As we do every weekend, Wesley and I started our weekend by feeding the cattle. Ever since I got my new camera I’m always taking it with me when we go feed, because I can get some cute shots of the “babies” as I call them (they aren’t babies…they are yearlings, then I got some pictures of our 2 & 3 year old heifers). This weekend was no different. I was able to get some really good pictures of a few of the heifers & cows. After feeding Saturday, we went to Miles City to rope. Moo Moo, again not feeling well, stayed home to rest. We took our colts and then I took Reno so I could practice again. I ran about 3 steers and then it happened…I roped my first steer! Everyone clapped & cheered for me, and I was extremely excited and proud at that moment. Wesley rode over to me & told me what a good job I did, and that he was proud of me. I didn’t catch any more that Saturday, but came really close to catching 2 more! I’m going to continue to practice this week & weekend and continue to improve and get better & better. Wesley is a great teacher, and is very patient with me. He is always there to encourage me. Saturday evening after we got back from roping we were going to try to hunt coyotes, but it started to sleet/snow so we went inside to cook a little dinner and then we were going to take a drive around the ranch and hopefully see one we could get. However, it ended up really starting to snow, so we stayed inside that evening! We played a few games on our Wii, then turned in for the evening.
Sunday morning when we woke up it was still snowing pretty good, and the wind had picked up, so it was blowing snow everywhere. We fed and then came home for the rest of the day. I picked up around the house some, we played some games, and cooked supper. Monday rolled around and it was time to go back to work again. But we have a 3 day weekend this weekend because I’m off Friday to do some things in Miles City.
My mom is feeling much better, thank God! Lets hope this week goes by fast…I’m ready for the weekend again! And, I’m going to make every effort to put up pictures I’ve taken with my new camera. It might not be this weekend, but for sure next weekend I’ll work on that!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Birthday & Weekend Festivities
Well now that Valentine’s day has came and went I can share what I got Wesley for Valentine’s day….a new charcoal BBQ grill and accessories. He’s really enjoyed having that, and we’ve grilled almost every night since having the grill. Friday the 17th was my birthday, and I took the day off of work to spend it with Wesley. We went to Billings for the day on Friday. We did a little shopping, went to Sams, and had a nice lunch together at Johnny Carino’s. That evening we came home so I could Skype with my parents so they could watch me open my birthday gifts from them. I got a lot of good stuff for my birthday! My parents gave me new clothes, a new purse, and some gloves. My sister & brother-in-law gave me a new wallet, picture frame, and a cute “sisters” sign. My Granny & Papa gave me money and some new clothes. My Meemaw & Popo gave me money. Moo Moo & David gave me money as well. And Wesley gave me some new games for our Wii, and a new Nikon digital camera. I LOVE my new camera! It has an amazing zoom on it, and can take video as well. Its an HD camera, and has great features as well. I’m able to take action shots of Wesley roping, our cattle & horses, and Wesley has videoed me roping as well. We are both really enjoying the camera!!
Saturday we went to feed, and I got some really good pictures of our cattle. Then we hauled some dirt out to an area by a water tank that was a pretty good size hole. After that Wesley worked on some colts getting them more familiar with roping, and I got on Reno & started roping as well. We took turns roping the mechanical “dummy” steer, as Wesley was training the colts, and Reno was training me (haha). I did surprisingly very well roping the mechanical dummy. It was the first time I have roped on the back of a horse with a moving steer, so we were both excited with my progress. Saturday evening Wesley cooked me a beer can chicken (if you haven’t tried it…its delicious), grilled butter potatoes, and I made homemade fried okra. After dinner we watched a little TV, and played Monopoly together.
