Posted March 2, 2021
If you follow us on social media you’ve probably noticed we aren’t in Wyoming anymore. Don’t worry…it’s NOT a permanent change. We decided to take a vacation where there are beaches and palm trees to get away from the Wyoming winter for a week! It’s a low-key vacation, where we… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted February 23, 2021
It’s a cold hard truth of parenting, eventually, at some point, you’re going to miss something. And no, I don’t mean missing a game or school assembly (though that is going to happen too). I mean, you miss something that you thought for sure you already knew about. Something you’ve… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted February 13, 2021
This is a continuation (at the request of our readers) of a short story I wrote in December called “Rebecca”. You can read Part 1 here. Rebecca took the sharp turn onto the dirt road, and as she and Casey bounced towards the small white home barely visible ahead, she… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted February 9, 2021
“Check on your strong friends so they can lie to you and tell you everything is okay.” I shared a quote like this in my Instagram stories last week, and as I posted it I laughed. Because I have 100% been there. And then…as the responses of “this is SO… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, This and That
Posted January 29, 2021
Sometimes in life, you have to be okay with failing. Actually…a lot of times in life you have to be okay with failing. I’m always trying to work hard at growing the blog, and the Prairie Wife brand. While I have had to back off a bit with the time… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life, This and That
Posted January 12, 2021
Have the hard conversations. It’s awkward. It’s cringe-worthy. It’s terrible and miserable…but have the hard conversations. Because here’s the deal, if your kids don’t hear it from you, they are going to hear it from someone else. And who knows what message they will receive? I’m talking about everything from… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
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
