tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35286281889839632642024-02-19T06:29:00.122-06:00Prairie Life and Military WifeJust an east coast southern girl moved to the middle of the vast prairies of ND, Who's daily life includes but not limited to... chasing after 3 small cowboys (kids) and 1 large cowboy/soldier (national guard husband). I share my stories of the prairie, mothering and being a military wife. Wish me luck this is the next chapter in my already chaotic life story.Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-29061563711489308822010-04-13T13:20:00.003-05:002010-04-13T14:07:37.873-05:00I'm Alive, I haven't fell off the face of the Earth.Yes I'm alive, no I didn't fall of the face of the Earth and the plot thickens... my darling Soldier only did part of his deployment.Last I left you, I had moved to the new house and was dealing with and getting into the swing of my husband was deployed, I just did a move by myself, I now had 2 kids in school not 1 and besides the every two month my hubby was gone for some sort of school and Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-23790024296640419552009-09-21T20:56:00.003-05:002009-09-21T21:33:33.561-05:00The move, 4H feeder lamb and the fair all the same weekendI said I would so here it is...The last weekend of August is when our county fair is. Which in my house means all the training and chores and work my now 9 year old son has been doing with his spring lamb will be put to the test.4H..it's a great organization, my husband and I as has our families before us have all been a part of this group. It's part of being a farm kid. It's right up there with Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-4787233895787430352009-09-10T18:01:00.002-05:002009-09-10T18:11:29.620-05:00I Have SurvivedI know I know it's been so long since I wrote and I said once my hubby deployed I would keep up with this blog thingy better. Give me some slack..I had to find a house and move and be at the fair and start two kids all in two weeks by Myself.I did it!I can honestly say this has to be without a doubt one of the toughest things I've ever done in my life. All's well that end's well though, only Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-57768078502299470292009-08-17T23:43:00.002-05:002009-08-18T00:14:16.290-05:00Found a house!I found a house. It's not exactly what I was looking but do we ever really find exactly what we are looking for. I'm not exactly in any position to be picky right now either. It's in the same school district for the kids, it's in the country, so I don't have to adjust myself and kids to town, it's got enough bedrooms, I can take the dogs and it's really an upgrade as far as structurally sound. Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-51339061248314016512009-08-16T11:57:00.003-05:002009-08-17T23:41:50.464-05:00Deployment begins and so does my biggest test in life thus far.Yesterday under gray skies and slow drizzle (pretty par for the course) I laid my head on my soldier's shoulder as he nested his face in my neck whispering our love for each other and our parting words before we kissed and said goodbye as he departs for a year long deployment to Kosovo on a peace keeping mission.The drive home is always one of the worst parts of a send off. I'm crying, the older Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-91444205056751754242009-06-20T14:43:00.002-05:002009-06-20T15:03:03.341-05:00Do I make a cake for myself for father's day?Father's day is almost here and no daddy. But, hear me out on this one. Since I am currently in one of those married single mom times. I am being the mommy and daddy both. I cook, clean and cuddle. But, I am also doing the yard work, the trash, breaking out the toolbox to fix what needs fixed, being the strong voice when they are in trouble, I've tried doing the low voice too but it just doesn't Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-81614676814617188732009-06-16T11:06:00.004-05:002009-06-16T12:02:43.802-05:00I'm feeling very blah today.I wouldn't say I'm a super chipper person, but I'm not a total crank either. I'm usually just a normal, contented housewife, mom of 3 cowboybabies and proud soldier's wife. I'm just having one of those no ambition, no pep, and just blah kind of days.Those that are thinking it..yes I'm fine. I'm not all depressed and mopeing about or anything. I have my support sisters (another military wife and /Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-48879566632252279442009-06-13T19:55:00.005-05:002009-06-13T23:44:56.177-05:00Deployment hasn't started yet...but chaos has.Summer is here, well in the fact that kids are out of school, bathing suits are hanging on the racks at all the stores, taunting me, telling me oh hell no girl, have you looked at your butt lately and hopefully the sun will continue to shine and days will stay warm.My