Taking out the fences to shove more of life in
Thanksgiving can be stressful. Family, lots of food, and football can lead to a very long, noisy day. If you are in charge of the Thanksgiving meal then you might wonder what is the perfect wine for your meal. While my philosophy has always been to eat what you like and drink what you like, […]
{Continue reading…}On what would have been your 41st birthday. It still doesn’t seem real. Happy Birthday Dear Jennie. You were so greatly loved and are so greatly missed.
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Every planting and harvest season, I’m responsible for one night of feeding our field help. That means I cook for 10 guys, 3 kids and my Grandma. Grandma doesn’t help in the field but I do like to take her a meal so she can take a night off from cooking for herself. And then […]
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I’ve always wondered what we should do with our pumpkins once Halloween is over. We don’t usually carve them. The kids haven’t been old enough to have free reign with sharp objects yet. And I never process them to make pumpkin because The Farmer doesn’t like pumpkin and won’t eat desserts made from it. So […]
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I like to see results of wine competitions. It’s interesting to see what medals the judges award to wines. And as someone who markets a pretty huge, major, really great wine competition, I find a lot of value in getting the wineries to enter their wines so they can win some awards! But there’s always […]
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If you are a 4 year old boy, girls usually have cooties and are gross. Unless you are my Little Man. He thinks girls are awesome. He has an extreme fondness for one little girl in his daycare. This little girl stopped by one day. She has a sister the same as as my Monkey […]
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I love breakfast. Biscuits and sausage gravy, grits, scrambled eggs with bacon and fried mush are a few of my favorites. But none of those foods are helping shrink my waistline. And I am making an effort to shrink some parts of me. So I’ve been on a hunt for some quick and easy breakfast […]
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My Little Man has the best preschool teacher. I know we all think our kids have the best, but honestly, his teacher is better than your kids teacher. Why? Mrs. Walters has taught all three of my kids for preschool. She is fun, laughs with them, teachers them better than I ever could, Godly, and […]
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It’s been a month since my last run. Ashamed to say that. But time to get honest with myself. I got out to my trail this week. And the run was worth it. My trail. Full of leaves. I could feel the stress melting off of me and the crunching of the leaves was so […]
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I don’t like to be scared. I’m a super-jumpy person. Ask anyone who walks into my work office without knocking. I jump out of my skin. The Farmer thinks it is hilarious to sneak up on me. I’ll jump a milk. And the kids constantly are trying scare me. It’s not hard! I’ll also admit […]
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Have you ever had one of those days when you aren't sure how you are going to get home after a crazy day of work/kids/carpool/life and make something your family will … [Read More...]
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup is one of my favorite soups of all time. It's full of yummy cheesy goodness that I love but I feel like I'm eating a bit better since there is … [Read More...]
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