Mug quotation: "It’s got to go bang and it has to be fun, otherwise I won’t come!" - Karlsson, from The World’s Best Karlsson , ...

 Lutheran ladies, it's mug swap time! (I was going to post the "Let's get ready to ruuuuuuuumble!" video here but that...

Guys. Guess what. It's mug swapping time! Year 1: 115 Lutheran mug swappers. Year 2: 511 . . . in celebration of the 500th an...

YOU GUYS. THIS IS THE YEAR: THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF SWAPS. No, wait. It's the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, and that...

I have a small . . . issue . . . with coffee mugs. It's not that I collect them. It's just that I can't part with them.  B...

I can't function in chaos. I can't leave dirty dishes in the sink at night. I can't leave laundry unfolded before going to...

Merry fifth day of Christmas! While Wal-Mart is busy setting up its Valentine's Day displays, we're still Christmasing over here . ....

One of the things you may not know about farm folks is that we take naps, and we take them in really strange places.  Farmers are not...

This week, we are: Focusing on all things silage.  Silage time is kind of like Christmas on the farm, but you have to replace the p...

My husband has this striking ability, when the phone rings in the middle of the night with someone from the dairy on the other end, t...

Last week, thanks to my mother- and father-in-law, our family left behind the sub-zero wind chills, the frozen water in the dog bowl and ...