Walkin' in High Cotton

Just for the record–this little guy is the spittin’ image of his father. I mean, it’s like I had no part in it at all. I mean, they’re like two peas in a pod. I know this one is mine… And I’m pretty sure this one is mine… But this one?  He’s his daddy’s boy. [...]

I wish I had some great, exciting story to tell about how shearing day is so fun, but honestly…it’s really not.  It’s definitely a relief–but that’s about it. The weather is strange around here.   A lot of people shear early in spring before lambing, but we lamb in Feb/March, out on pasture, which I think [...]

It’s been a tough week. Besides being a full time wife, mother, and home manager, and besides being a part time livestock farmer and semi-part-time freelance writer (meaning not enough to feed a cat, but enough to take up my time), I also have a full-time job as a Planner. Yep, I plan things.  Communities [...]

I mentioned yesterday that after Cowboy Days, the kids all took a nap and then were raring to go again.  We had a little pool time until everyone was up and about. But there was more adventures to be had. Mimi has a river. My mother-heart was glad to see that it was very low [...]

That post title could mean so many things when living with this little guy… But this time it’s actually someone else’s title.  This weekend we went to visit Mr. Fix-It’s mom (Mimi) and step-dad (Papa) for Cowboy Days in their little town a few hours away.  They knew our kiddos would love it. We got [...]

That’s been our summer in a nutshell.  Seems like the best kind of summer vacation if you ask me. Love, laughter, fun, food, and water balloons… There’s always water balloons. Maybe I’m a little biased because we grew up with very modest means, but the whole idea of “family vacations” seems to have gotten a [...]

My recent article for Everything Mom is about helping children deal with the loss of a pet.  Unfortunately we’ve faced death and loss on the farm a little more–and more intensely–than the average goldfish flushing.  While never fun, we do try to keep our emotional distance from animals destined from the start to go “up [...]

I mentioned last week that we were mail ordering our next batch of chicks and expecting them any day now.  We got an email confirmation on Tuesday the 13th that they would be shipping out on the 14th and should arrive in 1-2 days.  At 7:43 am Friday morning I got “the call” from the [...]

Good morning!  I haven’t been blogging for a few days (several, few days, actually) because we were blessed to have a large part of my father’s family (my father’s mother’s family, to be particular) descend on us like a flight of butterflies for the 1st KHZB Family Reunion–which we were tickled to host at The [...]

Today I’m scrambling to get ready for all our “company” coming to visit so I’m thankful for my wonderful friend Stacy, who was willing to guest post for Thankful on a Thursday–one of my new favorite days of the week! (And if any of our “company” is reading this, ignore that part.  I’m cool as [...]