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Veggie Soup

March 15, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

Are you and your family trying to stay healthy by doing some social distancing?  Maybe even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Social Distancing, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, covid-19, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, social distancing, weight-loss, Wellness

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Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: An Irish Blessing

February 9, 2018 By Mary 14 Comments

“CLEARLY, MARY, WE ARE NOT LUCKY!”, wailed my sister Sue in her best Dirty Harry voice, whipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, Health, Humor Tagged With: Dogs, Erma Bombeck, family, funny, human interest, iowa, Irish Blessings, Lucky, sad, sisters, Tragic story

Winter Blahs? 6 Ideas To Get Your Spring Mojo…

January 9, 2018 By Mary 11 Comments

The end of winter can really bring me down...the snow is often dirty and the days grey, this year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizer, Ethnic Foods, Humor, Party, Recipe, Wellness, Winter Party Tagged With: crafts, DIY, family, farm, FOODIES, friends, Fruit, healthy, home, iowa, light, Luau, Mental Health, party, Paul Hollywood, pineapple, salads, Tiki Party, winter blaas

Awkward 4th of July Memories and Homemade Potato Salad

June 27, 2017 By Mary 15 Comments

Almost every American family has its favorite memories of the 4th of July.  Maybe it's fireworks in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Holiday, Home, Recipe, Salad Tagged With: 4th of July, American Cuisine, church ladies, Classic Potato Salad, eggs, farm, FOODIES, iowa, Picnic, Potato Salad, Potatoes, Recipe, Summer Salad

What Scarlett O’Hara and I Have in Common….

March 4, 2017 By Mary 6 Comments

...and it is NOT an 18 inch waist! Part 1:   The Land From this picture you may think that Katie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY, family, farm, homesteading Tagged With: barn, bathroom remodel, bedroom remodel, Christmas Decorating, family, fire, historic rennovation, home, house, iowa, remodel, renovate

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

February 5, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Hot Damn Sam!!!  I lost weight this week and it feels great.  Granted it was only a pound  and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, exercise, Foodies, Fruit, Garden, Health, Midlife, Recipe, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, blackberry, diabetes, easy, Exercise, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, grilled, Health, healthy, herbs, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, lettuce, light, low-cal, Recipe, romaine, rotisserie chicken, salads, skinny, SOUP, spinach, VEGTABLES, weight-loss, Wellness

Week #1 Iowa Food & Family Project and Iowa 10-Week Wellness Challenge

January 30, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Last Wednesday I received my emails to let me know we are kicking off  first day of our Iowa Food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Foodies, Garden, Health, Herbs, Recipe, Soup, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: cabbage, carrots, diabetes, Exercise, Health, healthy, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, light, low-cal, skinny, weight-loss, Wellness

Wordless Wednesday – Zinnias

August 17, 2016 By Mary Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Flowers, Garden, Photography Tagged With: arrangements, butterfly garden, colors, farm, iowa, monarchs, pink, wordless wednesday, zinnias

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