Our Trip Home
This last Friday, my mom and our daughter traveled with me to Northern Minnesota. Our main purpose was for me to meet my newest Great-Niece, Isla. She was born in November and this was my first opportunity to get away and see her. Since we had a long weekend, we took the opportunity to go.…
Read More Book Review: One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
ONE BREATH AWAY By: Heather Gudenkauf Published: June 26, 2012 ***** In her most emotionally charged novel to date, “New York Times” bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores the unspoken events that shape a community, the ties between parents and their children and how the fragile normalcy of our everyday life is so easily shattered. In…
Read More From Iowa?
I saw this posted on Facebook this week and thought it was pretty funny: Not all of these apply to me but most of them sure do! IOWA, according to Jeff Foxworthy: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you may live in Iowa. If someone in a Home Depot store…
Read More Wine #2 Oktoberfest
Last spring my husband and I visited the Eagles Landing Winery in Marquette, IA. I really wanted to try their wines because one of their vineyards is very close to my parents home. The first acre was planted in 1999 and has since grown to 3 acres in size. They currently produce 4500 cases per year. Their…
Read More Snow Is Magical!
We had a snowstorm yesterday and another expected tomorrow. This morning when I woke up everything was quiet and covered in that footprint free, perfect snow. This quote from J.B. Priestley describes it quite well for me… “The first fall of snow…is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and…
Read More This is what is so great about small town Iowa!
This weekend was our small town of 700’s Christmas celebration. It is a chance for us to get everyone together and share in the Christmas spirit. On Saturday, they served pancakes, eggs, and sausage to everyone and then each one of the kids picked out a toy and visited with Santa. Then on Sunday, there…
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