Five Photos: Five Stories
The rules of Five Photos; Five Stories are to post a photo a day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a short paragraph. Oh yes, and
Author: Katy Flint
Counting My Blessings
You know those times in life where you are more grateful for people and things than normal? Yeah, I had one of those days a few days ago. Right before lunch T texted me and said “Well, hit a deer on the interstate. Probably totaled truck”. The end. No “I’m ok” or “headed to the hospital”…nothing! UGH! I called him immediately and after 2 rings it went to voicemail…super! I will admit that I started to panic then. Yes, he had the ability to text me, but what if he passed out, what if he couldn’t use his phone because he was in an ambulance. Remember, I’m a woman and my mind goes to the worst, first! I texted him then and said, “Are you OK? Call me please!!? Thankfully he almost immediately returned my text to let me know he was ok and he would call when he could (post paperwork, getting a different truck, etc). Thanks be to God T was fine. A small burn on his arm from the airbag deploying and little sore, but other than that just fine, so fine he went right back to work and was actually mad because it took up so much of his day when he had stuff to do! I would have been so shaken that I would have been home on the couch the rest of the day!
Wordless Wednesday: Washed By Faith
French Onion Pork Burgers
We are beef people. Yes, I said it. But, I’ll also add that this pork burger recipe are some of favorite!
Now, in my defense, I grew up around cattle and my dad has worked with cattle in some respect or another for most of my life! Chicken probably comes next in our arsenal of meat with Pork bringing up the rear. Now, that doesn’t mean we don’t like pork, it just typically isn’t at the top of our list.
The Meat of It
That being said, we have go through our half beef faster now than normal! The boys are growing and eating more, so most ground beef recipes require 2 lbs! Because of this we have been forced to eat other meat and try new things to make things stretch until late summer/early fall when we get our next half. Enter pork! When friends of ours gifted us with some pork I decided to try a new recipe. I tried a similar recipe with ground beef quite a few years ago, but decided to give my ground pork a spin-off of that recipe.
Easy Chicken Marinade & Garlic Roasted Sweet Corn
Continue “French Onion Pork Burgers”Wordless Wednesday: Faith
Earrings, Lockets, & Memories
The other day I was getting ready for work and was looking for an anklet (I didn’t have any either, so if you have any good recommendations, let me know) and I came across the drawer in my jewelry box
Thankful for Thinkovator
It’s not quite been a year since I started blogging, but I can’t believe how far I’ve come. When I started this journey, I hadn’t really shared it with anyone close to me. I was worried about what they would think and worried that I was going to fail miserably, so no need to share. Thanks to the constant support and encouragement of my friends with the North Iowa Bloggers, I grew, shared, developed, etc. Recently, it became very clear to me that I needed to be self-hosted.
R is 15!
I decided on M’s birthday back in March, that I would write a letter to each boy each year on their birthdays. You can read the letter to M here, but today is dedicated to R, who turns 15 today!!
Dear R,
You’re 15 today! I’m still in denial about it and plan on staying there for the next several years! It seems like the last 5 years have gone so fast! (You were just 10 when we went camping together for the first time, do you remember that?) I do, so very clearly! You were so little! Not so much anymore! You’re my gentle giant now! I don’t know if I’ve ever met a 15 year old boy (I know you’re not a boy anymore, but see the first sentence about denial) that is as gentle and quiet as you. You’ve always been that way too (as long as I’ve known you anyway)!
Our relationship has been fantastic! We’ve never really had any issues between you and I and it seems, in my opinion, that our relationship is a special one. It’s not like the one you have with your mom (and that’s great) or even the one you have with dad…it’s just what’s perfect for you and me. I cherish it, I hope you know that! I cherish the times we spend together! I cherish the memories we have together and those times when we just get to talk and you tell me about whatever is going on in your life! Those times hold the most meaning in my heart and always will!
Apple Cinnamon Stuffed French Toast
I love breakfast foods! I love experimenting with breakfast foods. I love french toast. I love stuffed french toast! I know, that’s a lot of love, right? This past weekend I was feeling adventurous and wanted to try something new. I also had 4oz of cream cheese that needed to be used beucase the other half had been used in Easy Beef Enchiladas earlier in the week! In my typical fashion, I don’t plan ahead, so I have to make due with what I have in the house! Saturday morning was no different! I wanted to use up the cream cheese and I desperately wanted stuffed french toast, but had no real “fresh fruit” in the house as I hadn’t gone grocery shopping yet. The only fruit I had in the house was apples, so the wheels started turning.
The Things We Do…
As I type this I am sitting in a camper while it is raining outside. There is a pop up canopy over a fire while a brisket roasts in a cast iron pot. Sitting near the fire is T & M and Miss Nike. Is this my dream of how to spend Memorial Day weekend? Camping in the rain? Not so much! In fact, if wishes were fishes, I would be home on my couch watching a movie in my jammies! But, we’ve got an11yo who LOVES for
camping, LIVES for this time of year and camping, so here we are…in the rain, smiling even though I’m so tired and want to go home!
