Posted December 18, 2020
To my male readers (in case the title didn’t stop you) just a warning that we are DEFINITELY going to get a little intimate and personal in this post about period products. Now that I covered that let’s talk about the often taboo topic of menstruation, periods, Aunt Flow’s monthly… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, This and That
Posted December 8, 2020
The faded black ink numbers on the back of her hand caught Rebecca’s eye as she gazed into the rear-view mirror, smoothing down her hair that was still mussed and tangled from the night before. She couldn’t quite remember his name, the man who gave her his number. She was… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted December 4, 2020
Ahh, budget and gifts…two words that couldn’t be harder to put together. Or is it just me? As we officially begin the holiday season I have lots of people ask me how we do Christmas in our family. After all, with 5 kids it has the potential to both break… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 27, 2020
About once a week or so I have someone reaching out to me, asking a question about blogging or social media. And while I do offer social media consulting, I also love to post blogging wisdom out there for the internet to find for free. I’ve done a few of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 13, 2020
“I can’t fix this.” I looked over at my 14-year-old son the other day and had to say something that broke my heart. “I can’t fix this, I can’t make this better, and I can’t do this for you.” Several weeks ago he broke his arm, and now has two… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted October 13, 2020
It’s our 7 year blogiversary around here and frankly, I can’t believe we’ve been together this long! When I started this blog I was nursing Cowboy C while typing blog posts with one hand. You went through my pregnancy with Little Miss H and have navigated all the changes that… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 9, 2020
Broken bones and blessings…holy cow has it been a week. I had other things planned to post about this week (after all it IS our 7 year anniversary of the blog this month) but I didn’t feel like it would be right to talk about all things I had planned… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted September 29, 2020
You’re never going to be good enough. That friend, co-worker, family member, or mom at school that decided to snub you, make you feel less than, talk behind your back, or be flat out aggressively rude to your face… You’re never going to be good enough for them. I’m giving… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted September 15, 2020
Chellie Phillips is a career branding coach and creator of Successfully Ever After. She’s taken over 20 years of experience in career mentoring, HR and leadership development and provides straightforward advice designed with your career growth and professional development in mind. To learn more, visit her website at chelliephillips.com Are… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted September 1, 2020
I think that the most stressful part of family pictures is learning how to pick the perfect outfits for your family pictures…especially with a big family like ours! We recently had our family pictures taken by the always amazing Erin Potter. She has been taking our pictures for ten years… Read More »
Categories: Fashion, Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Wife Style
