LESSONS FROM MOM:
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
" Because I said so, that's why."
5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"
15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"
18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."
19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."
23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
And my favorite:
25. My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!
Monday, January 31, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
I am always doing things I can't do; that's how I get to do them.
-Pablo Picasso
I am always doing things I can't do; that's how I get to do them.
-Pablo Picasso
Sunday, January 30, 2005
From Clinton and Joanna Wilson, Norman, come this diddy...
Noah & His Ark in 2004
Some of you can relate to this more than others!
In the year 2004, The Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in United States, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans."
He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have six months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights".
Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard..... but no ark.
"Noah," He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?"
"Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah, "but things have changed:
--I needed a building permit.
--I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system.
--My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations.
--We had to go to the Planning and Zoning Board for a decision.
--Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power, overpasses, and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I argued that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.
--Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls. But no go!
--When I started gathering the animals, I got sued by an animal rights group. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. As well, they argued the accommodation was too restrictive and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space.
--Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.
--I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Civil Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew.
--Also, the trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark building experience.
--To make matters worse, the Customs and Immigration Agency seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.
So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least ten years for me to finish this Ark."
Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, "You mean you're not going to destroy the world?".
"No," said the Lord. "The GOVERNMENT has beat me to it."
Some of you can relate to this more than others!
In the year 2004, The Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in United States, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans."
He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have six months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights".
Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard..... but no ark.
"Noah," He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?"
"Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah, "but things have changed:
--I needed a building permit.
--I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system.
--My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations.
--We had to go to the Planning and Zoning Board for a decision.
--Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power, overpasses, and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I argued that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.
--Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls. But no go!
--When I started gathering the animals, I got sued by an animal rights group. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. As well, they argued the accommodation was too restrictive and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space.
--Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.
--I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Civil Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew.
--Also, the trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark building experience.
--To make matters worse, the Customs and Immigration Agency seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.
So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least ten years for me to finish this Ark."
Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, "You mean you're not going to destroy the world?".
"No," said the Lord. "The GOVERNMENT has beat me to it."
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Oh boy.. oh boy...
A birdie told me that we might get to see Kaitlyn today.. and her parents too.. haha... geeeeze.. I sure hope so... miss that lil ole lady...
Friday, January 28, 2005
Clipping of the Day
A most important and necessary addition was added to Bellevue Hospital yesterday ...
(From the New York Herald (New York, New York) 28 January 1870, page 5)
A most important and necessary addition was added to Bellevue Hospital yesterday. It was discovered that on the arrival of the hospital ambulance with persons who had been accidentally injured, very laborious work ensued in having them carried on stretchers to the wards in the surgical departments of the hospital, and that some change should be resorted to, so that labor and inconvenience consequent thereon might be avoided. The Commissioners gave Warden Brennan full control in the matter, and, although it was only submitted to them on their morning tour to the institution, at ten o'clock last night Mr. Brennan had his wishes fully gratified. The special ward will contain beds, heaters and all other requisites, as well as a small apartment for the doctors. It will be seventy feet long and twenty-four wide. It is nicely painted in oil and is a patter of elegance and comfort for those who may be so unfortunate as to become its inmates.
**Humm.. sounds like it will be nicer than todays emergency rooms!
ADN Editor's Note: A history of Bellevue Hospital can be found at: www.med.nyu.edu/Bellevue/
(From the New York Herald (New York, New York) 28 January 1870, page 5)
A most important and necessary addition was added to Bellevue Hospital yesterday. It was discovered that on the arrival of the hospital ambulance with persons who had been accidentally injured, very laborious work ensued in having them carried on stretchers to the wards in the surgical departments of the hospital, and that some change should be resorted to, so that labor and inconvenience consequent thereon might be avoided. The Commissioners gave Warden Brennan full control in the matter, and, although it was only submitted to them on their morning tour to the institution, at ten o'clock last night Mr. Brennan had his wishes fully gratified. The special ward will contain beds, heaters and all other requisites, as well as a small apartment for the doctors. It will be seventy feet long and twenty-four wide. It is nicely painted in oil and is a patter of elegance and comfort for those who may be so unfortunate as to become its inmates.
