Yes, the title is overtly sexist… lets just get that admission out of the way. But I have sound reasoning for the title; If you read our first experience, you would have noticed my massive oversight when it came to creature comforts. My Katie was a trooper… she’s no snowflake, but the reality, is both she … [Read more…]
John and I discussed what we wanted to accomplish during our next trip to the property. One of the issues we have experienced thus far is lack of time. It is pretty time consuming to pack up all of the gear we need each trip, make the three hour drive, then spend a few more hours hauling the gear … [Read more…]
Chicken noodle soup is the topic of the month, folks. Are you thinking “why is this crazy lady blogging about chicken noodle soup in April”? My response: welcome to Minnesota, it’s snowing! I have been thinking a lot about how my grandmothers cooked, and I realized for the most part, they did not cook from scratch. … [Read more…]
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I’m learning to manage my expectations. Somehow, at my age and life experience I’d expect to be better at this. However, as life usually does, it teaches me that with less expectation comes less disappointment. I headed up the advance team of one, and embarked Friday morning with the expectation that I would survey the … [Read more…]
SMEAC From Wikipedia: “The five paragraph order or five paragraph field order is a style of organizing information about a military situation for a unit in the field. It is an element of United States Army, United States Marine Corps and United States Navy Seabees of small unit tactics, and similar order styles are used … [Read more…]
On our ride home Sunday afternoon, we began to discuss the weekends events and the best way to share them here. If John were to write the story, it may sound a bit like something out of a Thursday evening sit-com. If Katie were to write, it may take the appearance of Wonder Woman meets … [Read more…]
It’s 12:21 AM. I’m tired. I got up at 5AM this morning, did a little design work, and planned to spend the better part of the day getting ready for Friday. As life would have it, somewhere around noon, I posed what I thought was an innocuous question to my friends on Facebook… hit post, and … [Read more…]
I am sure some of you have recently seen all the news stories about the group knitting sweaters in order to keep chickens warm. My simple idiom? To each your own. But, I have seen enough coverage this week that I really want to dispel some things for people who are thinking about owning chickens, … [Read more…]
With 18 happy spoiled chickens outside, obviously we have a lot of eggs at any given time. This winter, we have been averaging a dozen eggs a day, with an even higher average in the summer time. While we sell the majority of our eggs, we always have plenty on hand for cooking ourselves. Along … [Read more…]