Creating a home on (and off) the range
Caring for our minds and bodies so we can thrive in our lives. You'll find tips and inspiration for mental and physical fitness.
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I have a love-hate relationship with productivity. I would love to be more productive, but I hate drudgery and uncertainty. And let’s face it, folks. We’ve got a lot of tasks that need to get done. As a daydreaming creative person, I struggle with getting things done. How can a veteran procrastinator become more productive?…
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When life spins out of control into what I call “mini-crisis mode,” how do you manage stress at home? I want to share some tips to survive that I’ve been practicing lately as I’ve been slogging through a season of challenges. I hesitate to give advice because I am so far from having it all…
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I’m healthy today and I have Troy Aikman to thank for it. No, seriously. The Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys had a huge impact on my health. Because of his diagnosis of melanoma, I went to a dermatologist for my first skin check-up and discovered I had melanoma, too. I was only…
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In early March, Reno County had the worst prairie fires in anyone’s memory, and Plum Prairie Ranch was right in the middle of the danger zone. Eleven homes nearby were destroyed and about 6,000 acres burned, but that was less than 10 percent of a massive prairie fire in Clark and Comanche counties. The…
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Here on Plum Prairie Ranch, my focus is on building a home. That involves caring for family, the community and ourselves. To quote the old saw, “you can’t take care of everyone else if you don’t take care of yourself.” As a person, I bring together mind, body and spirit. If I don’t care for…
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I belong to a huge club with many members, but every one of us would rather be someplace else. We didn’t choose this club. It chose us. I come from a family deeply scarred by mental illness. After having his own father (my grandfather) in and out of mental hospitals during his childhood, my father…
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Valentine’s Day has come and gone. The day we celebrate love and candy and flowers and candy and romantic dinners and candy and cards and chocolate. Has the day left you feeling glad or sad? Like relationships, Valentine’s Day sometimes has its melancholy moments or full-on frustrations. Maybe like Charlie Brown, no one remembered you…
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It’s been more than eight weeks since my last blog post, so I’m cringing as I review my goals for 2016. One of my primary goals was to blog weekly. By that standard, epic fail. But I don’t want to focus on failure, I’d rather look at progress. In 2016, I published 22 posts. One…
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I live with a little rebel. She complains when she doesn’t get her way. She finds loopholes around the rules. She’s a poster child for asking forgiveness instead of asking permission. One of my daughters spent LOTS of time in time out. Yes, she’s the one who said, “I’ll mess with Texas if I want…
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God knows I am pretty dense sometimes, so He helps me out by hitting me up side the head with stuff. Three times in three days from three different sources, I heard the same message: surrender. In a couples’ Bible study, we are reading Chuck Swindoll’s book, “So You Want to be Like Christ.” The…