Sunday we decided to go roping in Miles City to help our colts along in their learning process (with regard to roping). So we got up & fed, then I went & caught the horses, we saddled up, and David, Wesley, & myself all headed to Miles City. Moo Moo was pretty sick on Sunday, so she stayed home. Wesley told me to bring my boots & chinks (chaps, but shorter) in case I decided to get in the box & rope a few steers. I had no intentions of roping anything that day, let alone getting in the box and heading one. But, with Wesley’s support & David’s encouragement, they got me up on Reno and I backed into the box for the first time ever. The first steer they just wanted me to track down the arena, so Reno & I got set up, and I gave the “go-ahead”, and the guys turned the first steer out. We tracked him down the arena very well, so next time Wesley got on the other side to heel for me. Again, I was just tracking the steer, but it was good practice for our colt Wesley was on, and great practice for me. Again, I gave the go ahead, and everyone said I did great. The third time around, Wesley persuaded me to do a little roping. He backed in the heeling box, I got in the heading box, got my rope set, gave the go ahead, and they turned the steer loose. We did a great job staying on the steer’s hip, and I threw a good loop, but I missed him. The good news is that I did hit the steer in the head, I was just a little off! But Wesley was there to encourage me & tell me what to do next time in order to get him. Then David got in the box and heeled for me as I tried to run one again. I missed again, but am right there with the steer. David said I was doing really well, I just needed to work on standing up in the saddle. I didn’t catch any steers that day, but I had a lot of fun trying. Wesley and I got to play around together in the box and on our horses and we had a blast. So I’m going to continue to rope on the mechanical steer (because I’m doing well on him) and perfect my roping, and try again on some steers when we go rope in Miles City the next time! :-)
Monday we had a fairly relaxing day. We fed in the morning, changed the oil in the truck, and helped the neighbor lady round up some of her cattle to be sold. After that we got the afternoon off. So we came in the house, watched a little TV, took a small nap, and then got our deep freezer cleaned out and in order because David was bringing us a whole bunch of meat he picked up in Miles City on Monday. We now have a freezer FULL of beef! Its awesome! We cooked dinner last night, and played Monopoly again. after that we watched TV, then got things ready for work the next day.
And here we are, Tuesday, and back to work again after a nice long weekend. The weekend always goes by too fast no matter how long it is. But it was nice to get to spend 4 days at home & with Wesley.
My mom has been really sick the past week…and she isn’t supposed to go back to work until at least Thursday…or maybe Friday. So say a prayer for her for me if you will! She’s on the mend that’s for sure, but prayers are always welcome. And thanks to everyone who remembered my birthday. It means a lot to me to have such good friends & family like y’all! I had a wonderful birthday!
Saturday we went to feed, and I got some really good pictures of our cattle. Then we hauled some dirt out to an area by a water tank that was a pretty good size hole. After that Wesley worked on some colts getting them more familiar with roping, and I got on Reno & started roping as well. We took turns roping the mechanical “dummy” steer, as Wesley was training the colts, and Reno was training me (haha). I did surprisingly very well roping the mechanical dummy. It was the first time I have roped on the back of a horse with a moving steer, so we were both excited with my progress. Saturday evening Wesley cooked me a beer can chicken (if you haven’t tried it…its delicious), grilled butter potatoes, and I made homemade fried okra. After dinner we watched a little TV, and played Monopoly together.
Sunday we decided to go roping in Miles City to help our colts along in their learning process (with regard to roping). So we got up & fed, then I went & caught the horses, we saddled up, and David, Wesley, & myself all headed to Miles City. Moo Moo was pretty sick on Sunday, so she stayed home. Wesley told me to bring my boots & chinks (chaps, but shorter) in case I decided to get in the box & rope a few steers. I had no intentions of roping anything that day, let alone getting in the box and heading one. But, with Wesley’s support & David’s encouragement, they got me up on Reno and I backed into the box for the first time ever. The first steer they just wanted me to track down the arena, so Reno & I got set up, and I gave the “go-ahead”, and the guys turned the first steer out. We tracked him down the arena very well, so next time Wesley got on the other side to heel for me. Again, I was just tracking the steer, but it was good practice for our colt Wesley was on, and great practice for me. Again, I gave the go ahead, and everyone said I did great. The third time around, Wesley persuaded me to do a little roping. He backed in the heeling box, I got in the heading box, got my rope set, gave the go ahead, and they turned the steer loose. We did a great job staying on the steer’s hip, and I threw a good loop, but I missed him. The good news is that I did hit the steer in the head, I was just a little off! But Wesley was there to encourage me & tell me what to do next time in order to get him. Then David got in the box and heeled for me as I tried to run one again. I missed again, but am right there with the steer. David said I was doing really well, I just needed to work on standing up in the saddle. I didn’t catch any steers that day, but I had a lot of fun trying. Wesley and I got to play around together in the box and on our horses and we had a blast. So I’m going to continue to rope on the mechanical steer (because I’m doing well on him) and perfect my roping, and try again on some steers when we go rope in Miles City the next time! :-)
Monday we had a fairly relaxing day. We fed in the morning, changed the oil in the truck, and helped the neighbor lady round up some of her cattle to be sold. After that we got the afternoon off. So we came in the house, watched a little TV, took a small nap, and then got our deep freezer cleaned out and in order because David was bringing us a whole bunch of meat he picked up in Miles City on Monday. We now have a freezer FULL of beef! Its awesome! We cooked dinner last night, and played Monopoly again. after that we watched TV, then got things ready for work the next day.
