tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13660361545805985252024-03-12T06:01:41.474-05:00A Building We Shall Go!The story of a Daddy's Rancher Girl and a Flower Boy who lost their home in a fire. Join us as we rebuild our lives, our home, our future and our world!Rancher Girl of The Rockin' B Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283788018590747307noreply@blogger.comBlogger375125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1366036154580598525.post-32412603614633442672019-03-07T09:45:00.001-06:002019-03-07T10:28:06.926-06:00Wanna Be Hobby Farm Girl<div style="text-align: center;">
I want so badly to be a Hobby Farm Girl.</div>
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It is actually one of my goals.</div>
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I have a good start!</div>
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Well...</div>
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I think I do!</div>
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Or...</div>
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DID!</div>
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I've got the chickens and ducks.</div>
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I incubate eggs each year.</div>
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I raise baby chicks.</div>
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I sell the Farm Fresh Eggs.</div>
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We all know I've got the canning and jelly making down.</div>
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I've got the berry bushes, the plum thickets, and the fruit trees.</div>
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I'm not known as the Jelly Fairy for nothing!</div>
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I've acquired a horse.</div>
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His name is Stormy.</div>
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We get along really well.</div>
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We've always got calves in the lot.</div>
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As for pigs, goats, and sheep...</div>
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I'm not sure I am ready for those,</div>
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BUT</div>
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I want a lama and a mini donkey!</div>
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I have hopes, plans, and a huge desire to put together a few raised beds.</div>
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I want to plant enough veggies for my family, and have enough to share with a few other folks.</div>
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I have goals in the garden area, but I'm not so sure I'm ready to share those yet.</div>
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I have found a passion for refurbishing items, refinishing furniture, and an expression of what I call crafts and decor.</div>
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<b>This morning was living proof that God made me a Rancher Girl!</b></div>
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We have had a really wet and ice type winter.</div>
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It has gone from 60 degree days to below 30 degree days over night!</div>
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I can't tell you the amount of rainfall we have had.</div>
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Side note...</div>
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When you pray for rain,</div>
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You've gotta deal with the mud!</div>
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No one, on the ranch, is complaining about the moisture.</div>
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We have had more ice, than normal, this winter.</div>
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Just this week, we got our first real snow.</div>
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We got a couple of inches.</div>
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But with the Oklahoma temperatures,</div>
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The snow didn't last long.</div>
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The snow was enough to make me "over" winter and want to Spring Forward NOW!</div>
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Yes...</div>
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We do Spring Forward this weekend.</div>
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Anyway...</div>
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Back to my reality check of the morning.</div>
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When the sun came up,</div>
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I opened the blinds.</div>
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I look out to the chicken pens.</div>
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Chickens are meandering around, scratching, and pecking.</div>
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They are enjoying their morning...</div>
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OUTSIDE THE CHICKEN PEN!</div>
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Yep!</div>
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I failed to lock them up in their coop last night!</div>
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On to my second reality check of the morning.</div>
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We have two bunnies.</div>
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Peter and Paul</div>
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We acquired them a little over a year ago.</div>
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They have been great pets.</div>
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They actually set with Flower Boy and watch TV in the evenings.</div>
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We have had them inside, during the extreme temperatures.</div>
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I have turned the enclosed dog kennels into their temporary housing.</div>
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It works really well and the bunnies have been safe and warm.</div>
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The bunnies outside house is a castle, with tons of space below as a yard.</div>
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When we are home, they have an extended yard beyond the castle.</div>
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They thoroughly enjoy their space.</div>
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It gives enough room for them to exercise, as well as space for visitors to get in and play with the bunnies.</div>
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SO...</div>
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Today is suppose to be near 60 degrees, with sunshine.</div>
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It is a good day to put the bunnies outside.</div>
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Flower Boy takes them out, just after I realized I hadn't put the chickens up for the night.</div>
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He heads off to work.</div>
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I continue getting ready for work.</div>
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I enter the kitchen to prepare my lunch.</div>
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As I look out the window,</div>
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I see Paul, the black bunny, in what appears to be, in the outside pen.</div>
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The one they get to go in when we are home.</div>
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On second look,</div>
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I see Paul scampering across the yard, towards the chicken pens!</div>
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I run to my phone,</div>
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Call Flower Boy</div>
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"You have to come home! Paul is, in the yard, hopping towards the chicken pens!"</div>
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Drewman jumped away from whatever he was doing.</div>
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He had class or a meeting at 9am this morning...</div>
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We ran outside,</div>
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Chased Paul around the yard,</div>
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And finally got him back into the Bunny Castle!</div>
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Well...</div>
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Here's the "How did he get out?" answer.</div>
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Bunnies burrow.</div>
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They make deep holes in the ground.</div>
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These holes help to keep them cool in the summer and warm in the winter.</div>
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With all the moisture this winter,</div>
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Peter and Paul's burrow collapsed and left a gaping hole under their fence.</div>
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Paul, being the investigative bunny,</div>
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Quickly found the hole!</div>
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The hole is now covered and/or filled with a grill propane tank.</div>
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I hope Paul doesn't dig enough today or get past it!</div>
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Needless to say,</div>
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I did not get my lunch made.</div>
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I was only 4 minutes late for work.</div>
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I'm pretty sure Drewman made it to his 9am.</div>
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AND</div>
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Flower Boy didn't have, to turn around, to come back home and help.</div>
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All in the goals of a Wanna Be Hobby Farm Girl!</div>
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Thank You, God, for making me a Rancher Girl!</div>
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We are in the mist of calving season!</div>
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Babies are being born every day!</div>
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I LOVE MY LIFE!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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Bloat:</div>
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<i>Verb </i>- Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.</div>
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<i>N</i>oun - A disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.</div>
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Well....</div>
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That is today's Rancher Girl Social Media Topic.</div>
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I'm on vacation, and thank goodness I am!</div>
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We've got a little gal suffering with bloat.</div>
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She is a wee little bit, maybe all of 300 pounds.</div>
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She should probably still be nursing on her mother.</div>
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BUT....</div>
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She came in a package deal with a group of young ladies purchased for Miss B.</div>
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(I will blog about that purchase at a later date.)</div>
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Wee Little Bit has been doing fine.</div>
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She has been eating hay and grain, for almost a month.</div>
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She has held her own with the larger calves.</div>
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She has shown no signs of distress.</div>
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Bloat can easily occur, in cattle, when there is a change in food
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On Sunday, there was a significant temperature change.</div>
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That's when Wee Little Bit had a set back.</div>
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She bloated!</div>
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Cattle have 4 stomach chambers.</div>
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The rumen is the largest stomach.</div>
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Most bloat occurs in the rumen.</div>
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Gas builds up and the bovine can't pass it.</div>
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It is easy to see, as the left side of the cow will be extended.</div>
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They will often have very rounded, balloon like, mid sections.</div>
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It will be high along their backs. </div>
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The pressure can cause distressed breathing.</div>
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If not addressed, the animal can die.</div>
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When we went out to feed the calves, </div>
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Wee Little Bit didn't get up to come to the feed bunk.</div>
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Upon first observance of her,</div>
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"She's bloated!"</div>
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I quickly mixed baking soda and warm water into the drench bottle.</div>
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Flower Boy gathered necessary preventive medications.</div>
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We headed back to the pens.</div>
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Got Wee Little Bit into the chute, and placed the soda water down her throat.</div>
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We let her out and walked her up and down the alley.</div>
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After several trips up and down the alley,</div>
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Her mid section looked like a hot air balloon!</div>
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She started bawling and struggling.</div>
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Flower Boy:</div>
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"Babe, I think we are losing her!"</div>
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Me: </div>
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"Get a needle in her!"</div>
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Taylor, Drewman's girlfriend, ran to his truck, grabbed a 3/4" 16ga needle, and it was inserted in Wee Little Bit's mid section, directly behind her rib cage.</div>
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I ran to the house for a longer needle.</div>
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As a rancher, you always have necessary items on hand for any type of emergency.</div>
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I arrived back at the pens, with the 1 1/2" needle, just as Wee Little Bit was being relieved of the pressure.</div>
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We placed a bottle of bloat medicine down her throat, with the drench bottle, and headed into the house for a few hours.</div>
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Upon recheck, Wee Little Bit was much better.</div>
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Monday and Tuesday, we administered her doses of probiotics.</div>
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She was taken off grain, and has had dry hay and fresh water.</div>
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This morning, Wee Little Bit started bloating again!</div>
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I inserted the 1 1/2" needle, and called Flower Boy to bring more bloat medicine.</div>
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More meds have been administered.</div>
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Wee Little Bit has walked, moved and rested all afternoon.</div>
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As for me, I have spent more time in the pen, with her, than I normally would.</div>
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I'm a wee little bit worried about her!</div>
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She is still bloated, but in less distress.</div>
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Flower Boy will be home in a wee little bit.</div>
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We will insert a tube, down her throat, into her stomachs.</div>
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This will release the gas that the needle can't get.</div>
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We will also place mineral oil into the tube.</div>
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This will help in keeping the gas down and somewhat coat Wee Little Bit's stomachs.</div>
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All on a vacation day!</div>
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And people wonder why we don't leave the ranch much.</div>
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Things happen!</div>
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It's the life we live!</div>
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It's the life I love!</div>
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There is no other place I would rather be!!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">This blog and photos may not be shared or reproduced without the express written consent of A Building We Shall Go!
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To view our full website, visit www.therockinB.com</div>Rancher Girl of The Rockin' B Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12283788018590747307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1366036154580598525.post-69291985967356178922018-12-11T20:57:00.000-06:002018-12-11T20:57:08.577-06:00Texture Tuesday - Glass Blowing<div style="text-align: center;">
Last Tuesday was That Special Aunt's Birthday!</div>
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Amazing Cake!!</div>
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For her birthday, six of us took a glass blowing class.</div>
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Gather the glass on the rod.</div>
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It started as a typical Thanksgiving weekend.</div>
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Trucks break down.</div>
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Spend 4 hours on the phone to get the lifetime warranty, of the part, provided.</div>
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Tractor won't start.</div>
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It might need new batteries.</div>
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Covered up in work, chores, and repair.</div>
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It's just our life!</div>
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For the past several years,</div>
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We have always tried to do some <a href="https://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/search?q=black+friday" target="_blank">Black Friday Shopping</a>. </div>
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We normally sell cattle in November,</div>
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So it just makes since to replace a few or add to the herd.</div>
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Daddy always said "Grow slow! Don't get in over your head!"</div>
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Most of the weekend, when we weren't working on things,</div>
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We were, on our phones or the computer, searching for the perfect deal!</div>
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It was late Saturday evening.</div>
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Well, it was dark anyway.</div>
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It could have been 5:30PM.</div>
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We found it!</div>
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Flower Boy made the call.</div>
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Sunday morning, we were off!</div>
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Flower Boy</div>
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We never leave home without her!</div>
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Snacks were packed.</div>
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Some were purchased!</div>
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We all had our favorite!</div>
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Sweet Tea and Chicharrones for Flower Boy.</div>
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Beef Sticks for Princess Sheba.</div>
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Frosted Mini Wheat's and Dots Pretzels for myself!</div>
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We had decided to take back roads.</div>
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You know, the highways from yesteryear.</div>
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Those that are less traveled.</div>
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We had nothing but time, </div>
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As we normally consider these type of trips</div>
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A DATE!</div>
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We even have a road trip CD!</div>
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If you follow us on social media,</div>
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You know what we sing!</div>
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We hadn't driven 30 miles, and saw this!</div>
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Just a herd of horses and donkeys out for a Sunday Stroll.</div>
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They were prancing, down the highway, like they were on a road trip too!</div>
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We entered towns named</div>
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Wapanucka</div>
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Kinefic</div>
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Bokchito</div>
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We passed places like</div>
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Stubby's Way</div>
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A fueling station that didn't have a store or a clerk.</div>
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Ma and Pa's Store where they sold antiques and plumbing.</div>
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We even found an old military fort!</div>
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Fort Washita</div>
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It's the fort that protected the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the Plains Indians.</div>
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The post was abandoned by Federal Forces during the Civil War.</div>
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Confederate Troops burned the structures at the end of the war.</div>
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Fort Washita will be a place we re-visit!</div>
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As we were making the final leg, of our journey, towards the Red River,</div>
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We came upon this!</div>
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I got a bit nervous!</div>
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Can you see the curve in the road?</div>
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Yes!</div>
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That one, just past the bridge?</div>
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You see, we were pulling a 32 foot trailer!</div>
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The truck and trailer are almost 45 feet long, in total.</div>
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Flower Boy made the curve with ease!</div>
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The places we go!</div>
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Within two hours, of arriving at our destination, </div>
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We made out picks, loaded, and headed back home.</div>
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It was a quick trip.</div>
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The back roads of Oklahoma never disappoint!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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PS. It was too dark for cattle photos. :-)</div>
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8 years... </div>
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In April, our journey began. </div>
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It started with nosebleeds and not feeling well.</div>
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You knew.</div>
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I did not.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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In August, you arrived at my door.</div>
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You handed me a package.</div>
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"This is not the way I want it, but you will do what needs to be done."</div>
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It was a secret you asked me to keep.</div>
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You knew.</div>
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I did not.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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The day after the package delivery.</div>
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I received a phone call.</div>
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"Your dad has collapsed!"</div>
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I rushed to your house.</div>
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I got you in my car.</div>
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I made the quick decision to drive you to the local hospital.</div>
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I knew had I driven you to the larger one, they wouldn't send us to the big city.</div>
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My decision was the correct one.</div>
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Within the hour, you were loaded into the ambulance and we were off.</div>
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Your driver was one of your life long friend's son.</div>
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He told me "Put your flashers on and stay right behind me!"</div>
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I had a 1/4 tank of fuel in my car...</div>
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(I never told you that)</div>
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We arrived at Mercy.</div>
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I parked the car.</div>
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I followed you into the Emergency Room.</div>
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The nurses and doctors flooded me with questions and paperwork.</div>
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I provided all the answers.</div>
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I was your primary caregiver.</div>
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I still didn't know.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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That very night, I slept in your Trauma ICU room.</div>
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The nurses never questioned your request.</div>
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They brought me a bed.</div>
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They placed it next to yours.</div>
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I even got heated blankets.</div>
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I didn't sleep.</div>
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You knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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That week, Aunt Lois called.</div>
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"Your Uncle Jim is headed down with the motor home."</div>
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I spent time in there, but most of my time was in the Trauma ICU next to you.</div>
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Aunt Lois knew.</div>
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I did not.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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Almost a week in the Trauma ICU.</div>
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You asked for my help.</div>
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You told me to go buy a notebook.</div>
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(I still have it.)</div>
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I was scared and said "I'm not ready! I need more time!"</div>
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You assured me "By the Grace of God, you will be ready."</div>
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You knew.</div>
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I did not.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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I cried.</div>
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Although, I didn't like horses,</div>
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"I climbed on the horse and prepared for the ride."</div>
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We both knew.</div>
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(By the way, I have a horse now.)</div>
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8 years...</div>
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Over the course of 3 months, you were in and out of Oklahoma Heart Hospital.</div>
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I knew your nurses by name.</div>
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They even reserved me meals.</div>
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I spoke regularly with your team of doctors.</div>
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They even called me on the phone.</div>
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It would be early morning, middle of the day, and even into the night.</div>
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I would walk into the hospital and open your room door.</div>
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We would talk.</div>
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You would sleep.</div>
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I would write your requests, my wishes and prayers, and our plans for the future.</div>
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I made promises.</div>
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You asked me to keep things to myself.</div>
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I knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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I was running 5K's.</div>
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I ran from a pain I didn't understand.</div>
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I ran for a cause.</div>
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I hated Congestive Heart Failure like most people hate Cancer.</div>
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I ran for peace.</div>
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I ran for comfort.</div>
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I ran to breathe.</div>
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I ran to clear my mind.</div>
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I ran to know.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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It was a Friday.</div>
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After procedures, too many to count, we made the decision for a final surgery.</div>
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Your doctors discussed the risk.</div>
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You were told "If we move you over to the by-pass, there is a 90% chance we can't bring you back."</div>
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You agreed to move forward with the surgery.</div>
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I spent the entire night with you.</div>
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We finalized the notebook.</div>
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I made you one last promise.</div>
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"No more than 24 hours"</div>
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You asked me not to cry.</div>
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I was ready.</div>
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I knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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Over the weekend, I had words with the boys.</div>
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I attempted to let everyone know.</div>
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Your team of surgeons flew in from across the nation.</div>
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You and I knew.</div>
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They did not.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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Monday came.</div>
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It was surgery day.</div>
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You gave me my last physical kiss.</div>
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I told you "I LOVE YOU!"</div>
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You responded "You're ready! I LOVE YOU!"</div>
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We knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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A nurse stepped into the waiting room.</div>
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She stood there and said "Things are going well. The doctors had to put him on the by-pass machine. It will be a few more hours."</div>
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I got up.</div>
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I walked around the hospital.</div>
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I knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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That night, I spent another night by your side.</div>
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The nurses provided me with comfort and warm blankets.</div>
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They never said a word.</div>
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They just did their job, injected meds, hung bags, and watched monitors and pumps.</div>
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I stood next to you all night.</div>
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I prayed and asked for more time.</div>
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I heard God say "You are ready, just hand me the reins."</div>
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I stomped my foot!</div>
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"Dammit, Daddy! Fight!"</div>
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You tried.</div>
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The nurse asked me to continue to encourage you. </div>
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You couldn't speak, but your eyes told me.</div>
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I knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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It was a Tuesday morning.</div>
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I had my package and the notebook in hand.</div>
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The time had come, for me, to fulfill my final promise, to you.</div>
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I gathered our family.</div>
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I explained your wish and my promise.</div>
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I had to do this last thing.</div>
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I promised.</div>
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I knew.</div>
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8 years...</div>
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The kids and Yo stood beside me.</div>
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I knew they couldn't watch.</div>
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Yo was tucked behind my left arm.</div>
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One by one, the nurse turned off each iv pump.</div>
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The doctor talked us through each and every action taken.</div>
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I didn't cry.</div>
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The Big Kids moved Drewman towards the window.</div>
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I grabbed the suction.</div>
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My promise was kept.</div>
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I cared for you until the very end.</div>
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I knew.</div>
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Today...</div>
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8 years later...</div>
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I will return to the spot I go to often.</div>
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(I will have to take my poncho. It's raining here.)</div>
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I will cry.</div>
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It will be brutal.</div>
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It will be ugly.</div>
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It will be raw.</div>
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I will be vulnerable.</div>
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I will be at peace.</div>
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Jeffrey will be waiting for my return.</div>
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He will hug me.</div>
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I will breathe.</div>
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I know.</div>
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Tomorrow...</div>
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8 years later...</div>
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The sun will rise.</div>
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I will move forward.</div>
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I know.</div>
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"Grief never ends...</div>
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But it changes.</div>
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It's a passage,</div>
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Not a place to stay.</div>
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Grief is not a sign of weakness,</div>
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Nor a lack of Faith...</div>
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It is the price of love."</div>
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Daddy,</div>
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I MISS YOU MORE!</div>
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I LOVE YOU MUCH!</div>
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XOXO</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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It all started with a late night text, from Miss B's Mommy.</div>
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"I'm on the hunt for someone to build me two wooden sawhorses."</div>
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My reply</div>
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"Sawhorses? Paw says send photos."</div>
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Soon followed this photo.</div>
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This put Paw into action!</div>
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The next day he was searching the shed for 2x4's, plywood, and trim.</div>
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Several texts back and forth as to size, height, and other specifics.</div>
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All materials were left over from the house build.</div>
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Paw was happy to provide the service, make some space in the shed, and use up some of the materials.</div>
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Mommy asked for rustic, but clean lines with a farmhouse feel.</div>
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And so the project began...</div>
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One sawhorse complete....</div>
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And another...</div>
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Ready for paint...</div>
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Bright white, no doubt!</div>
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Now for the top!</div>
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Add some trim.</div>
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Don't forget the mark!</div>
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Paw branded the underside.</div>
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Mommy will be using the table for events not Rockin' B Ranch related.</div>
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BUT</div>
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The table had to have the brand!</div>
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It is who WE are!</div>
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Now on to the completed project.</div>
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Paw was a bit concerned about the use of the reclaimed lumber.</div>
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He had worries about the nail holes and nicks in the 2x4's, but Mommy was thrilled with the results.</div>
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The entire project was for Miss B's 2nd Birthday.</div>
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Her party was a farm party.</div>
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Very fitting for the 6th generation of The Rockin' B!</div>
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Mommy and Daddy made all the food, the cakeballs, and arranged the beautiful flowers.</div>
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The Birthday Cake!</div>
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PERFECTION!!!</div>
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We even hatched chicks for the party.</div>
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Happy Birthday Miss B!</div>
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Paw would rope the moon for you!</div>
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You hold our hearts, Baby Girl!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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MooMaw</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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Many have requested I provide details on my 2018 Temperature Blanket project.</div>
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It all started with my frustration of social media, namely Facebook.</div>
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I can no longer scroll mindlessly through a list of lies, political views, hate, judgement, and drama.</div>
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I will, however, continue to post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheRockinB/" target="_blank">Rockin' B Ranch</a> page and do my best to update <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DrewsEGGcelentEGGS/" target="_blank">Drew's EGGcelent Eggs</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ABuildingWeShallGo/" target="_blank">A Building We Shall Go</a>'s Facebook pages.</div>
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As for my personal page, no offense to my friends and family, but...</div>
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I JUST CAN'T DO IT!</div>
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I needed to find a project.</div>
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The type of project that wouldn't consume me, but could be lasting and productive.</div>
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I spent many hours searching, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/RancherGrl/" target="_blank">pinning</a>, and debating.</div>
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Finally, I settled on crocheting a temperature blanket.</div>
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I, first, had to pick colors and set a temperature scale.</div>
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I chose to use colors close to the forecast temperature scale that Flower Boy looks at each day.</div>
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Then off I went to the local Walmart!</div>
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I didn't want to invest a large sum of dollars into this project, because I have only crocheted a small square in my entire life!</div>
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I am totally a beginner!</div>
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Once I picked my colors, I made a temperature key.</div>
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Note that we live in Oklahoma, and it rarely gets below 10 degrees.</div>
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Also note that I haven't chosen a color for 110+ degrees.</div>
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I think I've got a bit of time to decide that one.</div>
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I also added a white yarn for days that there might be snow, and the black yarn that separates the months of the year.</div>
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My plan was to crochet one row per day, with the color that corresponds with the high temperature in our area.</div>
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The temperature was an easy find.</div>
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We live within miles of a very busy airport that has two commercial flights per day, therefore they have the official weather for our area.</div>
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I just log onto the website and log down the high temperature.</div>
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I keep a log, of the temperature, because one never knows if I will get to crochet every evening.</div>
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Life happens!</div>
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Having one row per day, allows me to catch up on a weekend if I happen to not be able to crochet during the week.</div>
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You get the gist.</div>
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Right?</div>
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Now...</div>
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Here is where things get balled up!</div>
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(see what I did there... balled up... yarn ball...)</div>
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Ok... Maybe I'm not as funny as I think. ;-)</div>
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Off I go...</div>
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Making my single chain stitch, taught by Grandma B, 4 years ago, February 1, 2014.</div>
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I'm rolling along, adding row 2 of black for the start of the year.</div>
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Then I add row 3 for January 1.</div>
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Row 4</div>
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Row 5</div>
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Row 6</div>
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Row 7</div>
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Row 8</div>
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Row 9</div>
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Row 10</div>
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Row 11</div>
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Row 12</div>
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Houston.... We have a problem!</div>
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I have produced a ruffle!</div>
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Anyone that knows me, knows I do not do ruffles and lace.</div>
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I am not a girly girl!</div>
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I am a Rancher Girl!</div>
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I reach out to My Sissy!</div>
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My exact text, followed by the above photo...</div>
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"Grandma would be so disappointed!"</div>
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You see...</div>
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My Sissy and I had a crochet lesson, with Grandma B, in her final days here on earth.</div>
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You can read about it here.</div>
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<a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-blessed-sisters-crochet-lesson.html" target="_blank">http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-blessed-sisters-crochet-lesson.html</a></div>
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Well...</div>
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My Sissy is much more attentive, to these type of things, than I am.</div>
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Again...</div>
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I am not a girly girl.</div>
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I am a Rancher Girl!</div>
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So...</div>
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Not that I didn't love the lesson, I just may not have paid attention to detail like I should have.</div>
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Had this been a lesson on animals or outdoor life, I would have rocked it!</div>
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My Sissy paid so much attention, that she has gone on to produce beautiful crochet pieces and even teaches classes to her high school students.</div>
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She is a professional!</div>
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Of course, the encouraging sister I have, she quickly called me.</div>
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"What's going on?"</div>
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"What are you trying to do?"</div>
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"Don't get discouraged."</div>
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"Don't rip it out!"</div>
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"Did you count your stitches?"</div>
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What?! Wait?! I was suppose to count stitches???</div>
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After a very long conversation, she coached me through my options and I moved forward.</div>
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She will read this for the first time, because when she checked on me the next week, I didn't tell her what I did...</div>
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NO! I did not tear it out and start a new.</div>
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I couldn't get the ruffle out of the bottom, of the first attempt, SO I am now making two blankets!</div>
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Yes!</div>
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TWO!</div>
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The person who has never, in her life, crocheted, has no clue what she is doing, and barley has the time to insert projects into her schedule, is NOW MAKING TWO BLANKETS!</div>
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"How bad can it be to just make another? It's just one row per day!"</div>
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I said to myself.</div>
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"His and Hers?"</div>
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"Well you are in too deep now, so suck it up and get it done!"</div>
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I am happy to say, I have completed the month of January!</div>
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I even did it on January 31!</div>
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Plus, I got the two rows of black in, to start the month of February, for the next day!</div>
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Keep in mind, these blankets are not going to fit our king size bed, like I had in my original plan.</div>
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They will be the size, for a Maw and a Paw, to curl up with, in their chairs, while watching an evening of television.</div>
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They might even be large enough, for grand children, to build living room forts or even play peek-a-boo!</div>
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They will be perfect, regardless of my stitching ability!</div>
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The project hasn't been overwhelming.</div>
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I have enjoyed stitching each evening.</div>
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It has produced a new "Me Time", reflection, and growth.</div>
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I will post updates on my Instagram page, if you want to follow along.</div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranchergrl/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ranchergrl/</a></div>
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(There is no drama there, and I rather enjoy catching up with fellow ranch folks, our family, and the like.)</div>
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I am excited to see my progression throughout the months.</div>
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I think I will get better each month too.</div>
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YAY ME!</div>
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Side note...</div>
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Drewman thinks I have become a hippy!</div>
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<a href="https://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2018/01/call-me-weird.html" target="_blank">Booch making</a>...</div>
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Now crochet!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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Hey There!</div>
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Yes, it has been forever!</div>
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I won't apologize, but will try to do better.</div>
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I haven't shared much with anyone over this past year or so.</div>
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Flower Boy has had some stomach issues, after months and a few changes, he is much better.</div>
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I thought I would share some of what we are doing.</div>
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Or should I say attempting....</div>
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You all know my way of "The Simple Life".</div>
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I cook at home.</div>
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I prepare at home.</div>
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I bake at home.</div>
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I can at home.</div>
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I jell at home.</div>
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I am now brewing at home!</div>
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No!</div>
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I am not brewing beer or wine.</div>
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Although, I would like to attempt to brew wine.</div>
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My granddad use to brew wine.</div>
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I remember opening his closet door to look at the size/inflation of the bouncy balloon, on the top of the brew bottle.<br />
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You know the bouncy balloons I am speaking of?</div>
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The ones your grandma use to buy you at the Five and Dime Store.</div>
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They were the thick rubber type that had the ball/teat on one end.</div>
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A rubberband was attached to the ball/teat.</div>
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When she blew up the balloon, you would walk around all day popping that rubberband against the balloon, aiming for your siblings head, arm, or any part of their body you could hit.</div>
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It was the simplest form of entertainment!</div>
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Back to brewing...</div>
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I am brewing Kombucha.</div>
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Kombucha is a fermented tea.</div>
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It has been consumed for thousands of years.</div>
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It is a rich source of probiotics and contains tons of antioxidants.</div>
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All in an effort to produce a healthy gut!</div>
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The bacteria in Kombucha can improve many aspects of health, including digestion, inflammation, and even weight loss.</div>
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Just search it.</div>
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I've added a link.</div>
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Click here....</div>
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<a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/8-benefits-of-kombucha-tea#modal-close" target="_blank">Kombucha</a></div>
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I have been reading, researching, and wanting to brew for sometime now.</div>
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I have been drinking Kombucha for years.<br />
It isn't expensive, but I wasn't so sure the stuff you buy, in the stores, really provide the benefits of the home brew. </div>
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I ordered a Kombucha <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Kombucha-Scoby-Live-Culture/dp/B009ZW8RP4" target="_blank">Scoby</a> a few weeks ago and started a batch soon after it arrived.</div>
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It was so easy!</div>
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All I did was steep some strong black tea, add water, sugar, and white vinegar, place the tea in a gallon size canning jar, add the scoby, cover with a coffee filter, put a rubberband around the top, and place the container in the hot water closet.</div>
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That last step reminded me of my granddad!</div>
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The batch should be ready in a day or so.</div>
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I will test it this evening.</div>
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I can't wait to try the fizzy sweetened effervescents of my brew! </div>
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When the brew is finished, I will place it in individual bottles and refrigerate.</div>
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There is a second brew option too.</div>
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It is adding flavor.</div>
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I will have to do more research on this, before trying it, but I think I will add sand plum as my first flavor!</div>
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Sand plums are a small plum grown wild in our area and are much sought after for by local jelly and wine makers.</div>
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I however have the competition of the cattle to contend with, when these little cherry sized beauties are ripening on the bush.</div>
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If I don't beat the cattle to the sand plum bushes, each year, my family goes without jelly!</div>
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Speaking of jelly...</div>
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This year, I made enough jelly to share with coworkers, as well as family and friends.</div>
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Don't worry, if you haven't gotten yours and you know you were on the list, you will receive it soon.</div>
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Anywho...</div>
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One of my coworkers, with whom I provided jelly, knew about Flower Boy's tummy issues.</div>
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She and I have spoken about my Kombucha brewing.</div>
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She brews sauerkraut!</div>
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Today, she brought me a sample.</div>
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Call me weird, but I can't wait to sample it!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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It has been a little over a week since our red bag delivery, and I still struggle with holding back the tears to write about it.</div>
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In layman's terms, a Red Bag Delivery is premature separation of the placenta during labor or delivery.</div>
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This is not a rare happening, in the horse industry, when a mare is foaling, but it is most uncommon, in the cattle industry, because a cow's placenta has several cotyledons to supply blood flow to the calf until it made it's way through the birthing canal and breathing on it's own.</div>
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Basically, when the placenta separates the baby dies of suffocation.</div>
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PLEASE NOTE:</div>
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It was last Thursday morning.</div>
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Flower Boy went out to check the <a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2016/08/mouse-and-lutas-moocow-monday.html" target="_blank">Fancy Heifers</a>.</div>
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Although he is only a few hundred feet off the back porch, he calls me.</div>
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"We have a heifer in labor. Bring the spotlight so I can see."</div>
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(It was just starting to get light.)</div>
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I grab the spotlight, slip on my shoes (actually his shoes), and head out the door.</div>
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I'm still in my jammies...</div>
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Sure enough, we have feet!</div>
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Momma is pushing, laying down, getting up, pushing, laying down, getting up, and pushing again.</div>
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I go back into the house, get dressed, put in my contacts and return to the pens.</div>
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It isn't unusual for a heifer to take 6 hours to deliver.</div>
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Therefore, we weren't in a rush.</div>
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When I return to the pens, </div>
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Flower Boy said "You better call work. She's gonna need some help."</div>
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By help...</div>
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He means my arm going up the back side of the momma to help deliver the calf.</div>
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I'm the only one in the family with slim enough arms to do so.</div>
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Thankfully, I also have the education and training to do so too.</div>
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I have always had a passion for our cattle so, when I was younger, My Daddy sent me to breeding clinics, an artificial insemination school, cow/calf and nutrition courses.</div>
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I also earned an Associates Degree in Animal Science.</div>
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An AS degree may not hold much weight in today's world, as BS and MS degrees are now the norm,</div>
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BUT...</div>
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That was over 30 years ago and I am happy to say, I use that knowledge every single day on the ranch! </div>
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As Flower Boy heads to the truck to get the delivery chains,</div>
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I watch her and I realize,</div>
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WE HAVE A PROBLEM!</div>
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He returns.</div>
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"Honey, we need to get her somewhere. Something is wrong! I don't feel comfortable pulling this calf."</div>
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He gets on the phone to his dad, for his thoughts.</div>
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I call my work.</div>
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Not to tell them I'm not coming in, but to get dispatched to Large Animal.</div>
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(My day job is an accountant at a Veterinary College.)</div>
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"Linda, this is Bobbie Sue. I have a 2 year old heifer, laboring since about 5:30am. She is in dystocia and we only have feet. Can you have a team waiting on me? I will be there in less than 30 minutes."</div>
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Dystocia is an abnormal fetal position, weak labor, or basic calving problems due to the momma not dilating properly.</div>
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Dystocia is common in first calf heifers.</div>
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This is the reason for our every 2 hour calf watch.</div>
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We load the heifer into the trailer and head 20 minutes away to the vet hospital.</div>
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The heifer is placed in a head catch.</div>
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While the team is suiting up, they are asking us questions.</div>
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"How old is she?"</div>
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She is 2. </div>
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"Is she full term."</div>
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Yes. Her due date is September 8 - 13.</div>
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(It is not uncommon for a heifer to calve two weeks early.)</div>
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"What breed is she?"</div>
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Angus</div>
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"How long has she been laboring"</div>
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Since about 5:30 this morning.</div>
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"Has she progressed in her delivery?"</div>
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No. </div>
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They connect the chains.</div>
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And pull the calf from the birth canal.</div>
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The calf is dead.</div>
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I knew this before we left the ranch.</div>
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So did Flower Boy.</div>
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We needed to know why!</div>
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This is the reason we took the heifer to the hospital.</div>
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One look at the placenta and a quick examination of the calf, I was bewildered!</div>
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In the photo above, you can see the placenta cotyledons that supply the blood flow to the calf.</div>
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The placenta is clean, clear and looks very normal. </div>
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How did the vet know it was a red bag delivery?</div>
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The placenta came out with the calf.</div>
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It had detached hours ago. </div>
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In a normal delivery, the placenta would come behind the calf.</div>
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Often times, it could take a few hours and even a day or two for a cow to "clean" after birth.</div>
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Upon examination of the calf, his eyes were cloudy.</div>
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The eyes start to cloud a few hours after death. </div>
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According to the vet, the calf had been dead for at least 12 hours.</div>
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There was no point to do any testing or further investigation.</div>
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We determined it was uncontrollable and a freakish stillbirth.</div>
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The calf probably died at the onset of labor.</div>
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With no help from the calf, being a young mother, and not dilating properly, this was the reason the birth took so long. </div>
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Momma has returned to the calving pasture, just north of the house, with the other heifers.</div>
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She will be placed with the bull again, bred and allowed to calve next fall.</div>
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She will be one we will keep extra watch over. </div>
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Since then, there have been 3 perfect deliveries of healthy baby calves!</div>
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One on Labor Day! </div>
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A bouncing baby boy!</div>
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One on Tuesday morning, at the 6am calf check!</div>
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A feisty baby girl!</div>
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And one, just after sunup, this morning! </div>
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Another spunky baby girl!</div>
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These three don't take away from the loss of the little guy last week, but it sure takes my mind off it.</div>
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I have never been one to be heart broken over the loss of life on the ranch.</div>
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I have always taken the mindset that it is God's Will and I must comply.</div>
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That's the way I was raised.</div>
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BUT...</div>
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These Fancy Heifers have my heart!</div>
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We purchased some of them when they were 6 months old.</div>
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Others, in the group, are home raised.</div>
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This group just happens to be a symbol of who we are and the quality we produce.</div>
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The loss not only was a negative to our bottom line, but it was a real punch in my gut!</div>
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It's not going to be easy turning these babies to pasture, after that loss.</div>
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I fear I will hover and watch them closer than I have ever watched our babies.</div>
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Thankfully, I will pass their pasture on my drive to and from work.</div>
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Thanks for listening and following!</div>
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#lovethelifeyoulive</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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Well folks, It's Monday!</div>
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MooCow Monday!</div>
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I went on a bit of a spending spree this weekend.</div>
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A Rancher Girl spending spree is not a day at the spa, shopping for fancy clothes, shoes, or purses.</div>
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A Rancher Girl's dream shopping spree is buying cattle!</div>
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Meet Mouse!</div>
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She is a Angus Charolais Cross.</div>
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Cattlemen call this crossbreed "SMOKE".</div>
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We had a few "off season" calves that needed to be sold.</div>
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(Off season calves are calves that are born outside of our Fall or Spring 45 day calving window)</div>
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Friday evening, Drewman came home and helped gather the off season calves and the fancy heifers.</div>
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The fancy heifers needed to come home to the lots, because they are due to start calving within the next week to 10 days.</div>
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I know I'm spider webbing here, but it is necessary to lay the ground story of my shopping spree.</div>
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Early Saturday morning, Flower Boy and I started in the working pens.</div>
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The off season calves were sorted, loaded in the trailer, and headed to the cattle sale.</div>
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We arrived at the sale, unloaded, and as always, Flower Boy needed to walk to the back and watch them bring the calves to the holding pen.</div>
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There are many reasons he needs to watch this happen.</div>
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The main reason being to make sure the cattle aren't injured after being off loaded from the trailer.</div>
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If an injury occurs, buyers will not pay top premium for the cattle.</div>
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Normally, when injured cattle are brought into the sale ring, the auctioneer will point out the injury and start the bidding at a greatly reduced rate.</div>
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While walking on the catwalk, Flower Boy is focused on finding The Rockin' B cattle, while I am always looking below at the other type of cattle being sold.</div>
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I spotted this little gray mouse colored heifer, grabbed Flower Boy's arm, and said "That's a nice little gray heifer down there. She need some groceries, but she has the frame and style of our cattle."</div>
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He looks at me, asks me to point her out, takes a long gander at her, and says "Well you better go get your checkbook!"</div>
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I took the keys, from his hands, before he could say another word.</div>
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On my way out to the truck, I notice he was behind me...</div>
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OOPS!</div>
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I grabbed the checkbook and headed to the buyers counter to get a number.</div>
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Just like any other auction, you must have a number to bid. </div>
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The mouse heifer was mixed in with several other odd sized calves, ranging from day old calves to larger finish sized calves.</div>
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It was a pretty sure bet, with that pen of cattle, the calves would sell as singles.</div>
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Sure enough....</div>
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They were!</div>
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AND...</div>
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We snagged her up for a pretty good price too!</div>
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I quickly sent the big kids a text.</div>
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"Just bought Bower a little gray heifer! I think she needs some color in her herd." </div>
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Her Daddy's response...</div>
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"LOL OK"</div>
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I may not have been able to help Bower Marie's Daddy with his college education, but I have vowed to have a nice nest egg set back when Bower heads off to further her education.</div>
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She currently has 4 head in the 6th generation Rockin' B herd, with plans to add more each year. </div>
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Thinking to myself....</div>
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"Well shoot! Now I have to buy another one because you don't want that gray to be lonely!"</div>
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Honestly, I don't have to buy another one.</div>
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We have Luta in the pasture.</div>
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Mouse and Luta will pair up nicely.</div>
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Speaking of Luta....</div>
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I don't think I ever told you about her!</div>
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Luta is another "off season" calf.</div>
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Along about September of last year, the neighbor's longhorn bull got into the pasture with the Fancy Heifers.</div>
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The heifers were gathered, brought home, and given shots of Lutalyse.</div>
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Lutalyse is a veterinary product that is used to synchronize estrus cycles.</div>
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Since the bull had only jumped the fence and was in the pasture no more than 3 days, Lutalyse could be administered to the Fancy Heifers as a form of birth control.</div>
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Luta is a product of her momma's dose of Lutalyse failure.</div>
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Hence her name.</div>
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When she was born Bower Marie's momma was so excited and couldn't wait to see pictures.</div>
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It was that very moment that Luta became Bower Marie's calf. </div>
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She is a keeper!</div>
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Although she is half longhorn / half angus, she is growing into one awesome heifer!</div>
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She is long bodied, has depth of rib, straight legs, tracks/walks well, and holds her head in true Rockin' B fashion!</div>
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Mouse is the same!</div>
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She just needs food!</div>
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She will be a different calf in a month with our feeding program.</div>
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This little girl has never seen grain.</div>
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She didn't know what to think of it last evening when Flower Boy gave her receiving ration.</div>
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Receiving ration is a starter feed for cattle just being weaned or in Mouse's case, never eating grain.</div>
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Flower Boy will transition her to different types of feed, before turning her out with the other cattle.</div>
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This will take a month or so.</div>
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About the time the Fancy Heifer's are finished calving and are ready to be taken back to pasture, Mouse will be ready to go with them.</div>
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Remember me telling you about cattle getting injured when unloading and sold at greatly reduced prices?</div>
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Well....</div>
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I bought one of those too!</div>
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She was purchased with Drewman's money and much like the Mouse heifer, a text was sent "Just bought you a heifer."</div>
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His response "What? Wait! Do I need to go to the bank?"</div>
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My thought was he was probably sleeping and wouldn't respond to my text.</div>
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We took a bit of a chance on her.</div>
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She came in with a group of fancy heifers.</div>
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She had a limp on her right front foot and a bit of a slip in her back end.</div>
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The auctioneer quickly told the ring hand to cut her off and sold the remainder of the pen.</div>
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She was sold as a single. </div>
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She is worth the chance.</div>
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She has a brucellosis tag in her hear, which means she has seen a veterinarian.</div>
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Within the state of Oklahoma, Brucellosis vaccines can only be administered by veterinarians.</div>
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This is also a good indicator that she has had her calf hood shots, too.</div>
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We will administer her boosters for safe measure, as well as a few doses of wormer.</div>
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She too will be taken to pasture when the Fancy Heifers are finished calving and are ready to return.</div>
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She will be placed with the bull, along with Bower's older two yearling heifers, in the spring, adding to our fall born calving season.</div>
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Drewman has named her 50sumthin.</div>
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His Rockin' B eartag numbers are 50's and she is a bit thin.</div>
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That too will change over the next month or so. </div>
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As of Sunday morning, this little girl had no limp or slip and the swelling in her right front hock had gone down.</div>
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A chance well worth taking!</div>
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Happy Moo Cow Monday!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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Hey there!</div>
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If you follow me on social media, you know I have been busy in the Rancher Girl Designs workshop all summer.</div>
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I have completed several projects, which I will blog later.</div>
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Today, I wanted to tell you about some vintage finds I found while scavenging some barn wood for projects.</div>
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There is this barn, on one of our land leases.</div>
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It honestly speaks to my soul!</div>
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Off to the side and throughout this pasture are piles of tin, barn wood and just plain rubbish, including but not limited to; rusted metal, old feed sacks, blocks, bricks, tires, and the like...</div>
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This is where I tend to scavenge.</div>
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I pulled off a section of old fencing.</div>
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It was holding down some rusted barn tin.</div>
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Under the rusted tin was a red plastic milk crate.</div>
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The milk crate was covered with an old tattered blanket.</div>
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I hesitantly and so very slowly pulled the blanket out of the milk crate.</div>
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Fearful of a snake or mouse or other varmint jumping out at me, because I had disturbed his home.</div>
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Thankfully, no one was home!</div>
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Under the blanket were these perfectly secure and unharmed treasures!</div>
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A <a href="http://www.tamacpottery.com/#!history/gcgi7" target="_blank">Tamac Pottery</a> Tumbler!</div>
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The pattern is Frosty Pine.</div>
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It's value is about $20.</div>
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Perry, Okla is our home town!</div>
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What an amazing piece of history!</div>
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A single Pressed Carnival Iridescent Glass Candle Holder.</div>
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It's value is about $12.</div>
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A Harker Pottery Cameoware Sugar Bowl with Lid in Pink!</div>
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This is such a pretty piece and is in pristine condition!</div>
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It's value is unknown, as I can't seem to find one in pink.</div>
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I have found one in blue, valued at $30.</div>
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I don't see this being used as a sugar bowl in my house.</div>
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I see it sitting on my dresser or makeup area.</div>
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(these are the only places in my house that "pretty things" are allowed) </div>
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It may hold ear rings, bobby pins, cotton balls, or even q tips. </div>
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Last but not least is this Pyrex 3 Cup Teardrop Measuring Cup Bowl with Pour Spout!</div>
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This is going to be a keeper, as it has already found it's place in my cabinet next to my other Pyrex measuring bowls.</div>
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It's a perfect fit, with the handle setting over the cusp of my hand, between my forefinger and thumb.</div>
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I see this little gem being used a lot in my kitchen!</div>
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All of these finds are dated to the 1940's.</div>
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None hold much dollar value.</div>
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I'm sure each one has a story to tell.</div>
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They were important to someone, at some time and place.</div>
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I will keep them safe.</div>
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Use them as needed.</div>
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Enjoy each piece.</div>
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Give them a new story and place in history.</div>
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All the while, wonder who placed them under that tin and why!</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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Before anyone flips a switch, yes, it is I, back to blogging.</div>
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I'm not going to apologize for my distance or lack of blogging.</div>
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I have realized since the kids are all gone and we are empty nested, I tend to be more of the worker bee than the photo taker.</div>
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After a day at the day job, evenings are spent choring and completing unfinished tasks.</div>
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When finished for the night, I am dog tired and ready for bed.</div>
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Lunches use to be my time to blog, as my commute to and from work were spent reflecting on the daily blog post.</div>
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Now, lunches are spent running errands and attempting to prepare for the ranch jobs needing done.</div>
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Let's just say, we are very busy folks without kids!</div>
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We were able to get away this past weekend.</div>
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We took a quick trip to visit Drewman.</div>
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He is interning for Helena Chemical and is "planted" in Garden City, Kansas.</div>
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This is a 5 hour drive from the ranch.</div>
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We drove through the Oklahoma Panhandle and up the south west side of Kansas.</div>
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We learned 10 very valuable things over the weekend.</div>
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10) There is a difference between north central Oklahoma and south western Kansas.</div>
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The soil type is different.</div>
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The terrain is different.</div>
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The trees are different.</div>
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There actually aren't trees in south west Kansas, unless they are in and around a homestead or have been planted as a wind break.</div>
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9) While driving through the Oklahoma panhandle and into south west Kansas, you will see road signs that say</div>
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"Watch For Cross Winds"</div>
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They mean it!</div>
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8) God and Mother Nature have made some pretty amazing sites!</div>
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Gloss Mountains in north western Oklahoma. </div>
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Monument Rocks - Chalk Pyramids in south west Kansas. </div>
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Random drive though the country in south western Kansas.</div>
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Kansas sunsets are as amazing as Oklahoma sunsets!</div>
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7) Man made some pretty awesome sights there too!</div>
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This loading alley is made of old irrigation wheels. </div>
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This tree reminds me of My Daddy!</div>
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When I saw it, my first thought was</div>
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"This was made by pipeliners that had nothing better to do, on a cold or wet day, then make a metal tree to intrigue folks for years to come!"</div>
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I'm always drawn to those things welded.</div>
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It's probably only something a welders daughter could understand.</div>
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6) Cattle aren't in open pastures in south west Kansas.</div>
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Most of the cattle are in feedlots.</div>
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Cattle people say the smell of a feed lot is the smell of money.</div>
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We didn't mind the smell!</div>
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5) The land is used to grow crops.</div>
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Where Oklahoma is mostly a wheat state, south west Kansas grows wheat, corn, soybeans, milo and potatoes, as well as several varieties of hay.</div>
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Drewman has spent many an hour in these fields, inspecting crops, scouting and taking samples.</div>
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It was nice to be able to job shadow him! </div>
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Drewman in a field of soybeans.</div>
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Soybeans are a legume plant that produces its own nitrogen.</div>
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They do so by these nodules on their root system.</div>
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Above are the flowers, of the soybean, and the beginning stages of the soybean pods.</div>
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4) There are different types of land in south west Kansas.</div>
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Dry land and irrigation land.</div>
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3) Most irrigation fields are called circles.</div>
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2) There are two different types of irrigation.</div>
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Pivot and flooded. </div>
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Pivot irrigation is a system that has a water well and pump connected to an irrigation system that circles the field.</div>
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Hence the fields being called circles. </div>
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The pivots can be 1/4 mile or 1/2 mile systems.</div>
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A 1/4 mile system is about the same as an Oklahoma 1/4 section or 160 acres.</div>
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A 1/4 mile pivot irrigation field equals 120 to 140 acres of crop, due to the corners of the field not getting irrigation.</div>
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A flooded irrigation is still supplied by a water well and pump, but irrigation pipe is laid on the ground and the field is "flooded" to obtain the proper moisture desired for the crop.</div>
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On a side note...</div>
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Soil is different than dirt!</div>
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Dirt is misplaced soil.</div>
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We were taught this last summer while drilling holes for our working pens.</div>
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<b>The Number One Thing We Learned Over The Weekend...</b></div>
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Drewman has a passion for the land of south west Kansas!</div>
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He loves the area!</div>
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He loves the diversity of the crop production!</div>
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He has an amazing support system there! </div>
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Drewman is wrapping up his final week in the Garden City area.</div>
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This morning he gave his intern presentation to his salesmen.</div>
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The Garden City area consists of 5 different locations.</div>
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Therefore, every day of the week Drewman is in a different location.</div>
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He has visited New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma while being "planted" in south west Kansas.</div>
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Next week, he will travel back to Iowa, where he began his summer, and give his final presentation, before heading back to Oklahoma State University to start his junior year.</div>
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What an amazing summer it has been for Drewman.</div>
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Flower Boy and I saw so much growth and change in him, in just the short amount of time we spent over the weekend.</div>
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We saw a young man moving forward towards adult life, ready to focus on his final coursework and preparing for a career.</div>
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Although Drewman will always be "our baby boy", we could see no "boy" in him.</div>
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Growing up is hard on kids.</div>
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Leaving home is even harder.</div>
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Moving hours away, to people and places you don't know, can't be easy.</div>
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BUT</div>
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When you have goals, drive and determination, you go with your foot to the floor.</div>
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You arrive knowing you have work to do.</div>
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AND</div>
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You leave knowing there is nothing left unfinished!</div>
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Signed,</div>
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Proud Parents and Empty Nesters</div>
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PS...</div>
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As for mommas...</div>
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We aren't talking about what it's like to let your children go!</div>
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It is a feeling of accomplishment to watch them grow, mature, complete educations and start careers.</div>
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I Thank God, we were granted grandchildren to keep our mind off the tears!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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With calving season in full swing, there have been many articles in the media about the harm done to calves when assessing them and ear tagging them after their birth.</div>
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Some have even stated that a rancher is in the business strictly for the income.</div>
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Today, I feel the need to rebuke them.</div>
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If you follow us at all, whether it be here or social media, you know we have a love for our family, our lifestyle, our world and our animals.</div>
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You also know Flower Boy is an Animal Whisperer!</div>
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It does not matter where or when he steps into the pasture, the cattle come running!</div>
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He often spends hours in one pasture playing with the calves.</div>
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He talks to them, pets them, and secures a real bond with them.</div>
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This is also the reason our momma cows are so tame and allow us to tag their babies easily.</div>
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When the babies are tagged, Flower Boy never turns his back on them.</div>
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He always makes up with them and shows them love.</div>
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I watch him apologize to each calf tagged.</div>
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If a calf happens to get separated from it's momma during tagging, Flower Boy is quick to seek out momma and direct her calf back to her.</div>
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He will stand among the herd, watching, to make sure momma knows he did not hurt her baby.</div>
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The tagging is necessary for identification of the pairs.</div>
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The calves are tagged with the same number ear tag as their momma's.</div>
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The left ear is tagged on heifer calves and the right ear is tagged on bull calves.</div>
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The tagging does not hurt the calf.</div>
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It is much like piercing our ears.</div>
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Yes, it stings for a bit, but it does not hurt the calf.</div>
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For the past two years, every time we tag a calf, I am reminded of a saying that has been thrown around the cattle industry.</div>
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It goes something like this... </div>
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"We've been tagging before tagging was cool." </div>
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While we have the calf held for tagging, the calf is assessed for health, sex, and approximate weight.</div>
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All is written in a log book kept in the feed truck.</div>
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We attempt to make the assessment and tagging within the first 24 hours of birth. </div>
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This doesn't always happen, as the mommas like to hide their babies.</div>
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Therefore, we may spend a few days searching out the calf.</div>
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This is a sign of a good momma.</div>
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We do have a few mommas that get pretty protective of their babies.</div>
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Those calves don't get tagged until all the cattle are brought in for working.</div>
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At this time, the calves will get a round of preventive shots, mommas will get wormed and assessed.</div>
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After the working, the cattle will be moved to summer pasture.</div>
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Ranchers aren't just in the business for the income.</div>
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Many dollars are spent on herd health, feed, hay, equipment and general operation of the ranch.</div>
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The income line isn't always high.</div>
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There is just something about the miracle of life when you watch the birth of a calf.</div>
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Time spent just you and your rancher, under the open sky in the middle of a pasture, along side a herd of cattle.</div>
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When you are there, you know what you do is worth while and has meaning.</div>
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You feel a deep pull to your heart and gut when you read or hear others give a negative opinion of what you do.</div>
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It is the love for the cattle and what we do that keep us going.</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">We had to get in one of our favorite cows.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> Number 3 is the first cow to the truck!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">She is normally the one to stick her head in the window to say HI!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">She had to be penned because she had a hurt foot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">She knocked it or scraped it on something, and possibly got a splinter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> We noticed a bit of oozing from her pastern and thought it best to get her into the chute to take a closer look.</span></span></div>
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Flower Boy squeezed the gunk out of the wound.</div>
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The wound was like a pimple.</div>
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Once popped, the swelling was down and she was back to normal.</div>
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Iodine was applied to the affected area.</div>
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She was also given a shot of antibiotics, to prevent further infection.</div>
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The cow never appeared to be injured or in pain.</div>
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She never walked with a limp or favored the foot in anyway.</div>
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Our thought was to leave her in the pen for observation and return her to pasture the next day.</div>
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The next day, SHE WAS GONE!</div>
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She had broken out of the pen!</div>
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She actually broke through the cables of the pen.</div>
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This is not the photo of the break out area, but it is very close to what it looks like.</div>
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The hunt was on!</div>
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We searched the roads.</div>
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There was no sign of her.</div>
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We searched the creek.</div>
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There was no sign of her.</div>
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We talked to neighbors.</div>
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There was no sign of her.</div>
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We sent out messaged to surrounding cattle owners.</div>
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There was no sign of her.</div>
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The next morning, Flower Boy saddled Charlie Horse.</div>
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There was only one place she could have gone.</div>
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She had to be in the pasture south of the house.</div>
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<a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2016/02/weekend-excitement.html" target="_blank">The one where the fire was a few weeks back.</a> </div>
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The cows are due to start calving, February 26th.</div>
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It was possible that the stress of gathering her, penning her, placing her in the chute, and doctoring her foot, she could calve early.</div>
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Since cows like to hide when they give birth, the pasture south of the house was a likely hiding spot for her.</div>
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After a long hard ride, in extreme south winds, there was still no sign of number 3 cow!</div>
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Flower Boy did find a few tracks but nothing that assured us she was there.</div>
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The next morning, the girls and I made a 2.54 mile hike into and around the pasture!</div>
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We happened upon fresh tracks!</div>
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COW TRACTS!</div>
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But still no sight of number 3!</div>
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Later that evening, when the wind died down, we entered the south side of the mile section, onto another property owner.</div>
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With their permission, we drove the property line and honked the horn.</div>
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Normally, if any of the cows hear the feed truck horn and the sound of the truck, they come running.</div>
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After about an hour of honking, more walking, and driving the property line, still no sign of number 3 cow!</div>
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We went on to do the other chores, with the thought that on our way back to the house, we would stop in another neighbors pasture and try honking at the west fence line.</div>
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I place a text to Cathy, the other property owner...</div>
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"Hey there! Is it possible for us to go into your pasture and attempt to call up the cow? We still haven't seen her."</div>
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Cathy:</div>
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"Sure thing!"</div>
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She provided directions through the pasture down to her south gate.</div>
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We had looked in her pasture the day before, but hadn't driven through the south gate.</div>
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As we drove through Cathy's pasture, I told Flower Boy, "STOP!"</div>
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"I think that is number 3 coming behind us!"</div>
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When you spend the amount of time we do with the cattle, you tend to know their walk.</div>
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Sure enough!</div>
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Here she came!</div>
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Nose in the cake spout and head at the window!</div>
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She had somehow crossed the fence and mated up with Cathy's cattle.</div>
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Such a relief to know she was safe!</div>
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Yesterday morning, we called all the cattle to Cathy's catch pen, and number 3 cow was returned to her herd!</div>
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The search was over!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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Today is this Beautiful Woman's Birthday!</div>
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She is my BFF!</div>
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Our Daddies were friends!</div>
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They worked in the oil field together.</div>
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They drank coffee together.</div>
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They tinkered on projects together.</div>
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They shared things together.</div>
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They were even sick together.</div>
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How could their daughters not be life long friends?</div>
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We have so many things in common, it makes us wonder if we aren't really sisters.</div>
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We know what the other is thinking before she opens her mouth.</div>
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The difference between us....</div>
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Well....</div>
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I am a COWgirl!</div>
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She is a HORSEgirl! </div>
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We tell each other things the other never wants to hear.</div>
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Just last week, she told me to go get a Dr. Pepper and a Snickers, AND GET OVER IT!</div>
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Probably what I needed to hear too.</div>
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There is rarely a rebuttal from the other, as we know what is said needs to be said.</div>
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It comes from our hearts with honesty and respect.</div>
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We keep each other balanced.</div>
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Always supporting the other.</div>
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Always with an "I LOVE YOU" attached.</div>
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We have struggled together through divorces, single motherhood, raising our children, and working two jobs.</div>
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So many stories come to mind while preparing to write this post!</div>
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There was a time when money was stretched thin for the both of us.</div>
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We had the three younger kids.</div>
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My big boy was in college.</div>
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The younger ones were little, as there is a 10 year span between my boys.</div>
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Melis and I pooled our "extra cash", took the little kids to rent a few movies, and headed to the local grocery store.</div>
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As we walked into the store, we told each one of them "You are allowed $10 each and 10 minutes to get whatever you want for snacks! GO!"</div>
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It was a mad rush for us all to get our snacks.</div>
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We returned to my house for movie night.</div>
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THAT is a night our kids still talk about and they are college students now!</div>
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We are both Daddy's Girls!</div>
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It was a struggle for us to have our daddies both sick at the same time.</div>
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Mine died in October, as Melis's died the following January.</div>
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Just one day after My Daddy's birthday.</div>
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Today is her Daddy's birthday too!</div>
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So many things we shared with our daddies! </div>
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As each of us worked two jobs, she would watch my boys while I worked my second job and I would watch her girls as she worked hers.</div>
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We depended on each other to help parent, gather children, and get them to activities.</div>
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We relied on each other to keep our kids centered in Christ and in Life!</div>
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The lessons we have learned!</div>
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Those lessons weren't just homework lessons either!</div>
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She taught Drewman to make meatloaf.</div>
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I baked cookies with her girls.</div>
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I cleaned her house.</div>
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She helped me paint mine.</div>
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Yes...</div>
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She knows my passwords!</div>
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AND</div>
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I know hers! </div>
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We've held hands in the worst of times and cried in the best!</div>
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We have grown from the days of constant struggle.</div>
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We are both in healthy loving relationships with men who truly compassionately care, nurture, protect, and support us.</div>
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Our conversations often start with "Why..." or "How..."</div>
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All as we are trying to solve the problems of the world.</div>
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Our conclusions, to those questions, are answered by "Be thankful for simple things! LIKE SUNSETS!!"</div>
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Followed by a photo of one. </div>
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Today, as she is off on a birthday getaway with the love of her life, she will read this and say,</div>
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"I'm only following the directions in the book!" </div>
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She claims I have written a book and she is only reading it, as I happened to leave a copy on my coffee table.</div>
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I am older than she, but only by a few years!</div>
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Therefore, it seems I have accomplished things before her or even crossed hurdles earlier than she.</div>
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NOT TRUE!</div>
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The reality of the story is....</div>
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I could have never written the chapters of the book without her!</div>
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She will also read this to her love, shed a few tears, gather herself, and text me.</div>
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The text will be something along the lines of "Really! Did you have to tell the world? Really!"</div>
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Yes! Yes, I Did! </div>
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Enjoy your trip, Sister!</div>
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! </div>
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Love You More!!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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Drewman has moved into a rent house with a few of his buddies.</div>
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It really wasn't a hard transition for Flower Boy and I, because Drewman has been away at college for the past year and a half.</div>
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I am not sure it was even a transition for Drewman to make the move.</div>
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He was ready for a new beginning and growth!</div>
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Not many things had to be purchased, for the move, as the young men he was moving in with already have the house established and set up.</div>
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Drewman did have to purchase a bed.</div>
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The Big Kids had a few extra things from their move that Drewman could use.</div>
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I found a steal on an older hardwood desk.</div>
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I couldn't wait to get it home and give it a face lift!</div>
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Like many of my projects, when I saw the desk, I knew exactly how I wanted to transform it.</div>
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It started with sanding.</div>
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As Flower Boy and I uncovered the old finish, I sent this photo to Drewman.</div>
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His response was much of what I expected.</div>
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At that point, I knew this was going to be a Ranchey Design!</div>
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I painted the lower portion, of the desk, a deep brown.</div>
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I made sure to only apply one coat of paint, as Drewman has a passion for wood grain.</div>
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Had the wood grain not shown through the paint, I had fear he would not be happy.<br />
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A light sanding to the top and drawer fronts were done, leaving some of the original stain in the wood grain.</div>
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The desk fits perfectly in Drewman's new room!</div>
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I love that this is an older desk with height, as well as, a large top and several drawers.</div>
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It allows Drewman the surface area a 6'5" college student needs for photos, his bible, simple reminders of home, homework and laptop space.</div>
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The drawers can even be used as storage.</div>
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This desk is very versatile and sturdy enough to grow with Drewman after college.</div>
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The best part...</div>
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He can actually sit in a chair and his knees do not hit the desk top! </div>
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Here's to Changes, A Face Lift, and New Beginnings!</div>
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For the desk and Drewman!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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After losing your home in a <a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2012/11/house-fire.html" target="_blank">house fire</a>, then three years later</div>
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THIS is happening in your driveway, </div>
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you kind of freak out!</div>
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Home base, of <a href="http://www.therockinb.com/" target="_blank">Rockin' B Ranch</a>, is located in a valley.</div>
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The flames came rolling over the hill, south of the house.</div>
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The pasture south was engulfed in flames!</div>
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Firemen sprang into action!</div>
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They began spraying down the house!</div>
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The pumper truck was laying out hose!</div>
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All in preparation to save our house!</div>
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7 trucks were lined up between our house and the fire line!</div>
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I was on the phone with The Big Kids, texting the remainder of my family, gathering a few personal items, putting on my ring, and loading the dogs in the truck.</div>
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All the while, praying and hoping no one reached out to Drewman, as he was in Chicago for intern training!</div>
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As I look back through my texts, my family may have thought I was losing my mind!</div>
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"Grass fire just south of the house. Making its way over the hill. Fire trucks on the road. We are ok."</div>
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"It's at the pond"</div>
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"Trucks are in the yard"</div>
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"Truck number 7 just pulled in the yard. They are ready to pump water on the house if needed"</div>
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"It's still across the pond"</div>
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"The dozer is here now"</div>
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"Helicopters too"</div>
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(It must have been a news chopper or a medical helicopter, because no water was dropped.)</div>
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The county commissioner, our neighbor and good friend, is always called and made abreast of happenings in his district.</div>
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The fire department is quick to call the county for backup equipment and help.</div>
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The dozer arrived on scene, under the operation of the county commissioner.</div>
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As if that wasn't a big enough scare, for a Saturday!</div>
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There was also a fire on Friday!</div>
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It was on the east side of the mile section!</div>
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This is the photo published by the NewsPress.</div>
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It was taken from the hill, just south of our house!</div>
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The hill that burned on Saturday!</div>
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Can you see the flames?</div>
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Just a little too close for comfort!</div>
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By Sunday evening, God had painted a beautiful canvas for chore time!</div>
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Just trying to settle into our week after all the weekend excitement!</div>
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Feeling Thankful and Blessed! </div>
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One month from today, Little Miss Bower Marie is due to arrive!</div>
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Can you feel this MooMaw's excitement!?!?!</div>
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Little Miss Bower Marie was the guest of honor at the most beautiful baby shower ever!</div>
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Hosted by her Aunties, she and her Mommy and Daddy were highlighted in so many ways.</div>
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Her Mommy and Daddy's baby photos were displayed throughout the room.</div>
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There were four vintage display jars with their photos, which made great take home gifts for the grandmas!</div>
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A coffee and hot chocolate bar!</div>
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So Many Gifts!</div>
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So Many Wonderful Blessings of Gifts!</div>
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This is a face of shock, concentration, and clear understanding.</div>
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Mommy was opening up Bower's Spurs!</div>
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Ironically, this was the first gift her Mommy opened.</div>
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If you don't know the story of our family and spurs, you can read it <a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2013/10/spurs-on.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Those of you that do know the story, these spurs are the child's spurs given to Grandma B during <a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-daddys-birthday.html" target="_blank">My Daddy</a>'s memorial service.</div>
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Upon Grandma's passing, I asked, when the time was right, if the spurs could be returned to me.</div>
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When The Big Kids told us they were expecting, the time was right!</div>
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Even more so, when they decided to name the baby<a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-letter-to-my-daddy.html" target="_blank"> my family name</a>!</div>
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Those spurs belong to Little Miss Bower!</div>
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They will forever provide her with protection, a reminder of her heritage, and a gift from PaPa.</div>
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Oh the stories her Daddy will tell her when she asks about them and what they are.</div>
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I so want to be a fly on the wall, to watch and listen!</div>
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Speaking of wall....</div>
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And Heritage... </div>
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MooPaw and I had these photos framed for Bower's room and new house.</div>
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Note that she will forever have her MooPaw's phone number!</div>
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Who do you call when Mommy and Daddy tell you "NO"?</div>
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Many other fabulous gifts and books!</div>
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The request, on the invitation, was "A Book For Baby".</div>
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Bring a singed book instead of a card.</div>
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What an additional gift!</div>
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Most small children's books can be purchased for the cost of a nice card.</div>
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Bower now has her own library of books!</div>
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Some Used.</div>
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Some New.</div>
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Some Special.</div>
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I made sure to provide her Daddy's two favorite books from his toddler years.</div>
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Bower's Mommy's childhood babysitter gifted Mommy's bible, from when she was little!</div>
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So Special! </div>
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<a href="http://abuildingweshallgo.blogspot.com/2013/12/they-dont-belong-to-me.html" target="_blank">That Special Aunt</a> made Little Miss Bower Marie this Raggedy Ann and Andy blanket, as well as, Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls and several other handmade baby necessity items.</div>
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She's just crafty like that!</div>
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There were also two handmade baby quilts gifted by Granny B, but made by her niece.</div>
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Quilts are always a baby or wedding gift from Granny B.</div>
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Although her eyes and hands won't allow her to quilt any longer, there is always a proper gift from our 93 year old Granny!</div>
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Little Miss Bower Marie will have these her entire life.</div>
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They can be passed to her children and grand children. </div>
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That Special Aunt also made a gift for MooMaw's house!</div>
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It is the cutest kite blanket ever!</div>
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A BOOK!</div>
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"Good Night Cowgirl"</div>
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By Glenn Dromgoole</div>
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Illustrated by Barbra Clack</div>
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I am so excited to read this to Bower!</div>
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So fitting! </div>
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Mommy is blessed to be surrounded by amazing friends!</div>
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The day of the shower the weather was a winter mix of snow and rain.</div>
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These girls drove Mommy to and from the shower.</div>
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They had about a 45 mile drive across Osage Country in Northern Oklahoma.</div>
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If anyone knows that part of the state, the weather can turn bad within the length of their drive.</div>
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Thank You, Ladies, for keeping Mommy and Little Miss Bower Marie safe!</div>
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We can now mark out that 6, and replace it with 4!</div>
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Not that this MooMaw is rushing anything!</div>
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Little Miss Bower Marie can stay captive within her Mommy as long as she needs,</div>
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BUT....</div>
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I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HER!!!!</div>
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Signed,</div>
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MooMaw </div>
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We had to retire "PaPa's Truck"!</div>
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My Daddy drove this truck up to his dying days.</div>
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He loved this truck.</div>
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Upon Daddy's death, the truck was handed down to Drewman.</div>
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Drewman was 15 when Daddy passed away.</div>
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The truck was Daddy's way of helping Drewman, as he had helped The Big Boy.</div>
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Daddy provided property and feed for The Big Boy's cattle while he was attending college.</div>
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The hope was "PaPa's Truck" would last Drewman through his college days.</div>
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Over the course of the past 8 to 10 months, Drewman has spent more time driving my Edge than he has "Papa's Truck".</div>
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The truck has been a great truck, and is a good truck still.</div>
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Although Drewman has taken great care of "PaPa's Truck", it just isn't suiting the needs, to be on the road, as much as Drewman travels.</div>
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A decision had to be made, to put more money into "Papa's Truck" or retire it.</div>
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The guys had been on the search for several weeks.</div>
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Every time they would find a truck with Drewman's wants and price range, as well as, Flower Boy's needs and condition requirements, the truck was gone when they made the call.</div>
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For some reason, Fancy Good Cheap trucks sell really FAST! </div>
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When this truck came up on the interweb,</div>
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Drewman quickly made the call to the dealership, then reached out to Flower Boy on his findings.</div>
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Several calls were made back and forth between Drewman, Flower Boy, and the dealership.</div>
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We even reached out to family in the area to test drive the truck.</div>
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Rockin' B Ranch is known for road trips!</div>
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We always take road trips to purchase cattle.</div>
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Road trips are required to deliver Rockin' B GSD puppies to their new homes.</div>
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We even took a road trip to purchase my Edge.</div>
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Therefore, shopping for Drewman a newer truck was no different.</div>
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SO....</div>
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We went on a road trip.</div>
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We left the ranch early one morning, making one stop before heading south, into Texas.</div>
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We went to Kansas to purchase my vehicle, so why not Texas for Drewman's?</div>
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After the guys did their test drive and inspection, they did a dance with the salesman and the truck was purchased.</div>
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Just look at those smiles!</div>
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Does anyone recognize the salesman?</div>
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Ruben James (RJ) Washington!</div>
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He played football for the Sooners!</div>
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Oklahoma Ranch Family, born and bred Oklahoma State Cowboy's, travel to Texas to purchase a truck, from an OU Sooners football player!</div>
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TRUE STORY!!!</div>
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It was a great day!</div>
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Everyone was happy!</div>
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Drewman loves his new toy!</div>
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To those of you who look for "PaPa's Truck" and wave at Drewman...</div>
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You may find me putting around in it, doing egg deliveries, on Saturday mornings!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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It's been a little over a year since a friend handed me this.</div>
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Three packets of <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Products/THRIVE/Women" target="_blank">THRIVE Lifestyle Women Capsules</a>.</div>
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We were on a girls adventure trip to The Pink Pistol.</div>
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I arrived at her house, climbed in her truck, only to be handed the packets.</div>
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I was skeptical, as I have never found a vitamin that didn't make me ill, sick to my stomach, shaky and within 30 minutes of taking it, began retching!</div>
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She asked me to trust her and try it.</div>
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She promised that if it made me sick or I began to retch, she would turn the truck around and we would not go on our adventure.</div>
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This adventure was something we had been planning for a very long time.</div>
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I knew, if she was willing to commit to turning around, this had to be a product she believed in, so I trusted her judgement and took a capsule.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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Ok.... Friend... You Win!</div>
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I did not get sick!</div>
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I did not shake!</div>
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My stomach did not feel queasy!</div>
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I did not retch!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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I actually had energy and felt great the entire day!</div>
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So the next day, I continued with another capsule.</div>
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By the next week, I was convinced and placed an order.</div>
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For the first time in my life, I could take a vitamin supplement and not have side effects!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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I continued to take a single capsule for a few weeks, just to make sure it wouldn't effect me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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I saw many changes in my energy level and sleep quality.</div>
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Something I knew I had been lacking.</div>
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I have always been active.</div>
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I go on regular walks during my lunch hour and do my best to get in my required steps each day.</div>
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Not to mention all the activity done around the ranch.</div>
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There were days, before <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Products/THRIVE" target="_blank">THRIVE</a>, that I had a difficult time getting motivated.</div>
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Some of you may remember, last winter, Flower Boy came down with phenomena.</div>
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He was down for over a month, with breathing treatments, doctors appointments, antibiotics, and shots.</div>
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Upon his recovery, he said "I think I need some of that <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Products/THRIVE/Men" target="_blank">THRIVE</a> stuff you take."</div>
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So, I ordered a men's pack.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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When it arrived, I sent half of the pack, to college, with Drewman.</div>
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I thought...</div>
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"Cognitive Performance"</div>
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What college student doesn't need Cognitive Performance?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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Even better...</div>
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Drewman's cardiologist approved him to take <a href="http://rockinb_ranch.le-vel.com/" target="_blank">THRIVE</a>!</div>
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He says "Everything in this product is 100% natural." and had no problem with Drewman taking it daily.</div>
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He recommended it and saw Drewman could only benefit from it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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Drewman was also having some issues sleeping.</div>
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He had began running and regular workouts. </div>
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His back was hurting.</div>
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Drewman is a 6'5" 220lb young man.</div>
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With his height, he was making regular trips to the chiropractor for regular adjustments.</div>
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I can honestly say, since taking <a href="http://rockinb_ranch.le-vel.com/" target="_blank">THRIVE</a>, Drewman has lessened his trips to the chiropractor. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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Now, there is a detox period, when you first start to take <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Experience" target="_blank">THRIVE</a>.</div>
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It is short lived.</div>
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Flower Boy and Drewman urinated more than normal for 3 days.</div>
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I did as well, but also had several bowl movements per day.</div>
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One might say...</div>
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I was full of poop!</div>
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HA!</div>
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It was the pro-biotic at work!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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If you are a woman in your 40's, or older, going through menopause... </div>
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You might be able to relate to the bowel issue.</div>
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No one wants to talk about it, but I'm telling you,</div>
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<a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Products/THRIVE/Women" target="_blank">THIS</a> worked for me!</div>
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I have always been a smoothie drinker, in the mornings.</div>
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It is an easy way for me to have breakfast on the go, as I drive into work.</div>
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THRIVE has a <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Products/THRIVE/Shake" target="_blank">shake</a> mix too!</div>
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I mix it in with my fruit and orange juice, and I'm off for the day!</div>
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Quick, Simple, Easy, and OH SO GOOD!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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In November, I had my yearly blood workup and health check.</div>
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I was down 10lbs, as well as, all of my blood levels were down.</div>
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My levels have always been in the normal range, but they were in the lower normal range this time.</div>
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Have I changed anything?</div>
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Only <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Account" target="_blank">THRIVE</a>! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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You have read this far and you are saying,</div>
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"Are you selling this?"</div>
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No, I am not a <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Account/Promote" target="_blank">THRIVE Promoter</a>.</div>
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I know promoters, and can easily connect you to them.</div>
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Can you make money being a promoter?</div>
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I'm <a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Rewards" target="_blank">sure you can</a>!</div>
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I just don't have the time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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SO...</div>
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Now you are asking,</div>
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"What's the cost?"</div>
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Am I looking for 2 people?</div>
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Nope!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>
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My guys and I have been taking THRIVE for a year.</div>
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It is a proven product for us.</div>
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We will continue to purchase it, because IT WORKS! </div>
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Some folks have commented,</div>
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"You are some of the hardest working folks I know!"</div>
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How do we do it?</div>
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As we have gotten older...</div>
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<a href="https://ranchergrl.le-vel.com/Products/THRIVE" target="_blank">This is how!</a></div>
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Here at Rockin' B Ranch, we THRIVE For Life!</div>
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A week or so ago, these two guys spent some "bro" time and made some great memories!</div>
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Drewman asked Carter, The Big Kid's nephew, to participate with him in Heart Of A Champion.</div>
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It was a welcome break for Drewman, as he finished finals week for college.</div>
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Heart Of A Champion is a special needs livestock show.</div>
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Carter has autism.</div>
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Drewman is one of #TeamCarter's largest supporters.</div>
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Our entire family is, actually!</div>
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I had the privilege of being behind the scenes and being the personal photographer of these two.</div>
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I'm not sure who was more excited, them or me!</div>
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They are focused and ready for the day!</div>
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Animals are Carter's thing.</div>
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It only made since that Drewman chose Carter to participate with him.</div>
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To start, Carter got to meet the sheep.</div>
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"Hi! I'm Carter."</div>
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He also chatted with the FFA kids that own the animals.</div>
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Next, Drewman and Carter moved on to the pig show ring!</div>
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"Let's name him Chop!"</div>
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Drewman provided great instruction and guidance.</div>
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Carter listened very intently. </div>
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Drewman stepped back and Carter did his thing!</div>
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Carter's Momma and Daddy are in the background.</div>
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There was a bit of a wait to show the sheep.</div>
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A little instruction...</div>
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Here we go, with "Shawn the Sheep"!</div>
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Keep an eye on the judge.</div>
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Listen to Drewman for instruction.</div>
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"Drew, I can do it."</div>
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"Carter, you got this Buddy!"</div>
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Exit the ring....</div>
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Only to enter for round two!</div>
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Carter takes the lead.</div>
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Drewman just guides "Shawn".</div>
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Awesome Job, Guys!</div>
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More waiting and discussing as the awards start. </div>
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Oklahoma State University Baseball Coach, Josh Holliday, served as the official Heart Of A Champion Judge. </div>
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No, Carter, you were not bad.</div>
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Thank you for spending the day with Drewman and allowing me to tag along behind. </div>
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In my books, both of these guys are the true definition of Heart Of A Champion!</div>
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We are all so proud of them!</div>
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This weekend we got to spend time with this Little Gem!</div>
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We have the privilege of being her surrogate MooMaw and MooPaw.</div>
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We love every second of it!</div>
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Jenna Jewel is 11 months old.</div>
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She has only been walking a few weeks. </div>
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What a joy it is to see through her eyes and watch her experience new things.</div>
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We simply can not wait to have Little Miss Bower and Jenna Jewel together in our home.</div>
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Oh what Christmas will be like next year?!</div>
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Bower will be 10 months and Jenna 22 months!</div>
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SO FUN!</div>
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SO MANY MEMORIES TO BE MADE! </div>
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I captured a few shots, while Jenna helped MooPaw feed MOOs.</div>
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MooMaw are you sure this is okay?</div>
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Ummm.... MooPaw...</div>
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That thing is a bit to big for me!</div>
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I think I will just stay in the truck!</div>
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This works just fine with me.</div>
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I can watch them from the safety of the truck!</div>
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MOO!!!!</div>
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Happy Moo Cow Monday!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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This guy got to meet his new girlfriends on Friday!</div>
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Meryl is our heifer bull.</div>
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He is the bull we raised.</div>
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His momma was one of our best cows.</div>
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His daddy was one of our best bulls.</div>
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Meryl produces low birth weight calves that hit the ground growing. </div>
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Meryl has been hanging out in the pens, at the house, for a few months, just waiting for this moment!</div>
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I always keep my distance from the bulls.</div>
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The girls were in the center pasture, with the only entrance, joining the pasture we placed Meryl and that pasture is under this electric tower. </div>
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"Wow! Your cattle are so tame to be coming through the gate under that tower!"</div>
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When they don't know any different, they don't know to be scared.</div>
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Flower Boy does a great job of directing and calling them across. </div>
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These girls have grown so much over the past year.</div>
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When we purchased them, they were just weaned from their mommas.</div>
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Meryl was on the opposite side of the creek.</div>
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He was actually destroying a small cedar tree!</div>
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He finally realizes the feed truck and other bovine are waiting on him!</div>
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As he gets closer to the herd, it is evident he knows he's got brand new girlfriends!</div>
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Note Meryl's head down and the stance/strut he is displaying.</div>
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Meryl smells all of his new girlfriends.</div>
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He gives Flower Boy a quick eye and head nod of "Thank You!'</div>
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We head back out the gate!</div>
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All in an afternoon of ranch life!</div>
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If all goes as planned, the Black Friday Heifers will birth their calves in the fall of 2016. </div>
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I love afternoon like this!</div>
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It is much better than spending it at my desk!</div>
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Happy Moo Cow Monday!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl</div>
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Yesterday marked 5 years since you left for heaven. At times it seems like only days have passed, then there are others that it seems like forever since you left.<br>
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I know I don't have to write this letter and I hear you telling there is no need, because you already know what I am going to put down. Ok... so this letter is for me and my own mindset. You can just listen as I play it out on paper. Every other day I would just talk to you while driving to or from work, but Drew's truck is broke down, he has my car, and Jeffrey and I are carpooling. Yes, it saves us money and we should continue.<br>
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We finished the pens! It took a year in the making, but they are finished. We weaned this years spring calves just a few weeks ago. The pens work great! Jeffrey and Drew have worked so hard building them.<br>
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You told me the night before you left, to invest in my property, buy
some cattle and grow slow. You assured me that was the right way to do
it. We have done just that! The ranch isn't what it was back in
the day, but it is alive and thriving. We have goals set and seem to reach them each year, just in time to set new ones. We continue to uphold that Rockin' B brand!<br>
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Weaned calves are now in pasture. Yes, they will be sold pre-conditioned, just like you taught me. We will take them to sale in mid November. We have been selling them at the sale barn near Tonya. That makes it nice to swing by and visit with them. The sale barn seems to treat us fairly. They now know who we are and let the buyers know the calves are pre-conditioned and in good shape. Last year, one of the buyers sought us out and complimented us on the calves. Jeffrey and Drew were so proud!<br>
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We bought a set of fancy heifers on Black Friday last year. They will be ready for the bull in December. I can't wait to see what their babies look like! These little girls didn't quite make the sellers show string. Daddy, they are so pretty! When they get close to their due date, we will bring them home to calve. Remember the days of baby watch? Thankfully the pens are just out the back door of the house.<br>
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Speaking of the house... It's been 3 years since the fire. Even though we are settled into a new normal, there seems to always be things left to do. The old shop next to the house has got to go! So does the shed in the back! I keep pushing for that to happen, but am quickly reminded of your words "All in due time."<br>
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I have noticed a change in myself and have guilted myself a few times these past months. Whenever I would have a problem, you were always the first I would reach to dial on my phone or want to call out to. It was September, I don't remember my issue but Jeffrey was my first go to guy. I felt guilt that I had called him on reaction and not you. Then I later realized this was a milestone for me. I have grown. I think of you every day, but manage my fears and anxiety much better now. Well... I say I do. The guys may tell you differently...<br>
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Drew is doing well! He and his Cattlemen's group placed 3rd with their homecoming float. The float was Drew's design! Daddy, that boy has a mind like you, when it comes to industrial, manufacturing and welding. The Cattlemen also placed 3rd in sweepstakes. Sweepstakes is all homecoming activities combined for the week. The AGR men also won house decoration and sweepstakes.<br>
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We had the Cattlemen at the house last evening for dinner. These young men are much like Tuff's group of college buddies. They are so well mannered and respectful. The difference is, not a single young man at the house yesterday has family living in Oklahoma. Jeffrey and I are happy to be their surrogate parents. We think we may even have a few for Thanksgiving.<br>
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Although Drew's first semester at school was a struggle, he has since changed his major and is headed in the right direction for who he is. He is balancing classes, work and his social schedule. He has accepted an internship, with Helena Chemical, starting this summer. He will do a bit of traveling, for training sessions, before being "planted" in Garden City, KS for the summer. Tuff has done his part in checking things out, like a big bother should. He says it will be an experience for Drew, as we all agree. Drew's excitement is easy to see and hard to contain! <br>
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The Big Kids.... Well.... They are going to have a baby! A baby girl at that! You already knew that too... Yes, I paid attention when you showed me. Daddy, they have named her Bower Marie! I tear up every time I write, think or hear her name. What an honor and tribute to you and our family! Oh you should see how pretty she is in her ultrasound photos! This is one time, I wish I were with you for just one quick peek into the future. February can't get here quick enough! Darb is so cute with her little belly! Tuff is one proud Daddy! They are going to be amazing parents!<br>
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They are preparing for her arrival, just as you would expect them too. Their house is for sale, actually under contract. They have a new home to move into already. You would approve of the new home. It is all one level. Bower's nursery will be close to the big kid's room. No more worries of two stories and stairs.<br>
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Jeffrey is shopping for ponies and saddles, and we have Miss Bower Marie's first heifer picked out. She is so spoiled and she isn't even here. I told a friend, "My boys were raised there is a difference between "want' and "need". I am not sure that rule applies to Miss Bower!" Aunt Lois is excited to get started on nursery decor. The Big Kids will
be home for Thanksgiving, as well. I'm sure Aunt Lois will have her
list ready, sewing machine threaded and on standby. <br>
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I had fears and have always questioned my parenting abilities with the boys. Somehow, I have no fears of being a MooMaw to a pretty little frilly COWgirl! Even though frills and bows are a whole new world to me, I know Miss Bower and I will make it just fine! I just need her MooPaw to keep the checkbook flowing. I fear that since of financial responsibility, you instilled in the boys and I, may go out the window with this little one.<br>
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Day jobs are going well for us all too. We are all so busy running different directions, but always seem to come together often. I know you are proud of us, how we have grown and the things we have accomplished. Traditions have changed since you left us, but you are always here. There are times I look and can see you watching us. You are smiling your big smile, with your toothpick in your mouth, and you nod your head. That's all I need!<br>
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I Love You Too!<div class="blogger-post-footer">This blog and photos may not be shared or reproduced without the express written consent of A Building We Shall Go!
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As I sit here preparing to write my next post, I realize I have left many things unfinished in the A Building We Shall Go reading world.</div>
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So before I write my intended post, I better catch you up on past happenings.</div>
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The working pens are finished!</div>
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One year in the making!</div>
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THEY ARE DONE!</div>
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There are a few small details that need to be addressed.</div>
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Support bracing needs to be added and a bit of work is needed in the chute pen.</div>
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All things that will be completed before we move on to the next project. </div>
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Flower Boy, Drewman and I finished up the big run a week or so ago.</div>
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It started with posts being set and top rail added.</div>
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Just as we had done in the past.</div>
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This pen has cable instead of panels.</div>
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We are blessed with great friends that have allowed us to use extra stock they had from their pens.</div>
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Clips were welded to the posts and the cable was ran through the clips.</div>
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At one end of the run, the cable was attached with U bolts.</div>
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At the other end of the run, there are rings welded to the post and turn buckles are used to tighten the cable.</div>
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The finished look!</div>
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We weaned calves this past weekend.</div>
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The calves are being held in this big run.</div>
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There is plenty of room for them to roam, as well as plenty of room for the feed truck to pull in to drop hay and place feed in the bunk.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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XOXO,</div>
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Rancher Girl </div>
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