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Jan. 14, 2009
Wednesday's Walk Down Memory Lane - More Childhood Memories
Here is my walk down memory lane...
 (This pic was taken by my sil a few summers ago at the farm)
I thought I would continue to share a bit more about my growing up years today. As I mentioned last week, we had a dry well for many years. Around the time I turned 17, my parents bought a 100 acre farm. It was a dream come true for us, we were all so excited! We bought this farm from the Amish, it did have running water in the house, but no bathrooms and no electricity! That didn't bother us, we knew that in time we would have a septic system put in and then put in bathrooms. Didn't we live many years using an outhouse already?! We were just very thankful to have water and lots of it! We moved in and enjoyed our new home. We learned to cook on the woodstove and had lanterns for light. It was neat!
We lived without electricity for about 11 months. It was a good experience for all of us. It was a big day, when we had electricity for the first time, I remember being "excited" those first few days when we would come home and the house was dark, because we would be able to turn a light on without having to fumble around in the dark for the flashlight! I just loved living on the farm and I enjoyed the farm work. We had chickens, a few cows, sheep, goats, our dog and cats. I remember the first calves, lambs and goats. They were all so sweet. Most of the time I was the one who milked our Brown Swiss cow named Brindle . I have a picture of me and her, but I think it is packed away, I'll have to hunt that one up and post it some Wednesday. She was a sweet cow and when she died a few years later, I was really sad. I wouldn't mind owning a Brown Swiss again sometime.
As for the bathrooms, but parents are still using the outhouse. With other expenses, the septic system was put on hold. Now that the farm is sold and we are building next door to it, my parents will soon be living "modern".  Our new house includes a place for them to live as well. I treasure my growing up memories and love sharing stories to my children.
 The farm
 Another view of the farm
We had some difficult learning experiences and some rough times, but God is faithful and never leaves or forsakes us. He is good! Thanks for reading, I enjoyed digging out some of my childhood memories!
A note - all these pictures were taken (and used with her permission) by my sister in law a few summers ago. 
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