I just updated my Facebook status with our dinner menu for tonight. I rarely update my status with a menu since I cook most nights, and, unfortunately, it's usually not exciting. However, I was channeling my inner Ree Drummond (aka, the Pioneer Woman), whom I just watched on Throwdown With Bobby ... Read More about Why I Am Not the Pioneer Woman
To What or To Whom Should We Cast the Blame?
As I sat in the bleachers last night watching my oldest daughter at her first basketball practice, feeling like a "real" parent for the first time, I took a look around the gym. Kids of all shapes and sizes were bouncing basketballs, running after ones that had bounced off their feet, and chasing ... Read More about To What or To Whom Should We Cast the Blame?
Communicating Fabulously
Okay, so I have this pretty interesting opportunity next week. I am headed to the Illinois Commodity Conference, and while there was a time that I might have run screaming from something like this, I'm actually really looking forward to it. The title of the whole conference is "Tell Your Story," and ... Read More about Communicating Fabulously
Thank Heaven for the Fleck in My Carpet
When a city dweller thinks of country living, I believe a few words come to mind: peace, quiet, serenity, natural , to name a few. Such words came to my mind just four short years ago as we were putting the finishing touches on our remodeled farm house. I was ready to leave town; be on our own ... Read More about Thank Heaven for the Fleck in My Carpet
Grammar Nerds
Admitting the problem is a step in rehabilitation, right? Well, here it goes: I'm Emily, and I have a problem: correcting grammar. No form of bad grammar is ever left uncorrected in my head. From an incorrect apostrophe on the Skinny Jean's Workout at my gym (what exactly are the jeans owning???) to ... Read More about Grammar Nerds