DARE

Last night I took a Yoga class. At the end of the class the instructor read a poem for an inspirational thought. I am not much into poems or quotes for inspiration; I am inspired by many things. People, places, and much more.  Anyway, the poem that the instructor read was really good, it was titled DARE, I think! What I took from the poem was dare to be great, dare to be you, dare to be happy! There were lots of other dares, but those three are the ones that really hit home for me. So I dare you to be great, dare to be you and truly you, and dare to be happy!

Have a great day everyone!

Meet Your Meat

This morning I picked up the K-State Collegian. I usually do not read the school newspaper, but this morning I got here early and decided to give it a once over. Well it sure did get my day off to a fiery start! An opinion column basically bashing the livestock industry is what really got my day off to the fiery start.

Here is a little from the Meet Your Meat by Beth Mendenhall:
Bacon is delicious. I know it, you know it, even the pigs probably know it. Despite its tastiness, however, eating meat is bad for the environment and human health and causes billions of animals to suffer needlessly.


Albert Einstein once said, “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet,” and he was right. This is especially true today as mechanized industrial farming has become the norm for poultry and swine production, and cattle feedlots have increased drastically in size and number.


Livestock agriculture is the leading cause of soil and water pollution, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This is due in part to over fertilization of food crops — there is simply too much excrement and not enough land to absorb it without causing massive runoff into the water table. Waste from processing facilities, like Tyson’s meatpacking plants, adds to the problem. A U.N. report also identified factory farms as the leading cause of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions, more so than all modes of transportation combined. Simply put, our environment was not meant to handle the massive amounts of waste produced by industrial livestock operations or the fossil fuel emissions required to ship meat from rural communities to cities.

You can read the rest of the article by clicking here.

We have all heard these "stories" and myths before, and we all know that they are not true. We all know that the industry that we love and work in is full of hard working, compassionate, caring men and women. We know that farmers and ranchers care for their land and their animals because they are their livelihoods. We know that these farmers and ranchers work so hard to provide a safe, wholesome and delicious product for this country and the world.

I am asking you to make a comment in the comment section of this article to help correct the "stories" Beth is telling in her opinion piece.

Thank you and remember to EAT BEEF!

Sunday Morning Fun

This morning I went out with Arturo to doctor a couple of horses and feed hay. Well, I did not doctor or feed hay. I did a little shooting! Below are few images I took. Check them out and let me know what you think!

Arturo brought me these Kansas Sunflowers for completing the 20.7 miles! I am a lucky girl!

Oh ...and I also took the picture for our new blog heading this morning! :)

Have a great week everyone!

A Lazy Satruday Afternoon

After my long, long run (20.72 miles, thank you very much) I have not done much this beautiful Saturday. Arturo and I went to our favorite breakfast spot, The Chef, which if you are in Manhattan you must go to The Chef. Great food and great service! After breakfast we did our grocery shopping for the week. Then after that I have been on the couch all afternoon!

I decided to play in Photoshop this afternoon. I took the below pictures last night and edited them with the Pioneer Women's Actions. This is my vintage Arctic Boy water cooler that Miguel rescued for me. I absolutely love it, but not found a great home for it just yet!

See what you think!

Have a mentioned I LOVE Photoshop!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Random Friday

Good Friday Morning yall!

It has been a while since I last posted...sorry about that. Life has been crazy! Well not really crazy, I just have been doing a lot of running and a lot of research on a crazy little idea, which I will share soon!

The running is going good! I ran 17.7 miles last Saturday and then went and got a massage. How nice that was! This week I ran four miles on Tuesday, eight on Wednesday and five yesterday. Today is a day of rest, to prepare for my 19 mile run tomorrow. I have really enjoyed the training process, to look back and think that this time last year it was a milestone for me to run four miles! I am ready for the marathon to get here, I am getting a little nervous about the whole ordeal and I am still six weeks out and still have two really long runs ahead of me. I can do it though...I have come this far and I will finish! :0)

Arturo started school this week. He is taking a couple of Statics classes this fall and a seminar. He only has class Tuesday and Thursday. He then gets to to go to the Cow/Calf Unit and work or play "cowboy" Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I am really thinking about taking a day and playing "cowgirl" with him some time this Fall. I think that would be fun!

Well...I better run! Lots of work to do this Friday morning! Have a great weekend everyone!

Random image of a rock from the ranch. I thought it was cool with all the imprints in it!

Discovered Actions

I discovered Actions in Photoshop this weekend....How cool are they?

Here is a picture I took this summer at the ranch...this is straight out of the camera.

And this is the same picture, but with the Pioneer Women's Vintage Action run on it! I LOVE IT!

Have a great evening everyone!

Pumpkins

Good Sunday afternoon everyone!

This weekend has been GREAT!

Yesterday I ran 16 miles! Can you believe that...16 miles! It wore me out, so we did a little grocery shopping and then just rested the rest of the day! Arturo cooked me a wonderful steak with blue cheese butter, scalloped potatoes, and asparagus. It was so good, a great birthday dinner! For desert, it was homemade chocolate cupcakes! What a lucky birthday girl I was!

Today we worked in the garden a little and just cleaned things up since we have been gone for three weekends straight!

Here are a couple pictures of my pumpkins in the front. They are taking over the front yard!!!

I have a total of four pumpkins, but they all look about the same!

Have a great week everyone!