Posted January 9, 2024
Wrestling is a fantastic sport, but it has a rough learning curve. So, as a mother of five wrestlers with almost a decade of wrestling under my belt, I thought I would share with you eleven things every new wrestling family needs to know. This post refers primarily to families… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted January 5, 2024
This post was written by Laura Baker, CyberWyoming Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been in the news A LOT lately. Some scream about the evils when it comes to copyrights and intellectual property. Others talk about societal biases being propagated. Yet this isn’t the entire picture. I met with some members… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted December 30, 2023
I love this time of year and the time for reflection the end of the year brings! Setting goals, planning, making lists…they’re all my love language. Over the last ten years, I’ve consistently made lists of New Year’s Goals and Resolutions (and followed through on a solid 15% of them… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, This and That
Posted December 15, 2023
I wish I weren’t an expert at what to do when you have lost luggage, but sadly, over the last few years of travel, I’ve had multiple experiences learning to deal with lost luggage. The worst was missing luggage in London for three days, and that experience prepared me for… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted November 20, 2023
Over the last 17 years of parenting, I have found that many of our conversations about punishments also revolve around the idea of rights vs. privileges. For example, when Cowkids aren’t using their tech appropriately…like sneaking it after they’ve been told their time is up, we have to explain that… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted November 14, 2023
Writing college application essays is one of the scariest parts of the college application process. There are several reasons for this, but I genuinely think that it’s because most people hate writing! Thankfully (or not, depending on who/when you ask), the Cowkids have me as a mother. I make my… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 7, 2023
Wrestling is a complicated sport, and while we’ve been a wrestling family for almost a decade now, there ARE some differences in what we do for our two daughters versus what our three sons need. Women’s wrestling is taking off and is one of the fastest-growing sports in the nation.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Most Popular Posts, Parenting
Posted October 22, 2023
Below is a tentative schedule of Winter 2023 Events that I will be emceeing or speaking at over the next few months. For the purposes of this post, the Winter 2023 Season is from November 2023 to February 2024. All of them are open to the public, and most of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 6, 2023
It’s our 10-year Bloggiversary here at PrairieWifeInHeels.com! I just spent 45 minutes writing a long post (including tons of pictures) documenting where I started with PrairieWifeInHeels.com 10 years ago when I began it as a stay-at-home mom of 4 kids under the age of 8…and ending with where I am… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted September 19, 2023
You can’t make them all. Every school party, every concert, every game or tournament, or after-school event…you can’t make them all. You can’t make them all, and that’s okay. Over the years, I have often had to repeat this mama mantra to myself. First, as a stay-at-home mom (SAHM) when… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
