunshine, temps in the high 70's. And the flowers decided to come out and play! It's springtime out here on the ranch near Jarrell, Texas. The plum tree by the house put out not only bu
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03/10/2010
One of the travails of moving to a new community is learning all over again the things that are second-hand in your old one. You know where things are - you know where the grocery store is (and what it's called) and where the dry cleaners is and all those sorts of things. When you move to a new
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03/06/2010
I went out to throw some hay to the horses and donkey girls and cows a little while ago. Got a couple of cart loads in the feeder and was filling the cart again. Had heard some geese overhead, heading North, a bit earlier, and suddenly realized that they were REALLY REALLY LOUD! (The ranch her
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03/06/2010
We've been signed up on the Do Not Call List from the very first day it became available. It's been a blessing, save for two things. One is those cretins who ignore it and call us anyway - they get turned in promptly (it's quick and easy and you can do it online and it might even help get them
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03/01/2010
We all like to believe that the community we live in is unique, with a personality of its own. That unique personality, however, is not made up of Big Box stores and restaurant chains that are identical all across the country - it's made up of the local businesses and institutions that are start
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02/26/2010
Every February, ERA Colonial Real Estate's Georgetown office holds a food drive for the Caring Place, the local food bank that serves Williamson County. We plan it for February because it's far enough after the holiday season that all those warm fuzzies that encouraged people to donate during th
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02/25/2010
The snow kept coming down, and we got some more photos. Probably about 3 inches or so out there, based on the footprints the dogs make. The horses and J.D. enjoying the snow Way off in the distance there, in the middle, a neighbor's cow bellows because of the snow Off to the right,
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02/23/2010
And snowing and snowing and snowing! I know for some of you this is no big deal, but it just doesn't happen here, and when it does, it lasts for, oh, maybe 15 minutes. Today, it's been snowing for several hours, first tiny flakes and then giant ones. Those of you who have read my blog and se
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02/23/2010
