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Dec 11, 20211 min read
Slightly Laughable
There are few times that I actually manage to pull a good trick or scare on Ross, but occasionally I manage one. A couple years back, we...
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
Eliminating Trips to Town
ways to stock up food to eliminate trips to the grocery store by joanie nikkel down highway 20
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Nov 10, 20212 min read
So God Made A Trucker’s Wife (Part 2)
And on the 10th day, God looked down on the Trucker and said, “It is not good for him to be alone.” So God made a Trucker’s Wife. God...
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Oct 9, 20212 min read
Saturday Nights
Some folks head to town to eat out and meet with friends. Others spend a relaxing time at home with family, a bowl of popcorn, and a good...
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Sep 2, 20212 min read
This Old Truck
Funny how a truck can become a part of you. Like a member of the family. An old comfortable friend. I cried the day we sold the red...
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Aug 31, 20212 min read
That First Year
The year that two became three..(No. More. Hot. Tea.) The year of not leaving your side for more than an hour.. and feeling revived from...
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Aug 28, 20211 min read
Conscious Choices
It’s been one of those weeks… The kind where you have to bite your lip a lot to keep from saying things you’ll regret later.. (too bad...
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Aug 20, 20211 min read
Life Is Good
It’s the little things that keep life interesting. Working in the shop once again, this time I’m putting new teeth on the rake. The third...
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Aug 13, 20211 min read
Everyday Angels
noun – kind people who pop up unexpectedly in my life and cause small miracles to happen. Someone who spreads love. I run into these...
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Jul 30, 20211 min read
The Farming Game
Back when I was young, my siblings and I would play a board game called The Farming Game. We played it for hours. The clock ticked on,...
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Jul 17, 20212 min read
The Things Nobody Tells You…(musings from a first-time mom)
Nobody tells you that you really should grow an extra set of arms during pregnancy (along with everything else you’re growing). Cuz...
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Jun 29, 20211 min read
Happiness Is…
A gorgeous harvest moon peeping through the livingroom window as I rock my baby to sleep The never-ending laundry caught up (momentarily)...
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May 20, 20211 min read
These Are the Days
Of milk and diapers. And more milk. And more diapers. Of sweet baby cuddles and growth spurts too soon. Of bright baby eyes,...
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May 11, 20211 min read
When Time Stands Still
Time stops. The entire world holds still and breathes in the miracle. There aren’t enough words in the universe to describe the feelings....
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Apr 12, 20211 min read
A Peek into Our Life
I’m just coming up for a gulp of air. I hope to someday soon fully re-emerge from this hectic busyness and land on a stable surface long...
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Mar 10, 20212 min read
Sheet Pan Meals
With the flurry of busyness the last couple weeks, I’ve jumped on board the one-dish-meal bandwagon. And I must admit I am hooked! It all...
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Feb 13, 20212 min read
Snowy Days
Whiteness. Pure whiteness. Falling from the sky, heaping the fenceposts, drifting over the woodpile. Cold brisk air; fresh nitrogen from...
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Feb 7, 20212 min read
Words and Birds
The weather beams warm one day; another morning, I look outside to see 6 inches of snow drifted across the lawn with an awful wind...
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Jan 31, 20212 min read
12 AM Thoughts
I mailed a package to Indiana on December 28. It arrived to its destination on January 30. I should be a postal worker for a month just...
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Jan 22, 20213 min read
Gratefulness
I am thankful for little things. The other day in a writing group, we were given the assignment of writing a list of 100 things to be...
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