Bacon. Cheese. Potatoes. They all go together and we are fully enjoying them today for the Super Bowl. This is a recipe I got from my Pioneer Woman cookbook and I have modified it a bit to time save. To start you will need… Potatoes, scrubbed clean, poke a few holes in them and put them in the microwave for 10…
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Cold Weather Kids Indoor Adventure
Filed Under: Family Values, Motivated Moms Tagged With: cold weather kid activities, kids, North Dakota, winter 11 Comments
What to do when your kids need outside activities and yet it is too snowy and cold to go outside? I am not a very creative or crafty mom but we managed to find some activity and adventure last night in our garage. Miss E discovered bike rides are quite fun. (No, I didn’t get a new vehicle. That is…
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Ocean view or Frozen Prairie?
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota, Motivated Moms Tagged With: North Dakota, prairie, prairie life, rural life, working mom 9 Comments
After wrapping up a few days of work-related training sessions and meetings, my colleagues, client and I ventured to Cannery Row in Monterey, California last night before everyone departed in different directions home. I am headed home to the frozen prairie where I won’t see flowers outside our home like this until June. And some things of the California coast…
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Wordful Wednesday: Dairy Cows Instead of Oprah
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: agriculture, dairy, family farm, know a California farmer, Oprah, Oprah goes vegan 8 Comments
Yesterday while my friends were texting, tweeting, writing statuses on Facebook and chatting while watching the Oprah show and how she and her 378 staff members are going vegan for a week with no meat, no milk and no animal products, I was with a few colleagues touring my friend Ray Prock and family’s dairy farm in Denair, California. Maybe…
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Mommy Guilt Reprieve: Special Friends in Yuba City
Filed Under: Motivated Moms Tagged With: being a mom, mommy guilt, motherhood, working mom 7 Comments
Through my work, I travel. The positive trade off to my travel is I am otherwise home with my family. There is nothing glamourous about business travel. It involves long days, the grind of making flight connections, driving and a daily schedule like fruit basket upset. With my travel comes self-induced mommy guilt. Mommy guilt is the feeling of a…
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