Kate Palmer

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
by Christopher Mcdougall
Christopher McDougall opens the world of ultramarathoning. I enjoy running and one day want to run a marathon. (That will have to wait until all my children are in school. It’s too much of a time commitment right [...]

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Today I have a guest blog post from a very close friend of mine, Jenni. Her blog, Wordseed, is one of my favorites. I treasure her wit and the way she uses words. Enjoy the post, and then help her win a Joy-ography Scholarship by clicking here and typing Jennifer in the comment field. Thanks!

Mother [...]

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Little questionnaire that got passed onto me by Krista Lynne Jensen.
Rules: Answer the following questions with Single Word answers then pass this along to 5 other bloggers. Make sure you let them know about it though.
Your Cell Phone? None
Your Hair? Dry
Your Mother? Conversationalist
Your Father? Hard-Working
Your Favorite Food? Lasagna
Your Dream Last Night? Convoluted
Your Favorite Drink? Grape Juice
Your Dream/Goal? Joy
What Room Are You [...]

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Late Thursday night my husband grabbed his farm coat and disappeared out the door without explanation. An hour later he returned and explained he thought he’d seen a car trying to spotlight deer on our dirt road. That didn’t make any sense because with all the snow you can’t turn your headlights off the road [...]

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Early Tuesday morning the power went out here for about an hour. My computer never regained consciousness. My miracle-working husband took it apart and reconnected it to his computer and recovered most of my files, but none of the children’s. Like my son’s iMovie History Fair project that was ready to be burned to a [...]

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Although January is great for sledding it’s also an optimal time to go back to school clothes shopping. At least that’s how I shop. I’m a clearance shopper and this season holds fantastic deals. Last year I bought my oldest’s pants for four dollars each. Earlier this year, one of my sister-in-laws was seeking on-line [...]

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I’m grounding myself from the internet this week, no email or blogging. I need to get caught up on some housework. Cleaning my desk would be nice since I haven’t seen the top of it since before Christmas–and that’s saying something. Normally, I scour the house before the holidays and nothing is out of place. [...]

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We welcome the snow each winter even though it means feeding the animals instead of letting them graze.
First my oldest drives the wheelbarrow down to the haystack.

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In hindsight, perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to send the little boys to water the chickens by themselves.

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We’ve been making butter the old fashioned way since I broke the whisk beater on my Bosch. And I don’t mean using a butter churn.

The first step is to separate the cream from the milk. These jars sat in the fridge for about twelve hours. During that time, the cream rose to the top.

I used [...]

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“Look, Mom.” My five-year-old pointed off the snowy path leading from our house to the barn as we carried water to the chickens. A yellow line swirled in the otherwise pristine snow. “See, it’s a G.”
“Did you do that?”
“Yep. I followed the rules:

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This year certainly went speeding by. I hope you all had time for some wintertime fun during your holidays.
So how did I do on last year’s goals?

Run a half marathon.

Didn’t accomplish. I’ve already blogged about that here.

Have a book accepted for publication.

I’ve submitted my manuscript to two publishers and probably won’t hear back before April–if [...]

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