**Humm.. sounds like it will be nicer than todays emergency rooms!
ADN Editor's Note: A history of Bellevue Hospital can be found at: www.med.nyu.edu/Bellevue/
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.
-Yogi Berra
You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.
-Yogi Berra
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
What a great day!!
Look who popped in to see Great Grandma Moffat today... Yelp, Aunt Freda and Uncle Ivan and Aunt Fannie Moffat from El Reno. They visited a bit in the am and went to lunch and then after lunch I ran over and got to visit with them. We all had a great visit! Took a few pics which I will post later on... but for now here is a tease!! Enjoy the day!
Check out Jon's new update....
http://www.backroaddesign.com/jonandrandi/ is the place to see a new picture of Kaitlyn Brooke Moffat... doing what comes natural!!
Monday, January 24, 2005
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow.
-Unknown
Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow.
-Unknown
Fossils found on Capitol Hill
Fossils found on Capitol Hill
By Robert Haught
Potomac Junction
WASHINGTON - Everybody's talking about a startling new scientific discovery. An amateur paleontologist reports that he has found signs of dinosaurs inside the Capital Beltway.
Ray Stanford, 66, spent 10 years digging in streambeds near Interstate 95 before turning up footprints of a 6-foot-long dinosaur that roamed what is now Maryland 100 million years ago.
Stanford and federal geologists identified the tracks as belonging to a member of the hypsilophodon family, so they named it hypsiloichnus marylandicus.
These determined diggers were so happy about their find that they wrote it up in an international journal called Ichnos. They informed us that the "Hyp" family members walked on their hind legs most of the time but dropped to all fours to rest, eat or drink. One geologist described them as "the Mesozoic equivalent of rabbits."
Well, I hate to burst their bubble, but dinosaurs inside the Beltway are not a new discovery. Tourists visiting the U.S. Capitol will discover a number of them roaming the halls of the U.S. Senate. In many respects they're comparable to the "Hyp" species, even to rabbit-like behavior on some occasions.
Some of them are approaching extinction. Last year saw the return of mushmouthic carolinus, also known as Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, to the swamps of South Carolina. Exleaderus pterodaschle (former Democrat leader Tom Daschle) was banished to the hills of South Dakota.
The Senate has become an increasingly older preserve. In the 109th Congress, the average age of senators is 60.4 years, the oldest in history. Of course, one doesn't necessarily have to be old to have the characteristics of a dinosaur.
Here are some of the species remaining:
Senataurus rex -- Literal translation "king of the Senate." At 52, Senate majority leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has some time to go before becoming fossilized.
Pompousic orataurus -- There does not exist a more pompous orator than Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., at 87 the oldest member. This creature has a voracious appetite for partisanship and devours Republicans who get in his way.
Liberalis massachusettus -- Senate liberals have no fiercer fighter than Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. Now 72, he is showing signs of forgetfulness, such as this sputtering response to a question about how Barack Obama was elected senator by such a large margin in Illinois: "Why don't we just ask Osama bin -- Osama Obama -- Obama what --"
Ravenous porkbarrelaur -- Ted Stevens, the 81-year-old senior senator from Alaska, has sharp talons that grab large chunks of federal funds for his home state. He rivals Byrd as the pork barrel king of the jungle.
Ambitious hillaraptor -- While not a dinosaur in terms of age, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., commands attention with her reptilian tactics to fulfill her ambition of returning to the White House as president.
And if there aren't enough dinosaurs in the Senate to satisfy the fossil hunters, there's always the Supreme Court.
Robert Haught: potomacj@hotmail.com
Just thought this was cute, regardless of the side of the aisle you are on!
By Robert Haught
Potomac Junction
WASHINGTON - Everybody's talking about a startling new scientific discovery. An amateur paleontologist reports that he has found signs of dinosaurs inside the Capital Beltway.
Ray Stanford, 66, spent 10 years digging in streambeds near Interstate 95 before turning up footprints of a 6-foot-long dinosaur that roamed what is now Maryland 100 million years ago.
