Life’s sweeter with a little dirt under your nails and a lot of love around the table. Stories, tips, and snapshots from our farm and family adventures.
I grew up in a messy house. My mom would have rather played with us kids than clean. I can remember making tent forts, having floor picnics, tea parties, and even playing Pilgrims and Indians on my parents’ bed (the bed was the Mayflower… LOL). I would rather play with my kids then clean.There, I…
“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark… and we’re wearing sunglasses” Mommy was on vacation in Chicago. Granted, it was for work. But it was three days with no cartoons, no one opening the shower curtain and no one interrupting me in the…
My kids are so old-school. I just realized this recently.They watch Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Tom and Jerry. They have even sat and watched I Love Lucy reruns with me. Seriously. I have three year olds who watch the stuff I watched growing up… and ask to watch it. It doesn’t stop there. We have a few games…
I thought since I have been at this blogging thing for a week, I’d share my story on how I got to this point in my life. Thirty-three years ago, on a warm August afternoon… Okay, just kidding… Fast forward more years that I care to count. My husband and I decided to start trying…
I’m sure you have heard the story of the Little Red Hen when you were little, or perhaps you have read it to your kids… you know, where the hen plants the wheat seed in the barnyard, but none of the other animals want to help take care of it. But, when she makes the…
I grew up in small-town USA. I moved to a military town with my husband. Then, we uprooted ourselves and moved to even a smaller town. We are talking tractors on the roads, people actually are friendly, I know my neighbors’ names and their dogs’ names, people at the grocery store know the twins’ names,…
I’ve always wanted to start a blog. A couple times, I have started one and never really went back to it. (Wait! Don’t leave!) I used to have a website way back when Geocities was still around… but, when they shut down I never did anything more. Which, brings me to this. I have friends…
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