I'm in Calgary watching Food Network with two of my children in a hotel room... while the farmer is combining canola... and we aren't in Austin... yes, Austin... if you have been anywhere near me lately you have heard me complain... and then I complained on Facebook today just to really make sure I didn't... Continue Reading →
in the past fifty days or so we have only combined around seventeen of them... this means there has been more days not combining than combining which doesn't make for happy farmers... in fact my farmer has lost weight just from the stress of not combining... I told him fad diets like that never work... Continue Reading →
my farm is nestled between two towns, one with a population hovering around 200 and the other at around 300... the smaller town has the store and school... the larger town has the bank, rink and doctor's clinic... neither have a paved street but both have a post office and a bar... if you come... Continue Reading →
getting your hair done is odd... looking at yourself in a mirror for the better part of four hours can almost be seen as a form of torture... so I just stare at my hairdresser instead... and as she tends to my mane, I grace her with my witty stories, stemming back to my childhood but... Continue Reading →
I feel undesired... not by the farmer... I feel sufficiently desired by him... just realizing that I'm at an age where the older men that used to creepily check me out no longer do... I'm too old now to make it fun for the creepers... and I'm not quite old enough to be a Cougar... Continue Reading →
disclaimer... this meal is not very healthy... unless you are a pro-athlete and burning insane amounts of calories per day you should not eat like this all the time... but it's harvest time... the time of year that farmer's finally make money and gain weight... (or this year just gain weight) and we get to... Continue Reading →
my days are spent with mundane chores that I try to value and appreciate... making lunches, organizing plans for the day, making beds, cleaning bathrooms.... and then I get to cook... now I didn't always love it... but when you have to do something - you make a choice - love it or get through... Continue Reading →
when I took this meal my kid's were still at home on summer holidays... which means two things... I can make them work for me but I also have to put up with them... toss up... let us begin with the layered salad... in my mind it is the best salad to take out to... Continue Reading →
the first meal to the field is always a little 'hairy'... not sure when to cook things, when to pack them up... when to cry because I'm overwhelmed... the first meal plan was: Hot Corned Beef Sandwiches Tammy's Buns Garlic Roasted Potatoes Fresh Corn Casserole Macaroni Salad Saskatoon Berry Crumble Cake the other wrinkle thrown... Continue Reading →
i feed a farmer 