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April 23, 2013

Three years ago, I was working with the extraordinary Food Writer Kim Severson (now Atlanta Bureau Chief) of the New York Times on an article about watermelons. I know, sounds crazy, but those are the kind of things that I get myself into as the blogger gal, The Park Wife. Littlest Buckaroo’s picture was on [...]

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Hattiesburg Tornado and Prayers

February 11, 2013
Hattiesburg tornado, Universtiy of Southern Mississippi Alumni House

A tornado ripped through a town that I love yesterday, my college town of Hattiesburg, MS.  It is a town that holds so many precious memories for me.  Two of my brothers, three nieces, a nephew, and many friends live there. Thankfully, everyone is accounted for and safe. On the campus of my alma mater, [...]

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AWB Ornament Exchange

December 17, 2012
handmade ornament, bloggers

I LOVE mail, you know, the real thing brought by the U.S. Postal Service. Mail makes me happy. Now, that is not the only reason I signed up for the Secret Santa Ornament Exchange at Arkansas Women Bloggers, but it was a great perk. Imagine my surprise and delight when the box came, I opened [...]

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Boots Baby!

December 12, 2012

Seriously, I know that she does not need The Park Wife’s help getting hits on her blog, but, I am so excited. See, one day we were hanging out with Ree……..uh huh, The Pioneer Woman. Yes, Amy, Stephanie Mc, and I were having a little sit down in a restaurant outside Atlanta solving the world’s [...]

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Relish! Weekly Meal Planning Help, A Usable Gift

December 10, 2012

I admit, I am a poor meal planner. I could use excuses like being busy educating the kids, cleaning the house, pinning things on Pinterest and never making them, well, that one is accurate, but in the end, I will not be asked to speak at the Type A Blog Conference any time soon. Big [...]

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I Got Pinterest Crafty

August 14, 2012

Hi, I am The Park Wife and I am not crafty, but I love Pinterest. I am getting some major “yep, me too” and an “amen sistah” right now. I spend hours planning the cool things I am going to do in an effort to  “preserve memories” of our boys childhoods.  In reality, I am [...]

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Old Park Wife Had a Farm

July 20, 2012

It is Flashback Friday, so here is an oldie but a goodie. Now that we have moved to a new park where all we have is a fish (he jumped ship) and a kitten, I like to look back at our former farm life and dream of what is to come as we work on [...]

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We Lost the Farm

May 29, 2012

At our old state park, we had a lot of land around our house which made it possible to grow a lot of veggies (enough to start a farmers’ market), run some pastured poultry (for healthy, non-medicated chicken), laying hens for delicious eggs, pastured pigs (hello, bacon!), and pets for the boys to learn some [...]

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Shopping at Farmers’ Markets

May 25, 2012

It is Farmers’ Market Season! Hop over to Arkansas Women Bloggers and read my post on shopping at farmers’ markets. Buy fresh, buy local and buy in season,The Park Wife

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Our Southern Gentlemen

May 24, 2012

Are Gentlemen on the endangered species list?  Oh, sweet mint julep, I  hope not, it would mess up my whole Southern Belle dreamworld. We are trying to teach our boys about being courteous and kind. Courtesies don’t cost anything, but they are priceless ways of showing respect and making others feel special and valued in what has become [...]

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