Image by Ralf Kunze from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES I woke up in a complete panic last night. Heart racing, sweat dripping from my brow, shaking hands. It was scary. It wasn’t a nightmare. I wasn’t scared of the dark. It was the arrival of Spring Break that had me all sorts of worked up. I think many Moms out there will...
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES Happy March, my friends! It appears the month ‘came in like a lamb’ which I’m hoping means if it must ‘go out like a lion’ it will be a thunderstorm and not a snowstorm. The warm temps and continually melting snow has renewed my outlook on life. Funny how much you...
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES We are getting so close. Even though snow still covers most of the ground outside, the major up-swing in temps this week has me all sorts of excited. For the return of chirping birds, for green grass, for the trees to sprout buds. For open water again! While there are...
Image by Fred T. from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES Okay, so that title might be a bit of an exaggeration. While we have had a 50-degree swing in temperatures from where we were a few days ago, unfortunately, it’s still pretty darn cold. Which is expected. I mean, we live in Iowa, so we should be used to the winters, right?...
Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES I think it’s safe to say the storm has officially passed. While the steady falling of powdery snowflakes wasn’t quite as bad as I expected, when that wind picked up, it was definitely unpleasant. It’s funny how one gauges the severity of a winter...
Image by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES It appears January in Iowa has finally arrived, bringing with it frigid-cold temperatures and arctic winds. I suppose we should be thankful we have made it almost through January before dealing with the term “below zero.” The bonus of the coldness is the...
Image by Juraj Varga from Pixabay BY: RACHEL WUMKES We have officially made it through the first full week of 2021, though it feels, for some reason, like it took much longer. It could be the political turmoil swirling throughout the Nation. It could be my body rejecting “real food” instead of the mounds of junk I...
