August 10, 2015: Small Update

Now Playing: Girls - Marina and the Diamonds

Small update. Lizzie moved here for work for the time being, since we had some jobs open up with the ranch now that the ""small group of people interested in starting a small mining operation"" have moved their heavy machinery in to do their oh so important exploratory drilling *now imagine me saying that in a snooty voice*. So we've been losing some people, but work on the ranch has been going well with Lizzie here, at least, and we have some new baby cows!!!! 

The company is employing people from the town too now for the starting labor. Which has caused some loss in staff for us. It hasnt just been people moving out because of the company. They have to do like very basics first with their own professionals, like mining surveyors and sciencey people who will approve of the mine and stuff, but they've started trying to get people to sign up for the future payroll or for the current work of carrying their machines or setting things up. And some people are actually doing it. They're using us for manual labor!!!

Anyways, baby cows

His name is Olaf, unfortunately

My dad didn't stop my horrible child

Speaking of my dad, I did end up talking to him about the ranch's story, and he was happy to explain it in... The briefest way imaginable, between hauling bundles of alfalfa. This ranch is the culmination of almost a century of experimenting, or so my dad says. It used to be that there were a bunch of little ranches, all trying and failing or maybe just a bit little tiny bit succeeding to make this land work for us. Just a bunch of guys chasing the American dream together hellll yesss bro!!! Then 3 of the most successful of the bunch (including my family!!!!) joined forces like the Avengers of Farming in the Desert to share resources, livestock, and crops. Now here we are today. That's how we survived without mining!

These days we mostly all do cattle ranching, but there’s been a lot of things grown or ranched over hte years!!!! 

For example, I have a funny story. We had pigs once!!! Unfortunatelyyyy I cannot forget that we had pigs because when I was 10, some stupid mean kid pushed me down and held my face in the mud until I ate pig slop in front of her. Any other fat girls out there relate? XD

I have a lot of other funny stories like that one :P if anyone wants to hear I’ll make another post. But no one reads this except Liz so hi Liz its up to you now *yeets you the fate of my blog*

This is Sherbert btw and he's named after Sherlock BBC so I guess my son just learns from the best. Say hi to Sherbert everyone or else!!

Anyways posts are still going to be really infrequent but I'm carrying my stuff around on me just in case posting inspiration strikes me B) 

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