Dani Squared

September 16, 2021

Raising Beef, Living on Chicken — Alpha Gal Syndrome

It was late September 2020 when after mowing a tall patch of grass on the farm my torso became covered in chigger bites. A couple of weeks later, I realized I couldn’t stop scratching all over my body. I attributed the constant scratching to the reason the bug bites on my stomach would not seem […]

September 7, 2021

Am I a Mommy Blogger Now? Nursing Must Haves.

*Typed while Laramie snoozes in his dinosaur covered Boppy Lounger next to my laptop and we listen to 80’s/90’s country on the radio.* Yeah, we’re millennials who still use a radio… but it’s connected to our record player. So, does give us our early 30’s street cred back? But really, our Kentucky farm ground is […]

September 5, 2021

Dusting off the Blog like an Old VCR

Oh, hey, it’s me again. Do these still even appear in your inboxes? I guess we’ll find out. It’s been so long, that I literally had to think and guess on my login and then redo my payment information to get the Ole Blog up and running. They say birthing a baby births creativity, and […]

May 31, 2017

6 NOT Potato Salad Summer Cookout Recipes

Awh, summer! …or as Dan keeps reminding me ‘late spring.’ He’s super analytical, but I consider anything from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Summer. This time of year, for us, is the craziest, it’s wedding season and hay season, and somewhere towards the end of June it finally stops raining long enough in Kentucky to […]

March 9, 2017

The Grilled Cheeserie – A Love Story

If there is one thing that always rings true for me, it is that I am obsessed with grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. I know, that is such a low-key item, and easy to come by, but I love them SO MUCH. Nashville is about two hours from our home, so not too far, […]

January 17, 2017

A New Beginning

Since 75% of my blog traffic comes from Facebook, you probably noticed the change in name. Yes, High Heels & Shotgun Shells has morphed into DaniSquared. I went back and forth on this decision for months. I was having a hard time coming back to blogging because I felt weighted down with my old identity, […]

July 13, 2016

Trick Candles and The Crashed Cake

I’m not great with dates. As a matter of fact, I struggle remembering if my husband’s birthday is September 29 or 30. It’s the 30th… But it doesn’t stop me from debating between the those two days constantly. So it works well for me that my dad and my father-in-law’s birthdays fall within a day […]

March 10, 2016

BURN ALL THE THINGS

As I sat there in my home office, on a beautiful spring day, the breeze blowing, the birds singing, the temperature inviting. It was the perfect combo for a day of windows open as fresh air circulated through our home. But, no. Instead I accepted that I was, in fact, living on a post apocalyptic […]

January 11, 2016

What Marriage Is

As my second wedding anniversary approached my head was flooded with thoughts. I knew I wanted to write something, but wasn’t set on a direction. I could easily write something incredibly mushy or a monologue of sarcasm, woven with humor. However, going solely in either direction didn’t settle right for me. Then, I thought about […]

January 7, 2016

The Days I have to be Quiet

I’m terrible at being quiet. Actually, I’m incredible at being quiet. I can go hours without feeling the need to mutter a word, I can stealthily slink around our home and farm so silently My Someone is constantly hollaring out to find me when I’m in the next room. We have a tiny home, friends, […]