Farm Raised | Shoe Enthusiast | Baking Queen | Mom
Good morning, friends! I’ve just finished my coffee and this amazing Apple Fritter Bread, which was a perfect start to this rather cold, dreary day in Minnesota. It’s been a lovely weekend overall, I’d say. Yesterday I had the house almost to myself. Teacher Man was deer hunting (no luck, unfortunately), and Joe went to […] Read more…
Now that June has arrived, I feel like summer is here and I am wondering why there is still three days of school left. I am ready for Teacher Man and Joe to have a break, although this means that I have an incoming freshman in high school in my house. Whaaaat? Even though I […] Read more…
It’s Wednesday night and I went for a walk around downtown Buffalo while Joe was meeting with his confirmation small group at the new ice cream shop. (Usually they meet at church but today was different – a social night, it was called – so the boys and their leader bought ice cream and they […] Read more…
It was a glorious September day … the sun came out and the temps soared to about 80 degrees with a light breeze and low humidity. These are the days we must cherish now for soon, winter will descend upon Minnesota and we will be trying to remember what a little heat felt like. I […] Read more…
I should’ve gone for a run tonight, but my mind wasn’t into it and my body felt tired. Rather than fight it, I decided to walk instead to help clear the clutter from my day. And you know what? My eyes suddenly opened up to my surroundings and realized my little community has a lot […] Read more…
Fall colors are calling me. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a summer kind of girl. I love the heat. I love wearing sundresses and sandals and not having to schlep a jacket everywhere I go. A beach trip? I’m there. However, I will say there is nothing quite like the colors of fall. […] Read more…
Life is too busy right now. I mean, we all say that, right? But how often do we slow down and try to do something about it? I can’t fully control all aspects of my life. Case in point, we’ve been short-staffed at the office since May (not for lack of trying, I might add – […] Read more…
I have a couple of confessions tonight: First of all, I really don’t have many photos from the weekend to share, except this one which I posted on Facebook. (So if you follow me on Facebook, I apologize this is a duplication.) We had a special date night on Saturday, attending the wedding celebration of […] Read more…