And here we are, Tuesday, and back to work again after a nice long weekend. The weekend always goes by too fast no matter how long it is. But it was nice to get to spend 4 days at home & with Wesley.
My mom has been really sick the past week…and she isn’t supposed to go back to work until at least Thursday…or maybe Friday. So say a prayer for her for me if you will! She’s on the mend that’s for sure, but prayers are always welcome. And thanks to everyone who remembered my birthday. It means a lot to me to have such good friends & family like y’all! I had a wonderful birthday!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to y’all! I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s Day spent with their special someone. Wesley has already given me my Valentine’s gift, but I’m giving him his this evening after I get off work. He gave me a beautiful Montana Silversmith necklace that I’ve been wanting ever since I laid eyes on it. It is a silver spur with “bling” covering the spur, hanging off of a pretty silver chain. I love it! I have been talking about that necklace since I moved up here & saw it. Then the florist came into the bank & had three small vases with 2-3 roses in each vase & handed them out to a few of the ladies here at the bank. They were all pretty arrangements. She then told us she’d be right back in, and came back with a HUGE arrangement of a dozen red roses. She walked straight to my desk and said “these are for you”! The other ladies in the bank all just stopped and stared. They said “boy our little flowers look like babies compared to that huge arrangement he sent you!” I just smiled back at them. Then they said “Wesley really loves you, you can tell that”. I said yes he does. I was so surprised by the flowers! I had no idea he was going to send me flowers at work…the necklace was perfect enough for Valentine’s day. But he did. He is so kind to me. I say it all the time but it is true…I’m very lucky and he has me very spoiled, so I get to brag about him anytime I want! I would disclose what I got him for V-day…but since he hasn’t received it yet, and just in case he goes on to read the blog before I get home, I don’t want to spoil his surprise. But, I think he’s going to like it a lot!
Last Friday I took off work so we could go get the truck windshield fixed (see “the dog blog” post if you don’t know what I’m talking about), and run some other errands we needed to get done in Miles City. We were on the go non-stop on Friday but at least we got everything done. The windshield was replaced and looks great. Then that evening we went out to Clint & Sarah’s house and had dinner with them & baby Jack. We played a game of cards, then headed home for the night. Saturday we had to feed everything on the ranch because Moo Moo & David were gone to Billings, so that took a while. Then Clint & Sarah came over and we all went coyote hunting. We got a few to come to us, but didn’t get to bring any back home with us. We hunted until dark, then Clint & Sarah headed home & Wesley & I cooked dinner, and watched the movie “Friends With Benefits”. I thought it was decent, but I wouldn’t see it again. Sunday afternoon we went prairie dog hunting, but didn’t get anything so we decided to call some coyotes. We didn’t see any coyotes this time, but we were able to get them to call back to us, so that was pretty neat. We cooked steaks for dinner Sunday evening, then played a game together.
Tonight, for Valentine’s day, Wesley is cooking me dinner, which consists of steaks, baked potatoes, and green bean casserole. I’m going to make a peach cobbler for dessert, and then we are going to watch a movie tonight. Since I already received my Valentine’s day gift, I’m going to give Wesley his when I get home this evening. Then we only have two more days of work this week and we have a 4 day weekend! I’m off Friday to celebrate my birthday with Wesley, and we are going to go to Billings to lunch for my birthday, and do a few other things we need to get done there. I’m excited to have 4 days off this weekend!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s day! And a very special Valentine’s Day wish to all my family back in Texas. Love y’all!!!
