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The Biggest Little Farm

July 11, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

There is a reason I love Little House On The Prairie. I mean, there are a lot of reasons. But one of the biggest reasons is I really envy that way of life. The living off the land. The self-sufficiency. The simplicity. Life was so much more difficult in many ways back then. But in […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: life on a farm, LIttle House on the Prairie, self sufficiency

Day 22: Lunch a la Little House On The Prairie (And Delicious & Easy Baked Penne )

April 3, 2020 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I have been enjoying cooking for my family. And my family has also been enjoying me cooking for them. Number 4 said to me, “Mom, you have been making some really good food, and I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate it.” That little acknowledgment meant A LOT to me. We haven’t […]

Filed Under: Food, In the Kitchen, Life at My House, Moneysavers Tagged With: baked penne, Caroline Ingalls, LIttle House on the Prairie, lunches for kids

The (re)Institution of Family Movie Night

February 15, 2020 by not your average mom 10 Comments

If you’ve been reading my blog posts over the last couple weeks you know I’m going through a little bit of a… thing. An awakening. You know, as I sit here typing this, it’s really probably my version of a mid-life crisis. Or more like a mid-life breakthrough. I turned 50 last September, and I […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: Big, family movie night, LIttle House on the Prairie, The Peanut Butter Falcon

Faces In The Window

October 25, 2019 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Tonight we found ourselves in the rare situation where we were all home before 7 pm on a Friday night. This hasn’t happened since August. Normally I’d take this opportunity to catch up on a few things. But earlier today I came across this post I shared on Facebook two years ago: And then you […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: cleaning and scrubbing, LIttle House on the Prairie, passage of time, time flies

Lessons From Little House On The Prairie

July 8, 2019 by not your average mom 4 Comments

My parents gave me the entire Little House On The Prairie DVD set for Christmas a few years ago. It is one of my favorite gifts to date. We started watching it as a family then, but the three little guys were really too little to get it, and we only made it the beginning […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: LIttle House on the Prairie, simplify

She gets it.

November 13, 2015 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Earlier this week after doing a lot of thinking about Christmas and how it had become out of control and how the kids weren’t really all that appreciative of the gifts they were getting and how we just have way to much crap in our house, I talked to Number 3, 4 and 5 about how […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Christmas, LIttle House on the Prairie, simplifying

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