Do you ever think that if you could just be more productive, life would be easier? Um, yes! But what if you realize it’s not necessarily having an improved filing system or balanced schedule that will make you more productive? Those things might really help, but it could be the power of your perspective that transforms your productivity level. I’ve been learning…. Read more »
Greetings Farm Wives! Draw near, my sacred group of women. Women whom no one else can understand except a fellow farmer’s wife. We are a unique, select group of women. We live and breathe the farm that has become not a source of income, but a lifestyle. We think in terms of grain and livestock sales, and we force our minds to…. Read more »
Part of the struggle of getting organized is knowing where to put things. You start sorting through a closet and come across a box of miscellaneous memories and you get stuck because “where do I put something like this?” Here are a few simple but important questions to ask yourself to help determine where things should be stored: How often do you…. Read more »
I am the wife of a hard working farmer and in the spring and fall our work force can swell up to 10-15 men. On the days they work into the evenings, we bring them prepared supper to the field so they can eat and then keep on plowing those fields. (Side note, ten years ago had you told me I’d be making…. Read more »
Weeds. The annoying green foliage that grows throughout your beautiful flowers and tomato plants. The foliage that we prepare to stifle even before it has the chance to germinate. The foliage that isn’t wanted, yet somehow still appears. I’ve spent hours this summer pulling weeds, and they seem to multiply faster than I can pull. I know everyone has a trick for…. Read more »