Double Up Farm

So, I have been more or less holed up in my bedroom for the last two months recuperating from surgery. I am headed back to work next...

Two weeks post-op from my knee replacement surgery. Turns out, the spinning wheel is kind of a gentle, effective recuperative activity,...

I have been thinking about marriage a lot lately. I recently attended a beautiful wedding, and found myself thinking about the vows used....

Behind the scenes at the market booth - with a special photo-bomb from my daughter-in-law, Kim. Or as I like to call her, my...

On Sunday morning, my husband said "what I want to do today is have you cook delicious things all day while I sit around and eat them." ...

Sometimes I lose track of why I am keeping this little place on the interwebs - I keep thinking it is for my fledgling business, and it...

When they were little, and for many years when they weren't so little, I told the girls stories about two little squirrels. These were...

I really love my children, and in fact, have loved everything about them from the moment I got pregnant. But I have never really thought...

Today is our first Ansel-versary - that is, a year since we welcomed Ansel to our home. Ansel had been rescued from Animal Control as a...

my mind still talks to you my heart still looks for you my soul knows that you are at peace #Family

I have a terrible tendency to forget my wedding anniversary - mostly because it seems I have always been with this man, and he has always...

My daughters will be the first to tell you that I may be a bit overly focused on weddings these days. Those of you who hang around me,...

On a wintery day in 2010, we went outside to find three puppies curled up under a tree in our front yard. With a little research, we...

Friday was scheduled to be Family Pie Day, but an unexpected guest meant we moved the date to Saturday, or as it will always be known in...

My husband does not usually ask for special things. So when he came downstairs yesterday and said "Do I smell cinnamon rolls?", I took...

Despite a career in I.T., I am not terribly gifted at the managing my Interweb presence. Mostly, I am tired of trying to keep track of...