Farm Raised | Shoe Enthusiast | Baking Queen | Mom
How is everyone doing? Itās turned a little chilly this week in Minnesota (not surprising by any means), but the weekend is looking decent and weāll be heading to my brotherās on the farm to celebrate the end of a safe and successful harvest, Halloween, and some serious duck hunting for the guys. Iām bringing […] Read moreā¦
Another weekend is almost in the books and we spent ours swapping kids. Come again? It was fall break in school and Joe was fortunate to be asked by a good friend of his to accompany his family to Lake of the Woods, which is in the far northwest corner of Minnesota ā a good […] Read moreā¦
Thursday night has commenced and itās just Joe and me around home tonight. Teacher Man has his second night of parent-teacher conferences this week so he will be rolling in later, presumably exhausted butĀ no less excited about the weekend coming up than we are. Here are the Thursday night particulars thus far: Pizza: Dominoās. (We […] Read moreā¦
How was your weekend? We had gorgeous fall weather here in Minnesota ā sunny and 60s for temps, plus not too windy. While my favorite season is summer, I will say that October weekends like we just had are quite stunning. I only hope we have a few more of these days before the early stages of winter […] Read moreā¦
As we wind down at our house with pizza, wine, and football (oh, and some math homework) on a Thursday night, I am pleased that the weekend is almost upon us. I am also pleased that I will be getting a new Macbook Pro laptop for my office tomorrow as I am beyond tired of […] Read moreā¦
I turned 47 yesterday. This is not, by the way, meant to be a big announcement of my birthday, although I suppose itĀ kind of seems that way. Gifts completely optional, I promise. If you are (much) younger than this, you might automatically assume this means Iāve got my adult act together. Ha. This is actually […] Read moreā¦
This guyĀ started middle school ā 6th grade!Ā ā yesterday. He didnāt seem overly nervous about it. Yes, he was a little anxious, declaring it seemed awkward to walk down to the end of the street by himself to catch the bus. (He actually has never riddenĀ the bus to elementary school; I have always dropped him off […] Read moreā¦
Iām going to admit something to you. Growing up, my family didnāt seem like we were reallyĀ a āState Fairā kind of family. We didnāt go every year. We werenāt in 4-H so we didnāt have anything to show. We didnāt really miss the fair if we didnāt go. In Minnesota, this seems like a dangerous […] Read moreā¦