I am so happy right now! I’ve been outside in a tank top all morning shoveling dirt and getting my garden soil prepped for planting. Yeah, I realize that sort of work isn’t necessarily fun for all but I LOVE it. AND it’s only …
Spring break is starting tomorrow. Yep, TOMORROW. Ever since college, spring break has always meant that it’s officially spring and time to bust out the warm weather clothes and go on vacation! Okay, well, I’m not actually going on vacation. A girl can dream right?!? Instead, my …
It’s raining!!! Now I know that may not be all that exciting for most of you but when it’s February in Minnesota, rain is a very welcomed thing. It means the snow is melting and Spring is soon to show her beautiful face. It was SUCH a …
Perfect Pad Thai. I know, the title is a bit presumptuous especially for a Scandinavian-German girl never trained in Thai cooking. Nor do I have a Thai grandmother. That said, I just have this thing for a truly authentic pad Thai. Every Thai restaurant I ever go to …
Why has it taken three weeks to recover from the holiday season?? I’m guessing it has something to do with a full two months of busy-ness leading to I-just-want-to-do-nothing syndrome. I’m still trying to catch my breath. The outdoor temperatures here in Minnesota were comparable to …
Venison is a meat I grew up eating which harnesses a unique field to table flavor. It also carries a heaping dose of nostalgia. My dad used to take me ice fishing when I was young with my brother and sister. We would play endless rounds of card games …
T.G.I.F!!!! This weekend has much to look forward too… more grape picking, more grape juice making (maybe some wine making), some fall cleanup and after the work is done, a trek to the pumpkin patch and a bonfire at my brother’s acreage. My family is always such …
I’ve been in full on “harvest” mode the past few weeks grabbing boxes full of fresh tomatoes from the farmers market and freezing homemade tomato sauce for future use. The scent of roasting squash has been wafting through my house while the kids cringe at …
I swear I must have been a prepper in a past life. My husband too for that matter. Lately he’s all about doing/fixing/building/repurposing things for ourselves when he can and has decided to take up blacksmithing as a hobby. I am highly supportive of creative physical hobbies that also happen …
After many small moments of chaos last weekend, like the brakes not working properly on our moving truck (kind of a big deal), and then having the electricity taken out by a careless driver running into one of the poles and knocking down the transformer, we finally got moved in. Normally, …
