Posted December 16, 2016
Dearest Husband, Tis the season for gift giving…and I’m just going to be honest…you can’t win! I get it, I’m a hormonal, selfish complicated ungrateful woman. I thank you from the bottom of my dark soul for loving me anyway. This year, like every other, when you asked me what… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted December 7, 2016
If you follow us on Facebook you may have seen this post that I put up earlier this week… I don’t judge those of you that have an Elf on a Shelf…I get the appeal! The kids love them, it’s an awesome tool to help keep your kids in check, and it’s… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted December 2, 2016
If you read the title to this post you already know that I was able to participate in a teleconference with the one and only, always amazing, Dolly Parton…and yet again…I was unable to actually ask her a question. I wasn’t nearly as nervous this time around. Not that I’m a… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted November 14, 2016
This week’s Prairie Wife offers all of us a great opportunity to learn more about a disease that we hear about all the time, Cystic Fibrosis. If you’re like me you only have a vague notion about what it entails, and what life would be like if you have Cystic… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted November 11, 2016
Hello everyone, Mary Poppins again. Or should I say, plain, old boring Vikki… Now that I am back in the UK – I am just your average nobody. I don’t have lengthy conversations with shop assistants, no one comments on my accent and no one knows who I am. I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted November 9, 2016
My father was a farmer’s son, one of nine children, the only one to graduate from college. I am America. He left his job to follow a dream, to become a small business owner with my mother by his side. I am America. Times were hard and money was tight.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted October 31, 2016
It’s Halloween! One of my favorite holidays! As always, The Cowboy and I held our annual Pumpkin carving contest. The theme this year was AMERICA (for obvious reasons) and Cowboy J insisted that now that he is in middle school he gets to participate. On Friday we helped all the… Read More »
Categories: #GiveAways, Life As It Happens
Posted October 28, 2016
I first met this week’s Prairie Wife of the Week 7 years ago when our sons attended the same preschool. I was immediately drawn to her vibrant personality, intelligence, and tell-it like-it-is attitude. We spent most of our time together being those obnoxious women who are always laughing too loud.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted October 25, 2016
This last week has been one that has knocked me to my knees. A good friend, someone who I don’t see as often as I like but enough to keep our relationship real…she lost her mother. Her mother was ill, yet her death was sudden and unexpected. When I read… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 17, 2016
Well, it’s over. My first season as Football Mom officially ended on Friday. Though it was only eight weeks ago that I took on this new role, by the end of the season, it felt a lot longer! I am still proud to be a Football mom and I’m looking forward to next season… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
