Recipe Card: Roasted Red Pepper Pasta & Parmesan Crusted Chicken

I thought it would be fun to share my favorite new recipe each month.  Technically, I am sharing two this month, but since I served them together, we will let it slide. For January, the winner is the Pioneer Woman’s Roasted Red Pepper Pasta served with Parmesan Crusted Chicken. This recipe is not only tasty,

Raising Livestock

Today is another in our series of the best posts of 2016.  And, since just last weekend we welcomed our first red calf into the family, I figured that it was the perfect time to post this. Raising livestock is in my blood. Husband’s too. For generations, our families have raised cattle, sheep, and horses.

Real Life

Everyone knows that what we see on social media is not “real life.”  Instead, it’s a highlight reel.  Our best outfits.  Fanciest recipes.  Cleanest house.  And that’s all fine, except that when we are looking at other people, it’s so easy to forget that.  While I am sitting here in my sweats with three daybold

Recipe Card: Kylee’s Chicken Pot Pie

What says comfort food better than chicken pot pie?  Husband’s cousin, Kylee, shared her recipe and I absolutely love it.  You can choose your veggies, I use as many fresh as I can, and play with the various seasonings to make it fit your tastes! Kylee’s Chicken Pot Pie Olive oil 1 pound chicken 3

Couponing Apps: Checkout 51

I’m back with another coupon app to share with y’all today!  If you missed my prior post about Ibotta, click here. As I said about Ibotta, Checkout 51 is essentially like clipping coupons from the newspaper, except you do it on your phone or computer.  As compared to Ibotta, Checkout 51 does not have nearly

Local Stock Show

It didn’t take me long to be ready to write off the entire nation on Friday morning.  Everyone on the news, on social media, heck even in the gas station was upset.  Some cursed Trump.  Others cursed Obama.  Everyone cursed.  I was quite discouraged about my fellow Americans and the future of our country.  And

Go Home and Love Your Family

Here is the next post in our Best of 2016 series. This post was first published on Election Day on Figuring Out the Plot. Re-publishing it on Inauguration Day seems fitting.  “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” -St. Teresa of Calcutta By the end of today, about half

Discovering Podcasts

Well, as usual, I am late to the party.  Last week I learned about podcasts.  And how to listen to them on my phone.  Y’all.  My life is changed. I can listen while driving or running or feeding babies…just by clicking an icon! In case you are slow like me, here is a step by

Funny Convetsations with Husband

Me: Guess who’s pregnant!? Husband: Better not freakin’ be us! {It’s not us, for the record.} —- Husband (looking around our living room):  It looks like someone had a college party in here but with tractors and blocks instead of beer cans! — {Watching Friebds and Chandler and Monica are slow dancing to the mixed

Little House Tour (Guest bedroom and bath)

And the tour continues!   When we first bought the house, this was our master.  Now, I am not sure how we fit our king sized bed in there at all!  Ah, we were newlyweds and so happy to be living together….now we are old married folk who need their space! So here we have