• Items of Interest

    Camping On The FARM

    Camping on the Farm.  A way for a farm or ranch to earn some extra income.  Interesting.  I have wondered about this before on our place. Actually, my mother-in-law told me years ago that she thought it would be fun to develop a campground on a place we call the “80” here on the farm.  I love to go and sit out in a pasture, where I can’t see any other houses or roads, and feel like I have run away.  I have often wondered if others would pay to come to the farm and experience this.  I could charge them to come sit in the middle of the cow…

  • Life

    12 Days of Christmas Cheer

    Are you looking for something new to do this Christmas? Maybe start a new tradition? How about spreading some Christmas Cheer, secretly? Well, here’s an idea…..How about being a Secret Santa? And how about doing it for 12 days? There’s a story about this in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book. The story is about a lady that had a neighbor family that was going through a rough time. She decided she wanted to bring a little Christmas cheer to their life, so she developed a plan to incorporate the secret Santa idea into the 12 days of Christmas. Each day for twelve days, she delivered a different gift…

  • Recipes

    How I finally got my Farmer to eat Tuna Fish

    I love tuna fish. I grew up eating it a lot. Cold tuna sandwich, grilled tuna sandwich, tuna fish casserole, even straight from the can. My Farmer does did not like tuna fish. He would tell me things like “Real mean don’t eat tuna fish”. Or his dads favorite was “You’re henpecked if you eat tuna fish”. I figured he didn’t want to look unmanly in his dads eyes, so I never pushed the tuna.😉 Tuna fish became one of those foods I ate when my Farmer was away. Same with canned chili and grape Koolaid. I know. Don’t judge. HAHA. Anyways, after some time of being married to a…