Monday, February 23, 2015

First Time Ranchers = Lot's of Firsts

Our lives have changed drastically in one year! There are so many firsts for us this year year.

 

1. Things You Never Thought You'd Text:

2. Things You Never Thought You'd Need to Learn:

How to use a tractor. Luckily I have my husband to teach me, and here he is spreading the new road base.

3. How to Breed Cattle and Horses & How to assist in calving and foaling:

We have had to read, ask questions, & take notes on what to expect with both our cattle and horses. This includes, vaccinations, physical changes, proper minerals and feed for breeding, etc. I knew it was a lot of work, but there is a lot more involved than I expected. It has all been an awesome learning experience, and every month that goes by I feel more and more confident. I know my husband Glen knows all of this, but relying on him to do everything is ridiculous. Whatever I can learn to do on my own, I'm learning it!

So hopefully we will have a lot of darling farm babies soon.

4. Making calls for the best road base prices and driveway slurrie

It is done, and what a difference it has made. Not just to drive on, but looks too!

We even had some leftover for the fire pit area. I can't wait for it to warm up enough to put the cushions back out.

5. Falling Stars

We have been so lucky! We have seen, (all of us combined), 5 falling stars. In the city, even where we were in the suburbs, the city lights were too bright to really see a lot of stars. Out here, we see so many stars, it's really a treat. Seeing the amount of stars we do here at night, is something normally we would only experience during vacations to the mountains.

Seeing falling stars... AMAZING! Just wish I had a picture to share.

6. A donkey as a pet...

She sure is a sweet thing, that loves her herd of heifers, & her humans!

7. Our 1st Snow/Ice Day at Thistle Hill Ranch!

Even though we homeschool, if Dad gets a snow day from work, we take one too!

Have a Great Week!

And Never Forget~

The day you run out of 1st's is the day you stop living!

 

Saturday, February 14, 2015

"Fifty Shades of Grammar" from Grammarly

Happy Valentine's Day!

It is no secret, that I LOVE books! I must confess, that I have not read "Fifty Shades of Grey".

I know...It's a cataclysmic FAIL!

It's hard to not hear how popular and wonderful this book is; but, between homeschooling and ranching, my free time to read my "for me" books, is very limited!

I love all genres of writing. I love reading the classics a lot! It is always interesting to me how much language has changed. This holds true for grammar as well.

Homeschooling my two boys, I have found myself second guessing my high school & college education in writing. I am constantly looking up what I think is grammatically incorrect, to verify that I'm right, or find out I was completely wrong. Not to mention, punctuation mistakes my children make in their writing, and making sure what I know, is still accurate. I think we all get complacent, and have bad habits.

Don't judge my punctuation and grammar now... I definitely have bad habits! I'm comma happy, among many other things.

So, it is always nice to have a "one stop shop" for learning in grammar. We love Grammarly and I sure like when Nikolas Baron writes to show me the latest and greatest at Grammarly.

I hope you enjoy the infographic from Grammarly, it really is interesting.

Be sure and check out Grammarly. They are a resource that is invaluable for our homeschool, and in my opinion, all writers.

ENJOY!


Hi Jennifer,

I hope this email finds you well! We've exchanged emails about Grammarly's content in the past, so I wanted to reach out to you with some new research that may be right up your alley.

Although it topped bestseller lists around the world, E. L. James’ erotic romance novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, was widely panned by critics for its poor use of language.

The Grammarly team reviewed the book for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, and learned that -- although there were some mistakes -- the errors were in alignment with similar gaffes in celebrated romances. It seems that the language of love really is a language of its own!


Happy Valentine's Day!

Nick

Grammarly: Fifty Shades of Grammar

Grammarly Grammar-Check

Have a Happy Valentine's Day & Happy Writing!