1/16/11

Just been feeding and frittering away the time lately seems like. Went over and helped a neighbor work some cows the other day and when I got home the boys were playing outside I so I hooked the end of my looonnnngggg rope to the end of about 10 feet of twine tied to the black plastic calf sled and drug it with Beaver. He objected, but I won out. Found out when I went to unhook it by pulling it to me while setting on his back, he can really back up! Video of a little of it on Facebook. Here’s pics of me and the boys sleddin’.

 

1/14/11

Thank you all for the nice birthday wishes. It was a great day. I got over a hundred well wishes from friends on Facebook. Which considering there are over 300 who claim to be my friends, ain’t all that high. Guess you find out who your friends are don’t you! LOL

Pretty warm today. Went over and helped Delbert work his cows. The corrals and alley’s are so icy, we gathered them with horses and then worked them afoot. Got a little sloppy by the end. Went well and the breeze picked up as we took them back and I got chilly. Then when I got home Gus and Sam were dressed up and outside so I pulled them around on the calf sled with Beaver, much to Beavers disgust and protest. Just something about a black plastic calf sled he don’t like. Man can he back up good when he has a black plastic calf sled following him and evidently preparing to attack! LOL

USGS Release: 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation—25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate— (4/10/2008 2:25:36 PM)

Check it out. Why do we need to keep buying oil from the Saudi’s and the Middle East? Something is rotten in Denmark.

 

USGS Release: 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation—25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate— (4/10/2008 2:25:36 PM).

1/11/11

Man! That was fun to type!

Chilly out there this morning. -3 and a stiff breeze building. Supposed to gust up to almost 30 mph.

I have a small rant here. I have been going thru’ the movies on all the channels at night and setting up any I want to watch, to record or whatever they do on a DVR. Then if you don’t like them, just erase them. Or you can fast forward thru’ the commercials.

So after everyone else went to bed last night I started watching one that looked interesting. It was weird. And I just kept thinking, “This has got to be going someplace.” And it did. It got weirder! Some story about a guy on a farm and needing to make money so he goes back to running whiskey across the border. There was one actor in it I really like.Not sure of his name but he was in Pow Wow Highway and Smoke Signals.  And the main character was Kris Kristoferson. Is it just me or does Kris just not know how to use his face? He never changes expression or voice tone. How does he get these acting jobs? I’m sorry, but I can’t think of one movie I have ever seen him in where he wasn’t wooden and spoke in the same monotone. Or is it just me?

Anyway, there is an hour and a half of my life I would like to get back.

1/10/11

Cold. But not too bad. Got up to 3 and just a lite breeze. I kept the team in when I got done feeding so the other horses could eat with out the team picking on them. Brad brought Lena home yesterday. Rode her down. In the cold. Dang kids! 🙂

So a little while ago I went out to turn the team out and I caught the fillies and I then caught Lena and brushed her all over and picked up her feet. She is a lot different horse than when she left last fall. He done a great job with her, but then he always does. Hopefully he will take her again in the spring and make her better.

Not supposed to blow as hard and long as they predicted, but we should get some wind tomorrow and not much warmer. More cold coming in for the week end it looks like.

I been feeding quite a little hay and I must have finally got them satisfied as they didn’t clean up today’s hay and most have went out to graze.

1/9/11

We got about 3 inches of fluffy snow last night. Cindy had to push snow most of the way to town this morning and when she got to a hill at the Courthouse she couldn’t get going again. Her car has some kind of Traction Control that won’t allow the ties to spin, so it just sets there. It is automatic and she said it made a bad noise when it kicked in, so she had me come and get her from work. I went early as they are supposed to get more snow and wind up there in the Hills. When I got home Gus went with me and we harnessed up and fed. He got cold about the third bale so he quit me and went to the house. When the sun comes out, it sure is sparkly! About 17 out and just a lite wind out of the west northwest.

1/8/11

Cindy brought Hope and the boys out Thursday evening. They rode with me to Newell to get the beef we butchered a few weeks ago. Over $400 to process a beef. Tate had sold half to some guys he works with so what they paid about paid for the processing charge. That leaves me with a half a beef, all cut and wrapped that we will get to eat. I didn’t make a dime on him, but we will get to eat him. Yeah, that ranching is a sure way to get rich! But at least we have good meat. 🙂

Going to get cold for a spell. Hope the wind don’t blow too hard.

1/5/11

Got the chores outside done and now on to the inside chores.

I caught both Halflinger fillies the last two mornings and worked with just a little. Wren is almost a pet and likes attention. Just like her brother. Rill  is standoffish and really doesn’t want to be messed with but once you have her haltered she is very lite and sensitive.

I have a lady coming who is interested in Pet, the filly out of Roz and a QH stud.

Went in to Rapid with a friend yesterday so he could get a new washing machine. We went to Sam’s club. Now I remember why I quit shopping there. too much stuff and too good of prices on SOME things and I walked in wanting one item and walked out with 5! We had a good time and got to discuss lots of things.

I have more hay coming in in the next few days so need to go out and clean some snow this afternoon.