Hidalgo Grade School Cafeteria Cake Hello, Lovely Friends! After 3 days of sort-of sunshine, Brad and Brock and our neighbors are busy preparing for the farming marathon which will begin very soon, and our new physical-distancing lifestyle is becoming our new normal. Are you like me-listening to more praise music, praying more, counting your every-day blessings that passed by unseen in your past, pre-quarantine life? Noticing the flight pattern of a ring-tailed hawk, the deer bedding in … [Read more...]
Learning to Cope with Hope When the World Goes Nuts
Cope with Hope When the World Goes Nuts Hello, Friends! Well, we just never know what is coming down the pike, do we? One day we have our long to-do lists, our calendars full of work and fun and appointments, our cupboards and gas tanks maybe closer to empty than full-because who has time to plan and go to the grocery store, or fill up before you have less than a quarter tank of gas? And it is so much easier to grab something in town for dinner, right? Then the next day, we are hoarding … [Read more...]
My Pickleball Mindset
My Pickleball Mindset Hello, Friends! Have you heard the rumor? Spring is on the way! Our Florida friends are already starting to see robins and before we know it, they will make their way to the rest of us. I love seeing my first robin of the season, don't you? My eyes will start roaming the landscape trying to spot them very soon. Do you play a team sport? Did you as a kid? Do you remember it fondly or with a tiny bit of a tummy ache and regret? Either way, I bet sports taught you lots … [Read more...]
Reflecting…Lessons from 2019
Reflecting...Lessons from 2019Hello, Friends!What a lovely day we have here in Illinois! The sun is shining, the wind isn't blowing (something kind of unusual here on the prairie) and the temperature is almost perfect for a winter day. I'll be going for a walk this afternoon so I can cross "spend time outdoors almost every day" off my list for today. Before I do that, I want to share some of the lessons I learned in 2019.Lessons from 2019 I have turned into a goal setting, list making … [Read more...]
I Know Something Good About YOU!!!
Hello, Friends! I love you, readers. You encourage me and humble me, and I don't take you for granted. Knowing that people take the time to read what I write in a world of full inboxes, twitter blasts and beautiful Instagram photos (which I LOVE by the way), knocks my socks off. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. And to show you my appreciation, I'm going to give away a pair of gorgeous leather earrings made by one of our daughters-in-law, Lindsay. She recently decided to go public … [Read more...]
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