Posted April 11, 2018
With a family of 7 I spend way more time than I care to acknowledge dealing with laundry. In an ideal world, I start doing Laundry on Sunday afternoon and have it all washed and put away by Tuesday night. I started the hard and fast rule for myself that… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted April 4, 2018
This Sunday, the 40-day period of Lent in the Catholic church ended. Lent lasts 40 days and is a time of contemplation for Catholics. Besides fasting and abstaining from meat on Fridays, Catholics often give up something for the next 40 days. This is not supposed to be a punishment… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted March 28, 2018
If you saw this live Facebook last week you heard that I’m taking a week off from blogging. Recently, I’ve made a lot of big decisions and there have been tons of exciting new and amazing things going on because of them. With all the excitement and higher levels of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted March 22, 2018
You may have noticed that there was no new post yesterday. Today’s title “The Plague has Arrived” may have clued you in to the reason why. I currently have 4 out of 5 Cowkids home sick. Two with a stomach bug and two with Strep. Such is mom life right?!… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted March 14, 2018
When I wrote my last post of 2017 I set some goals for 2018 “In 2018 I will… Listen more and try to talk less. I will take a few chances and go on adventures. Embrace the overwhelming joy and mess of being a woman, wife and mother….and have one… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted March 7, 2018
For those other than the rare outsider who happens to visit Myanmar (formerly Burma), one of the most isolated countries in the world, it may be hard to imagine the real hardships. The population numbers 53 million, with approximately 7 million from the Karen tribal group. Ms. Emerald grew up… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted March 2, 2018
Faith. Faith planted, the size of a mustard seed. So often it seems as if faith is just something we should have, especially if we call ourselves Christian. It’s an expectation, right? And we beat ourselves up if we feel that we lack faith or our faith is weak. I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted February 28, 2018
Today started at 4:30 am and there hasn’t been a moment to breathe since! The LIVE facebook video below sums it all up but I thought I’d share it here too…I know not everyone sees these videos when they go up! And can I just comment that they always make… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted February 14, 2018
Through the course of the last four and a half years of blogging we have tried to stay true to our mission… “To offer support to other women (and their families) through humorous, honest and heartfelt blog posts about our experiences. We want to encourage others to lead their lives… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Wife Talks About Life
Posted February 9, 2018
Alright, holy cow has it been a week lol! Those of you that follow us on Facebook may have caught my Facebook Live where I started crying. Trust me, it surprised me just as much as you. I was just planning on chatting a bit about my post for the… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
