Midwest Girl

The Council Bluffs Half Marathon is Sunday! I have stayed on schedule with my runs and feel more or less ready – but still super nervous! It...

The original plan was to spend a long weekend over Mother’s Day weekend in Niobrara. However a family death put a crink in the plans. Luckil...

I love every minute of our spring weather! It was such a rough winter (and my first winter in Iowa in five years) so warm sunny weather is a...

For those not familiar click this link to learn who Pepper is….I had to do the same as a kind Fire Fighter called me Pepper after viewing my...

I am participating in Citizens Police Academy through the Council Bluffs Police Department, as part of my City Council stint. It has been an...

This state of this poor shed is quite sad. My grandpa built it so I want to keep the overall structure. Eventually I plan to side it, maybe ...

Sadly the spring weather has temporarily (I am hoping its temporary!!) disappeared. But that hasn’t put a damper on my excitement to get my ...

I know this is old news to most bloggers. Sadly I am behind on the trend and honestly it doesn’t quite fit in my home (still contemplating i...

This post is a few weeks late but figure better late than never. Huntington Beach was the perfect much needed recharge. The weather was perf...