Truth be told the last few years have been hard on my body and my soul. I have coupled a desk job, with running a farm and doing some pretty extreme renovations and land clearing. I will spend all day […]
We haven't really been doing this "baby chick" thing for very long, but from the beginning it has been important for me to fns out how to tell a rooster from a hen, and choose …
There is a change in the air already this year, and while I'm not sure why, I am just going to roll with it. For the last 3 years we have been surviving. Surviving, …
I started doing a generalized blogging income report last year, not necessarily sharing numbers but sharing WHERE my income came from, and the breakdown. This all started when I shared my first "truth" about blogging …
2016 is my year to slow down. Take my time doing the little things and spend less time focusing on the things that don’t need to be so big. To breathe deeply each day and …
This was the year my daughter stopped believing in Santa. We knew it was here, we even had a chance to chat about it and she shared how special Christmas was to her, and what …
In 2012 I was committed to blogging conferences. I wasn't going to fool around, it was time to invest, explore and figure out WHAT each of these blogging conferences had to offer, and which one was …
It happens a little differently for each of us. Some of us happen upon our blogs by accident, realizing we are part of this massive machine we previously had no knowledge of. Others come in …
I love the new year. The fresh start, with the whole year layer out. I am a true believer in the idea of starting as you mean to go on, to leaping forwards and making …
I have to say it, I don't feel very fierce right now. Nor do I feel sexy, or lithe, or strong. In fact, I feel kind of lazy, and weak. and then I watched this video. And I …
First day of the New Year and it is all good so far. I wasn't sure for a minute there, after the indulgence of the holidays, both on my bank account and my belly, but …
This morning I woke up stressed, and I shouldn't have. The sun was bright and shining through my window as it rose over the trees, which meant I actually had a chance to sleep in later …
I remember the first time I saw a meal moth larvae, it was in a bag of raisins in our cupboard that I was going to use for baking. We were tight on pennies at …
The week before Christmas is filled with fabulous chaos. Baking, shopping, wrapping, cleaning, planning, cooking, and all sorts of wonderful get togethers with friends. It is the perfect chaos. But, when the cooking, planning, cleaning, wrapping, …
When December rolls around I make a sudden switch from a healthy diet to living off of chocolates, cookies and red wine. I load the sugar, on top of the sugar, on top of the …
