There’s this phenomenon of being a mother that amuses me, yet I enjoy it too. It’s that thing where you love the creations that your kids draw, build, or create. You are amazed and delighted in the creations they come up with. (And you think about how smart they are and wonder how they can be your […]
Jumping Into Another Week:Hello Monday
It’s time to chronicle another week. How they fly! This past week has been quiet with my kiddos gone. Yet, I have enjoyed having time with my man, time to do some organizing and sorting, and time, uninterrupted. I have thoroughly enjoyed the pictures that my mother has texted me of my kiddos doing things that […]
Boy Meets Girl
When you are fourteen years old, you don’t think you’re young. You don’t think you’re old. You are excited about life and growing up and being sixteen and having fun with your friends. You have peer pressure to deal with and whether or not you fit in with this group or that group. You feel like life […]
To Be A Mother Is To Forever Have Your Heart Walk Around Outside Your Body
My kiddos went to Ohio yesterday! They haven’t often went by themselves. The opportunity has not offered itself very often. When it did, at the end of last week, my husband said they should take it. And I agreed. We knew there would be grandparents on the other end that would be so, so happy […]
Hello Monday:Peaches, Cows, Water, Cupboards, Milo
It’s Hello Monday! Linking up with Lisa! Hello to my brother-in-law’s cows! They finally found the corn shucks from the sweet corn. Hello cows, I enjoy seeing you wander through-and thank-you for staying in the pasture where you belong, so far! I’m sure the fact that we have no nice landscaping or yard keeps the fence working […]
Rejoicing in Laundry on the Line
While doing laundry is a never-ending chore and while it sometimes sits, waiting…waiting…to be folded and put away… While laundry piles up quicker than I can turn around, and we are a small family…(Yes, you are thought about by me, mothers with more laundry) While sometimes I want to throw the fresh-washed clothes into the […]
Hello Monday:Just Stuff
Hello Monday! A new week! And a peek back at just some stuff that happened around here last week. Hello to good-bye sandburr stickers. You are not welcome on this farm. Each battle will get us a slight bit closer to winning the war. Someday we hope to have nice green yard that is grass instead of […]
A Winner, Farmers who Grow It, and Other Information
Attention:Announcement:Hooray:The winner of Darby Dugger’s book For the Love of Our Husbands is Danita! Thank-you to everyone who entered. I wish I could’ve given everyone a book. I almost hated to pull a name out of the hat bowl, because I felt disappointed for all the names that didn’t get drawn. So my husband did it for me. LOL! You can follow Darby […]
In Which I Am Quirky About Drinking Glasses…
If you are looking for an in-depth, mind-stirring blog post to read, this would not be the one. Nope, this one is pretty much fluff and fun. I like a good mix of both kinds in my life. Today, I am simply reflecting on one of my personal quirks. Aren’t people funny? I am […]
Hello Monday:For the Love of Our Husbands Giveaway
Update:The winner of the giveaway was Danita! Hooray! Hello Monday! Hello Giveaway! For the Love of Our Husbands Darby Dugger blessed me by sending me her book For the Love of Our Husbands. She also kindly offered to give one book to one of my readers. Thank-you, Darby! I was thrilled when she made […]
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Oil Wells
Now, I can’t really claim to know a lot about oil wells. I do know a few things. You see them fairly often in Kansas. I think they’re sort of fascinating. My husband has a part-time job checking, measuring, servicing, and recording the barrels pumped, for a few oil wells close by. My uncle from […]
Hello Monday!
Hello green beans, picked fresh from my mother-in-law’s garden, snapped, washed, and ready to be canned! Hello cucumbers, also from my mother-in-law’s garden, soaking and pickling, turning into crunchy, sweet pickles ready to fill up my pantry shelves for this winter! Hello my farmer with his tractor and disk, getting ready to head to the field. […]
In Which We Free The Bunnies and Are Invaded By Raccoons
After caring diligently for the baby bunnies, my daughter decided it was time to free them. They hip-hopped happily into the grass and disappeared very quickly. We freed them a good distance from our house, so hopefully they would stay out of reach of our cats. They were very cute little things, but I think they are […]
If You Have A Dear, Dear Husband…
If you have a dear, dear husband that you love, then you will want to celebrate him when his birthday rolls around. If you celebrate his birthday, then you might want to make a cake! If you make a cake, then you might want to make an angel food cake if that’s what your dear man […]
Black Cats
Black Cats make noise! Boys like noise! Black cats and boys! What a combination! My husband remembers setting off Black Cats when he was a boy. My boy will remember setting off Black Cats, too. And someday if he has a son that sets off Black Cats, I think he will laugh as he watches […]