Ranch Wife's Slant

Category: My Husband

  • A Perfect Church for the Wedding of a Couple Named “Kirk”

      When my husband and I got engaged he wanted to have our wedding at his family’s barn. His great-grandfather who homesteaded on the place built the barn. It has been the family’s pride and joy. I liked the idea of having an outdoor wedding anyway, and since “kirk” is Scottish name for “church,” the…

  • I Feel Like a Ranch Wife

    My husband feels like he’s truer to the cowboy way and a better cowboy when he’s saddled up to get a cow in, and I can relate. The way a person goes about doing an activity or job can invoke certain feelings. In her song, “Man! I Feel like A Woman!” Shania Twain feels like…

  • Opposites Attract

    Depending on one’s definition, “opposites attract,” could describe my marriage. In recent years, the only opposites I possess that appear worthy of my husband’s attention are my bad habits. When we were newlyweds, I appreciated that his personality traits were opposite of mine. It didn’t take me long to realize that my weaknesses were his…

  • Trade Skills

    My husband’s trade skills are more attractive than the pickups we trade-in. When we decide it’s time to upgrade a ranch pickup, he uses clever strategies to “trade off” our trade-ins. We try to get every penny’s worth and more out of a pickup by using them long after they’ve been depreciated out. As a…

  • Thinking Outside the Box on Romance

    With Valentine’s Day coming up, it’s important for me to think outside the box on the subject of romance. If I don’t, I’m destined for disappointment. I already know my spouse is different from other men because of his chosen occupation, the way he views the world, and how he handles different situations. His idea…

  • “Fort Man” is Nearly Complete

    I’m learning that men never outgrow their dream of building the ultimate fort. For the past month my husband has been spending all of his time up at our new pole barn making one corner of it into a tack room, but it’s really a 47 year-old boy’s fort. Now that the construction of the tack…

  • My (Husband’s) Little Pony

    Some of my stories gather a lot of interest but not to the degree that my husband sometimes does. He draws a lot of attention and gets all kinds of looks over his car. It’s a sweet little ride called Pinkie Pie. Named so for its color and the My Little Pony toy horse our…

  • Married to the Tin Man

    It’s actually metal siding but we keep calling it tin. Since May, my husband’s been working on building a pole barn. It’s been a work in progress, especially when the project took a hiatus during haying season. He and our son worked on it until he felt like he was at a good stopping point before…

  • Shopping the Old Fashioned Way at Motive Parts

    Motive Parts is a store especially designed for the rancher. It’s the perfect place for a man to do his shopping because he can pick up his ranch supplies and buy Christmas presents for his family; provided his wife likes Carhartt clothing and he does any Christmas shopping. There is no other place where a…

  • Tis The Season to be Hairy

    Biting wind and freezing temperatures forewarn me it’s going to happen, but when my husband decides to grow a beard, it takes me a while to warm up to the idea. I’m often resistant to the changes of his facial hair even though I like the end result. By the time I get used to…