Author: Lauren
Why I Quit Traditional Social Media
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In October 2018, I decided that social media was not for me. I deleted it and took breaks from it, but I wanted to try it for a year. Being a millennial who grew up in an age with flip phones, pressing the “end” button over and over on your…
What I Learned in 2023
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This yearly tradition allows me to reflect, look forward, see growth, be thankful, and know what I need to continue learning. 2023 was a year of waiting again, and in that waiting, a considerable change followed a lot of uncertainty in our adoption plans. We found out that our previous…
Love or Forget It? Chicken Coop Edition
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We built our chicken coop in 2019. It’s now 2023 and we’ve made some renovations. I’ve learned what I love and hate in a chicken coop and I’m going to share with you what those are. Forget It: Droppings Board/Litter Trays: We started with 8 chickens. My coop didn’t take…
Dear Anxiety: How You Make me Borrow Troubles
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Dear Anxiety, I’m done borrowing trouble and worry from tomorrow, the next day, the next week, the next month, and the next year. I’m done. Well, I really want to be. Yet, I’m in this cycle of dwelling on what ifs. This week I had two women tell me to…
Raising Kids with Animals
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When I was a little girl I had many pets. Bunnies, guinea pigs, fish – two particular 25-cent goldfish lived so long we actually had to move them to a cow water tank when we moved away, cats, dogs, and chickens. I got to see all parts of an animal’s…
Favorite Products in October 2023
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October Skincare Faves: Chicken Coop Faves: Self-Care October Favorites Please read my Tea Lovers Gift Guide for more of my favorites. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Rest assured, I only link to products I love.
How Our Hands Tell Part of Our Story
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I have always loved hands because they tell so much. Different Hands, Different Stories You know if someone is a construction worker by looking at their hands. Their hands show all the labor they have done with healing wounds from pulled splinters or cuts from a tool. They are muscular…
Silkie Chickens – A Great Addition to Any Flock
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When we first got chickens, we got two Silkie chickens and instantly fell in love. They were so friendly and let my then 3-year-old catch them, squeeze them, cuddle them, and love on them. Our black Silkie chicken is still alive and we continue to just love her so much…
Summer 2023
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I can’t tell you the last time we had a summer, we weren’t doing any vast projects. It’s been a long time, I can tell you that. If I had to choose three words to describe our summer they would be: Here in North Idaho, our summers are amazing. With…
Treating and Preventing Mites in Rabbits
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Pestavert from Small Pet Select Finding Out My Bunnies Had Mites I went out one day to check on our buns, feed and water them, and give them some love. When I petted my oldest bunny, I noticed the hair on the nape of his neck came off easily, and…