About a month ago someone at work asked me how they killed our cattle that we sent to slaughter. I said that I wasn’t sure. With one notable exception, we trailered the cattle and took them to the processing plant, and they came back nice and neat in small pieces wrapped in butcher’s paper. This [...]

Filed under: Farm on April 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Alright, once again, that limb I went out on April 18th (“Spring Has Finally Sprung”) broke and I fell onto my head, because Old Man Winter reappeared once again this weekend. Between my proclamation and the fact that I removed the snow chains from the tractor, I really had assumed that it would ensure that [...]

Filed under: Dog Grooming Business, Home, Weather on April 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The snow is pretty much gone now, although a day or two ago I do recall having seen some gray/white snow matter in some shady spots on the drive back and forth to work, but around our house there is no snow to be seen. Old Man Winter had a pretty firm grip on us [...]

Filed under: Home, Justin, Weather on April 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The day started off gray and degraded into a really miserable day. We’ve had varying forms of rain, sleet, ice pellets and snow since around midday. The gusty wind was driving the precipitation sideways making it extra crappy. At about 6:10PM, just as it was starting to get darker, our power went off. On a [...]

Filed under: Home, Weather on April 10th, 2008 | 4 Comments »