Taking out the fences to shove more of life in
Have I mentioned out temperatures this week have ranged from a -45 degree wind chill to a big warm up of 5 degrees today. And there are 18 inches of snow on the ground in my cornfield. The kids went out to play and I nearly lost my Lion Cub in all the snow. The […]
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I am struggling to stay warm. The entire Midwest is under a cold snap that has buried some parts in snow and caused temperatures to plummet. In my state of Indiana, we seemed to have shut down for the day. This image has been circulating my Facebook feed. I can’t tell where it originated, but […]
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I really don’t like to take down my Christmas decorations. I can put everything up in just a few short hours but it takes me all day to take down my decorations! I think my pokiness can be attributed to my sentimental attachments to my ornaments. I have a story for so many of them. […]
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It’s cold outside. And I don’t like it. I enjoy fall temperatures, but not freezing, bone-chilling, make your nose drip and eyes sting kind of cold. And it’s starting to feel like that in the early morning darkness. Whenever it gets cold, I look for warm drinks. Hot tea is always one of my first […]
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I’ve always wondered what we should do with our pumpkins once Halloween is over. We don’t usually carve them. The kids haven’t been old enough to have free rein with sharp objects yet. And I never process them to make pumpkin because The Farmer doesn’t like pumpkin and won’t eat desserts made from it. So […]
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Every Saturday afternoons during harvest you can find me frantically trying to take care of three kids while getting 14 suppers put together to take to the field for our harvest crew. Because I’m feeding a bunch of farmers, there isn’t any sandwiches or fast food for these guys. They get fed well! This pictures […]
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Every winter my family butchers a pig. We actually butcher a few for my parents, grandparents and The Farmer and I. It’s something I have done for many years! I can recall standing on a chair next to my Mom and Grandma helping to wrap meat after my Dad and Grandpa had cut the carcass […]
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Welcome to my mess! My blog has been undergoing an overhaul and it is taking longer than I ever anticipated. If you are visiting for the first time, please be patient as the blog will look great in a month! Last week was a bit of a rough week. Tragedy hit some people around […]
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I have never felt as busy as I have in the past few weeks. I’m finally sitting down to write this blog on the even of the opening of our county 4H fair. We have a small county fair that is focused on 4H and youth. Our midway isn’t much to talk about and I’m […]
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My love of ice cream comes from my Grandpa and my Dad. My Grandpa used to do parts runs for the farm. Something would break on a tractor and Grandpa would volunteer to go fetch the part. Grandma would joke it took him an hour to do a 20 minute task. Grandpa normally came back […]
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