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    Cattle

    Early Morning Check

    For the past 6 years or so I have been doing the midnight check during calving season. I had chosen this check because it was easier for me to stay up late then to get up early. This year, the schedule is different. Our son has taken the night check, my Farmer does the 2am check, which leaves me with the 5am check. In the past, this shift would NOT have worked for me. Remember I am not a morning person. However, with all the snow we had been plowing in February, which meant getting up at 3am to start, this 5am shift isn’t a problem this year. I seem…

  • Cattle,  Life

    Holy Moly!!! I am SO out of shape!

    It’s kind of a slow time of the year here on the farm for us.  Well, mostly for me.  This is my time of year to get caught up on my housework and bookwork.  Plus I use it as my “time to catch up on my lounging around and doing nothing” time that I didn’t get to do all summer.  That being said, you can see, that other than the housework (and believe me when I say I do not make that to strenuous), I’m not getting a whole lot of physical activity right now.  This morning made me realize that it’s time to put some physical activity back into…