A Well Deserved Rememberance…

For this Memorial Day holiday I wanted to say thank you to all of those who have served and given up so much for our country.  Keep your heads high, because we appreciate all that you have done for us.  You’re so unselfish and have been called to do something so incredible for everyone else, you should be so proud!

(From the Lens of a Farm Girl)

There is a good reason why rural Americans feel such a connection to the military and all of their service…just look at the picture above and those statistics.  I think this says a lot for our hardworking mindset out here.  Nothing is really handed to you, you have to work for it, sacrifice for it and then pass it on to another.  This is how good things come to us in a country that is filled with such fortunate people (and I don’t mean the rich…I mean all of us everyday normal folks!)  So thank you again for all the military, their families and friends.  The sacrifice goes on and on, and it’s all our freedom!!

My sister and I with a few people that I will be remembering this weekend. 
Grandpa & Grandma Kirsch.

Memorial Day is also about remember those that you have lost, maybe not to a war or fighting, but maybe it was just their time to go.  My Grandpa & Grandma Kirsch will be a few that I think about on this weekend.  I think of them often actually, and how much of an influence they still have on my life.  My grandpa’s love of farming, clearly, has been passed down and my Grandma’s cooking is still always on my mind!  So to you and yours on this holiday weekend, I hope you enjoy an extra day off of work, but also take time to thank those who have made your life better!!  Happy Memorial Day!!

5 Things you May Hear When Dating this Farm Girl…5 Things you Won’t!

5 Things you may hear when dating this Farm Girl…

  1. “Sooo, for date night…would you like to help me move pipe?”
  2. “I love you just about as much as the new tractor we just got…look at all the awesome gadgets on it!!”
  3. “Crap, I hate it when my pony tail gets dunked in the oil barrel; this hair thing is not conducive to working on equipment!”
  4. “Have you seen my rubber boots?”
  5. “Sorry I’m late! I was fueling up and got diesel all over me, then I got my rig stuck in the mud and just finally now I’m jumping in the shower. I’m hurrying!!”

5 Things you Won’t Hear this Farm Girl Say…

  1. “Wow I hate having to wear heels to work every day!”
  2. “I wish I could sit in a cubicle all day with no windows for work.”
  3. “I will get off work exactly at 5pm, so we can absolutely make plans!”
  4. “We can definitely go on vacation this summer, I love having summers free to do whatever I want.”
  5. “I would never live on the same property as my family; that would be way too close for me!”

Wordless Wednesday…Spring is here!!

Wordless Wednesday is a way for people to have a completely wordless blog, pictures only.  I love pictures and also agree that they are worth more than a thousand words.  However I’m also a bit wordy…soooo…I’m adding captions 🙂  Anyhow I’m hoping to post pictures most Wednesdays of what is going in my random life, around this crazy farm and anything else that might be entertaining!

Here’s this week’s pictures, Spring is here!

Some new baby robins, getting very
crowded in their little home!

 

Beautiful Sunrise over the prairie & Mt. Hood.

 

Swallow that greets me every morning!

 

Trusty sidekick Yukon…livin’ the dream!