Wow, this is a real thinker that’s for sure! Obviously we’ve all been given loads of advice, both good and bad. So let’s go with this gem… Smile and Nod. It gets you through difficult things. It gets you through things you don’t agree with. It gets you through you didn’t hear. It gets you…
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http://www.midwesternatheart.com/2012/11/if-i-ran-for-president.html I would want World Peace. Oh wait, that’s if I were Miss America or was it Miss USA… (think Miss Congeniality). If I Ran for President Women would get at minimum 6months Maternity leave up to a year. Men would get 6 weeks Paternity leave. Affordable further education. Teachers wouldn’t be at the bottom…
In October of 2009 I woke up one random Monday morning and jumped on facebook before I went to work. A friend of mine started a blog. Wait, a what? What is a blog? So I jumped over to blogger.com which is what he used and signed up. I played around on it for a…
So Halloween really hasn’t ever been my thing. I grew up in the country, except for the 4 years I was working on my Bachelor’s degree, otherwise, trick-or-treating wasn’t really a thing. Our town used to have a huge thing for kids to come up and parade around the square and sometimes my parents would…
Dear 10 year older me, Wow where do I even begin? Right now life is absolutely crazy! You’re in Grad school working on your Master’s in English. Obviously different than your bachelor’s but Dr. Carlson made you feel very good about that fact last week after class. Baby girl was born this summer. That has…
Not going to lie… this particular prompt really stumped me. Why you might ask… well because I can tell you the BEST vacation but the worst vacation was a bit harder. I went through all vacations trying to decide if I even had a worst vacation… yeah some aren’t nearly as good as others but…
Don’t compare your life to other people’s lives because a blog is only a snippet of their life anyway. Putting yourself out there will get you negative feedback. Don’t worry about them because the computer screen makes people feel invincible. Starting your blog when you did documents your whole live with one heck of a…
If you were raised on a farm or are a transplant to a farm, you know there are many reasons to take cattle to the sale barn. But if you weren’t raised up around cattle productions, let me tell you some of the reasons that you might take them to the sale barn… Drought –…
I’ve never actually created a Fall Bucket List. Truthfully I’ve never created any kind of a seasonal bucket list. Since the baby girl is here now, why not? I heard one time that when you have a baby you enjoy the holidays even more. My husband and I love holidays but wow, I’m starting to…