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Evening antics4 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 2 weeks ago: My Pig-farmer is a consistent source of amusement for me. Sometimes I say, “You gotta’ l … more →

Tags: country living, Friends and Family, couch time, cat

Vacation Week8 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 1 month ago:               My view while enjoying coffee this morning: Lots of … more →

Tags: country living, Friends and Family, Parenting, Work/Career, 4- wheeler, beagle, boer goats, Coffee, Country Life

Another weekend in review

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 1 month ago: I have to review this weekend because I don’t quite know where it went.  I feel a tidge like D … more →

Tags: country living, Friends and Family, Parenting, Work/Career, boys, brushing teeth, chores, Dr. Seuss, Family

Will there be a new kid in town?6 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 2 months ago: Saturday was all I could hope for in a day off work. Work-outside-weather. Getting-things-done start … more →

Tags: country living, Positive Thinking, Work/Career, donkey, Country living, beagle, Polled Hereford, Black Lab, old red truck

Hope springs!2 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 2 months ago: I think that with Spring, always comes a little hope.  New life is popping up.  Tulips that I forgot … more →

Tags: country living, Positive Thinking, spring, Country living, 5 Acres, old barn, HOPE, Yard Work, Grandma Moses

Stephen Colbert interviewed a pig farmer the other night

chiefsfan71308 wrote 2 months ago: And guess where he’s from… Yep. Represent Iowa Oh and he brought pigs with him … more →

Tags: Iowa, Stephen Colbert

Sampling purgatory14 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 2 months ago: I’ve never had the greatest understanding of purgatory.  Today, I had a break-through, an inkl … more →

Tags: country living, Work/Career, animals, chores, scoop poop, Shopping, Wal-Mart, Work and Home

Local Pig Desperately Trying To Learn To Talk As Slaughterhouse Date Approaches

Sal Kingfisher wrote 3 months ago: SPRINGFIELD, MO—In just over a month, local pig farmer Dan Hankins will load this season’s yearlings … more →

Tags: Agriculture, pigs, Babe, Charlotte's Web, slaughterhouse

Muddy thoughts; Muddy ramblings6 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 3 months ago: Beautiful snows, spring flowers and rainbows, summer gardens and fall leaves ….. beauty everyw … more →

Tags: country living, Random Thoughts, Parenting, Positive Thinking, Work/Career, Mud, spring, Dogs, positive thinking

Saturday - In Pictures3 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 3 months ago: Enjoying the morning sun ~ So sleepy…. Waking up and sharing the love ~ You do love dog kisses … more →

Tags: country living, Cats, Dogs, Amish, Happy the donkey, Arthur Illinois, Draft Horses, country drive

The weekend is in my rearview mirror or Sunday evening blues2 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 3 months ago: The bad thing about having a really good weekend is that it can make you not want to start a new wor … more →

Tags: country living, Positive Thinking, Full Moon, walk, Amish, Arthur, Kids and College, Sundays, Weekends

The thing about chores...4 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 4 months ago: The thing about chores is to never be lulled into complacency or to think there is a short-cut. For … more →

Tags: country living, chores, Happy, donkey, Louisville Farm Show, Hereford calf

The Pace of Nature4 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 4 months ago: “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I am normally … more →

Tags: country living, Positive Thinking, Nature, winter, pigs, summer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Freckles

Santa is a Woman.2 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 5 months ago: Sorry to break the news everyone, but I’m pretty sure that Santa Claus is a woman. Case in poi … more →

Tags: Holidaze, Santa (Claus), sugar plums, List Making

Here's to preserving health and spirit!4 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 7 months ago: “I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at leas … more →

Tags: country living, Random Thoughts, Positive Thinking, Kaskaskia River, Books, thoreau, Solitude, over-scheduled, Mental Fatigue

Change is a-happening.8 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 8 months ago: Have you ever noticed that excitement can feel a lot like nervousness? My pig-farmer husband is star … more →

Tags: country living, Positive Thinking, Life, Travel, Country living, just make the coffee, Sows, farrowing, ag lending

The Kitchen7 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 8 months ago: The kitchen is the heart of the home. It can also give me heartburn.  I’m not referring to my … more →

Tags: country living, Friends and Family, Parenting, Coffee, donkey, Kitchen, boys, heart of home, Dishwasher

And now, I scurry.7 comments

Marla aka Crazy Mom wrote 8 months ago: Sometimes my best work gets done under pressure.  The sun is setting earlier.  We’ve had our f … more →

Tags: country living, Friends and Family, To-do List, Country living, autumn, Ace Hardware, county market, Fall

Global Bacon Shortage!? Nooooo!

robstoneradio wrote 8 months ago: Does a global bacon shortage scare you? Like most meat lovers I love crispy bacon with my eggs or on … more →

Tags: Shows, breakfast, Food, Dinner, Farmers, Pork, Pig, Cost, bacon


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