My birthday is 10 days away. I’ll be 26 N tells me, already I have lost track of how old I am… I could figure it out by doing some math but I don’t really focus on how many years I have been on this earth. My age doesn’t really coincide with all I have […]
Author: Talina
A city girl turned farmer. Yes women do farm ;) Owner and operator of direct to consumer, Ryder Family Farm in Southern Illinois.
Wearing many hats I'm also a mother to 3, a wife, a yogi, a farmer, a 4-H & Girl Scout leader & hospitality manager.
Upper respiratory infections in pets- Day 1 update
Jack’s symptoms have greatly improved and he is acting more himself today, I only added a few drops of colloidal silver to water and orally gave it to him via dropper yesterday. I did not give him more today as he seems significantly better today! However, I have received much information from readers about the […]
Upper respiratory infections in pets.
While we were moving in to our new place we were nicely greeted by a neighborhood dog. She was pretty and very friendly. She had a tag on that said her name was Lady and she apparently lived across the street from us. We gave her a pat, pat and our Dixie (our dog) played […]
Video of all the pets
Here is a video I put together of a day in our house, with all our pets. I didn’t video the birds or fish but all the other pets were included. Enjoy! I was going to embed the video in the post but it messes up my whole blog display when I do, so if […]
Oh, the pain! Workout pains are killer.
Yesterday I did some light pilates moves with my students. We are doing many dance moves that require much body strength and I have found pilates to be the best way to strengthen many parts of the body in a low impact direct way. Well, we sure worked the body! My abs are sore in […]
Sorry, I had to! Oh, the life of our president…
[youtube ScA-EsB09Bo President Bush Tap Dancing] Happy friday everyone!
So many grown adults are not grown at all..
I am continually amazed by the actions and behaviors of the so called “adults” around me. So many times they act and behave in ways that aren’t so adult, I find myself thinking about how my high school students are more mature and adult like than they are. This may be because I take pride […]
My blogging buddies…
I just saw a Whirpool ad on TV and for a second I thought the logo actually said Witchypoo.. Can’t tell I read her blog often huh? I also have found myself thinking about Veronica and her move, hope all is going well there. It’s crazy how you get so involved with your blogging buddies […]
Making my own braided rug- Prairie Chic Craft Idea
Braided rugs (or rag rugs) are not only useful around the home but they are also a great way to recycle fabrics. You can make your own braided rug using old t-shirts, boxers, linen and even scrap fabric from sewing projects! These are sometimes referred to as “rag rugs” they have great character and are […]
Growing Canna (red futurity)
We just bought several Canna ‘Red Futurity’ roots/rhizomes that we are planting in N’s office. These are very tropical looking and require warmth so we figured they would be a perfect fit in that room. They came packaged with Caladium bulbs and a few elephant ear bulbs. We plan to plant our Cannas in a […]
I have spring fever! Is winter over yet?
Well, we are moved in to our new place and it’s a bit like Christmas here every day! We are discovering all kinds of “surprises” each day as the snow melts. Some of the “surprises” are pleasant because they are signs that spring is around the corner, others a just odd. Yesterday we determined a […]
does not require chilling gardening reference likes very moist soil must dig up before winter frost spring flowering
Growing Calla Lilies
I just rescued some potted calla lilies from the grocery store. They were in the discount section where we often find perfectly good plants that just need the right care. These particular calla lilies were forced to bloom for valentines day, since their blooming period had passed they were being discarded. The great thing about […]
Woot!!! We won the contest!!!
I have never won anything before but today I did! Thanks to you guys, for putting up with my incessant plugging of my contests and for voting for me… We got 1st place in the Packet8 “MobileTalk MacContest”… I am not sure if we won all three Macintosh products or just the laptop but either […]
Page 123 meme… Chicken Soup for the Soul
I was tagged by Corrin to participate in a fun little book meme, this is a fun idea! I had trouble finding myself a book to do this with as we are still surrounded by a maze of boxes. I did however find a old chicken soup for the teenage soul book that I sued […]
Bleach smells bad so I used it to clean the old home.
We seldom use bleach because of the environmental/ health impacts but had acquired a few large bottles of it some time ago. I don’t like the smell of it and I always seem to mix it with something that I shouldn’t (like cat urine in the litter box or whatever).. I was determined to make […]
Wordless Wednesday- Vote for Andrew our kitty!
I am contest crazy! I entered this pet contest over at Bissell to win a pet hair eraser vacuum. You can view my kitty and vote by clicking here. Happy Wednesday! —— Oh, while I am shamelessly promoting my contests I should remind you that in 2 days the voting for my cooking chicken video […]
A rant about installation appointments
Well we are still waiting to have our phone/ DSL connected today. We had an appointment for a tech to come out between 12pm & 5pm today, it’s 4pm as I write this and nobody is here. The whole deal with service calls and connecting utilities is kind of silly. They need access to your […]
My body hates me- moving is rough!
Well, I am just now sitting down with my laptop for basically the first time in 2 days. We are moved in and it has been exhausting! Thanks to my family we got the majority of our junk into the new home by Sunday night. We stayed in the new, warmer, much bigger home Sunday […]
Fun with the family.. Video with adult language!
We made my yummy salt roasted chicken for dinner and then made some smores for dessert. Were having some fun before we start the moving process from the one rental to another… Here is a snapshot of our evening, good times! [youtube I90WJeO9RDg Fun with family- video]
Is old spice hair and body wash right for me?
Saw this commercial on tv the other day, laugh my butt off! Enjoy!