I thought I might be done blogging... it takes a considerable amount of time and effort... with trying to run more and keep up with all the farm and kids sports/lives I just felt like I should let it go... but then I was at my Grandpa's funeral and his sister told me that her... Continue Reading →
what do you want to be when you grow up?
is our only opportunity to be an athlete when we are young and in school/college? or can we continue the quest of athletics as we age? should athletes only be the best of the best or does anyone applying themselves and working at a sport get to call themselves an athlete? I grew up... Continue Reading →
September Overload
when my ten year old daughter comes home from school and asks me if I think she needs "those kneepad things for my ankles", I begin to wonder if she should have signed up to play volleyball after all... ahhhh... school is back in session... and with it every mom is completely overwhelmed... we were... Continue Reading →
day in court
nothing I love to do more than fight the system... the farmer never lets me know of protests going on for fear that I will get involved... recently, a neighbour's yard is being threatened by a road going through it and I went to town council to put a protest in about it... I was... Continue Reading →
how’s harvest going?
I seldom talk to the farmer during harvest... so when asked the question 'how is harvest going?', I tend to have a dumb expression on my face... it's not that I have no interest in the yields and breakdowns and which piece of land we are on... it is more the fact that I am... Continue Reading →
need any help?
the farmer got upset with his oldest son who is driving the grain cart for not helping combine drivers clean their headers out... he was just telling him the other night how it is his job as a cart driver to get out and help them... so yesterday, my sixteen year old, trying to be... Continue Reading →
Grandma Swan Week
the best cook I have ever met has to be the farmer's Grandma Swan... she created two cookbooks and handed them down to all of her children and grandchildren... I even have copies to give my children someday... so I decided this week to only use her recipes in my meals to the field and... Continue Reading →
mom is worried
every harvest seems to bring with it a different challenge... this year it is having enough men to get the crop off... my oldest son is working full time for the first time this year... he is 16 and for sure big enough, but I am worried every day now... the farmer remarked to me... Continue Reading →
how do you lasagna?
I make lasagna about six times a year I would guess... I am 39 years old... I only have been cooking since the farmer tricked me into it at the young age of 20... so by that math, I have made 114 lasagnas... it most likely is closer to 100 as I know I have... Continue Reading →
