Pop quiz readers: What is my dream job?? Duh! Working on a dairy farm! On Friday, with Mike in tow, I got to visit a dairy farm in Woodstock, Illinois. Yes, my dream job is to spend my days on a dairy farm, milking cows and making cheese every single day. So, when I got the chance to visit the Kooistra farm, I was elated. Yeah, remember my dream job of milking cows, churning butter, and carrying pails of milk back to make buttermilk biscuits with? Little did I know, dairy farms don’t really run that way! Mike and I arrived to the farm and met with Linnea Kooistra. She greeted us with fresh-baked blueberry muffins. When was the last time somebody welcomed you into their home and said “The blueberry muffins will be done in 7 minutes, but then they’ll have to cool.  Can I get you a cup of coffee?” I was in heaven. We chatted for a while about family, dogs, and kids, since clearly I am visibly pregnant right now. We met Marley, who would turn out to be such a great tour guide. I learned that dairy farming was something that both Linnea and Joel’s …

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