Friday, November 15, 2013

My little guy has figured out how to take photographs of himself on my phone.   Enter about a bagillion selfies magically appearing on my phon...

Mother of Four

 Last September I flew out to Charleston to visit my brother's family. Rob and Linds were heading to Colorado for Rob's 10 year reunion (I still cannot believe he's been out of college for TEN years.  I mean, when did we all get SO OLD?!) and I got to babysit while they were gone. Yup, thats...

Saturday, August 31, 2013

I mean, seriously. Those lashes are out of control.&nb...

I mean, seriously. Those lashes are out of control.&nb...

Chucktown, Here We Come!

Well, I've scored the best babysitting gig ever. My brother and SIL are going to his college reunion, so me and the Little Guy flew back to Charleston to watch the kiddos while they are away. This aunt is pretty dang excited to be with all her kiddos. I've gotta be honest with you though-...

Friday, August 23, 2013

The Blizzard of '48 as told by Grandma B

I've gotten such a great response regarding my earlier post with my Grandma B's article that I've decided to share with you guys a few more of her poems.  The following one is one of my favorites.  It tells the true story of how the family survived a particularly harsh blizzard one winter.  I grew up hearing about this particular evening- my grandfather's courage to brave the storm...

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Grandma B on Hard Times

I've recently been sorting through some of my parent's "treasures" and came across this article that my paternal Grandmother wrote for a local paper.  They were running a special edition called Hard Times, and it was full of various submitted stores. According to her notes, this won 1st place, though there is no mention of what the contest was for or if it held a prize (but I'm guess that is...

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Official Travel Advisory for those heading to Scandinavia.

For all you men out there who dearly desire to frolic naked through the waves of the Baltic Sea: I might recommend finding a new location.  Or hobby.  Or maybe a therapist. Apparently the Pacu, a fish native to Brazil, has somehow found its way into Scandinavian waters.   Why all...

Friday, August 9, 2013

Tractor Show

A couple of weekends ago we headed out to a local tractor show.   It was a lot cooler than it sounds, I can assure you.   Basically they had all this old farm equipment from yesteryear  and demonstrations of how all of it worked.   They also had a bunch of fun...

Doing Corn

An old roommate of mine, Heidi, lives here in Lincoln with her husband and one year old son. One of the many, many interesting things about Heidi is that she was raised on a farm. I grew up hearing all kinds of stories about life on a farm- my dad was also raised on one- so when Heidi invited me to...