I pre-ordered The Pioneer Woman’s Black Heels to Tractor Wheels. Early yesterday morning I grabbed it off the side table and threw it in my bag as Nathan and I departed our home for an long weekend together. Due to a series of travel delays from fog, a diversion to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, missed flights and no internet access, I had…
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Thankful Thursday: Pink Hair, Green Nuk
Filed Under: Family Values, Motivated Moms Tagged With: family fun, working mom 3 Comments
Somedays life gets rocky and bumpy. You get thrown a curve ball or take a wrong turn. But at the end of the day, you can look around and be thankful for all that you have. One thankful moment this week came for me when I turned the corner in our hallway to find our little girls playing. They joyously…
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Wordless Wednesday: Science Fair Video
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Watch the entire video for just over one minute. You’ll understand the chaos of bringing two little busy girls to the science fair to see their big brother earn Outstanding Project in his class and advance to the regional competition. We are proud of our teenager’s science fair debut! Link up, leave a comment and join Wordless (Wordful if you…
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Small Town Science Fair Debut
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: North Dakota, prairie, prairie life, rural life 12 Comments
Tonight our 7th grader debuts his science fair project in our school gymnasium. Rather than me tell you about the details, I am going to record him telling about his project and post the video later tonight. Before he debuts his science project, he and his team have an early evening game 26 miles one way from our school. We…
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Hunk of Meat Monday: Perfectly Pink(e) Grilled Ribeye Steak
Filed Under: Proteins, Recipes Tagged With: beef, grilling, hunk of meat Monday, meat, protein, steak 9 Comments
One of the FIRST questions my now husband asked me on our FIRST date was “Do you eat meat?” Thankfully I was raised eating home-grown beef from my grandpa and uncle’s cow/calf operation. I eat meat. I eat red meat. I eat rare red meat. Steak, in particular, can be grilled unadorned and taste like candy to me. My husband loves…
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