As my husband and I contemplated the positives and negatives of me changing my routine and career, I blurted out one night a few weeks ago to him, “I promise I will be so wifey!” He smirked and said, “Wifey? That sounds disrespectful.” And then I explained “wifey” to him. I haven’t been the traditional wife that my mother, grandma…
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Taking a leap of faith: Mommy quit her job
Filed Under: Family Values, Life in North Dakota, Motivated Moms Tagged With: faith, motherhood, North Dakota, prairie life, working mom 15 Comments
Our youngest two children have been sharing their secret around the prairie, in the only two places they know to share: at daycare and pre-school. “My mommy is going to quit her job! But it is a secret…”, was Miss E’s version she told some friends. “No moah Bizmahck” (No more Bismarck) was Miss A’s breaking news. Then I walked…
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Call to Action: Sensible School Lunches Act
Filed Under: Motivated Moms Tagged With: education, raising kids, school lunch 7 Comments
You might remember that last August I blogged about our son was going to be hungry in school due to the new limits on calories, protein and dairy in the school lunch and breakfast program. I proposed School Lunch Solutions. Within the days of schools starting across the United States, thousands rallied and contacted their elected officials that their children…
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When Life Hands You Double Overtime…
Filed Under: Small Town Sports 4 Comments
Our Mustang senior and star, Michael Jacobson. He is a tremendous role model and leader. When life hands you overtime, you can either dig in and work harder or quit. When give everything you have to get back to where you wanted to be, you can head to double overtime. But then you have to dig deeper than ever before…
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It is not the critic who counts…
Filed Under: Small Town Sports 5 Comments
This season of basketball for Hunter has been full of lessons learned, losses, disappointment, defeat and then the display of tenacity and toughness of the team to turn around and win. Last week in the semi-final game of the district tournament, they lost a very close game on free throws at the end of the game, after leading the entire…
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