Tony's New Ride

I'm thinking that other than getting a new ranch pickup, getting a new horse is almost or just as exciting and important! Of course, you rarely see much excitement on this cowboys face! Anyway, he decided it was time to start looking for another horse. Claims that his horse, Moe, is getting some age on him and is LAZY! I kinda think that he is thinking down the road a few years when Tressie is needing a horse. Moe will probably do her just fine!


Just so happened that the neighbor had a horse that he was needing to sell. Tony had him bring the horse over for a week to "try him out". Another neighbor had a horse out of the same lineage and really liked his "cow sense". That's important for someone that puts lots of hours in on horseback this time of year riding thru the cattle, doctoring, tagging calves, and whatever else might need doin. Well, we are now, or should I say Tony, is the proud owner of this 4 year old blue roan. His registered name is Blue Cutter McKeag. I think he's being called Cutter. They seem to be getting along just fine!


Won't be long until he has a little shadow taggin along on his old lazy horse, Moe!

Easter Thru The Generations

I wanted to post these pictures last week, but obviously time just got away, and it didn't get done! Hope everyone had a blessed and happy Easter! We had a good day with family and friends!

Tressie looked like she was ready for the Easter parade, all dressed up in her new dress and shoes. It's a good thing that her Mama didn't pay much for this hat because she wore it for about 15 seconds! She was a busy little girl keeping up with everything that went on. She wasn't really into hunting eggs, maybe next year.


This is Tressie's Mama, many years ago. I'm really not even sure how old she is in this picture. Don't remember if she liked her hat or not! Her Grandma Chisman always made her Easter dress.


This is a picture of me when I was probably about 3 years old. Mom ALWAYS made an Easter dress for Sheryl and I. They were always matching, sometimes different colors.


It's fun to look back thru the generations and see what has changed and what has basically stayed the same. The styles have changed, the faces have changed, many things have changed. One thing that will never change is the reason that we celebrate Easter. Our Risen Lord and Saviour!

Shopping Anyone?

Yesterday morning after Tressie had eaten her breakfast, she came walking into the office with her purse and jacket! I think that she was bored with Grandma and wanted to go somewhere! I would of thought that she was still tired from our shopping trip into Colorado Springs on Saturday. I'm still tired from it!


Her big goose egg on her head is MUCH better. Check out her blog at tressiegolding.blogspot.com for pictures of the biggest, baddest, goose egg I'd ever seen!

Tressie & Grandma's Walk

Yesterday Tressie and I decided to take a walk. It was a fairly nice spring day. Just a breeze blowing, not hurricane force winds! OK, so we haven't had hurricane force winds, but we have had our share of hard and persistent winds this spring! A very nice day can be ruined with wind, in my opinion. I am not fond of wind! It makes me grumpy! Did you pick up on that?

Back to our walk....We always see goats around our house.


This heifer was very interested in what we were doing in her territory. Actually we weren't in her territory, because we were outside the corral! Tressie was also very interested in her!


We helped Grandpa run some drip hose for the new bushes that were planted yesterday. There is a row of plum, a row of cherry, and a row of sumac. We also planted 50 lilac bushes. These will serve as a snow fence on the north and east sides of our new house. Notice the ominous looking cloud in this picture? All we got was a couple of rumbles of thunder. That was enough to cause Tressie's dog, Lucy, to hole up for an hour. She HATES thunder!


We also found a sign of Spring! A cherry bush in an already established live wind break was blooming!


Here are some of those lilac bushes that we planted. Can't wait until they are big and blooming!


Tressie loved the walk! The only bad thing is, she cried when we had to come in and start making supper!

Wonderful White Wet Stuff!

This is what we woke up to this morning....


Wonderful white wet stuff!!


Now I am NOT a big fan of snow, but we have been so dry and haven't had much moisture, so we will take all of this wonderful wet stuff that we can get! The good thing about wet snow this time of year....it will be gone in the next day or two!


And the more snow/rain/moisture that we get....The better chance that we will look like this again this summer! I LOVE GREEN!

Pizza Night!

Emily and Justin have started a nice tradition that I really like and appreciate! Occasionally on Friday nights they will bring pizza home from Pizza Hut for supper.


First of all, I LOVE pizza! It's on my list of favorite foods! Pretty much any kind of pizza! No, I'm not too picky especially if I don't have to cook it!


Another thing that I look forward to this time of year is fresh strawberries! Yum! Today I took out my angel food cake pan that used to be my Grandma Chisman's, and made an Angel Food cake. No, it's not from scratch but it's still pretty tasty!


I'm not too picky about how I eat my strawberries, but this is definitely one of the best ways!

Sunday Night Favorites

Sunday night is my night off. I don't cook supper. That in itself makes Sunday night one of my favorites! We usually eat popcorn or something out of a Schwans box. But, one thing that I will make is Butterfinger milkshakes! One of our favorites!

Take the following simple ingredients....


Add to the blender that we got 30 years ago as a wedding gift....


And, you get a yummy shake! Almost better than Sonic or Dairy Queen! Almost...


Another favorite for Sunday night, is watching The Amazing Race! I love this show! We are cheerin' for the cowboys from Oklahoma! Come on Jet and Cord, make us ranch people proud!