Angel Wheeler

Country Life

  • Got No Power Windows

    Let me tell you about my yesterday. We had to do some work on the chicken coop, so I needed my new, old truck to help haul some old wood for me.  We tore down one side of the chicken coop that was just crappy old particle board hammered together. We’re replacing it with some rustic looking… Read more

  • Before and After #2

    We’ve been diligently working away on our little trailer house on the prairie.   Several months ago, I showed you our first before and after, and now, several months later,  I have another.  It’s a slow process. Although the place we bought and are working on is a D-U-M-P, it does have some good qualities. Like the wonderful… Read more

  • My New Old Truck

    I’ve been on the hunt for an old truck. It’s on my list. #6 says “Drive a restored classic pick-up. I had an idea for something like this. Or even this: But instead, I got this: when my husband came in the other day and said, “Hey babe, I got good news for you.” Of… Read more

  • Cattle Prattle

    My  husband thinks after 6 years of marriage, I should know all things cow related.  Here’s our conversation today (in a nutshell).  Me:  I think I’ll get a mule. Him:  Why? Me:  Why not? (pause) Him:  I rode a mule once, it was a good sonab**** Me:  Isn’t a mule a cross between a horse and… Read more

  • Four Things

    I have few things I want to share with you today. First Thing: We’re studying the water cycle in science up at the elementary school.  You remember your second grade science class don’t you?  Or has it been many moons?  For a quick review, here’s a song about the water cycle sung to the tune of If You’re Happy and… Read more

  • Here chicky, chicky, chicky

    It’s cold today.   The sky is dressed in a blanket of gray clouds.   The trees have long been stripped of their flashy wardrobe.   They look bleak against the gray of the sky.  But there is a sense of beauty in a bare tree.  A glimmer of hope for the coming spring.  The smell of snow hangs thick in… Read more

  • Home Improvement

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  • Finally….

    Dear Friends, You’ll never guess what I’ve finally got my hands on. I’ve been wanting one of these. I’m going to hang it in my house. Yes, I do believe I heard a barely audible shriek from my sister all the way in New York City.   To attain this gem, all I had to say was “I’d like a cow… Read more