Category: Ranch Slants
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Ridin’ Shotgun
Most farm and ranch outfits have a dog around the place. Our dog Pepper, gets to go along to help feed cows in the winter and check water and cows in the summer. It’s all fine and dandy if there are no other passengers because then Pepper has the whole passenger’s seat to herself and…
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Reminiscing Little Delights in 2012
Sometimes it’s hard to remember those little things that happen to us throughout the year that make us smile, like now. It’s been a depressing couple of weeks for me thinking about the victims in Newtown, Connecticut, the surviving schoolmates, the families, friends, and the community. I continue to pray daily for them. Tragedies like…
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Bootjacks: A Cowboy Boot Wearer Must
Essential to every ranch outfit are bootjacks; not just one but a collection of them. Bootjacks aren’t limited to one style. They come in a variety of styles and are made from metal or wood. Many bootjacks are made by the cowboy boot wearer. All of ours were made by a family member. A few of ours…
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Guest Speaking at DakotaFest’s Women’s Brunch
 My blog was temporarily down, so this post is later than intended. On August 22nd, I spoke at my largest audience to date. I was the DakotaFest Women’s Brunch guest speaker at the Highlands Conference Center. The theme was “Growing Up Country,†and my talk was a spinoff of that called, “There’s A Little…
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Totally Girl FUN!
Sometimes I amaze myself at just how clever I am. Instead of accepting what I can’t have (a sewing/scrapbooking/jewelry-making studio/writing office), I put my creative energies to work to find a way to get what I want. For a long time I have wished for my very own space equivalent to my husband’s shop or…
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Myrtle’s Hot Flashes Get Out of Control
Now that life has somewhat resumed at our place after the Myrtle fire came through and I’ve hooked my computer back up, I can share pictures I took and give an account of how our family was affected by Myrtle. I did not have enough time to get photos of any “flames” or when we…
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Life Lessons I’ve Learned, Picked Up, and Adopted
We’ve all received sage advice, picked up valuable lessons or learned something through our trials and errors. The following is a list of some of mine. There are others that pertain to ranch life, which I’ll save for another day, but these were ones that came to mind right away. What are some of yours?…
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Cutoffs
 Shorts made from cutting off the pant legs are the quintessential country girl’s style. I love my cutoff shorts. Whenever I’m not doing ranch-related work that requires wearing jeans, I like to wear cutoff shorts rather than store-bought ones. I prefer cutoffs because they were formerly my comfortable and favorite jeans and I can…
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My Branding Day Checklists
We’re gearing up for our branding and one of the things I do to prepare for it is make lists to organize my time. Cooking a meal for a large crowd is a lot of work and takes time. I organize my days prior by creating lists I can refer to. I like to enjoy…
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Ask a Professional
When you want accurate answers to questions about such things as your health, financial investments, or automotive problems for example, you go directly to the people who can answer your questions best with facts to back them up. It’s their job to know all there is to know about their profession and you rely on…