Posted January 20, 2025
As a mother of 5 children, I learned a long time ago about having “hard conversations.” As a mother of 3 teenagers and 2 tweens, I want to add to that list of hard conversations that you HAVE to talk about sex and drugs. Before we take a deep dive… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 9, 2025
As a small business owner, it can feel like you’re always running from one thing to the next and only getting things partly done. It’s the nature of the beast that we rarely get an hour (or even 30 minutes) to sit down and focus on one task. But, it’s… Read More »
Categories: Behind the Blog, Life As It Happens
Posted January 3, 2025
It’s time to announce our book for the Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: January 2025 This monthly Virtual Book Club is all thanks to Wind City Books, an Indie Bookstore in Downtown Casper, Wyoming. Miranda from Wind City Books can ship our book club book WHEREVER YOU LIVE, so please use the link… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted January 1, 2025
My word for 2025 is “focus.” While it may seem like a small, easy word, it’s a word that I predict will be a bit of a struggle for me! Focus: Pay particular attention to. A center or object of attention. A central purpose or theme. Synonyms: Goal, priority, purpose.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted December 26, 2024
Many of us are blessed with some extra leisure time as we near the end of 2024. If you want to fill that time snuggled up with a good book, here are 7 books to read as you wrap up the year! Per usual, just click on the books or… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted December 16, 2024
Christmas Crack, aka Saltine Cracker Toffee, is a new addition to our favorite holiday snack list! We use a cookie sheet with edges to make this dessert, but you can also use a glass baking dish. For an extra festive touch, gather all the leftover Christmas sprinkles and mix them… Read More »
Categories: Recipes, This and That
Posted December 12, 2024
We all know how hard our teachers work, but it can be a struggle to determine how to show our appreciation! Thanks to our Prairie Wife readers, I have an incredible list of 15 holiday gift ideas for teachers. All of the gifts cost under $25 and should be relatively… Read More »
Categories: Product Reviews, Reviews
Posted December 5, 2024
Below is a tentative schedule of Winter 2024 Events that I will be emceeing or speaking at over the next few months. For the purposes of this post, the Winter 2024 Season is from November 2024 to February 2025. All of them are open to the public, and most of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted December 1, 2024
It’s time to announce our book for the Prairie Wife Virtual Book Club: December 2024 This monthly Virtual Book Club is all thanks to Wind City Books, an Indie Bookstore in Downtown Casper, Wyoming. Miranda from Wind City Books can ship our book club book WHEREVER YOU LIVE, so please use the link… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted November 30, 2024
On November 13, I underwent surgery (the first of two) to fix some complications I had from my Preventive Mastectomy almost 9 years ago. Below is information about my revision surgery and the first 10 days of healing. Note: I decided to include real pictures of my body in this post because I… Read More »
Categories: Revision Surgery
