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Fifteen Ways
Pioneer Woman started it, I swear. I saw a picture of Hereford cows and was sucked in immediately to whatever else was in the article. But… it wasn’t about my favorite bovine breed, it was about mush stuff. Her article “15 ways Marlboro Man and I are different” was exactly what the title leads it […]
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Year One of Blogging
It’s been a year (and a day) since I first began my blogging adventure. A year ago I had just graduated from college, had just made the move to Middle-of-Corn, Kansas, my job title was associate editor and I was very much happily single. In a year, I’ve settled into Middle-of-Corn, made some awesome friends, […]
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Where Memories are Made
This past weekend, Yoda, My Someone and I headed to west Texas to visit our friend Garcia. Since My Someone had surprised me by showing up early in Middle-of-Corn, Kansas the night before, our road trip was able to begin a little earlier, but after three hours in the car from Kansas to Stillwater and […]
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Cowgirl Crush Giveaway
Remember how I said we would be celebrating when I reached my One Year Blog-iversary? Well the countdown is on. June 12, 2012 was my very first post. Knowing myself, with my fear of commitment and extreme procrastination tendencies, I’m as shocked as anyone that I’ve consistently kept it up for a year. But this […]
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Silver Lining
“Oklahoma is the heart, it’s the vital organ, of our national existence.” – Will Rogers, 29 May 1926 Over 50 tornadoes touched down in my home state yesterday. Lives were lost, many were injured. Sometimes there just aren’t words to say what you want to say. As I spent, my afternoon yesterday glued to the […]
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Controversy Bandwagon
Yeah, I’m jumping on it… In case you haven’t heard, Angelina Jolie recently had a double mastectomy. Now before everyone jumps to tan my hide for glorifying celebrities, I was actually trying to do my morning ‘catch up on the news’ by visiting all the major media Websites. There’s the Benghazi scandal, AP reporters controversy, […]
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Rockin’ the hanging plant
I’m going to be honest, when I think hanging plants, I think the back porch of my Magoo’s house (Grandma, not a code name, that’s what she goes by — to me at least) brightly colored flowers in plastic containers, possibly with little clay racoons hanging off the side and next to the outdoor freezer […]