Darci
Learning to let go.
I know you are probably thinking "why am I looking at a picture of a potty chair?" This silly little potty chair has given me so much...
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Darci
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Farmcation
When your livelihood is in agriculture (especially livestock) we all know how difficult it is to “get off the place.” In our house...
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Darci
- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
Run. Run. Run...
Run. Run. Run… I have literally and figuratively been running like a mad woman lately trying to keep up with training for a half marathon...
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Darci
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
"Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them..."
One thing I have struggled with in life (and unfortunately my kids are in midst of also) is friendships. Friendships can be so difficult...
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Darci
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
Calving versus Mother Nature
There is an old wives’ tale that says, 90 days after fog there will be moisture. I think the past two months has brought us more fog than...
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Darci
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
The Loss of "Family" Christmas
Some of my greatest memories growing up were in a big house in Ashton, South Dakota. Family Christmas at my grandma’s house were always...
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Darci
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Anxious Mess
“My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” ~Hugh Prather~ Uneasiness, apprehension,...
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Darci
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
No Substitute for Safety
Each and everyday farm families put their lives on the line in order to help do their part to not only make their operations flow and...
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Darci
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Impromptu Party for You
Taking time is always something that is so hard for me, I always feel like I need a few more hours in every day to get everything...
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Darci
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min
Play. Slay. Pray.
The other day as I was out with my husband fixing fence in tall weeds, bugs biting and near water (which I despise!) I started thinking...
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Darci
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
AI Basics from an everyday Ranch Wife
Anyone who owns cattle knows how much work goes into each and every animal… I have heard so many times from uneducated people, “what the...
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Darci
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
"Don't you know how that happens?"
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked my husband or me, “8 kids? Don’t you know how that happens?” I would be rich. You see my...
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Darci
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
The importance of filling my own cup.
It's been a tough morning at the Martinmaas house, so I put on my running clothes, put on some 90's Christian music and just started...
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Darci
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
This is not what I signed up for...
I cannot count how many times I have said the words, "this is not what I signed up for..." over the last 15 years of marriage, farming...
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