Last Friday I took off work so we could go get the truck windshield fixed (see “the dog blog” post if you don’t know what I’m talking about), and run some other errands we needed to get done in Miles City. We were on the go non-stop on Friday but at least we got everything done. The windshield was replaced and looks great. Then that evening we went out to Clint & Sarah’s house and had dinner with them & baby Jack. We played a game of cards, then headed home for the night. Saturday we had to feed everything on the ranch because Moo Moo & David were gone to Billings, so that took a while. Then Clint & Sarah came over and we all went coyote hunting. We got a few to come to us, but didn’t get to bring any back home with us. We hunted until dark, then Clint & Sarah headed home & Wesley & I cooked dinner, and watched the movie “Friends With Benefits”. I thought it was decent, but I wouldn’t see it again. Sunday afternoon we went prairie dog hunting, but didn’t get anything so we decided to call some coyotes. We didn’t see any coyotes this time, but we were able to get them to call back to us, so that was pretty neat. We cooked steaks for dinner Sunday evening, then played a game together.
Tonight, for Valentine’s day, Wesley is cooking me dinner, which consists of steaks, baked potatoes, and green bean casserole. I’m going to make a peach cobbler for dessert, and then we are going to watch a movie tonight. Since I already received my Valentine’s day gift, I’m going to give Wesley his when I get home this evening. Then we only have two more days of work this week and we have a 4 day weekend! I’m off Friday to celebrate my birthday with Wesley, and we are going to go to Billings to lunch for my birthday, and do a few other things we need to get done there. I’m excited to have 4 days off this weekend!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s day! And a very special Valentine’s Day wish to all my family back in Texas. Love y’all!!!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Dog Blog
And just as I say things have been quiet, I had an interesting day yesterday. I had been up since 3 AM because Wesley was going to a bull sale with his Dad & had to be up early to get ready & get going so they could make it there in time for the sale. Normally I don’t have to do anything in the morning but get dressed. Wesley cooks me breakfast, tends to the dog, makes my lunch, starts my vehicle, and makes sure I’m out the door on time. Well yesterday morning I had to do all this. I got up on time & was on schedule all morning. I got ready, made my lunch, had a quick bite to eat for breakfast, and started my truck so it warmed up before I started my morning drive in. Normally our dog, Jiggs, goes to work with Wesley & hangs out at the ranch all day. So this morning I had to take him to the ranch & drop him off before I went to work.
Kathy Lehmann – you should appreciate this (Kathy got all my stories when I worked back at Brenham National). I know you probably have been missing my “dog telling” stories, so this one’s for you. I was running about 5 minutes behind yesterday morning, but not too terribly late. I loaded my things in the truck, then loaded Jiggs in the back seat. – Let me preface this story by saying that Jiggs is a Hanging Tree/McNabb cross dog. He’s a cattle dog, and he is very strong. He’s about a year & a half old, and still thinks he’s a puppy. He can jump really high in the air, and outrun just about anything. He weighs about 60 pounds. – Ok back to the story…whenever Jiggs is clean he rides in the cab with us. If he’s dirty he rides in the bed. Of course he was clean because he had been inside with me all morning so I loaded him in the back seat. He has done this thing lately where he wants to be right up with us when in the truck…he has tried to get in my lap while I’m driving, and has done the same thing to Wesley when he’s driving (which he gets in trouble for but like a child continues to try & push his luck). So yesterday I’m all dressed in my nice work clothes, have my coffee in my cup holder, and start out down the ¼ mile stretch of road from our driveway to Moo Moo & David’s driveway to drop the dog off. He starts it as soon as we pull out of the driveway…trying to get up in the front with me. So I proceed to keep telling him “NO”, but to no avail. I don’t have time to argue with the dog, so I just let him sit on the center console in the truck to satisfy him. So we are driving along and I pull into their driveway and start the drive to the back yard area where I was going to drop him off with the other dogs for the day. Their driveway is pretty long, so I got going to about 25-30 mph down the driveway. Well there is a cattle guard to cross to get into the back yard (to keep the livestock & horses out) so I planned to drive him over that. I forgot that Moo Moo & David put up an electric fence to keep the horses from crossing that cattle guard & getting into the back yard (yes, they are sneaky little things), and you can’t see the electric fence until you are right up on it. As I was about to cross the cattle guard I got close enough to see the electric fence & immediately hit my brakes to avoid running it over. Where do you think the dog (who just HAD to be in my lap) went?! STRAIGHT into the windshield! Yes…that’s correct…the windshield. It spidered the windshield, he hit the coffee cup & coffee went everywhere, and THEN he proceeds to jump to the back seat & lay on the floor. I immediately panicked because I thought I might have hurt Jiggs and that’s the last thing I’d want. So I jumped out of the truck to check on him. He was fine, probably just scared a little bit. I was crying because I knew that hurt the dog, and then I knew the windshield was going to have to be repaired. Now I’m about 10 minutes behind. So after seeing Jiggs run off I figured he was fine, so I started my journey to work. I got to the end of the ranch entrance, and turned the truck around. I was so worried that I might have given him a concussion that I needed to go back & make sure he was ok. So I drove all the way back to where he was, called his name, and of course he comes running. At that point I knew he was going to be ok. I turned back around and headed toward town for work…all the way crying because I was so afraid Jiggs would be hurt when I got back home.
