Posted June 27, 2015
Raise your hand if you love to run! I bet we have a mixture of reactions there. Die hard runners and newbies are fist pumping with a smile on their faces. Some of you are rolling your eyes and clicking the close tab. While others of you are remembering when… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted June 17, 2015
I am not an athlete. I have never in my life participated in organized sports and with my severe lack of depth perception and peripheral vision, I can barley walk down my own hallway without running into the walls. That being said about five years ago I became a runner.… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted April 20, 2015
The last few weeks around the Prairie Homestead have been a little rough. I’ve been able to keep my head above water, keep things running smoothly on the home and kid front, and I haven’t had a screaming crying mental breakdown…but I just haven’t been feeling normal. I’ve been tired… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted March 23, 2015
You would think that after having five kids I would be at peace with all the changes that happen to my body afterwards. For the most part I am. I truly don’t mind my thighs riddled with stretch marks or the saggy empty state of my boobs after I am… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted September 10, 2014
School has begun and with it my schedule is much more structured…and jam packed. I find that the routine of school, volunteering day, ballet lessons, football practice/games, and errand day keeps me on the ball (and makes sure I shower frequently). But, it also keeps me running around like a… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted September 1, 2014
One of my favorite things about pregnancy is cravings. Nothing tastes better than giving that baby belly what it wants. With Cowboy J, it was bacon, popcorn shrimp, and onions. With Cowgirl G, it was cookie dough blizzards, banana splits, and Queso dip. Cowboy W was curry and chicken-fried steak. Cowboy… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted July 2, 2014
Everyone knows that when someone else is relying on you to do something, more often than not it gets done. It’s so much easier to skip something when we know that the only one that will suffer is us. That’s why research says that using the buddy system to exercise… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted January 19, 2014
Raise your hand if you took the whole month of December off from working out and eating healthy. Don’t feel guilty, wave that sucker around! I have come to the realization that in December there are just too many temptations, and not enough time, to stick to my normal workout… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted January 4, 2014
Winter blues, the doldrums, cabin fever, that blah feeling you get in January and just can’t shake…it turns out that more people have that feeling than I ever knew, and it has a name; Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). I grew up in Wisconsin where the fall was filled with rainstorms… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted November 27, 2013
I first came across this recipe for Pear Cranberry Pie in the November 2008 Issue of Good Housekeeping. I am a pie lover (I learned the art of making the perfect pie crust from Ma) and so is The Cowboy, but I sometimes get tired of the same old apple… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Recipes
