Friday, April 16, 2010

checking in...

Well, it's been a few days since I visited the world of blogging. You may be wondering why my tribute to the little black dots..aka new baby calves..has kinda stopped. Well, that's because those mommas aren't popping those calves out every day like they were. They have slowed down. This tends to happen on the farm. You'll have several for days straight and then a plateau. I think we have 7 of our heifers that haven't had their babies yet and 7 of the older mommas in the back patch. Then, we'll be done till fall! Now, those little black dots are growing like weeds! I've been able to capture a few good pics of them.

(little gray calf is #104 II...he is one of the twins we put on momma #104 that lost her calf)
Not much else going on in life or around the farm other than the norm. Life is good. I'm loving the beautiful weather we're having. The trees and flowers are in full bloom. The Ozarks is a sea of color pop! Tis a beautiful place to live!
Happy Spring everyone!

Until next time . . .

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Walking is invigorating!

Okay, for a different route to the blog....WALKING!!!

A few girls, or ladies, I work with and I have been walking during lunch; Becky, Ashley and Glenda to be percise. I think we have walked everyday for the last work week except one. Note to self..document days walked!

So walking...we've been walking. I think I have the same thinking as Becky...I feel great! I feel so refreshed, invigorated, and alive!! We have this great 1 mile path we take on our break...see ain't it pretty?!


You know...walking and getting control of one's life is not about what other people think of me. Oh sure, worry about what others think of me and knowing that some don't even give me a chance because all they see is the outer layer does weigh on my feelings. But, that is not going to get me healthy. This is about getting my life back and quit fretting over how others perceive me. It's time to take control of my body. God gave this body to me not the world for the world to knock it down!

I've come to realize that if a person doesn't give me a chance at knowing me because of my outer layer then I'm not not going to worry about it. Not that I'm some sort of wonder woman because I'm just as normal small town as you get, but it's their loss right?! I tell you being heavy most of my life has made me realize that I never want to be a bully. It's not fun being picked on. You might ask, "why do you talk this way, you're an adult?" Well, I'll tell you, it's not fun getting picked on, ridiculed, laughed at, or called mean things; all of which I've had to deal with much of my life because, well, I'm fluffy! For a long time I held in a lot of anger because of all this. But now, I've FINALLY realized, that it's not about them and I feel sorry for them because they have no compassion and feel they have to pick on others to feel good about themselves! WOW...It's taken me 31 years to get that out!!! Anyway, enough of the so called drama.

I'm finally taking control of my life and body. It's mine, God gave it to me, and I'm going to get it healthy. Thank you to my wonderful friends who inspire me to do better and walk with me. It's not easy nor will this battle of losing (all the while gaining my life back) be easy, I wouldn't lie and say it is...BUT I will conquer!!! and polish up this fine body God gave me..lol lol I know gag right?! hehehehe Hey, I have to have confidence and that confidence starts with me and knowing that I am a Child of God, He makes no mistakes, and He made me beautiful in His image!!!

Got a little longer winded than I had intended...with me that happens. Oh no, I hear that Mtn. Home lunch bell! Later blogger buddies.

Until next time . . .

Monday, April 5, 2010

Update to 'Spring-Dandy' post

This is an update to my blog post 'Spring-Dandy'. Sadly baby #104 did not survive a bout of scours. Unfortunately loosing babies or momma cows does occur on the farm. Thankfully it's not that often, but when it does happen it's hard and sad at the same time. Dad and I both attach ourselves to the cattle and their babies....they're just so cute and fun it's hard not to get attached.

But, the high side to this unfortunate event is that another cow had twins a few days prior to loosing baby #104.....so the race is on to try and get momma #104 to adopt the runt twin who dad has been feeding on a bottle. Yesterday we began trying to get the momma to take the baby. Little did we know the runt baby, who I have named Hot Rod, was infact getting a little milk from his birth momma even though dad was bottle feeding it. Yesterday afternoon Hot Rod didn't want anything to do with his adoptive momma so we left them in the corral together to bond. We went back to the barn in the evening to try again to get Hot Rod to suck his new momma. It took him a minute, but after he got everything figured out he was in milk heaven!!! We'll leave the two in the corral together for several days for them to bond. #104 momma was already bonding as she gave motherly moos to Hot Rod last night. Hopefully all goes well and she takes the baby!

Farm life never gets dull or boring that's for sure. As my mother says, "If it ever gets quiet around the house we know something is wrong!"

I hope you all are enjoying reading my spring blogs dedicated to all those little black dots making their debut on the Collins Ridge Farm. This is definitely one of my favorite times of the year living on the farm!

Until next time . . .