Now I was about 15 minutes late, and crying until I could get to the interstate to get cell phone service so I could call Wesley. He immediately calmed me down, told me everything would be fine, and that the dog will learn that next time when we tell him where to sit in the truck he needs to stay there! He kept reassuring me that it did not hurt the dog, and that the main thing is that I’m ok, and no one got hurt, so everything is going to be just fine. That’s why I love him so much…he’s always there to calm my fears & make me feel better again.
And so you have it…the first “dog” story I have from Montana! Its comical looking back on it now, but yesterday I was not laughing! What are the chances of a dog going thru your windshield…really?! Oh well…it got a few good laughs yesterday from Wesley & myself after the fact, and my sister thought it was pretty comical too.
Kathy Lehmann – you should appreciate this (Kathy got all my stories when I worked back at Brenham National). I know you probably have been missing my “dog telling” stories, so this one’s for you. I was running about 5 minutes behind yesterday morning, but not too terribly late. I loaded my things in the truck, then loaded Jiggs in the back seat. – Let me preface this story by saying that Jiggs is a Hanging Tree/McNabb cross dog. He’s a cattle dog, and he is very strong. He’s about a year & a half old, and still thinks he’s a puppy. He can jump really high in the air, and outrun just about anything. He weighs about 60 pounds. – Ok back to the story…whenever Jiggs is clean he rides in the cab with us. If he’s dirty he rides in the bed. Of course he was clean because he had been inside with me all morning so I loaded him in the back seat. He has done this thing lately where he wants to be right up with us when in the truck…he has tried to get in my lap while I’m driving, and has done the same thing to Wesley when he’s driving (which he gets in trouble for but like a child continues to try & push his luck). So yesterday I’m all dressed in my nice work clothes, have my coffee in my cup holder, and start out down the ¼ mile stretch of road from our driveway to Moo Moo & David’s driveway to drop the dog off. He starts it as soon as we pull out of the driveway…trying to get up in the front with me. So I proceed to keep telling him “NO”, but to no avail. I don’t have time to argue with the dog, so I just let him sit on the center console in the truck to satisfy him. So we are driving along and I pull into their driveway and start the drive to the back yard area where I was going to drop him off with the other dogs for the day. Their driveway is pretty long, so I got going to about 25-30 mph down the driveway. Well there is a cattle guard to cross to get into the back yard (to keep the livestock & horses out) so I planned to drive him over that. I forgot that Moo Moo & David put up an electric fence to keep the horses from crossing that cattle guard & getting into the back yard (yes, they are sneaky little things), and you can’t see the electric fence until you are right up on it. As I was about to cross the cattle guard I got close enough to see the electric fence & immediately hit my brakes to avoid running it over. Where do you think the dog (who just HAD to be in my lap) went?! STRAIGHT into the windshield! Yes…that’s correct…the windshield. It spidered the windshield, he hit the coffee cup & coffee went everywhere, and THEN he proceeds to jump to the back seat & lay on the floor. I immediately panicked because I thought I might have hurt Jiggs and that’s the last thing I’d want. So I jumped out of the truck to check on him. He was fine, probably just scared a little bit. I was crying because I knew that hurt the dog, and then I knew the windshield was going to have to be repaired. Now I’m about 10 minutes behind. So after seeing Jiggs run off I figured he was fine, so I started my journey to work. I got to the end of the ranch entrance, and turned the truck around. I was so worried that I might have given him a concussion that I needed to go back & make sure he was ok. So I drove all the way back to where he was, called his name, and of course he comes running. At that point I knew he was going to be ok. I turned back around and headed toward town for work…all the way crying because I was so afraid Jiggs would be hurt when I got back home.
