Category: The Homestead

  • Falling out of love

    "Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life." I've seen this quote quite a few times and agree with it. My question is what happens when you fall out of love? Then it's nothing but completely miserable.

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  • Update

    Long time, no write. Things sure catch up with a person. Branding season is upon us. Started with my branding last Saturday and then had a couple more brandings right after that with more coming up this weekend. So far the brandings have really been going well and everybody has been in a real good…

  • Reality (I Think)

    I had a very strange experience when I got up last night for one of my heifer checks. I woke up about 5 minutes before my alarm went off which isn't unusual. I very diligently shut off the alarm clock because this particular clock is very hard to turn off and My Darling Wife gets…

  • Quote

    "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out and proclaiming, 'WOW, WHAT A RIDE!!!'" Bill McKenna<br />n<br />nThis quote was used in my Uncle's obituary and I just had tom post it here. It's…

  • Merry Christmas

    I would like to wish all who come here a very Merry Christmas. May the blessings of the season shine bright upon you and may you be blessed with love and good cheer.

  • Parenting

    I know, with things the way they are I should be talking the economy or politics but this really caught my attention.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>There is no harder job than parenting. There is no human relationship with such potential for great achievement and awful destructiveness, and despite all the experts who write about it, no one…

  • A New Day

    <center>A New Day</center><br />n<br />n<blockquote>This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it, or use it for good, but what I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes this day…

  • Rude

    What a rude awakening this morning. The furnace was not working when I woke up. I hate having to fix stuff before my morning coffee fix but I did. My coffee sure tastes good now that it is working.

  • What’s Up

    I know, my first entry in months was a couple of days ago and it was very negative according to some people. Was it poor of me to do that? Maybe, maybe not. The situation just really upset me.<br />n<br />nI've had quite a few people commenting to me that I need to post more.…