Creating a home on (and off) the range
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Do you want to live with purpose? My word for this year is “purposeful.” To live more intentionally, I’m reading more non-fiction that inspires me and gives me practical advice on how to make progress on my goals. Today I wanted to share three books that will help you focus on what’s most important. What…
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Organizing your pantry makes life easier for preparing meals, grabbing a quick snack, shopping for groceries and not wasting time and money. My pantry was a jumbled, overwhelming mess for YEARS. Finding what I needed to prepare a meal became a scavenger hunt or a clean-up expedition. I knew I needed to have a system…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’m passionate about breaking down stigmas, shining a light of compassion on those who have a mental illness and treating them with grace, dignity and love. My dad had bipolar disorder, and it impacted our family in a huge way. You can read more here and here. According…
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Did you know that better posture can improve your health, mood, self-confidence and appearance? Try this 30-day posture challenge to cultivate a healthy habit with lasting benefits. I’m starting a 30-day posture improvement challenge because I’ve been slouching for decades. Here’s the BACK story (see what I did there?): “Stand up straight!” I think my…
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You know those days when 5 o’clock rolls around and you realize you have no idea what you’re fixing for dinner? Or you’re planning the week’s dinners and you KNOW Wednesday and Thursday are going to be CRAZY but you want healthy, quick and easy meals? I gravitate to these five easy meals over…
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Are you more likely to regret what you say or what you didn’t say? What we say matters. James 3:8 says, “no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.” Like every other person on the planet, I’ve said many things I regretted. When anger boils up inside me,…
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Changing the décor on your mantle for spring is a great way to freshen up your living room for the season and boost your joy. Here are five quick tips that don’t cost much money. I used to only change up my mantle at Christmas. That meant that for 90 percent of the year, I…
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Removing wallpaper can rank as one of the most frustrating home improvement jobs out there. Here are some tips to conquer this DIY drudgery so you can get on to the fun stuff. When the Fix-It Farmer and I bought our brand new home in the mid ’90s, wallpaper was having a moment. Along with…
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Are you overwhelmed at the thought of dealing with your overflowing counters, cabinets and closets? Do you dread tackling the mountain of papers hiding the surface of your desk, the leaning towers of cans and cracker boxes in your pantry or the boxes of precious keepsakes you stashed in the hall closet? I’ve struggled with…
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Farmers and ranchers are some of the hardest working people I know, but most of us city folks don’t give much thought to where our food comes from. No, I don’t mean Kroger or Dillons. My hubby, the Fix-it Farmer, and I are involved in agriculture in a few small ways because he didn’t want…
