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 May 12, 2023
At the end of the month, our entire family (plus our Spanish Son) will be off to Italy. It’s a vacation that we have spent years planning and saving for, and it’s something that I still can’t believe will TRULY be happening. The Cowboy and I have always dreamed of… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted February 22, 2023
My recent posts about overseas travel have become quite popular, and I particularly love hearing from readers that it has helped encourage them to begin to make plans of their own. The more prepared we are when heading into the unknown, the more confident we are that we can handle… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Product Reviews, This and That
Posted January 17, 2023
After a recently written post about how to travel alone safely as a woman, several readers asked if there were any apps that I found particularly helpful when traveling. To answer that question, here are my 6 must-have apps when traveling. Some of these are specific apps. For those travel… Read More »
Categories: Product Reviews, Reviews, This and That
Posted May 14, 2019
Tomorrow The Cowboy and I are flying over The Pond and heading to London for 10 days. I am so so so excited…or at least I will be when we finally get on the plane. Until then, I am desperately trying to squeeze in all the last minute stuff that… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
Posted October 27, 2017
Note from Prairie Wife: Shannon and I have been friends for over a decade. When I first saw her Chloe + Isabel jewelry I fell in love. I sent a screen shot of my fav piece to The Cowboy and was ecstatic when it showed up under the tree a… Read More »
Categories: #GiveAways, Product Reviews, Reviews
Posted November 11, 2016
Hello everyone, Mary Poppins again. Or should I say, plain, old boring Vikki… Now that I am back in the UK – I am just your average nobody. I don’t have lengthy conversations with shop assistants, no one comments on my accent and no one knows who I am. I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted May 18, 2015
I’ve found that everywhere I’ve traveled has it’s own unique aroma. Driving through the dangerously narrow, winding mountain roads into my husband’s small home town in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico you can smell the fires burning. The dusty roads are full of homes made of cement painted bright lively… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens
Posted June 27, 2014
“ROADTRIP!” When I was in college this phrase meant throwing clothes in a bag, piling into a friend’s car and heading to Chicago for a few days of freedom, adventure, and fun. Once I had kids, road trips meant packing for four people and bracing myself for cries of “S/he’s… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted March 26, 2014
The Cowboy and I are back from France! We had the trip of a lifetime, and I have so many things I want to share with all of you. We took a Collette tour, which flew us into Nice on the French Riviera. Nice was our home base, and we… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
