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Asking for Advice: How Do You Reconnect?
Alright, ladies! One of our readers needs your advice! Please leave a comment below and help her out! Hello Ladies, Hubby will be home tomorrow afternoon from his 18/9 hitch. This hitch has been...
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10 Things NOT to Say to an Oilfield Wife
10 Things NOT to Say to an Oilfield Wife 1. “Oh. He works in oil …?” This is usually followed by unsolicited environmental or political opinions. Sooo, lemme just stop you right there. Unless I ask...
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The Care and Keeping of Your Oilfield Home {Part 2 of 4}
Next up in our series of tips for keeping your oilfield household running smoothly: money. That thing we all like to have lots of, and hate to talk about. (Well, most of us hate to talk about,...
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The Care and Keeping of Your Oilfield Home {Part 3 of 4}
Is this series making you yawn yet? Well, maybe it is. But seriously girls — this stuff is important. And today’s super-important post is about paper. Not the fun, pretty kind. The boring kind. The...
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The Care and Keeping of Your Oilfield Home {Part 4 of 4}
So, we’ve come to the end of our series. (“Finally!” some of you are thinking.) But today, I don’t want to talk to you about money, or boring paperwork, or maintenance. Today, I want to put the focus...
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“It’s Better When We’re Together”
(Double points for anyone who realized the title is from a Jack Johnson song!) It is very hard for me to believe that at the end of this month, Hubby and I will have been married for 5 years. In those...
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I Miss Daddy!
When Hubby started in the oilfield last year, our daughter wasn’t really phased by his absence. I’m not sure if she just didn’t notice it or if she was just used to Daddy being gone whenever the...
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Wrangling the Roughneck Rumor Mill
Workplace rumors can be incredibly destructive. It doesn’t really matter what the rumors are about — management, company operations, other employees, layoffs — they generally spread quickly. And let’s...
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College Savings Tips & Ideas
The reality of paying for our children’s college, in my opinion, can be one of the most stressful things any parent will ever experience. Our daughter will be turning three in two weeks and it seems...
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Staple Pieces For Every Oilfield Wife
Standing in line at the grocery store lately, I cannot help but notice all the adorable new fall fashions plastering the cover of every magazine. This year, I love the rich plums, shades of rusty...
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FLU Season Is Here
With the cooler weather also comes more frequent illness. I do not know about everyone else, but it seems that our toddler only gets sick when her Daddy is on his hitch, leaving me, myself, and I as...
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Keep Your Metabolism Running
The day I gave birth to our daughter, Aug 3rd, 2009, I weighed 197 pounds. I remember standing in the bathroom in my hospital room and trying to hold back the tears. Tears of joy, of course, because...
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What! A Bigger Paycheck??!!
If it is one thing I have learned being an Oilfield Wife (OFW), it is that I absolutely dread taxes. I dread seeing my husband’s pay stub and the amount of money we pay in taxes every two weeks. I...
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Thankful: Keeping Christmas Well
I’m thankful for the genuine friendship of my friend Vanessa. Even though we live almost 2,000 miles away from each other, I know that I can count on her anytime, day or night, and that she’ll always...
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My Love For COCONUT OIL
I am always on the hunt for the “Next Best Thing” when it comes to beauty treatments! Living in Western Colorado where it is dry every month of the year, no matter what season, I am especially...
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WHY? Because I Love Him
For my New Year I want a healthier oilfield man (OFM)! Our oilfield guys seem to have all kinds of crazy habits that they either pick up in the field from someone else or develop all on their own to...
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In the Thick of It
It’s strange to think about how we’re in the middle of a moment in time, we rarely think about how important that moment might be. As we go about our daily lives, it’s hard to remove ourselves, take a...
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Disneyland Or San Diego?
My latest project has been to plan a family vacation for my husband, daughter, and myself. One of the biggest struggles about being a working oilfield wife (OFW) is that when he is on days off, if...
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The LOVE Of An Oilfield Daddy’s Girl
There is no denying the special bond between a father and his daughter and in our family it is no different. Our daughter has been a Daddy’s girl since day one, but over the past three and a half...
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5 Tips For A Great Vacation
Oilfield families seem to always be on the go whether it’s moving, visiting our husbands or taking a vacation and with summer approaching many of us no doubt planning our summer excursions right...
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