It’s kind of quiet this morning. There are no kids around here…just us two big kids. Jake and Luke spent the night with their buddy and Sarah and JW are still at grandmas running around on the golf cart in the hay field that gramps just baled up. The cousins came over too so grandma could enjoy her grandchildren playing together.

When I was a kid going to grandmas house always included a stop at Food Town supermarket to pick up fresh food. She was a horrible housekeeper and a good cook, when she cooked. So we always had to stop and I could get any kind of sugary cereal I wanted. I’ve mentioned before that Grandma had a terrible sweet tooth! I also used to get pop tarts, juice and chocolate milk. It was all breakfast food because we always seemed to find another place to eat dinner. Either at the diner or at someone’s house….or sometimes we didn’t eat dinner, we just ate cereal!

Now my children’s grandma is different…kind of. She is a wonderful cook and loves to cook and bake for company. At her house, my children will have good meals, but they also get their share of sugar…as it should be! The cookie jar is always full, the freezer has plenty of ice cream and the snack cupboard is stocked.

So, tell me…what was your grandma’s house like? What did you eat? What was fun to do at grandma’s? I’d love to hear those wonderful memories!

It’s kind of quiet this morning. There are no kids around here…just us two big kids. Jake and Luke spent the night with their buddy and Sarah and JW are still at grandmas running around on the golf cart in the hay field that gramps just baled up. The cousins came over too so grandma could enjoy her grandchildren playing together.

When I was a kid going to grandmas house always included a stop at Food Town supermarket to pick up fresh food. She was a horrible housekeeper and a good cook, when she cooked. So we always had to stop and I could get any kind of sugary cereal I wanted. I’ve mentioned before that Grandma had a terrible sweet tooth! I also used to get pop tarts, juice and chocolate milk. It was all breakfast food because we always seemed to find another place to eat dinner. Either at the diner or at someone’s house….or sometimes we didn’t eat dinner, we just ate cereal!

Now my children’s grandma is different…kind of. She is a wonderful cook and loves to cook and bake for company. At her house, my children will have good meals, but they also get their share of sugar…as it should be! The cookie jar is always full, the freezer has plenty of ice cream and the snack cupboard is stocked.

So, tell me…what was your grandma’s house like? What did you eat? What was fun to do at grandma’s? I’d love to hear those wonderful memories!

Sonya was born this morning. Her mama is Scoop…yes a strange name, Scoop was born during our Bob the Builder era. Jake loved Bob and so that year all the heifers born were named for the characters on the show. We had a Scoop, Roly, Muck and a Dizzy. Scoop and Muck are still with us.

She was born before Big Daddy had to leave, thank goodness! Now I’m taking Jake and Luke to a friends house and then I’m going to dive into salsa making!

Sonya was born this morning. Her mama is Scoop…yes a strange name, Scoop was born during our Bob the Builder era. Jake loved Bob and so that year all the heifers born were named for the characters on the show. We had a Scoop, Roly, Muck and a Dizzy. Scoop and Muck are still with us.

She was born before Big Daddy had to leave, thank goodness! Now I’m taking Jake and Luke to a friends house and then I’m going to dive into salsa making!

Good Morning from the cool knolltop!

We had a new arrival this morning…a bull calf was born and it must have been late last night, he was up and had already eaten! I love it when calves start off that way. There’s another one in the works as I write…we’ve got to run errands this morning…if she hasn’t calved by the time we leave…it will be difficult to get Big Daddy away from the farm. He’s been waiting for her to calve for a week now and he said yesterday at lunch..”I wish she’d hurry up and calve, she’s about to drive me crazy!” He is a worrier and expends a lot of energy worrying about his babies….the cows and the kids.

I have one final comment about my adversary Trent. I know the man has never given birth to any children and as far as I know he’s never been married to a dairy farmer thus, he’s unqualified as an authority on what dairy women think or talk about. But he has many opinions and has a perfect right to a diatribe.

It is also evident that he has never read any of my columns in the Farmers’ Advance when I wrote about homosexual cowboy movies, mothers staying at home and the agricultural viability of llama farming. So when he implies I don’t have the courage to take on this battle in a ag publication he knows not of where he speaks. You would’ve thought he had learned his lesson from my introduction of him at the Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference.

Although he has spoken in 34 states this year and has his finger on the heartbeat of agriculture he still can’t speak for us. But with a newsletter called Looslips…what can we expect? (By the way, it’s a great newsletter and you can signed up by going to www.facesofag.com)

Good Morning from the cool knolltop!

We had a new arrival this morning…a bull calf was born and it must have been late last night, he was up and had already eaten! I love it when calves start off that way. There’s another one in the works as I write…we’ve got to run errands this morning…if she hasn’t calved by the time we leave…it will be difficult to get Big Daddy away from the farm. He’s been waiting for her to calve for a week now and he said yesterday at lunch..”I wish she’d hurry up and calve, she’s about to drive me crazy!” He is a worrier and expends a lot of energy worrying about his babies….the cows and the kids.

I have one final comment about my adversary Trent. I know the man has never given birth to any children and as far as I know he’s never been married to a dairy farmer thus, he’s unqualified as an authority on what dairy women think or talk about. But he has many opinions and has a perfect right to a diatribe.

It is also evident that he has never read any of my columns in the Farmers’ Advance when I wrote about homosexual cowboy movies, mothers staying at home and the agricultural viability of llama farming. So when he implies I don’t have the courage to take on this battle in a ag publication he knows not of where he speaks. You would’ve thought he had learned his lesson from my introduction of him at the Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference.

Although he has spoken in 34 states this year and has his finger on the heartbeat of agriculture he still can’t speak for us. But with a newsletter called Looslips…what can we expect? (By the way, it’s a great newsletter and you can signed up by going to www.facesofag.com)

Trent replied to my letter and here it is:

Your poll is widely skewed for a very important reason…the people, AGAIN I did not say WOMEN. The people in agriculture who cause division do not have email let alone use blogs… your results are completely bias…If you are half as gutsy as you think you are, put it in print in ag publication and welcome the hate mail….

Your friend in Agriculture
Trent

Them sound like fightin’ words…

Trent replied to my letter and here it is:

Your poll is widely skewed for a very important reason…the people, AGAIN I did not say WOMEN. The people in agriculture who cause division do not have email let alone use blogs… your results are completely bias…If you are half as gutsy as you think you are, put it in print in ag publication and welcome the hate mail….

Your friend in Agriculture
Trent

Them sound like fightin’ words…