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Tag Archives: Big Boss
You know it’s bad…
out there when the ducks can’t fly. When the ducks land in the middle of a cattle pen. When the ducks sit in the cattle pen and won’t move. Big Boss just spotted a duck perched on top of snow … Continue reading
Granny’s Sugar Cookies aka Tea Cakes
We all have them. Treasured recipes! They’ve probably been hanging around since we married…or shortly thereafter. Mine are tattered, splotched, torn, stained and marked with notations. I panic if I can’t find mine right away as in my blood runs cold while … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged Big Boss, mother-in-law, sour cream sugar cookies, sugar cookies
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Mystery jobs on the farm
I was going about my business as best I could. I had room full of bankers and cowboys meeting in the Hunter’s Dining Room. The dust had settled out there somewhat as the back door was no longer opening every … Continue reading
All’s Quiet on the Farm Front aka Misc.
And why is it so quiet? Well the obvious answer is…it’s winter. Snow is still on the ground although much of it has melted making for sloppy conditions at a feedlot. Chances of more precip on Thursday with lower temps, … Continue reading
Dodging the Bullet
We were supposed to have a doozie of a storm last night. All of the weather guys up here were sending out red flags galore. I used to go into Full Panic Mode when weather reports were of the Blizzard … Continue reading
Posted in farm
Tagged Big Boss, blizzards, cattle, drought, meteorologists, preparations, snow, weatherman
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Review on “The Hobbit” movie next up
But not from me, because I’m not among The Elite who have already got to see it. I’m not sure how that works, but there are a lot of things I don’t understand about how all this movie stuff … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged Big Boss, Christianity, Gandalf, George Washington, premiere, The Hobbit, The Lord of the RIngs, Thorin, Tolkien
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Braggin’ Rights
Nope, I didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize or a Rhode’s Scholarship for Growing Petunias. Big Boss is the center of our attention today. It all went down like this… Phone rings. BB: Son #2 just called and is … Continue reading
Posted in farm
Tagged Big Boss, deer hunting, monster bucks, Nobel Peace Prize, rack, score, venison
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Ladies, start your ovens…
I know. You already did that. Me? I’m behind. On purpose, of course. We don’t do our Thanksgiving gathering until Sunday, so I’m the midst of window washing and baking. Three pans of cinnamon rolls just came out of the … Continue reading
Confusing Big Boss
Big Boss will never understand me. Why, he queried, do I watch Gone with the Wind every time stinkin’ time it’s on TV?!!! I have no answer other than it’s an issue of loyalty to Margaret Mitchell and Clark Gable? I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged Big Boss, Bilbo, Clark Gable, Gandalf, Gone With the Wind, Out of Africa, Peter Jackson, Radagast the Brown, The Hobbit, The Lord of the RIngs, Thorin, Tolkien
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News Bulletin from the Feedlot!!!!
This just in… Big Boss is now driving the new feed truck. At last. True. The plastic is still on both seats. But…the new ToughBook laptop is in its rightful place…a specially designed and constructed little platform thingy that will … Continue reading