Now I was about 15 minutes late, and crying until I could get to the interstate to get cell phone service so I could call Wesley. He immediately calmed me down, told me everything would be fine, and that the dog will learn that next time when we tell him where to sit in the truck he needs to stay there! He kept reassuring me that it did not hurt the dog, and that the main thing is that I’m ok, and no one got hurt, so everything is going to be just fine. That’s why I love him so much…he’s always there to calm my fears & make me feel better again.
And so you have it…the first “dog” story I have from Montana! Its comical looking back on it now, but yesterday I was not laughing! What are the chances of a dog going thru your windshield…really?! Oh well…it got a few good laughs yesterday from Wesley & myself after the fact, and my sister thought it was pretty comical too.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Roping, Riding, & Everything in Between
There hasn’t been much going on up this way. The weather has been very pleasant (surprisingly…so we won’t talk about it anymore…might jinx it) so we have been able to be outside without feeling as though we are going to freeze in the very spot we are standing! Friday evening we hung out at the house & cooked dinner & played a game. Then Saturday we went & fed the heifers & steers, and then took our colts to Miles City for a few hours to practice roping on them again. They did very well, again, considering this is only their second time out. Saturday evening we had my company’s annual banquet here at our country club. We ate & had some laughs before heading home. Sunday when we went to feed the steers I noticed a little lonesome steer farther up in the hills standing by himself. We knew he wasn’t feeling the best because we could see him through the scope of the gun (no, we did not shoot him, we just used the scope to get a better look before deciding the best action to take). So we came back to the barn and saddled a few horses & took off toward the steer. We got a nice little ride in on Sunday morning, and the weather was beautiful for such an occasion. It was about 45-50 degrees out and the sun was shining bright. We didn’t have to rope him (which was a good thing), so we just trailed him back to the corral so he could get some shots, then took him back out into another pasture for observation for the next few days.
Wesley has been teaching me to rope, and I’m starting to get a decent hang of it. So after we unsaddled the horses we practiced some with me roping the dummy. I made good progress Sunday, so hopefully I continue that way! After that we took a few things we needed to get rid of at the house to the dump, and started staining some trim we are going to put in the house. On the way to & from the dump we did a little hunting of some critters on the ranch.
We didn’t watch much of the Superbowl, but rather played Monopoly instead. I normally win at Monopoly, but this time Wesley really beat my butt! We had a good game going too…but he owned practically the whole Monopoly board! We fast forwarded through much of the game, but made sure to watch the commercials! There were some pretty funny commercials this year, and of course, some that were just dumb. Neither of us cared to watch the Superbowl because we weren’t really pulling for either team that was playing. But, I’m not going to extend my “congrats” to the NY Giants. If I had to choose I would have picked the Patriots to win, just because Tom Brady is a much better quarterback than Eli Manning is…Eli just tends to get lucky. Oh well…on to next season…and GO TEXANS!
The weather is pretty gloomy outside today, no sunshine to speak of. But the weekend is supposed to be beautiful. We are going to Miles City Friday to run some errands, and then meet up with Clint & Sarah for dinner (and possibly dancing?!). I’m sure we’ll rope sometime this weekend, probably Saturday. Other than that there are no real plans for the weekend…which is just the way we like it! We might do a little hunting like we did this past weekend…if the weather is nice. I hope everyone has a fantastic week!!
P.S. Let the rain keep falling in Texas, but hopefully the tornado’s and other bad weather stay away! Hopefully the drought y’all are in will end sooner rather than later.
Wesley has been teaching me to rope, and I’m starting to get a decent hang of it. So after we unsaddled the horses we practiced some with me roping the dummy. I made good progress Sunday, so hopefully I continue that way! After that we took a few things we needed to get rid of at the house to the dump, and started staining some trim we are going to put in the house. On the way to & from the dump we did a little hunting of some critters on the ranch.
We didn’t watch much of the Superbowl, but rather played Monopoly instead. I normally win at Monopoly, but this time Wesley really beat my butt! We had a good game going too…but he owned practically the whole Monopoly board! We fast forwarded through much of the game, but made sure to watch the commercials! There were some pretty funny commercials this year, and of course, some that were just dumb. Neither of us cared to watch the Superbowl because we weren’t really pulling for either team that was playing. But, I’m not going to extend my “congrats” to the NY Giants. If I had to choose I would have picked the Patriots to win, just because Tom Brady is a much better quarterback than Eli Manning is…Eli just tends to get lucky. Oh well…on to next season…and GO TEXANS!
