So Long Summer

Posted August 26, 2015

It’s officially the one week countdown to the first week of school. Around here that means that starting tomorrow the Cowkids will be forced to wake up at our school day time (6:30) and bedtime will be slowly returning back to it’s normal lights out at 8:30 time. Like the… Read More »

Categories: Life As It Happens

The Mermaid’s Sister By Carrie Anne Noble

Posted August 24, 2015

I love novels, and I often find it hard to immerse myself in biographies or essays. I just can’t seem to get lost in them the same way I do a fantasy or historical fiction novel. The Mermaid’s Sister by Carrie Anne Noble is one of those novels that I… Read More »

Categories: Reviews

The Best School Lunch Ever

Posted August 21, 2015

It’s time to come to terms with it moms….summer is almost over. Like you I’m hanging on…kicking and screaming to these last few days of sleeping in, lazing around in jammies, and being able to spend days at a time without driving in to town. The Facebook posts from East… Read More »

Categories: This and That

Summer Vacation for Our Prairie Wives

Posted August 14, 2015

Some of you may have noticed that our Prairie Wife of the Week feature went to every other week after LittleMissH was born. I’ve had some readers asking what’s going on and wondering if we’ve run out of Prairie Wives to interview…I assure you that is not the case at… Read More »

Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week

Ode to the Gray T-Shirt

Posted August 12, 2015

We all have certain pieces in our closet that we automatically reach for when we aren’t sure what to wear. A certain shirt or pair of jeans that will stay resolutely in place through every closet purge. For me that item is a simple gray V-neck T-shirt. I’ve had dozens… Read More »

Categories: Fashion, Prairie Wife Style

#ThisMomCan

Posted August 10, 2015

It’s no secret around here that I’m a planner, a goal setter, and a list maker. I could claim that it’s the number of kids I have but, in truth, I have always been this way. I get great satisfaction when I cross something off my list, and I would… Read More »

Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life

Essential Oil Bug Spray

Posted August 5, 2015

I’m only a recent convert to the world of Essential Oils but, I have to tell you I am a major believer in them. It started with using them to help ease the symptoms of the baby blues, and it kind of took off from there. I soon made a… Read More »

Categories: This and That

A Letter to the Person I Flipped Off

Posted August 3, 2015

Dear person driving the white pickup truck with county 1 Wyoming plates, You and I met at approximately 9 am heading North on I-25 last week Sunday. As you passed me you may or may not have seen me flip you off. Firstly I need to apologize. I have NEVER… Read More »

Categories: Life As It Happens

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