Mashed Potato Casserole
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL! Just in case you have any leftover mashed potatoes this week. I love the flavor the onions bring to this casserole. Yumm! So let’s get started. Scrub, peel, and chop 6 potatoes and place in boiling water. When tender, drain. You can see I didn’t peel my potatoes. It isn’t necessary plus, I was using a bazillion tiny, new potatoes and pe

Collecting Eggs
Egg collecting is this little cowboy’s job. If he’s having a bad day with overbearing siblings, I’ll ask if he’s collected eggs yet. His sniffles and tears quickly melt away as he grabs the egg basket and disappears out the door. See the sand paper in the bottom of the basket? That’s part of his job, too. If there is any manure on an egg, he uses the sandpaper to clean it off. Washing the egg removes its protective coating which allows bacteria entrance. Eggs are po

Half Marathon Training Update
I love these shoes. Whew–it’s been an odd running year. When I started this blog, I thought I’d do a regular running post. However, my running life has been crazy this year. I was halfway through typing this post when I realized I should rename it The Running Epistle: Yeah, It’s That Long. Then I decided to just give you the highlights and spare you the details. Roadblocks: 1.Pregnancy-Stopped running. 2. Miscarriage-Longer re

FHE Star
When I taught elementary school there was a student mainstreamed into my class from the behavior special education unit. One day I caught him looking off his neighbor’s papers during a spelling test. Naturally, I reported to his special ed teacher. “Do you know what S did today?” The special ed teacher waited for the news. “He was looking on other students’ papers during the spelling test.” “Really?” “Yes! I know I shoul

Fall Work
Squirreling away food while putting yards and gardens to sleep marks the end of summer. Two of my little cowboys worked to separate the stuck or stabbed potatoes on the last warm Saturday we had. On another Saturday Nate brought in a load of decomposed hay from the stack yard.