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 […]
Three Things:Summer
Three things I love about summer! Swimming!! Eating watermelon and sweet corn~so, so yummy! No school schedule or lessons to think about-woo-hoo! What do you love about summer?!
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 […]
Good Service
Good service can’t be beat. It just can’t. I am all about good customer service! I like friendly cashiers and I like people who smile. I like stores that operate in the framework of wanting to serve the customer. We live sort of in the middle of nowhere and I like that fact, but that also means […]
Some of the Titles I’ve Recently Read
I like to have a book or two or three that I am reading and can pick up and read a chapter or two or three when I get a chance. Sometimes in the afternoon or early evening or at bedtime. Sometimes when I’m tired and just want to sit down. Sometimes when I have […]
Kitchen Appliances
Right before harvest really officially gets under way for us, I am browsing the classifieds on Nextech. I have jumped onto their site a few times to check out the appliances that other people no longer need or want, and have listed for sale. I haven’t been especially diligent about checking and haven’t seen anything I am very interested in […]
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 […]
Celebrate!
I am praising God today for the blessing of a free country. We may complain and there are directions that I do not like to see our country headed, but as long as we are living in a free country I will thank God for this huge blessing! I am grateful to the men and […]