In all professions, there is a certain speak, a verbage, a set of acronyms, phrases, whathaveyou that set apart those who are in that particular field from those who aren't. From a doctor to an engineer to a coach to a teacher, heck even a truck driver, when each of these folks are in the biz, they ... Read More about Separating the Men from the Boys
The Pilot’s Wink
Okay, so have you ever been close enough to a plane's cockpit to see the pilot wink at you?Not while it's on the ground, but in mid-air? Potentially above your child's swing set?If you have, you're probably a farm kid, wife or farmer, as crop dusters get close enough to the ground in order to apply ... Read More about The Pilot’s Wink
Weekend Woes
We messed up last night. Well, actually, I messed up. Apparently, at the last t-ball game, amidst the chaos that is t-ball itself and t-ball pictures, there was a schedule change. So, when Anna and Joe showed up at the ball diamond, they were there, for the last batter, as our game had changed ... Read More about Weekend Woes
It’s Always Something
In the fall of 2000 (loooong before I ever even dreamed about being a farm wife), it was downed corn, corn plants knocked over late in their life (thank goodness...because there were some kernels to harvest). I rode with my dad, since that was the only time we could see him that fall, in the cab of ... Read More about It’s Always Something
World’s Largest Wienie Roast
Isn't that what straw bales are for? Sitting fireside on a fall night, roasting a hot dog with 1000 of your closest friends? Well, we have the straw bales for you! I'm not sure if it's really 1000...or if it's more or less...I'll get back to you, but judging from the straw that has come out of Joe's ... Read More about World’s Largest Wienie Roast