The weather is pretty gloomy outside today, no sunshine to speak of. But the weekend is supposed to be beautiful. We are going to Miles City Friday to run some errands, and then meet up with Clint & Sarah for dinner (and possibly dancing?!). I’m sure we’ll rope sometime this weekend, probably Saturday. Other than that there are no real plans for the weekend…which is just the way we like it! We might do a little hunting like we did this past weekend…if the weather is nice. I hope everyone has a fantastic week!!
P.S. Let the rain keep falling in Texas, but hopefully the tornado’s and other bad weather stay away! Hopefully the drought y’all are in will end sooner rather than later.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Where Do Weekends Go?!
The weekend has come and gone, and it feels like we never got a weekend at all! Friday night we watched a movie at the house. Then Saturday we fed and messed around the ranch a little, then went to Miles City that afternoon to run some errands. Wesley got his Valentine’s gift from me (a little early because he needed it)…a nice new Husky 455 Rancher chain saw. He was very excited about it! He had been wanting one for so long and really needed one to do the work he does out in the pastures with clearing land, so I told him that would be my Valentine’s gift to him. So of course we took it home and he fired it up Saturday evening! Sunday we fed the cattle, then cleaned out and organized our entire office. It took us an hour or so, but we now have everything filed, organized, and ready to go when calving season comes around. Then that evening I cooked a nice big unhealthy meal for us…chicken fried chicken, homemade fried okra, and French fries…it was delicious if I do say so myself!
Although it seems like we didn’t do much, its like we blinked our eyes and the weekend was over, and now its back to work. Tonight we are going to Miles City to start roping on some of our colts (and by “we” I mean Wesley…I’m still learning to rope). I’m going to take pictures, and hop on Reno if he’s brought along for the trip. I love the way Wesley breaks our colts, they turn out so soft. Wesley put a rope halter on Reno this Saturday and threw the lead rope over his back, then boosted me up and I rode him bareback around the arena. This horse is quite tall…too tall for me to get on by myself with stirrups, so I definitely couldn’t get on without them. Then I just slid off his backside to let myself down when I was done riding. He does an amazing job breaking all of our horses, and that right there proves it! I know I know I’m bragging again…but I can do that! So back to what I was saying…I’ll hop on Reno if he’s brought along tonight and ride him around while the guys are switching horses or something.
The weather here has been really good, so I hope I don’t jinx it by saying that! We’ve had high’s in the 50’s and lows in the lower 20’s…not bad for the middle of winter in Montana! We are expecting the same weather pattern throughout the rest of this week and into the weekend, so hopefully I’ll get some riding time in this weekend before winter comes back & brings ice & snow with it!
Wedding plans are moving right along for Wesley & me, and Wesley has picked out a spot where he’d like us to get married overlooking the mountains & cottonwood trees beside the soft rolling creek. Sound amazing? That’s because it is. It is gorgeous if I may say so! We are very excited to start planning our special day!
I believe that is all that is going on in the lives of Wesley & Tiffany. I hope everyone has a good week & I’ll update again soon!
Although it seems like we didn’t do much, its like we blinked our eyes and the weekend was over, and now its back to work. Tonight we are going to Miles City to start roping on some of our colts (and by “we” I mean Wesley…I’m still learning to rope). I’m going to take pictures, and hop on Reno if he’s brought along for the trip. I love the way Wesley breaks our colts, they turn out so soft. Wesley put a rope halter on Reno this Saturday and threw the lead rope over his back, then boosted me up and I rode him bareback around the arena. This horse is quite tall…too tall for me to get on by myself with stirrups, so I definitely couldn’t get on without them. Then I just slid off his backside to let myself down when I was done riding. He does an amazing job breaking all of our horses, and that right there proves it! I know I know I’m bragging again…but I can do that! So back to what I was saying…I’ll hop on Reno if he’s brought along tonight and ride him around while the guys are switching horses or something.
