Park Life

The Secret My Mom Kept for 20 Years

March 14, 2013

Recently, I saw an article with the topic “do we ever leave high school”? This article made me think of how those three years (our freshman year was at a different school) had more impact on my personality and who I am than any other three years of my life (even those first few years [...]

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A Mardi Gras Flashback ~Throw Me Somthing Mister

February 10, 2013
King Cake, New Orleans, Mardi Gras

The parades are in full swing, people are getting all decked out for the balls, and I am not in New Orleans. So, to make myself feel better, I am going to make us some gumbo and a King Cake today and throw beads at the boys. In honor of Carnival Season, a look back [...]

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A Love Story for the Month of Love

February 7, 2013
Our Love Story

Did you ever read The Park Wife & The Ranger ~ The Love Story? I really do not know why there is not a book made from this. Hallmark Channel has not called either. Amazing. If you are sitting around with a  box of chocolates, a Dr. Pepper, and there is nothing on your DVR [...]

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Pump Up the Jam

January 24, 2013
music recommendations

I am so out of the loop musically. After years of listening to Veggie Tales songs with toddlers, we moved to the Ozarks and our boys began playing old-time, folk, and bluegreass music. My life is filled with music, but I need some variety. I REALLY need some variety. So, music recommendations please!  Now, rap [...]

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November 15, 2012

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I Am Thankful For {Opening Up Today}

November 14, 2012

Today’s ThanksBlogging topic at AWB is “I AM THANKFUL FOR” I thought about giving you a numbered list, but it could go on so long it would actually be Thanksgiving before you finished reading it. Then, I thought about referring you to old posts since my blog is a love letter to my husband and [...]

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CountryOutfitter.com Giveaway at The Park Wife

November 9, 2012

How excited would you be if you were planning a big ole’ blog conference and a super cool company said “we would like to give boots to all your fab women blogger attendees? Also, we would like to give them a $150 gift card so they can give away a pair on their blog.” SERIOUSLY? [...]

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My Time With Ree, The Pioneer Woman

October 15, 2012

I have gushed often on my blog about Ree, yes,  The Pioneer Woman.  Way back in 2007 (a long time ago in the blog world), I campaigned for her best friend spot, then I went to her book signing in Little Rock, oh, and my blog went crazy when in her recap post she added that [...]

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Charlie Daniels Band Inspiration

September 24, 2012

I know I often gush about the park where we live and our town that supports passing on the love of music to the next generation by giving FREE lessons and a loaner instrument to ANY child in our area that wants to learn. The Music Roots Program has 250 kids in it (we only [...]

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Our Second #AWBU Conference Is Here!

August 23, 2012

We have 70 of the coolest of the cool, best of the best women bloggers/social media mavens from across our state (plus one from Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma) descending upon the Ozark Folk Center State Park tomorrow! I am beyond excited to see all my gals and meet new ones. We are providing an uplifting [...]

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