Taking out the fences to shove more of life in
I must be the world’s worst blogger. I’ve had plenty of ideas and just let days go by. Wait, who am I kidding? It’s been three months since I’ve written a blog!! Let me give you a little snapshot of what has caused me delay.Baseball. My kids lives are baseball from the end of March […]
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Spring is in the air in the Midwest and The Farmer is itching to get fieldwork started! However, it is still a bit too early for us to be planting corn or soybeans. We have been able to haul manure in an effort to add nutrients to the soil. However, on a sun filled Sunday, my Farmer doesn’t do […]
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I am getting ready to leave for South America in a few days. And I am in complete denial. I have nothing packed and my shopping list just keeps growing. The only Spanish I know is either from Dora or from some of the guys who work in our hog barns. So I can either […]
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It’s normally around mid-winter when my freezer starts to run low on meat. We butcher our own pork and beef every year but the above normal temperatures in teh Midwest haven’t allowed us to do the butchering yet this year. In order to butcher we need really cold weather for a few days in a […]
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Just a short two weeks ago my family was enjoying this gorgeous sunrise 10,000 feet up on top of Mount Haleakala in Maui. And we enjoyed the lovely view of the Pacific Ocean from our hotel room on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. And we educated our Panda and Monkey on a moment in history that changed […]
{Continue reading…}My Farmer wears jeans every day of the year. And he destroys jeans. He typically buys non-name brand, pretty cheap jeans that make his butt droop. And my Farmer has a cute butt! So when Wrangler teamed up with The Real Farmwives of America to offer us a chance to review a pair of Wrangler’s […]
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It should not come as a surprise that my kids spend a large amount of their free time during the fall following their Daddy around on the farm. And my Farmer loves it. On this particular Saturday afternoon my Panda was completely bored waiting on The Farmer to get done eating his supper. So she […]
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Fall is beautiful in the Midwest. And a great time to take some pictures of my family. My young lady. Not sure when she grew up. My other young lady. I’m biased but believe she is so beautiful. And this little guy just makes me giggle! Lucky me!! I must thank my friend Mandy Miller […]
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I am the 4th generation to be farming with my family. My great-grandfather started our farm many, many years ago. At that time, the farm raised and grew a little bit of everything. As my Grandpa, uncle and Dad took over, we became diversified. We concentrated on growing a few things and doing it well. We now […]
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I grew up envying my Dad and Grandpa’s farm coats. Whenever you walked into the garage of my grandparents house, there would be a line of warm coats and coveralls, many emblazoned with a seed corn company name, chemical company logo or feed company name. My Dad’s closets held the same. And I’d often try to […]
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