Really? What are the Odds?

About 4 years ago our brick mailbox was taken out by some teenagers that were street racing. The car that hit our mailbox at the time had an open tank of NOS gas (VERY flammable) in his trunk that started his car on fire. A fire that my neighbors and I had to put out. The kid was slightly injured and citations were issued by the police department to him. His parents insurance kindly paid to rebuild our mailbox. It was a NICE sturdy mailbox with a cement cap on the top and cement house numbers on each side. You could check the mailbox from both ends. It was nice--until today.....this is what we found outside today right after lunch. Nice, huh? Whoever did this didn't even have the courtesy to stop and claim responsibility. They just kept right on going--away from the damage they caused. They even left a few car parts behind for evidence. Now, we called the police but honestly, its gonna be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the guilty driver. It will cost us about $1,000.00 to replace it and have it as nice as the last one that was damaged and rebuilt. Really? Two mailboxes destroyed in a relatively short period of time? Who has this happen TWICE? What kind of lousy luck has perched itself on our shoulders? What are the odds................Terry and I could only look at the mess and start to laugh--two times just makes it a comical story to tell! We are collecting any loose change for the "Rebuild the Mailbox AGAIN Fund". Send your loose change to us--WAIT--we can't even receive mail--we DON'T have a flipping mailbox anymore!! Life just gets better and better! I'm smiling!

I LOVE THIS Cowboy

I love this man--cow poop and all!Yes, I'm talking about Terry and not my horse! Although I love Cowboy the horse too--just not as much as I do Terry!  Terry is such a hard worker, he can do ANYTHING, is considerate of others--especially me, loves his family--especially all 6 of those grandkids, is good with animals, makes a mean omelete, shows respect for the elderly, loves a good joke, finds the humor in most situations, and is an all around good guy. Even makes a great part time cowboy when needed! (Part time cowboys are needed in Peance Creek, Colorado EVERY year the last week of October to gather all those cows off the range and bring them back home to Utah!) Thanks hon for still making my heart flutter each and every day for the past 32 years. Cow poop looks good on you!

Colorado Sunsets

We just spent the last 9 days over in Peance Creek, Colorado gathering the cows from 29,000 acres of land. Yep, that's 29 thousand acres. The property is 27 miles long by 4 miles wide. It takes an hour (in a vehicle) to get from the bottom of the mountains to the top of the mountain range. It can make for some really looooong days--especially if you are on horseback. We LOVE this time of year tho. We love spending time with and working along side family to gather the cows and bring them back to Utah. I did a combination of horseback riding, riding my razor all over the country side, and driving our truck up and/or down the mountain to follow horse riders. It was a great time and believe it or not.......I can't wait to do it again! We had some rain, sunshine, warm days, cold mornings, freezing nights, and even some snow. The weather was soooo much nicer than in years past. The evenings provided us with some really breathtaking sunsets. My cows all made it back to Utah and am glad that part of owning cattle is behind us. Later in the month comes weaning calves, more vaccinations (we vaccinated the first round when we got them back to Utah on Wednesday),  checking to see what cows are pregnant, and deciding which cows go to market. Oh, the joys of owning cows......... My horse, Cowboy, did a great job herding and gathering cows--this was his first year with the cows. He wanted to be right in the thick of everything! Have to say that Terry looked really good sitting on Cowboy too! Just had to throw that in for the "ick" factor for my daughters! Love you, girls! By the way, I used my new chinks while in Colorado. I got lots of cow poop on them and even some horse poop so they are officially broke in!