Archive for 'Farm & Family'
Backing Up
Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 by Kate.
This is probably why I didn’t post anything the entire month of April. Our septic backed up into our unfinished (thankfully) basement. I love clorox. LOVE. IT.
To correct this problem we had to call in some heavy duty equipment which the boys thought was the most entertaining part of spring break.
Besides camping out in the [...]
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The Modern Cowboy
Posted on 04. May, 2011 by Kate.
Whoa! I don’t what’s going on here. I didn’t post anything the entire month of April and now I’ve posted twice in three days.
Saturday we branded calves. In the old days, when Nate and I were first married, branding calves meant a bed of coals had to be kept hot to heat the branding iron. [...]
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Upstairs
Posted on 02. May, 2011 by Kate.
Look what this little cowboy did tonight! He started crawling up the stairs.
And didn’t stop until he reached the top. Oh my. I’m in trouble now.
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A Speck
Posted on 29. Mar, 2011 by Kate.
The week my littlest cowboy turned six months he learned a new trick when rolling from his back to stomach.
He learned to roll to his knees.
And then straighten his arms and rock back and forth.
A week later he was full out crawling and chasing a ball. He’s such a tiny little speck crawling around the house [...]
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Oliver
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by Kate.
It’s spring and that means calves on the farm. This little calf’s mom chose to feed its twin and not him so we brought him home to our barn and named him Oliver. A calf will die if it doesn’t get colostrum. Thankfully, you can buy a colostrum formula which we did on Saturday night [...]
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Preg Checking
Posted on 20. Feb, 2011 by Kate.
One winter morning over Christmas break it was time to see if the bull had done his work.
This is Nate’s sister Hayley with her newest baby.
Hayley did something really smart about five years ago.
She married a veterinarian. Now he spends his Christmas vacation preg-checking our cows.
And we’re all happy about that. Thanks Milo!
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A Conversation
Posted on 22. Nov, 2010 by Kate.
One night last week after several repeated attempts to put the three-year-old in bed, he was again standing beside my rocking chair as I nursed the baby. I told him, ”If I have to put the baby down to get you back in bed, I’m gonna spank your little bottom.”
“My bottom’s not here, Mom.”
“It’s not?”
“Nope.”
“Where’d it [...]
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Stolen Fun
Posted on 11. Nov, 2010 by Kate.
Apparently I can’t write and blog with a new baby. So know that I’m still around but have pretty much banned myself from the internet each day until I have had at least 20 minutes of writing time. (Yeah, breaking that rule right now and the baby is on my lap screaming. Thus the pirating [...]
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Learning Patience
Posted on 25. Oct, 2010 by Kate.
This little cowboy likes to do everything himself. If I’m peeling blanched tomatoes for salsa, then he wants his own knife and tomatoes to peel.
It’s often a bit messier than I’d like.
It’s not just me he likes to help.
If his Dad is digging, then
so is he. Even if he has to use a snow shovel.
His [...]
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3 Seats, 7 People
Posted on 22. Oct, 2010 by Kate.
Imagine seven people sitting in the cab of this truck. One of them in an infant carseat. Then add two tupperware containers of cookies, two 9×13 pans of BBQ turkey, two sets of tongs, and a diaper bag. That was my Sunday a couple of weeks ago. It started out nice–hurried, but nice. What mornings [...]
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The Best Children. Ever.
Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Kate.
Our littlest one has arrived! I just wanted to post a note about the fantastic support these children and husband have been to me for the past nine months. This pregnancy was as close to bed rest as I ever want to get. By eight months in I could only stand for two minutes at [...]
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Tractor!
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Kate.
Remember the many dog conversations in the movie UP! interrupted with, “Squirrel!” ? I laughed so hard because we have dogs and a plethora of squirrels here on the farm. Just the other day our dog jumped out of the back of a moving truck as my husband drove across the creek bridge. Why? There [...]
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I am the mother of six learning to live in the country surrounded by in-laws. I've been married to the amazing Nate Palmer for 17 years; he is teaching me how to be a farm girl. In my spare time (okay--time I try really hard to set aside), I like to write. My first book, FALLING AWAKE, will be published in September 2012 with Covenant Communications.
A True Short Story
My first published work entitled "More Than Pinecones" is in this collection of true Christmas stories.
