Posted May 12, 2014
This should be the end of my lists for new moms! I already let you know what I think you need in your diaper bag, hospital bag, car, and nursery. Now, this last list, is what I think you need in your bathroom and house to survive that first year… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted May 11, 2014
I loved this picture and it made me laugh when I saw it…so true isn’t it. So often we as mother’s (and step-mothers, and even grandmas and aunts) get stuck in the daily drudgery of motherhood. Cooking, cleaning, disciplining, loving, teaching…and wake up and repeat! Too often I find myself… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 10, 2014
I am incredibly lucky to have found myself living in Texas, which is a state full of natural beauty and diverse landscapes. But I am also an incredibly lucky Texan because I split my time between the two best areas of the state–the Hill Country and the Gulf Coast. While I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted May 9, 2014
We often talk about how everyone has a story, and that is what prompted our Prairie Wife of the Week posts. Sometimes it’s a woman we know through friends, from our community, work, and we’ve even met many through the wonders of the internet! This week’s Prairie Wife of the… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted May 8, 2014
It’s snowing as I type this…really and truly snowing. We had a few days in the 70’s. Days full of sun and dare I say hope?! And now snow again; Mother Nature is truly teasing me in a most unkind way. I know that it will be a muddy, cold,… Read More »
Categories: Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted May 7, 2014
I thought I was alone in this…a city girl learning to be a Prairie Wife…reduced to red hot rage by a stupid pile of hay. I felt even more alone when I shared my rage with The Cowboy. I named it Hay Rage and he laughed at me…multiple times. I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted May 5, 2014
May 5 is Cinco de Mayo—a celebration of Mexican-American heritage that began as a way to commemorate freedom and democracy during the first years of the Civil War. Since I live in Texas and eat Tex Mex at least once a week, I was asked to supply the main meal… Read More »
Categories: This and That
Posted May 4, 2014
Birthday’s are always a big deal around here, I totally admit that I tend to go a little crazy, it’s just so much fun and the kids are always so excited! When I started as a mom it was way before the whole Pinterest phenomenon, so most of my ideas… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted May 3, 2014
This topic has been on my mind lately. A friend of mine recently had a miscarriage late in her first trimester, and my heart goes out to her. I hope that through my support and prayers, her healing process will be easier… it prompted me to write this post in… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 2, 2014
So much of this blog is based on what Prairie Wife and I feel like writing about. Or things that are currently in the news (mostly fashion and beauty news but that counts). We thought it would be fun to let you, our readers, get a chance to ask us anything and everything.… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
