Jenny Dewey Rohrich – Prairie Californian

Our Sweet Lucy Rose joined the chaos on August 15th at 1:30 PM, lovingly coined “Baby Wuce” by her big brother and big sister. Lucy makes three and although we didn’t necessarily plan the t...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/lucy-makes-three-our-first-home-birth/

If I am being honest, these year-end reviews are some of my favorite to have here on the blog. It is hard to believe I have almost a decade of life and memories cataloged here. From meeting Mark,...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/2020-lily/

Welcome back to another episode of Op-Ed! This episode tackles that age-old question, “what’s for dinner?” In this episode, we discuss the ways in which we both tackle planning meals, we sh...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/op-ed-good-food-made-simple/

The moment we all knew was coming finally came. We had to say goodbye to the first generation on our farm, the patriarch of our family, and boy was he a good one. Grandpa Claude passed into etern...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/remembering-grandpa-claude/

Welcome back to another episode of Op-Ed! This episode was one of the initial episode ideas we had from the very beginning. Home design and decor is always a popular subject in both of our Instag...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/op-ed-finding-your-style-creating-a-cozy-home/

Welcome back to another episode of Op-Ed! We hope this episode was a surprise for you as we were live TOGETHER! If you follow our social media, you saw that we weren’t able to do a girl’s tri...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/op-ed-adult-friendships/

Welcome back to another episode of Op-Ed! This episode addresses that issue we all have, you walk into your closet full of clothes and don’t have anything to wear. We talk about our own journey...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/op-ed-curating-an-intentional-closet/

Welcome back to another episode of Op-Ed! This episode was all about what we call “Lazy Genius” our lives, loosely based on the principles in Kendra Adachi’s newest book The Lazy Genius Way...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/op-ed-ways-we-lazy-genius-our-lives/

Hello! Welcome to the newest collaboration between two Midwest girls: Jenny at Prairie Californian and Kelly at Old Blue Silo. We are two influencers and bloggers turned friends who regularly cha...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/welcome-to-op-ed/

Our rainbow baby has officially joined us Earth side. Lily Jane (aka Sister) made her arrival into this world July 15th at 3:20 AM and we could not be more overjoyed as she completes our family o...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/our-rainbow-baby-lily-jane/

Honestly, I feel the least qualified to be writing this post, however, the people have spoken. Whenever I share about my sourdough bread, I always get messages asking questions and wanting my rec...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/an-intro-to-sourdough/

It wasn’t until I moved to the Midwest (or maybe just North Dakota) I got introduced to the idea of savory strudels for a main course. I always grew up thinking of strudels as a sweet, dessert ...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/sauerkraut-strudel/

It really doesn’t feel like the end of the year, but my calendar tells me the end of the year is literally right around the corner so here we are. Truthfully, I am not ready for all that comes ...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/2019-the-year-of-trust/

One of my favorite podcasters and bloggers, Kendra at The Lazy Genius, regularly talks about a simple step that changes meal planning forever. And that simple step is called Brainless Crowdplease...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/cheeseburger-macaroni/

I love to read. I have always loved to read. My mom attributes it to the fact that she read multiple books to me every night, but who knows what really cultivated a passion in me for reading. Thr...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/tips-for-reading-more/

I am going on six or more months now of planning all of our meals for a month-long period. And I love it. It takes the decision fatigue of what to cook out of my day-to-day life. And the best…

https://prairiecalifornian.com/my-monthly-meal-plan-vol-3/

A couple of years ago, I identified myself as the ultimate black thumb. I always told myself that I would kill everything I tried to grow. Then I decided I was going to try growing a garden. It w...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/tips-for-houseplants/

Doesn’t matter what season it is whether it be spring planting or fall harvest, it always feels like it goes from zero to hundred in the blink of an eye. Every year I tell myself I am going to ...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/farmer-approved-tractor-meals-vol-2/

Last month, I shared my month of meals and I shared about I have always been in awe of people who can plan out their entire meals for the span of a month (or beyond). If you’ve followed me for�...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/my-monthly-meal-plan-vol-2/

  Infertility isn’t something that ever goes away. As long as you are trying to have a baby, it will forever be in the back of your mind. I did not expect this to be the case. I thought after�...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/infertility-never-goes-away/

I have always enjoyed experimenting with makeup, trying out new looks, and getting all gussied up. Before kids, I had ample morning time to do ALL THE THINGS. Now our mornings have to be more str...

https://prairiecalifornian.com/daily-mom-makeup-routine/