The Meandering Mind of a Happy Farmwife

⏰ TIME VS MONEY So this morning I was scrolling my social media accounts and came across a post that said this: "The Biggest difference between money and time..... You always know how much money you have, but you never know how much time you have." Hmmmm, My Husband and I have been together nearly 37 years.  We have a happy marriage.  But we see differently when it comes to time and money. He was raised that if there is work to be done, you better be doing it. If you are offered overtime, you need to take it.  He kept both his parents for a very long time, His Mom passed at 82 years old, His Dad just this past November at 95.  I on the other hand lost my father when I was only 3 years old, my father was 32 when his time on earth ended.  My point here is that he hadn't lost anyone really close in his life early, so to him, we all have lots of time.  To me, who lost my Dad when he was only 32 years old...Time is of the essence.  I agree it is important w...

  "JUST DO IT" A well known athletic brand has the catch phrase, "JUST DO IT".  They have used that phrase for so many years that most can't hear it without picturing their logo, the Nike Swish.   Last night as I was laying in bed, I kept thinking of this phrase......"JUST DO IT" and as I thought about it I thought about the many times I didn't "Just do it" out of fear of failure, or sometimes just plain old fear of the unknown. I have always had a love for Literature, Poetry, Quotes.  The Library was my favorite place in the world when I was a kid, I loved Library day at school.  The smell of books, ahhhhhhh!  A visit to the Library was always on the calendar each week as I was raising my children.  My Love of Books and written word started way back when I was a small child and I still love them today. I can still remember Book covers (not necessarily all the Titles) of books I checked out from my elementary school Library.  Mrs. Lenberg...