On Saturday night, Hunter played in a “big town”, 85 miles from our home in a local civic center. “Big” refers that they have Wal-Mart and a McDonald’s, which allowed me to eat my first McRib in 20 years and drink an egg nog shake. More important than pop culture that I sometimes miss on the prairie, there was a…
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Filed Under: Proteins, Recipes Tagged With: cooking, hunk of meat Monday, protein 2 Comments
Meatballs and mashed potatoes are staples in family meals on the prairie. They aren’t sexy and probably frowned upon by many food snobs. But I was raised with them. It is comfort food and I love them. When we were in Disney World’s Epcot at a princess dinner in “Norway”, traditional meatballs were on the menu. Naturally we had to…
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Naughty, Nice & Holiday Party Recipes
Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: family, holidays 8 Comments
First, thank you for your kind comments this week about my new working mom adventure. Transition is exciting and tough at the same time. I have been encouraged and delighted by your thoughtful comments and emails. Thank you to each and everyone of you. Now onto regularly scheduled blogging…it’s Christmas after all. Let’s talk Santa and holiday party recipes! One…
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WW linky: Simple Snow Fence Building
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: North Dakota, winter, wordless Wednesday 3 Comments
If you build it, maybe…the snow won’t come. That’s a great theory. This week, my husband and son set out to build a snow fence to keep from snow drifts clogging up our road. It’s best to be prepared for future pending snow fall..and blizzards. As my husband informed me, “Katie, you don’t just put up a snow fence and…
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Why I’m Making Work Mom Career Changes
Filed Under: Family Values, Life in North Dakota, Motivated Moms, Small Town Living Tagged With: family, North Dakota, prairie, prairie life, Rockin' Rural Women, rural life, women, working mom 30 Comments
My journey as a mother has always been intertwined with work since age 20 when I had full time work hours combined with getting my college education while being a mom to a two year old. I’ve had breaks along the way, maternity leaves and wonderful vacations, like the above picture when Miss E snapped my photo at Disney World…
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