soldier man is once again gone. Far away, well not really,only a few hours north, but still he's gone. He's off playing soldier Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-71016915757774177252009-05-19T10:08:00.009-05:002009-05-19T11:21:05.332-05:00Spring before deploymentSpring has sprung er sprang maybe come or came...you know what I mean regardless of how I phrase it. The flooding has passed, sandbags and clay dikes are being removed. The rivers are finally going back in their banks and ground water is slowly very slowly evaporating or flowing away in the nearest creek if possible. There is still water water everywhere but the farmers are making the best of it Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-79380890906920207432009-04-24T16:51:00.004-05:002009-04-26T21:09:23.418-05:00What a Mess!Flooding has subsided but not completely gone. Fargo and the Red River has already crested a second time, started going down and now they are removing the sandbags and dikes. I would like to take a moment to step on my soapbox yet again. Don't roll your eyes at me, young lady/man.I believe, that the rest of the Nation can learn a valuable lesson from the city of Fargo. A lesson of pride in what Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-43760275770605488512009-03-31T16:39:00.004-05:002009-03-31T23:32:40.185-05:00Flood '09' and Spring '09' ContinuesI think I'm beginning to cave under the stress/pressure. It has been 9 days since I've been flooded in and in those, usually not a problem being a married single mom 9 days, I've had Cowboy in Cammie's go to Fargo to assist with the Red River flooding, I've had two snow storms, every exit route (meaning dirt roads) from my house have been either flooded over or washed out, my oldest cowboybaby Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-75637211376145380062009-03-26T15:07:00.002-05:002009-03-26T15:43:06.281-05:00Flood '09' I'm not having fun.As I said in the previous post we are flooding. My Cowboy Soldier is in Fargo dealing with the mighty "Red" and I'm trapped at home. Yes, trapped. I promise no exaggeration there, though I do tend to use the writers gift and word things a slightly bit more animated than it might have been but that is my God given right as a writer. I am literally and completely trapped. Sure I could get out of myCowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-27055144419654980022009-03-24T13:35:00.002-05:002009-03-24T13:56:04.969-05:00Flood 2009. My part of the world is making national news.Yep, flood. All that record breaking snow we got this winter is leading to record breaking flooding. I personally, along with my cowboy babies are dealing with overland flooding, meaning, fields now look like ponds and lakes and it's rushing over the roads and around farmsteads and towns and making travel near impossible. Trust me I know, I ventured out yesterday to find that my road to the eastCowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-27450122231283258842009-03-03T16:23:00.003-06:002009-03-03T16:27:24.360-06:00He's home, I survived the drive and will return shortlyI'm so sorry It's been weeks since I've wrote. My Cowboy/Soldier is home and has been doing lots of military stuff and family stuff as well as he is a serious computer hog. Not looking forward to spending the money, but will be nice when he finally gets his laptop and can quit hogging the family pc. Geesh, guess that's what I get being married to a handsome Commo. Soldier guy.He returns back toCowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-5549880182419127212009-02-13T17:50:00.005-06:002009-02-14T13:18:06.550-06:00One week till my honey comes home and flowers that confuse me.One week. The count down is on. The calender has a big daddy comes home and circled with magic marker. Every night a bright pink or army green marker X's out another day closer to Yea! daddy's back. We have almost successfully managed another 6 weeks of daddy being gone, with only minimal minor disasters.Now the other half of the title of this post... The mystery flowers. don don daaa (mystery Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-41660187205156636982009-02-03T08:48:00.004-06:002009-02-03T09:10:21.610-06:00SuperbowlWe were ready for some football. If you hadn't guessed by my littlest imp's shirt, I'm a bit of a Steelers fan. Now, now, no getting ticked, we all have our favorite teams and mine has happen to be the black and gold since I was about the age of my oldest. I had my baby dressed in his jersey only because that cheese head fan of a husband of mine wasn't home as you well know. I did get plenty of Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-48130747109030178942009-01-28T11:58:00.006-06:002009-01-28T12:13:05.854-06:00I am no longer going crazy with not knowing.Just a quick update to the previous post...That darling, sweet and mildly obnoxious Cowboy