What happens when I hit the road with my 17-year-old nephew and my parents for a weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska? Laughter, entertaining family trivia, and a chance to see my nephew, Davis, as a future college freshman – yikes! When did that happen? First things first – why Lincoln, Nebraska? Well, the long story is […] Read more…
Stop, Breathe and Give Thanks
Thanksgiving is so close now – just a day away, and I have hardly had time to think about blogging! That’s the curse of being the communications director for the nation’s largest turkey-producing state, I guess. I have tons of resources and recipes at my fingertips, but I’m too busy to stop, breathe and blog. […] Read more…
Gobble On!
This self-described Turkey Queen is at again. It’s one week until Thanksgiving (cue the Angel choir voices singing now – aaahhhh!), so I couldn’t help but share a photo of this handsome little turkey I took in a Minnesota barn a while back. I mean, if you can’t share a turkey photo or two in […] Read more…
Laundry is Relaxing?
After spending the past 5 of 6 weekends away from home, I couldn’t wait to hang at home this weekend with no big plans, other than dinner out Friday night. Don’t get me wrong – every one of those weekends away was fun and resulted in several of my recent blog posts (here, here and […] Read more…
Turkey Queen in November
Here’s my shocking admission today: Sometimes I have pork envy. (Bacon? Have you noticed recently that it’s everywhere?) Sometimes I have dairy envy. (Those cute cows plus the milk mustaches – who can compete?) Sometimes I even have just a little beef envy (in the form of a big, juicy New York strip). But there […] Read more…
Girls Weekend in Des Moines? Hell Yes!
Can four women have fun on a girls weekend in Des Moines? Last weekend was my 14th annual girls weekend with my cousin – which just made me realize that this whole girls weekend thing has been going on longer than my marriage. Wow. Some background: The girls weekend has always involved myself and my […] Read more…
Social Media Numbers Game
(I apologize in advance if this is a long, rambling blog post on social media analytics. I know, the word “analytics” alone is a snore-fest, right? But you see, I’ve been thinking about this subject all day and it’s starting to make my head hurt. However, I decided if I could write down a few […] Read more…