Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Author: Amy

  • We’re Covered

    Since my household has noticed a significant drop in the temperature here recently, one of the things I did this past week was dig out and sort through our heavier blankets, flannel sheets, and quilts in preparation for the Black Hills’ notoriously early cold weather. This one is more of a couch blanket because of its…

  • Boot Up

    One thing my husband and I have never had a problem with is putting shoes on our kids’ feet. Since birth, they’ve always been well-outfooted, er, outfitted, with cowboy boots. My son’s first pair of boots were a baby gift and he wasn’t able to wear them much because his chubby feet wouldn’t fit in…

  • South Dakota Farm Girls Show Viewers The Good Life

    What I love about South Dakota women is that they’re not afraid to show people what they’re made of. True South Dakotans, farm girls, and friends, Laura Nielson and Ange Kapperman have been creating a buzz doing just that. The two friends wanted to give the world an accurate view of what real farm girls…

  • Daily Gratitudes

    One of the habits I try hard to practice every day is writing down what I’m grateful for. A girlfriend gave me this gratitude journal for Christmas one year and I use it daily but there have been times I found it buried in my nightstand drawer. Writing down what I’m grateful for most definitely redirects my…

  • Have A Taste of Monte Walsh

    I discovered a great new twist on a favorite sandwich of mine; the Monte Cristo, on one of my favorite new internet beef recipe resources. The recipe for the Monte Walsh (I love that for a sandwich name after Tom Selleck’s character in Crossfire Trails) that calls for beef instead of ham. I got the…

  • Let’s Go For A Jeep Ride And Check Cows

    School started on Monday which meant a change in everyone’s schedule at my house. My husband and I had our kids do the daily cow, salt, and stock tank checking over the summer so when they had to exchange their work duds for school duds, I took over their job. We run our cows on…

  • The Buckskin

    We don’t normally name our vehicles but my husband calls this ranch pickup the buckskin. She looks a little tough but she goes anywhere. We have two Toyota flatbed four-wheel drive pickups because most of the roads we use out here in the Black Hills are Forest Service roads that aren’t graveled and not very…

  • Cucumber Salad: A Summertime Family Tradition

      For as long as I can remember, cucumber salad has been a part of every Studt family (on my paternal side) summertime potluck and gathering. I don’t know if any of my cousins, aunts, or uncles think of it as a tradition but I’ve always considered the side dish a family tradition whenever my…

  • Planning For An Uneventful Cow-Moving Venture

    Earlier this week we took out some panels to set up around the feed bunk for our replacement heifers. It’s part of our plan to hopefully make moving them off of summer pasture less challenging or stressful. Last year we managed to get our previous heifer bunch loaded and moved but the process wasn’t a…

  • The “Beloved Bypass”

    Driving in communities with a five digit population or more is not an enjoyable experience for my husband. He is perfectly content driving on dirt streets in towns that don’t have stoplights every block.   He knows that it is necessary at times to take on the bigger communities when we need parts for equipment,…