Tag: family
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Sustainable Beef Starts at the Ground Level
The other night I was monitoring a controlled burn on our property and enjoying the warm night air while chatting with my husband about some cow stuff. As we were talking, some cars drove down our gravel road and slowed to see what was going on – likely they wanted to know why there was…
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Fifty Nifty Things About Buzzard
Terryn over at Faith, Family and Beef tagged me in this Fifty Nifty Things challenge. I am not sure if this information is nifty to anyone but it will give you insight to the woman behind the blog. Some of this will surprise you, I promise. Are you a morning or night person? Hoo-hoo not chirp-chirp…
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Marriage is Not Like a Pizza
Because pizzas are 1) delicious, 2) cheap and 3) easy to split in two. The latter reasoning is the topic of today’s post. Marriage is not like a pizza because marriage is not, nor will it ever be, half and half. In our household, all pizzas are 1/2 veggie-meat combo, 1/2 meat only. I’m the meatatarian…
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Four Years of Fighting
Thrilled to be on this journey of a lifetime with the Ninja. Photo courtesy: LaBrisa Photography Two [trailer] houses. A totaled car. Burst pipes. Two weddings. Four Ohio State fairs. Two Masters of Science degrees. A shattered crockpot filled with gravy. Zero babies. Most of a PhD in Animal Science. Believe it or not, we have shoved all of those…
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A Lesson in Patience, Pigs and Passers-by
A few weeks back I posted some photos from a wonderful weekend trip to Ohio wherein the Ninja’s middle sister won the Grand Champion Market Hog at the Ohio State Fair. This accomplishment, which I should mention is a family win and not just limited to her, earned her and her hog a spot in…