Posted June 7, 2018
Today is the last day of school, and the first day of Summer Break. The Angels above are singing…do you hear them? When I underwent my Preventive Mastectomy two years ago I had to make a really hard decision…aside from the obvious. My surgery was the end of April and… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 25, 2018
I’m counting down the days until Summer, and each morning, it’s getting harder and harder to drag myself and the Cowkids into town before that first bell rings… I know I’m not the only one, and as a former teacher, my heart goes out to all those educators who are… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 9, 2018
Texting and driving. We all know it’s a bad idea. And we all know that we should never do it. Yet, if I’m being honest I am totally guilty of it…100% I spend two hours a day in the car. I usually try to spend that time chatting with the… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 4, 2018
Some of you may have seen my Facebook Live where I giddily shared how I took years of pictures and turned them into beautiful photo albums…and how it took me less than an hour. I received SO many messages and emails asking for more details about ChatBooks.com that I promised… Read More »
Categories: #GiveAways, Parenting, Product Reviews, Reviews
Posted April 23, 2018
Last week I recorded a live Facebook where I showed a bit of our preschool homeschool lesson. The response was waaaay more than I imagined, and I was reminded of how many parents want to help their children succeed in school but are overwhelmed with all the information out there.… Read More »
Categories: #GiveAways, Life As It Happens, Parenting
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 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 February 2, 2018
Below is an excerpt from a blog post written by a friend of mine, and boy did it strike a chord with me…I’ll have a few of my thoughts for you at the end. Take a moment to read this and then head over to Caritas Fitness to read the… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
Posted January 24, 2018
If you follow us on Instagram you may have caught this pic… Yeah…sigh…it’s true. I signed up for 6 credits of online education classes. Because I’m crazy and I needed one more thing to do? No. Trust me when I say this is not exactly high on my list of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted January 8, 2018
It’s officially week two of 2018 and I’m trying my best to stick to my goals for the year…which is all about being OK with change (and even seeking it out) and embracing all the mess and joy of this Prairie Life. A few of my readers mentioned that they… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
