Playing Memoir ‘44 on D-Day. This game is new in our collection but has been perfection, especially because my 11 year old is into WW2 history right now. I am forever thankful to our brave service members for their dedication to our country, during peace and war.
#thishoilandlife #purplepolitics

Our library has a summer reading program that is so fun. My kids love it, and so do I. It’s these kinds of programs and the completely ordinary presence of our library as a safe place for kids to hang out and pick up a book that continue to strengthen our communities #thishoilandlife #purplepolitics

I am a Mr. Rogers Republican.
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Since I’m a little under the weather today, you get to meet some more of the chicken line-up: These little hens are Betty and Inez, they are besties and not near as friendly as Dorothea. However they are very good at eating (chicken friendly) kitchen scraps.

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Visual timers are probably one of the best life hacks when you live in an ADHD household. Time blindness is such a struggle, but giving time a visual quantity helps my kids use it better.

#thishoilandlife #lifehacks

Just a crazy chicken lady with her favorite hen, meet Dorothea. She is so sweet. We have chickens because I love them and the price of eggs really matters for our family and several of our friends. We all need to be able to feed our families.

#thishoilandlife #purplepolitics

If you don’t stand for something, what will you fall for?

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My thoughts on #signalgate #purplepolitics

It’s not hard to be afraid of people that are different, but like Yoda says: “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side.”
The cure is curiosity, in getting to know the people you don’t understand. Be strong enough to acknowledge all humans deserve dignity and respect.

Frankly, I’m exhausted. I’m overwhelmed with what to pay attention to more. Montana Politics or the National ones? Both are exhausting.
However.
We don’t give up. We fight for what our founding fathers did: Freedom. I don’t like the find out phase.

#purplepolitics

I do declare, it’s about time to go trust busting once again.

#purplepolitics #freedomnotthecaucus

I am as the kids say “cringe” but sometimes phonics is best served up silly.

#mteducation #purplepolitics

I’ve got a fresh group of comics ready to head to school for my reluctant readers. They are such a great tool to make reading feel less intimidating and are how my dyslexic dad learned how to read!

#mteducation #montana #purplepolitics

Hey Montana, you might want to get pre-emptively block this troll if you want to keep your peace here. She’s gotten extra since the election.

The ritual remains: first we drink the coffee, then we do the chaos. Today’s chaos is cooking for the family. We are blessed in the Hoiland Household by the ability to host, that is the beginning of my Thanksgiving Thankfulness today. I hope you are able to celebrate in a way that brings you joy!

The mostly black dog is Daisy, she is my old lady and very bossy, she was the reason why we owned baby locks before we had kids.
The mostly white one is Jane, she is silly and anxious and cuddly, here she is judging me for making the bed after she decided to jump into it.
They are the goodest girls