I reached a goal today!

I reached a goal today!

Well, Sort of. When I left I said I was gonna spend a day and not get up.  Well I almost made it.  Till 4 anyway.  Two movies. Had to workout with Matt.  He is a trainer from Croatia.  Very knowledgeable.  He is going to work with me and send me home with a program. ...
A floating Childress Texas

A floating Childress Texas

It is interesting to note that there are more people on this ship than live in Childress.  And I must admit, I find the people on this ship somewhat more hospitable. So far, one of my favorite results of cruising, are meeting the people.  Interesting people.  People...
Frivolity is good for the Soul

Frivolity is good for the Soul

So life on the ranch is pretty much the same all the time. Dealing with the day to day minutia consumes most of your time.  Once in a while, you even have time to make capital improvements: maybe build a fence, kill some cedar trees, construct a loafing shed.  So our...

My vacation legacy.

My dad started it…..my vacationing style I mean. My first recollection of vacation was a trip to Denver. We made it late one afternoon and he pulled into the Ramada Inn Cherry Hills.  A very nice place by his thinking.  Probably over the family budget, but it was...

A workaholic in therapy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

Well, here we are in paradise.  Paradise is a relative term, really.  I think I live there.  I love the ranch.  I love my life.  Work….play….for me it is the same, honestly.  That is how I got here.  You see, when you love what you do, you don’t think about vacation. ...
Theres more than one way to breed a cow.

Theres more than one way to breed a cow.

… and on the Diamond H we use AI.  On a prior post, I discussed why we AI heifers one month before our cows.  We AI’d our Fall Cows on Dec 3rd to calve in mid September.    We use a three shot protocol to synchronize the cows.  First shot is...