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Taking the kids to school can be risky business!

We're home safe and sound! One thing that I'm really proud, lucky, thankful and grateful for is the my OH is a very safe truck driver. Fun had been made that he drives too slow and is a sissy on the road. But I'll tell you right now, if it wasn't for all the guys like him, trucks would be banned from the road.


It's not every morning I drive the girls to school. This morning was an exception. The sun is shining, the temps are warm, and I'm feeling energized, so why not! I get down around the corner, let me remind you our road is worse than a back woods twitch path, very bumpy and you have to go slow if you don't want thousands in repairs. But anyways, I'm going pretty slow because of the craters, there's no going over the line, the craters are there too. I look in the mirror and there is a truck flying up on my tailgate. Now I'm used to driving with OH, so I figure this truck is going to slow down, but then I realize, he's too close to slow down, I'm gonna get hit if I don't move. Thankfully, the snowbanks are melted enough so I could pull over just enough so he could go around me and the other lane was clear. After all was said and done and the renegade was in front of me, I thanked my lucky stars and cursed up a storm. That could have been bad!

What bothers me most, we know the driver and we also have been pushed off the road by him before. We also know he's been warned several times by authorities to slow down. I honestly feel it will take him causing harm for it to get through to him.

Drivers really need to understand there's all types of people on the road. 99% know that, are alert and pay close attention, but there's still that 1%, like this one, who think they own the road. I'm for making local drivers adhere to the same rules and restrictions as the over the road drivers! It'd definitely weed out that 1% :D

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Welcome!

I've been blogging here and there for several years. But never with a set intention on what the blog specifically should be about. I deleted, started over, deleted, went from one platform to another, searching for just the right thing. Then I decided the heck with it. Our life is up and down and all around. There's no way to blog just one topic. So, I'm going to attempt to take this route and blog about our life as it happens. I plan on sharing the good times, the bad, the sweet, the sour, recipes, tips, ideas, creations, our life in general.

We live in Maine, in a quiet little town. Not much happens here. I think Miranda Lambert had the best description of our little town with this song . Yep, that's here :D

But anyways, I'm a stay at home Mom, been so for 14 years. A Mom of 4, all girls. And before you ask, yes it's a job and a half. I'd be bored, miserable and unfulfilled if I wasn't crazy 24-7. My girls range in age from almost 14 to 5. We are beyond the baby, toddler, and pre-school stages. I will be honest and say, I'm happy those stages are behind me and look forward to sharing my wisdom when I have Grandchildren. Until then, I thoroughly enjoy the self sufficiency and appreciate the extra helping hands now that my girls are older. And the crazy laughter and goofing off that occurs every 2 minutes or so.

My other half is on the road, driving truck. He's a simple man, likes a quiet life. A straight forward guy who knows what he wants and doesn't let anything get in his way. I've never met anyone who can sleep for 2 hours and work for the next 24. Our 7 yr. old has this gene too. He's a good man who believes the only way is determination, persistence, loyalty, honesty and hard work. He's got a huge heart, the "shirt of my back" type. More often than not, he's very serious, but when he's home, his smile never fades.


I'm very close to my Older Sister who lives too far away. She's my "oak tree" and has saved me from many nervous breakdowns. Her outlook on life is so very positive and she's full of so much love, patience, strength and laughter. I truly feel lost if I don't talk to her at least once a day. She's my daily affirmation!

We raise chickens. Also ducks and turkeys. We try to grow as many vegetables in the summer that we can fit into our small backyard. This is a fairly new venture. We've been at it for 4 years. Learned a lot and fell on our face a lot, but it's so much fun and interesting enough that we keep at it.

We have dogs, 2 of them. Both German Shepherds. Our female is a "can you take her in until I get out of the hospital" that has made a permanent home here now for 5 years. Our male was purchased by me, when I found out I'd be a single parent for 5 days out of the week, again. They're a lot of fun and we're blessed to have them here.


Other than that, the main goal of our life is to just raise our girls with everything they need in order to walk out the door into the world and not run back in and hide in the closet. Challenging? Oh yes, but challenges are fun and the rewards are awesome!

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