Posted February 7, 2025
Being asked to be table help at wrestling tournaments for the first time can be terrifying! You’re in charge of scoring, timing, and recording the final result of matches…that’s a lot of pressure. And depending on the size of the tournament, you could be doing this for 8 hours and… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted January 20, 2025
As a mother of 5 children, I learned a long time ago about having “hard conversations.” As a mother of 3 teenagers and 2 tweens, I want to add to that list of hard conversations that you HAVE to talk about sex and drugs. Before we take a deep dive… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 9, 2025
As a small business owner, it can feel like you’re always running from one thing to the next and only getting things partly done. It’s the nature of the beast that we rarely get an hour (or even 30 minutes) to sit down and focus on one task. But, it’s… Read More »
Categories: Behind the Blog, Life As It Happens
Posted January 1, 2025
My word for 2025 is “focus.” While it may seem like a small, easy word, it’s a word that I predict will be a bit of a struggle for me! Focus: Pay particular attention to. A center or object of attention. A central purpose or theme. Synonyms: Goal, priority, purpose.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted December 5, 2024
Below is a tentative schedule of Winter 2024 Events that I will be emceeing or speaking at over the next few months. For the purposes of this post, the Winter 2024 Season is from November 2024 to February 2025. All of them are open to the public, and most of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 12, 2024
This may be a controversial post, but I am here to say that having children who drive is a situation where the convenience outweighs the fear! As a parent who is now working towards having her third driver (Cowboy W has his hardship permit now), I feel confident offering this… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted October 30, 2024
Can you believe that it’s our 11 year blogiversary here at PrairieWifeInHeels.com? When we began this journey, I only had four children, and Cowboy J was 7 years old! Now we have 5 Cowkids, and Cowboy J is a Freshman in COLLEGE. I have gone from keeping our identities a… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted August 27, 2024
Below is a tentative schedule of my Fall 2024 Events. It shows all the events that I will be emceeing or speaking at over the next few months. Most of the Fall 2024 events are open to the public, and many still have tickets available. As more things happen, I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted August 19, 2024
It’s not just the moms who struggle with their children growing older. I think that because it’s more socially acceptable for women to be emotional when it comes to their children, we forget that significant transitions and changes impact the entire family. When I began considering what to write for… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted July 19, 2024
Summer and schedule are two words that don’t go hand in hand around here. We’ve been living this way for over 8 years. It was something that began when I was first forced to let go of all of my Summer expectations because of my Preventive Mastectomy Surgery. Living schedule-free… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
