Eight years ago Dave bought me a newish Toyota Sienna. It was bar none the nicest vehicle I’d ever owned. I felt like a celebrity driving around the ‘burbs in my decked out Swagger Wagon. Well, as much as a […]
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After Thanksgiving we hauled out the Christmas decorations and decked the house for Christmas. By we, I mean my mom. She was visiting so I made her clean the house, herd the kids, unpack decorations, and tackle our tree. I […]
I can count on one hand the number of times I have participated in a webinar of any sort. I have no patience for that sorta thing. But since I am a closet rule follower/manual reader/someone who likes to be […]
About a month after moving into our new hobby farm, I told my friend Michelle that I was homesick. The whole hobby farm gig was beautiful but it was also a lot harder than we expected. It felt like we […]
I love taking long walks along my picturesque country road. Out here I can be completely alone to think, pray, and just take a break. While strolling along, one thing that never fails to affront my sense of serenity is […]
Yesterday my husband and I hiked up a mountain trail along the rim of Lake Tahoe. The air was crisp. Pine trees towered over us. The wind whistled through the branches. Birds called to each other. I was in heaven […]
When Dave and I bought our hobby farm, I was enamored with the fact that we would have a little wooded area in the corner of the property. I loved how my kids would have their very own woodland paradise […]
Every so often I get a cockamamie idea. Well, that’s what my husband would tell you anyway. They always seem like good ideas to me. And ever since God placed in my heart a desire to foster community, my unsuspecting […]
At some point this summer our sweet babysitter brought my kids a Monarch butterfly egg. To me it looked like a milkweed leaf with some dirt on it. She promised me an egg was on the leaf and all I […]
Day three of the county fair was blistering hot. I was sweaty, dusty, exhausted, and burned out from showing chickens and horses and projects. The kids were hungry and we had a break between horse events so the hubby and […]