Author Archives: ranchwiferamblings

The past few months for us has seemed like a constant steam of sorting cows, running them through the chute and checking heats, oh and a lot of long trotting in the chilly weather to gather. While in reality what we have been doing is working on getting cows set up to raise embryos fromContinue reading “Embryo Transfers”

If you know me at all you know that I love a good performance horse. I love watching everything from Western Pleasure to Jumping and all the classes in-between. You also probably know that I have huge dreams of my own success in the show pen and I’m often dreaming of the horse that isContinue reading “Proven doesn’t always correlate to money or points earned…”

It seems like the amount of people escaping city life to live in the country is multiplying daily. I definitely understand, I lived in the city for a full month this past year and I don’t know how people do it every day, I certainly couldn’t wait to get home. However there are some thingsContinue reading “Dear Townies Moving to the Country,”

It’s been almost a month now since I have had to say good bye to my best pal Pedro. Now if you don’t know Pedro was our dog but in a lot of ways he filled in a lot more roles then just that. I am just now getting to putting his dog bed andContinue reading “My Buddy Pedro”

As I start filling my calendar with shows to work this coming year I am getting really excited for show season to be in full swing. It also has me reflecting on what I’ve learned in the past few years getting to work different positions at different shows and scribing countless runs. I thought thatContinue reading “Horse Show Prep”

This past year I have been extremely blessed to get to travel to work some really big horse shows. While working these shows I stayed in hotels that were in big cities such as Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Pueblo, Huston and several others. Some of these shows were multiple weeks long and I got the tasteContinue reading “Double Standards”

I was scrolling through Facebook and a meme popped up that I instantly loved. It said, “when someone asks what do you do, I always answer whatever it takes.” This can be so true in so many different ways but I instantly thought that it’s exactly what Ranchers and Ranch Wives do on a regularContinue reading “Whatever It Takes”

I recently got to meet my idol. Now she might be a famous person and I think that she has a pretty impressive horse show record but that’s not what made her my idol… When we took some horses to buck at a college practice I saw a lady that took me back to myContinue reading “You Never Know Who Might Be Watching”

The March 20th Meat out day that the governor of Colorado declared quickly changed from a slap in the face to producers to a show of much need support from people all over instead participating in Meat In day and even governors like mine in Oklahoma purposing a week of meat in response. The agricultureContinue reading “Meat In Day Was A Great Day!”