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Happy Valentine’s Day! Wishing everyone a wonderful day with their family and loved ones.
We are ready to get this special day started with our featured blogger Rural Rookie.
Hi, I’m Nikki! I started my blog, Rural Rookie, last year as a way to document my journey from suburban sorority girl to (soon-to-be!) farm wife. I write about adapting to life in the sticks, planning our destination wedding, the antics of our crazy corgi pup, my budding interest in photography, and sometimes even recipes and DIY projects. Join me as I figure out life and love in the country – one glass of wine at a time!
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Congratulations on being SITS featured blogger. Going to check out your site. I love the photo image! Have a blessed day.
Thank you, Vicki! I hope you enjoy it!
Life as a ‘Rural Rookie’ is looking pretty good, especially if you are eating a piece of that pumpkin roll…yum!
It is pretty awesome, especially with a little bit of pumpkin roll 🙂
Happy Valentine’s Day! Happy SITS day. Excited for you. Have a blessed day.
Thank you, Vicki!
Happy SITS Day … and Valentine’s Day, too! I love your Etsy shop!
Thank you, Ronda!
Happy SITS day, love your Corgi, he’s adorable!
Thank you, Jennifer! He’s such a little nut! He keeps us endlessly entertained 🙂
Congratulations on your SITS day! Enjoy it. I love your blog, the title and the concept behind it is great. Thanks for sharing with us on this journey.
Thank you, Yvonne! I’m so glad you enjoy it! 🙂
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m excited to have found your blog! It has a different theme than most of the other blogs I follow and this looks like it will be an exciting change 🙂
Thank you, Sarah! I really hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Happy SITS day! Your blog looks like fun, and I’m jealous that you have a horse! Looking forward to reading more.
Thanks, Lexie! I hope you enjoy it!
Happy SITS Day to you!! Heading over to check out your blog now 🙂 Have a great weekend!! 🙂
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
Happy SITS day to you and congrats on all your new adventures in life!
Sandra
The Adored Home
Thank you, Sandra!
Happy SITS day! Your baby calf is adorable!!
Thank you, Martha!
Squuueeeee!!! You have a corgi! I love Corgis!!! You remind me of me a lot too, only I’m engaged to a city boy and I’m a country girl LOL
Haha! It’s like we traded places 🙂 Corgis are so much fun, I’ve never met a dog with more personality in my life! He keeps us endlessly entertained!
Happy SITS Day Nikki!
Thank you, Rachel!
Happy SITS day! I LOVE your blog title!
Thank you, Pam!
Happy SITS day!
Thank you!
Happy SITS Day and Happy Valentine’s Day from Ireland!!!
Thank you, Emma! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day 🙂
Happy SITS day!
Thanks, Maya!
Happy SITS Day! I am excited to hear about your farming adventure. I grew up in Illinois. My parents farmed, but we lived in a very small town. I always wanted to live on a farm with lots of animals!
Thank you, Carla! I love the farm life. If it were up to me we’d have a lot more animals than we already do 🙂
Happy SITS Day! Enjoy.
Thank you, Rudri!
Well that’s quite the change in settings! Can’t wait to read your story. Happy SITS Day! 🙂
Thank you, Emily! It really has been a crazy transition, but I’ve loved every minute of it!
Happy SITS day!
Thank you!
Happy SITS & Valentine’s Day!
Thank you, Tiffany!
Happy SITS Day! Your blog sounds awesome and I’m excited to check it out!
Thank you, Jenna! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Hi there! I LOVE the picture of your and your calf! Let’s us know what your life is all about! Living on the land and compassion towards creatures!
Thank you! I tried finding a photo that really showed everyone who I am…it just happened to be one where I was knee-deep in cow poop 🙂
Happy SITS Day (and Valentine’s Day!) Nikki!
Thank you, Rebecca!
Happy SITS Day, Nikki! I love proposal stories. Headed over to check yours out!
Thank you! I love reading proposal stories, too. They tell you so much about the couple and their love 🙂
Nikki, loved the pumpkin roll recipe! Tried to post on your blog on my phone, but couldn’t get it to work. Just wanted to let you know I did click through. Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Thanks, I hope you like it!
Happy SITS day!!! Love your cow & calf pic!
Thanks, Trish 🙂
Loved your engagement story! Happy feature day!
Thank you, Camille!
Happy SITS Day! And Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂
Thank you, Amber! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day too 🙂
Happy SITS day Nikki! -Iva
Thanks, Iva!
Hello! Happy SITS Day and Valentine’s Day! I love the concept of your blog! Such a fun journey to document. Looking forward to checking it out.
Thank you, Bre! It has been a blast so far! Crazy at times, but so fun 🙂
Happy SITS Day!
Thanks, Nicki!
Happy Sits Day! That’s a big jump to go from sorority girl to farm wife. Sounds like a real life Green Acres. (You’re probably too young to even know what I’m referring to LOL). Can’t wait to read about it.
Thank you! And yes, haha it’s been a lot like Green Acres! Thank goodness my cowboy is a very, very patient man 🙂
Happy SITS day!
Thanks, Bonnie!
Happy SITS day! Can’t wait to visit! 🙂
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it!
Happy Valentine’s SITS day! Moving to a rural setting would be a big adjustment for me too! I can only imagine. Enjoy this fun day and feel the love:)
Thank you, Seana! Yes, it has been a major lifestyle change, but I’ve loved every minute of it 🙂
Happy SITs day + happy Valentine’s day! I absolutely loved the imagery on your blog! Is not a puppy + some cows the cutest photo ever 🙂
Thank you!
Happy SITS Day!
Thanks, Cassi!
Oh my! It’s been so long since I roll called the site has changed and I almost couldn’t find today’s featured blogger!
Sounds like quite an adventure. Part of me secretly wanted to be a farm girl!
It has been a wild ride, but it’s been an absolute blast!
Happy SITS day! Congratulations on being the featured blogger! I have that part of me–the “I want to live off the land and farm” part (one of my favorite books growing up was Pearl S. Buck’s “The Good Earth” and of course, “Little House on the Prairie”). I give you a lot of credit for plunging in and making a commitment to that kind of life with your partner. It’s hard work!
Thank you, Nicole! It IS hard work (and a crazy lifestyle change!), but I’ve loved every minute of it!
Happy SITS Day!
Thanks, Crystal!
Happy SITS Day, Nikki, from a fellow Sticks Dweller 🙂
And Happiest Heart Day to all the SITS ladies today!
Thank you, Tori!
Happy SITS day! Sounds like you have had quite a journey! Look forward to reading some more about it.
Thank you! It has been a crazy ride, but I’ve loved every minute of it!
Happy SITS day! I had a destination wedding eight years ago and it was the best!! Looking forward to reading about yours and country life – because I’m living that too.
Thanks, Allie! Any tips for a destination wedding bride? 🙂
Yes – just enjoy it! Do as much planning ahead of time as you can and then just let it go. I had a few minor things go wrong but it doesn’t seem to matter as much when you’re in paradise 🙂 Also, your friends and family will thank you (for years to come!) for having a destination wedding. Enjoy!!
I would love to try my hand at changing from city girl to country girl! What a great life experience!
It’s been so crazy and unexpected, but I love it 🙂
Happy SITS Day! I bet you are going through a whole new transformation, LOL! I love that pic!
Thank you, Emily! It’s been a wild ride, but I love it! 🙂
I love the picture! Can’t wait to read more. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you Elizabeth, you too!
Happy SITS Friday!
Thanks Kristina!
Happy SITS day from another sorority girl! Looking forward to going over and checking out your blog now!
Thanks Samantha!