Farm girl. Farm wife. Farmer's daughter. Agriculture advocate. Ag marketer. Ag volunteer.
Last weekend my mom and I hauled the Christmas decorations up from the basement and started decorating for the holidays. As we unpacked the various items, my mom pulled out a special Christmas gift that I received many years ago from my Aunty Lois. It's a strawberry shortcake doll (I loved Strawberry Shortcake!) standing beside a Christmas tree... Continue Reading →
This past Saturday my mom and I had our annual Christmas baking spree at the farm. We made five different things including caramelitas, mini chocolate cream cheese cupcakes, sugar cookies, marshmallow balls and cinnamon rollups. I've already shared the caramelitas and chocolate cream cheese cupcakes recipes on this blog. Click on the links to check them... Continue Reading →
Today on Thankful Thursday and American Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for the new American friends I've made this past year through various social media such as blogging, Twitter and Facebook. I share a love of agriculture, rural life and/or food with many of these friends. I won't begin to name names as I don't want to... Continue Reading →
While many families go out for lunch after church on Sundays, my family often goes home and makes a delicious lunch of Belgian waffles. This is a nice change from the sandwiches, meat and potatoes etc. that we've been eating all week. But what makes these waffles even tastier is the white sauce that is served with them. Basically it's... Continue Reading →
As I've mentioned before on this blog, my family farms just north of the Canada-United States border in southern Manitoba. We have some land on the border. To give you an idea I thought I'd share a few photos of the borderline in this Wordless Wednesday blog post. I spent this past weekend at the farm... Continue Reading →
... and only had access to one kind of food and one kind of drink, what would they be? Of course my answer would be Ritz crackers and Good Host iced tea! (I guess I would also need clean drinking water to make the iced tea). I grew up on Good Host iced tea and... Continue Reading →
"I can live for two months on a good compliment." ~ Mark Twain Some of my social media friends participate in a weekly blogging event called Thankful Thursday. This week I've decided to post my own Thankful Thursday. I'm thankful for the people in my life - family, friends, colleagues etc. - who compliment and... Continue Reading →
I've been looking for a new sweater dress, preferably in red as that's my favourite colour. A couple of weeks ago while shopping in Fargo I found the perfect red sweater dress at Macy's, and it was on sale! Check it out below. Please comment below and let me know what your favourite colour is... Continue Reading →
...in more ways than one. Anyone who colours their hair, whether by choice or necessity, can relate to that feeling when you look in the mirror and come face to face with those dreaded roots. It's time for a touch-up. Those are my hair roots, but what about my rural roots? We all have a... Continue Reading →
If you're a regular reader of this blog you've probably figured out by now that my Wordless Wednesdays are not really wordless. Guess I'm not really a wordless kind of girl. I love sharing photos but usually feel they need some kind of caption. Maybe one day I'll surprise you all with a real Wordless Wednesday... Continue Reading →
Rural Route Ramblings 