Posted September 12, 2014
Though I am not generally known as a risk taker (I’ve had my life planned out since I was 7) every once in a while I close my eyes, plug my nose, and jump in. I posted in July about one of my new addictions, Bravo TV’s show Ladies of… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted September 8, 2014
I love a good motivational song! One that has been on the radio and in the news quite a bit lately, is Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off”. If you aren’t familiar with it, take a moment to watch the video, and try to listen to the words as you’re bopping… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted September 6, 2014
Cowboy C is 18 months old and it’s time to start potty training. I know that some of you are shaking your heads and going what?! After all, the average age for children in the United States to be potty trained is 3 years old. Cowboy C is my 4th… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted September 5, 2014
In Wyoming we are more conscious of the weather than most…perhaps it’s the vast openness of the Wyoming sky that naturally draws our gaze upwards into the clouds, or tilts our head backwards to feel the sun. One thing is for sure, to grow a garden here in Wyoming is… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted August 30, 2014
As August draws to a close a new season begins here in Wyoming…not Fall but…Hunting Season. Those of you who are not “blessed” with husbands who are hunters may be looking puzzled, and those of you who are familiar with the term Hunting Widow (a woman who is abandon by… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted August 29, 2014
I first met this week’s Prairie Wife of the Week while I attended the University of Wyoming, when she began to date one of The Cowboy’s close friends. Over the years we’ve moved to different states and mostly stay connected through Facebook and yearly get-togethers. When chatting with my OB… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted August 27, 2014
I was nominated for this blog award by Julia from juliaproofreader.wordpress.com, and I thank her and Terry Tyler (read my review of her wonderful book Kings and Queens at Amazon.com) for thinking of me from all the way across The Pond! This award is just a nice little way for… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted August 25, 2014
Some of you may have noticed our new heading at PrairieWifeInHeels.com (and on Twitter and FB). Our “family” of shoes lined up in a row changes every few months along with the seasons. A few of our readers have noticed that there is an extra pair of shoes in our… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted August 22, 2014
Prairie Wife: This weeks Prairie Wife of the Week is the winner of our You Pick Prairie Wife of the Week Contest and was nominated by past Prairie Wife Trina Campbell. Make sure you take a minute to enter our Giveaway and win a signed copy of Kristine Brickey’s book… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted August 20, 2014
There has been a lot of noise in the news lately about the ALS ice bucket challenge. For those of you who are not aware of it…people are taking videos of someone dumping ice water on their head and then challenging others to dump a bucket of ice water on… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens