On the Road Again…
I’ve been on the road the last couple days. I call these trips my “reintroduction to socialization.” The Boss Man usually calls them something else…. Sunday I ventured down to Lincoln to kickoff the...
View ArticleBeing High Maintenance
There’s a running family joke about maintenance. For some reason the Boss Man and his wife decided a couple of years ago to associate “high maintenance” with yours truly. I’m all for nicknames and...
View ArticleLove Me Some Politics
We’ve been chopping this week. I mention this every year, but I’m not a fan of chopping. We have ancient chopping equipment that we baby along, and every day it’s a miracle if we don’t breakdown. No...
View ArticleAliens and Swamp Gas
I support the second amendment…and like most people our household arsenal has expanded over the last year. I do want it to be known that it hasn’t expanded on my behalf as I’m happy with my little...
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Play It Safe!
I was a speech team geek back in high school. I’m not saying that all speech team members are geeks, so don’t misinterpret what I’m writing….I was just a geek. I loved extemporaneous speaking. The...
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Well…Nuts!
I understand those that read this blog. They are the salt of the earth. My readers aren’t afraid to let their kids play in the dirt, understand that there’s not always going to be a port-a-potty or a...
View ArticlePolitics Come to Cow Town
I’m sure there are many of us that can come up with a better list of things to do on a miserable raw Monday night, but on January 6, the masses came to Hyannis to listen to the seven (yes, that is...
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Intimidator
In the however long this blog has been in production, I’ve rarely done a product endorsement. Today that is going to change. I’ve mentioned numerous times that we utilize the heck out of ATV’s on the...
View ArticleCall to All Beef Producers!
The Olympics start tonight. I’m currently in Nashville at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and will admit that I will probably bypass the opportunity to watch the opening ceremonies for a...
View ArticleHow Fat Is Too Fat?
The Boss Man and his Wife returned from their annual vacation around a week ago. Even though the Uncle is still around, I do promote myself to Boss Man Junior at this time and inform all the livestock...
View ArticleNew Milestone
Had a horrible blonde moment, realized that this was wrote and had been sitting in the draft box for a week!…Ugh! I reached a new milestone today on National Agriculture Day…I took a felfie. Well, not...
View ArticleYes Honey, That’s Ringworm…
The mindset of wrestlers has always appealed to me. It might be their demeanor, cockiness, or truth be told, it takes a lot of “something” to wear a skintight uniform and roll around on a mat with...
View ArticleLabels in the boonies
I’ve often thought about setting up a sign somewhere on the gravel road into the ranch. It would say “End of the World 12 Miles, Wilson Ranch 13 Miles.” Living in the boonies does have its benefits,...
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Bring on the bling
There are very few inventions in the ranching industry that I do not agree with. The calf sling used to weigh calves, frustrates the heck out of me. Paying for turn signals on the UTV when living in...
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Haley and Haley’s Comet
As promised, here are the pictures of Haley and Haley’s Comet. Haley is coming to visit this next week and will get to meet Comet for the first time. I can never remember a time without...
View ArticleJust stop… and count the blessings.
It’s a miserable cold day here in western Nebraska. I’m well aware that cold should be the norm this time of year, but I wish Mother Nature would of acclimated us a little first! The one advantage...
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