Creating a home on (and off) the range
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I love spending time in nature, and my high-energy dog helped me realize how much the great outdoors boosts my mood and overall mental health. We adopted Elektra, a German shepherd-border collie mix, from the Humane Society as a 16th birthday gift for our daughter. Before we got the dog I would run outside when…
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This post contains affiliate links, which means when you click on the link, go to Amazon and purchase ANY product, I get a small commission. The product does not cost you any more to buy, but it helps support Plum Prairie Ranch. John Wesley is credited with the saying, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Now…
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Just a few months before we put our Texas house on the market, we completed the master bath project by tiling the floor and replacing the baseboards. For more than 28 years, we lived with a horrible dirty secret: carpet in our bathroom. And yes, that carpet was as disgustingly gross as you might imagine….
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February is a time when many of us think more about love because of, you know, Valentine’s Day. But we usually associate that holiday with romantic love, cards and candy, chocolate for sure. Forget about the chalky little hearts with messages. Fun to read, blah to eat. Save the calories for chocolate. Maybe you remember…
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It’s been a brutally cold month of January so far. We’ve had snow on the ground for three weeks now. Some of it melted, but much of it remains. There have been several waves of arctic blasts that drove temps well below zero. Snow on the ground for so many days is very unusual for…
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Does God care about your goals? We’re more than halfway through January, and I’m wondering, “How are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions?” Are you still on track with some well-researched goals, or did you stumble right out of the gate? You vowed to eat clean, only to find yourself stress eating leftover peanut…
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How do you respond when one of your worst fears comes true? This post is a deep dive on my first fall off my horse: how it happened, what recovery looks like, plans for future horse activities, and how failure can help us become better (a lesson all of us could use, even if we…
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Let’s talk about concrete projects. No, not just projects that exist in the real world – which is true here – but actual concrete. You know, cement, sand and water. If you want to learn more about concrete countertops, this is the post for you. As we prepared to get our Texas house ready to…
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“We have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him; bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, being…
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This story begins with a bit of romance. My hubby surprised me with a 30-year-old horse trailer. He bought it on a rainy night at a ranch east of Dallas, known for offering massive, gorgeous Friesian horses as photography props for quinceaneras, which are Latin American celebrations of a girl’s 15th birthday, marking the transition…
