I’m confirming it…I’m insane. Who in their right mind would strip wallpaper in their bathroom 21 days before Christmas when there is still shopping, wrapping, shipping, baking and cleaning to do??? Who? Me, the crazy woman….because that is exactly what I did today. I had the day off work, so at 10:00 am I started … Read More

Today….I went to work til noonCleaned and Swept the kitchenVacuumed & DustedRe-arranged some furnitureCleaned my deskMade dinner (and cleaned it up)Baked a batch of chewy molasses gem cookiesCleaned the chicken coop….and gathered eggsHung curtains (thanks for helping Kirk!)Painted my nails (which are already shabby looking)Put Christmas decorations in family room

Saturday….it started very early in the morning, and kept snowing, and snowing, and blowing, then the freezing rain came, then more snow. But we aren’t complaining here, no sirreeee…..this is what MinneSNOWta is all about…. ….and then came the moment Kirk had been waiting for…..Plowing with the 4-wheeler! I think he came inside about 4 … Read More

ok, 10 days late, but heartfelt nonetheless!from all 30 us to all of you!

On Thanksgiving day 30 family members gathered at my sister’s house. If my sister Barb and family had joined us there would have been 35 of us together. One thing that really stuck out to me this year is how amazingly comfortable we are at showing affection to one another. It was just so cool … Read More

Thanksgiving, 2007 Our Thanksgiving table….where 3 generations and three countries were represented at dinner!Foreground: my mom, Nate, Bailey (my niece) Background: (L) Dirk, my brother-in-law and (R) Tom, my mom’s husbandMakes you wonder what’s so funny doesn’t it? I’ll give you a clue, someone grabbed a hiney! Kirk with my the husbands of my cousins … Read More

By Friday dinner, we were all sick of Turkey and leftovers, so we did what any sensible person living and visiting the Chicago area would do…we went out for pizza….not just any pizza, of course. We went to Lou Malnati’s for some yummy deep dish Chicago Style pizza. While we were waiting for a table … Read More

Did someone say dessert? Yeah, at Lou’s they serve a mean DEEP DISH Chocolate Chip cookie with ice cream, chocolate sauce and whip cream. In a flash….it was gone…. Do they look full? Or ready for another one?

One of our hens FINALLY laid an egg!Yeah, you all are probably thinking something like, “what the heck, she hasn’t blogged in a month (or more?) and all we get is an egg?” It’s just that I’ve been so busy…and to be real…because it’s been so long, I just didn’t know where to start! Maybe … Read More

Around the house … The view from the corner of our home out to the road The flowering crab apple tree Gabby on squirrell patrol looking across the yard to our neighbor’s home