The weather here has been really good, so I hope I don’t jinx it by saying that! We’ve had high’s in the 50’s and lows in the lower 20’s…not bad for the middle of winter in Montana! We are expecting the same weather pattern throughout the rest of this week and into the weekend, so hopefully I’ll get some riding time in this weekend before winter comes back & brings ice & snow with it!
Wedding plans are moving right along for Wesley & me, and Wesley has picked out a spot where he’d like us to get married overlooking the mountains & cottonwood trees beside the soft rolling creek. Sound amazing? That’s because it is. It is gorgeous if I may say so! We are very excited to start planning our special day!
I believe that is all that is going on in the lives of Wesley & Tiffany. I hope everyone has a good week & I’ll update again soon!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A true taste of winter
For the last few days we have been digging out from under all the snow that has fallen across our area! Last Wednesday I left work early to beat the snowstorm home, and to get home before the roads got icy. It was snowing slightly Wednesday afternoon, but nothing major. Thursday morning I woke up to the kind of snowfall that I’ve never seen before! We had well over a foot of snow…so much snow that it came up to my knees! Wesley made me wait until it was fully daylight outside (obviously, with the road conditions the way they were, I did not go into work Thursday) before I went outside and caught my first look at actual snowfall. It was beautiful! Cold…but beautiful! The snow was so powdery fine…like dust. It was not wet snow at all. And it snowed practically all day Thursday. It let up for about an hour or two, and it was back at it again. So I spent the day with Wesley, and after we got done feeding the heifers & steers that morning, we turned in for the rest of the day. It was wayyyy too cold outside to do anything else. It was about -8 that day. Thursday night into Friday morning we got about another 6 inches of snow, taking our total to around 16-18 inches of snow in two days! Since the roads were icy again on Friday I was told to stay home from work again. Jiggs and I hung out in the house all morning while Wesley went to feed, then we all had lunch together, and went and picked up a bull his dad purchased from the neighbor. That night Sarah, Clint, and little Jack came over for dinner and card games. We had a lot of fun with them. I held Jack all evening (imagine that?!). We played a board game, had dinner, then played some cards. We are supposed to get together with Clint & Sarah again this coming weekend, so we’ll see!
Saturday was more cold weather, but no snow! We tried to go sledding on Saturday, but the snow was so light & fluffy still that I just sank down in it! Wesley tried to give me a running start, but even that didn’t work! So we put the toboggan away for another day (possibly this Saturday), and played some games inside together. Saturday night we had the card party at his parents’ house. That was a lot of fun. Wesley won for the highest total score, and I won for the lowest. It lasted pretty late into the night, but it was a lot of fun for us.
Sunday we fed the cattle, then painted our office before watching football. We were disappointed that the Patriots and Giants were going to the Superbowl, but whatever. We won’t be watching that game because neither of us like either of those teams.
We are slowly thawing out here, but there is still a LOT of snow on the ground. We got rain Saturday night so that helped “pack down” some of the snow, but it also made it really slippery…and really icy on the roads! We don’t have much planned for this week since we got all of our painting done (for now), and look forward to a quiet weekend. Hopefully we won’t be getting anymore snow…that was quite a bit at one time for this Texas girl. But I must admit, it was a pretty amazing sight to wake up to everything covered in the powdery white stuff…it was beautiful!
Saturday was more cold weather, but no snow! We tried to go sledding on Saturday, but the snow was so light & fluffy still that I just sank down in it! Wesley tried to give me a running start, but even that didn’t work! So we put the toboggan away for another day (possibly this Saturday), and played some games inside together. Saturday night we had the card party at his parents’ house. That was a lot of fun. Wesley won for the highest total score, and I won for the lowest. It lasted pretty late into the night, but it was a lot of fun for us.
Sunday we fed the cattle, then painted our office before watching football. We were disappointed that the Patriots and Giants were going to the Superbowl, but whatever. We won’t be watching that game because neither of us like either of those teams.
We are slowly thawing out here, but there is still a LOT of snow on the ground. We got rain Saturday night so that helped “pack down” some of the snow, but it also made it really slippery…and really icy on the roads! We don’t have much planned for this week since we got all of our painting done (for now), and look forward to a quiet weekend. Hopefully we won’t be getting anymore snow…that was quite a bit at one time for this Texas girl. But I must admit, it was a pretty amazing sight to wake up to everything covered in the powdery white stuff…it was beautiful!
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