A recent conversation with my dad has stuck in my brain. It was a chat we had while lounging in the hot tub at the local swimming pool while the kidlets splashed about in the “cold pool” He mentioned to […]
It is the Little Dudes Birthday today, the big OH-FIVE, which is totally amazing. Amazing because OMG, my youngest is 5 and that means I am pretty much through the messy bit. And extra amazing as this …
It has been a week without my hubby. He is off at a work conference (yay him) and I am home. Alone. With 4 kids, 39 chickens, 3 rabbits and 2 dogs. In the cold. In the very, …
I naively walked into keeping chickens thinking "mmm fresh eggs" and "awe, fuzzy chicks" What I didn't realize is that there has been a whole other reason for having a flock in our lives. Sex Yep. Sex. And …
There are a bundle of things that are different now that we are out of the city and living rural, but some are more obvious than others. Some also make a greater impact, and affect …
Remembrance day always swoops in on me, surprising me when it arrives, and each year it is a hustle to bundle the kids up and get them outside. This year, we head to the town …
It has been a strange week, both online and in real life. Being blasted with so many messages online, attempting to sift through the words just used to incite and the conversations that are there …
Hubby and I took a walk yesterday, trying to get the chubby dog to lose some weight (and possibly the same for us humans) We wandered "down the road", checked the mail and continued on. …
Last night I had my son in tears as I was putting him to bed. He was angry and disappointed in me, and was calling me out on how I had let him down. Apparently the …
I have talked about how October was a crummy sorta month from a balance perspective, and as I dance my way into November I am doing so with a commitment to make it better. I …
I keep seeing the same things all over my social feeds. Exhaustion, illness and a whole lot of WHEN WILL OCTOBER BE OVER!! It has been a funky month, and I too am beat. As I …
This year I turned 40. F.O.R.T.Y. We had just moved into our new house 3 weeks before and our spare pennies had gone towards moving trucks, storage and we had a pile of decorating and renovating we …
We didn't have a lot of time to get the garden prepped for spring before me moved in, but we have grandiose plans for it for 2015. Our number 1 goal though is bringing some life …
I have been waiting for this weekend for a years and years now. Waiting for that time in our life when we had a Thanksgiving weekend ahead of us, and a property of our own …
It was the first day of school and hubby and I did the "divide and conquer" approach to get 3 kids (plus and exchange student) to the right places, at the right time. . . …
