30 years ago, I was ready to become a big sister. I was the age of my young daughters. I remember the crib, the smell of new carpet in the bedroom that would be the nursery, the primary colored balloons on a sleeper I helped my mom hang on a hanger in his bedroom closet. There might have even been…
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Why I choose to live 98 miles from civilization
Filed Under: Family Values, Small Town Living Tagged With: family business, North Dakota, Pinke Homes, rural life, small business owners 11 Comments
When we moved deep into the North Dakota prairie, I told my friends I would miss Starbuck’s and Target the most from our metropolitan Fargo life. Don’t choke on your coffee. Compared to where we were moving to Fargo is a metropolitan mecca. In Fargo I had a 15 minute commute to work from south Fargo to my downtown office….
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School Lunch Public Relations Splash Instead of Solutions
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With pomp and circumstance the news came last week, the USDA would be making allowances on the restrictions it enforced on the school lunch and breakfast program. I first heard and read about more grains and meat allowances in the school lunch. A good start. Then I started to read the fine print and saw it is only for the…
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Birthday Bowling Tribute, Miss E is 5 years old!
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Today is Miss E’s 5th birthday. She was born on this blog practically. Her entire five years of life has been well documented. If you have been reading, you know Miss E. Yesterday we had a bowling birthday party. On the prairie, we don’t have oodles of birthday party options. It’s old school. Have the party at your house or…
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