As I was sitting in a waiting room here in Indiana I came across this magazine for reading material. It was great to have something to read other than Good Housekeeping, Mothering, and Men's Health. When I was done skimming the articles I piled all the magazines up and laid this one right on top for the next person! ... Read More about Wordless Wednesday: Farm & Ranch Living
A Trip To Town
The life of a farmer never stops.This week is a vacation for me, vacation from being a farmer I say. But every good vacation starts with a working day, right?We needed to leave our house by 4 A.M. to get me to the airport for my flight that left at 6 A.M. But, first we have to plan our "trip to town"These are words I never realized how often I utter. A big adjustment for me when I became ... Read More about A Trip To Town
Miss America Fights for Agriculture
Whenever I think of Miss America I immediately think of Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality (That movie always makes me laugh). However, I am not laughing at all when it comes to this Miss America. Formerly Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, has quite a bit to say on production agriculture and instead of reading my blog today, take a look at her essay on why farming is so important. Let's hope as ... Read More about Miss America Fights for Agriculture
Food For Thought: Define Grunt Work
I bet those are terms we all use often...grunt work. But really what exactly defines grunt work?Is it the yucky, nasty jobs?Is it the cleaning jobs?Is it the job that no one else wants to do?Is it hard work?Is it walking a field picking up rock after rock and tossing it into the tractor bucket?Back before I was a farm wife I worked for CVS Pharmacy for about 7 years. I started as a "cleaning girl" ... Read More about Food For Thought: Define Grunt Work
Bloggin My Life Away
Today was another busy day at TKF. It's my week to cook so I made some yummy fried chicken. The guys devoured it pretty quickly and my husband says "You just about got it down." (That's a high compliment from him!)Today I spent some time in town perusing an antique store, picking up paper towels at Wal-Mart, meeting up with a friend for some ice cream to support our local dairy production unit at ... Read More about Bloggin My Life Away