So often, I find myself referring to my childhood to explain the person I am today. But, does our childhood really affect us for that many years, that at age 37 I can still say I act a certain way because that is how I grew up? For example, in northern Wisconsin, we just didn’t… Read More Old Habits – New Ways
We have had ants invade our camper while in Nevada. A branch was touching our slide out so the little buggers just hiked across and into our couch/dining room. I was very unhappy when we got home that night to thousands of them roaming around our camper. I began smashing them with my fingers while… Read More Pests invade the camper!
After weeks of sickness, visiting family, exhaustion, and a lot of hiking, biking, kayaking, four-wheeling….. I AM BACK! And boy, do I have some stories to tell. Where should I begin…. Bull Riding You read it right, my husband and 18 year old decided to try their hand at riding bulls. Now, let me tell… Read More Bulls, bull riding, ranches, cutting horses, and wild times!
There are so many amazing places across our wonderful country. I don’t know how many times we have said, “We don’t want to leave yet!” Yet, we also know that around the curve in the road will be another town that may be just as special and meaningful as the last. Some towns stand out… Read More Seems like we never want to leave an area…..
Literally, time sure has gone by fast. With six kids, home school, and all of the travel, it is hard to find time for much else. That is not a complaint, just a fact. January brought one of the most wild times of our trip. Sorry to say, I am just too tired to write… Read More How Time Flies in Between Sickness and Travel!
DID YOU KNOW: The longest inaugural speech was given by William H. Harrison, and was 8,445 words long; the shortest by George Washington, was just 135 words long. Click on these links to read: George Washington’s Second Inaugural Address William H. Harrison’s Inaugural Address Sources: http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/factsandfirsts/index.cfm http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/inaug.asp
I have to be honest with you; I do get annoyed with my husband sometimes. There are moments that he makes no sense to me. Something that seems so obvious to me is totally foreign to him. At these moments I find myself getting impatient and wanting to lash out in unkind way such… Read More Annoyed With My Husband
Watching The Sound of Music sure puts a smile on my face tonight. Sitting around with my children and husband, enjoying each other’s company as well as a classic movie. There are many difficult times traveling full time in a camper with six children, one of which is a young adult trying to stretch his… Read More These are a few of my favorite things…..
I was asked by http://www.rvparking.com/ to write about Thanksgiving in a camper. Read it at their website. It was a lot of fun to remember the craziness of our first Thanksgiving in a camper. Check it out at the above website!
I find myself to be extremely relationship driven. Sometimes to the point of suffering and feeling extreme rejection. As a woman, mother, child of God, I desire positive relationships with those around me. Yet, at what cost? I have to always remind myself that my relationship to God, my husband, and then my children come… Read More Letting Go of Certain Relationships
The Lemonade Digest 