Soldier of mine called this morning. He got into Phase 2 of the classes needed for his soldiering.Where does that leave me? That leaves me a married single mom for three more weeks. I'm optimistic though, the boys have gotten accustomed to daddy being gone, I've got my schedule without him down pretty good,Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-36532227593171862002009-01-26T19:34:00.005-06:002009-01-26T20:10:18.681-06:00Hurry up and Wait.I am one of those odd people that like knowing stuff in advance. I like to have stuff planned and not real good at dealing with a pop up surprise of you have 2 days to have this done. Now let me make something very clear. I am not a control freak and I don't suffer from any disorders, at least I don't think I do. Nope, take a look around my house. Mount washmore is still staring at me. I just Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-82391626101382647222009-01-23T10:13:00.009-06:002009-01-23T13:13:16.903-06:00My Favorite White Bread RecipeThis is one of those recipes I don't even remember where it came from. I do know that it has been perfect from the git-go, I haven't changed anything and this is by far a family favorite around here.This bread, which derives from an Amish recipe comes out perfect every time. I use it for plain bread but also found the sweetness of the dough makes fantastic carmel rolls.I think my favorite thing Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-6499999364394573302009-01-21T15:57:00.011-06:002009-01-21T21:41:16.474-06:00My Anniversary SurpriseNine years ago today, in a tiny little wedding chapel across the road from the courthouse in Winchester, VA. I became the wife of my Cowboy Soldier, then bull riding Cowboy Sailor.Unknown at the time ,but I'm sure it was destiny, there were two other Winchester weddings many years prior. They were similar to my marriage to that baby faced Sailor soon deploying. We each had very small weddings andCowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-66283257696395596312009-01-19T10:38:00.004-06:002009-01-19T12:28:40.396-06:00Middle Little Is Now 5Sigh! Yesterday was my middle little's 5th birthday. A day which was spent running around the house singing happy birthday to me, each time the lyrics change into some of the oddest renditions, but hey he's five, all five year olds are odd aren't they? Please tell me they are!We started out our day with a breakfast of cereal which wasn't what his pallet apparently had in mind so we had to throw Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-61411529761287976192009-01-13T14:18:00.013-06:002009-01-13T23:48:16.446-06:00It's Fourty Below ..and I don't give a *&!...Name that songI'm snowed in and it's beyond COLD.Since the beginning of Dec. it has been a regular occurrence to have a winter storm every weekend. Well apparently January has decided that it must 1 up good ole December like an attention getting sibling. So instead of winter storms they are upgrading to blizzards and negative temps.Let me take this moment to explain negative temps and windchill. Temperature isCowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-79799049118607479812009-01-09T14:38:00.003-06:002009-01-09T15:15:06.601-06:00My Soldier's Gone and Winter Doesn't Like MeI'm going to give you fair warning, this is a post that most likely I'll be whining and possibly have self-pity.On Sunday morning, I might add the buttcrack of dawn after a huge winter storm. We once again had to drive that hunky cowboy soldier of mine to the airport to hop a flight to California for the next six weeks. Yeah, I know, California...sometimes life's just not fair. Anywho, after Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-18495845850020726482008-12-31T11:02:00.004-06:002008-12-31T12:05:40.727-06:00Christmas ConstructionChristmas was lovely here on the prairie. We didn't go anywhere this year. We stayed at home, partially do to being snowed in and partially because we wanted just a quaint quiet Christmas with just us, savoring every moment of being all together just the five of us and making memories to hold us through next Christmas when that barrel chested cowboy of mine will be deployed to the other side of Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528628188983963264.post-29730440488978990162008-12-12T15:15:00.002-06:002008-12-12T15:25:04.907-06:00My New Favorite Poem..Author UnknownA Soldier's GirlOne night a soldier looked up into the heavens and made a plea to God."God I'm so alone down here. All I do is fight and face the demons of the earth.Please send me someone"So God called forth his angels and asked them to help create a soldiers' girl."Boss give her strength!" cried Michael"So that she can bear the weight and pressure of always packing up and going with her man at Cowgirl Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947384847636772432noreply@blogger.com0