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Little House On an Acre in NY

For the past two weeks, I have been visiting my daughter and her family in New York.  We had a wonderful time together, but anyone that knows me knows that I can't sit still for very long.  I invent projects just to so I have something to do.  Well, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.  My daughter is a carbon copy of me.  The only difference is that the 23 year between us has slowed me down.  I just look at her "to do" list and get tired.  She lives on an acre of land but she uses every inch of it.  When I visit her, I feel like I am going back to "The Little House on the Prairie." For the past several years, my daughter has been going to college full time, working to support her family of five, as well as keeping up with all the housework and yard work.  Needless to say, only the important things got done.  So d uring this last visit, we dove into the basement to clean it out.  We took two trailer loads to the dump, about seven bags of clothes and sh