Posted August 17, 2016
The Cowkids aren’t back to school yet but, I know many of you moms around the nation are dancing the dance of freedom! If you’re like me I’m sure you have plenty of things to do with your time (or that extra money that is no longer being spent on… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife Style
Posted June 27, 2015
Raise your hand if you love to run! I bet we have a mixture of reactions there. Die hard runners and newbies are fist pumping with a smile on their faces. Some of you are rolling your eyes and clicking the close tab. While others of you are remembering when… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted September 10, 2014
School has begun and with it my schedule is much more structured…and jam packed. I find that the routine of school, volunteering day, ballet lessons, football practice/games, and errand day keeps me on the ball (and makes sure I shower frequently). But, it also keeps me running around like a… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted July 2, 2014
Everyone knows that when someone else is relying on you to do something, more often than not it gets done. It’s so much easier to skip something when we know that the only one that will suffer is us. That’s why research says that using the buddy system to exercise… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted April 6, 2014
So, last week was my birthday. The Cowboy is not known for his gift giving skills (more on that next week) and is usually hit or miss. Sometimes he does an amazing job, though it is usually because he calls Texas Two Steppin’, Cheleeo, or TallGirlJ for advice. Other times… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife Style
Posted January 19, 2014
Raise your hand if you took the whole month of December off from working out and eating healthy. Don’t feel guilty, wave that sucker around! I have come to the realization that in December there are just too many temptations, and not enough time, to stick to my normal workout… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted January 4, 2014
Winter blues, the doldrums, cabin fever, that blah feeling you get in January and just can’t shake…it turns out that more people have that feeling than I ever knew, and it has a name; Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). I grew up in Wisconsin where the fall was filled with rainstorms… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted November 18, 2013
Anyone that knows me would whole heartedly agree with the following statement…I am not an athlete. A sad genetic combination of little to no peripheral vision and a severe lack of depth perception, make it nearly imposable for me to catch any flying objects. Add to that an unfortunate habit… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted November 14, 2013
Anyone that knows me would wholeheartedly agree with the following statement…I am not an athlete. A sad genetic combination of little to no peripheral vision and a severe lack of depth perception, make it nearly impossible for me to catch any flying objects. Add to that an unfortunate habit of… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted October 18, 2013
Is Detox Water-a do or don’t? We’ve all been hearing about cleansing and detoxing for the last year. You can’t open up a celebrity magazine without reading about how the latest big star slimed down with a juice cleanse, or a week of detoxing at a spa (of course for… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Recipes, This and That