Tag: Family
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One Story Book I Never Got Tired of Reading
Even though Someday Rider by Anne Herbert Scott is a children’s book, it was one book I never got tired of reading to my kids when they were little. I read it to them a lot, and it was also the book I picked to read to my kids’ class as part of our school’s participation…
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Imperfect Christmas Trees
A big part of our Christmas traditions is getting the tree, which always creates unique memories. We’re fortunate enough to harvest our own in the woods of the Black Hills. Most years we’ve gathered a pine tree right off our property. A few times I insisted on a spruce, which entailed getting a tree permit…
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Shopping the Old Fashioned Way at Motive Parts
Motive Parts is a store especially designed for the rancher. It’s the perfect place for a man to do his shopping because he can pick up his ranch supplies and buy Christmas presents for his family; provided his wife likes Carhartt clothing and he does any Christmas shopping. There is no other place where a…
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Krafting Food for Family
Many of my best meal ideas, desserts and appetizers come from Kraft Food & Family magazine. It comes out four times a year but all of Kraft Food & Family’s recipes are online. It’s one of my favorite recipe sources. I subscribe to this cooking magazine mostly because I’m really immature and like finding stuff in…
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Garbage Day
I found the perfect man for me when I met my husband. He agreed to be my garbage man. This was a deciding factor in accepting his marriage proposal. Taking the garbage out has never been my thing. Before we got married we established an unwritten pre-nup: I would do the dishes and he would…
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Medicating with Humor
I’ve always known about the two cartoon characters Calvin and Hobbes but never took the time to get to know them well until my kids checked out a couple Calvin and Hobbes books from the library. The Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is the work of American cartoonist, Bill Watterson. Calvin’s a typical first grader…
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A Renewing Place
Can you feel your mind, body and soul relaxing? This is Outlaw Ranch, and it will do that to you if you aren’t paying attention. I am fortunate in that Outlaw is only a 20 minute drive from my home. I’ve been here many times since my first church camp experience during my confirmation years…
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Give ‘Im A Boot
I would rather my son step on my toes than walk in my shoes. His feet are almost the same size as mine now, and he’s taken an interest in my cowboy boots. A few years ago, I loaned him a pair of old grey ropers I’d had since high school, thinking he could wear…
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Kirk Branding Day Dinner Featured on Toque Magazine
Five and a half months after my family and I had our branding day dinner videotaped for a series called What’s For Dinner America? the final cut was revealed on the cooking site called Toque Magazine on October 14, 2010. The following is the video that I wrote about in my column this week and…
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The Cowboy Book
About twelve years ago, before my husband and I moved into the house he grew up in, his dad had an attic cleaning day to clear out what had been stored away for years. My sister-in-law spearheaded the cleaning project and found this book in the attic. She remembered it being one of my husband’s…