Stanford and federal geologists identified the tracks as belonging to a member of the hypsilophodon family, so they named it hypsiloichnus marylandicus.
These determined diggers were so happy about their find that they wrote it up in an international journal called Ichnos. They informed us that the "Hyp" family members walked on their hind legs most of the time but dropped to all fours to rest, eat or drink. One geologist described them as "the Mesozoic equivalent of rabbits."
Well, I hate to burst their bubble, but dinosaurs inside the Beltway are not a new discovery. Tourists visiting the U.S. Capitol will discover a number of them roaming the halls of the U.S. Senate. In many respects they're comparable to the "Hyp" species, even to rabbit-like behavior on some occasions.
Some of them are approaching extinction. Last year saw the return of mushmouthic carolinus, also known as Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, to the swamps of South Carolina. Exleaderus pterodaschle (former Democrat leader Tom Daschle) was banished to the hills of South Dakota.
The Senate has become an increasingly older preserve. In the 109th Congress, the average age of senators is 60.4 years, the oldest in history. Of course, one doesn't necessarily have to be old to have the characteristics of a dinosaur.
Here are some of the species remaining:
Senataurus rex -- Literal translation "king of the Senate." At 52, Senate majority leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has some time to go before becoming fossilized.
Pompousic orataurus -- There does not exist a more pompous orator than Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., at 87 the oldest member. This creature has a voracious appetite for partisanship and devours Republicans who get in his way.
Liberalis massachusettus -- Senate liberals have no fiercer fighter than Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. Now 72, he is showing signs of forgetfulness, such as this sputtering response to a question about how Barack Obama was elected senator by such a large margin in Illinois: "Why don't we just ask Osama bin -- Osama Obama -- Obama what --"
Ravenous porkbarrelaur -- Ted Stevens, the 81-year-old senior senator from Alaska, has sharp talons that grab large chunks of federal funds for his home state. He rivals Byrd as the pork barrel king of the jungle.
Ambitious hillaraptor -- While not a dinosaur in terms of age, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., commands attention with her reptilian tactics to fulfill her ambition of returning to the White House as president.
And if there aren't enough dinosaurs in the Senate to satisfy the fossil hunters, there's always the Supreme Court.
Robert Haught: potomacj@hotmail.com
Just thought this was cute, regardless of the side of the aisle you are on!
Thursday, January 20, 2005
My lil' buddy is not here today...
and I am sad!!!
Jake headed up to the Farm at Helena to help Uncle Mike with all the tree damage they have had there from the ice. They probably will have a few extra chores too as Jerry Ray Shaklee is in the hospital. He is having test today, we think at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, but he is in Mercy Hospital in OKC. Shortness of breath, etc. Got pretty bad, but he is there now and they can fix it, so will try to keep everyone up to speed. Jerry is the Son of the late Don Shaklee, brother of Ann's father, Harold. Jerry runs hundreds of cattle on thousands of acres between Helena, Jet and Cherokee, and is always the first one with his hand out to help others, so there are several who are helping with his ranching and farming operation.
Have not heard a thing from Uncle Calvin, or Uncle Ivan on how either are doing. Hope ok!! Aunt Mert is doing ok, no news there either.
Mom has been running here there and yonder, getting new eye glasses, hearing aids, etc.. and before long she will be out cutting a rug... haha..... but she does feel better. She is starting to get Dad's things in order some and has a lot of business in town too. Jake and I have offered to take her many times, but she always .. almost always says nope, I can do it.. so we step aside. And she goes.
Really is warming up today. Weather man last evening talked of winter being over.. haha.. yea, right. Just wait till the third week in Feb. I have seen snow deeper than running boards then.. and once even saw sprinkle of snow in May!! But, it is warmer.. and as usual for Oklahoma, in a few days it is to be below freezing again.. It is 62 outside right now.. at 12:30pm. Lots of sunshine today.. how wonderful it is..
Hey, have a great day, enjoy it...
Jake headed up to the Farm at Helena to help Uncle Mike with all the tree damage they have had there from the ice. They probably will have a few extra chores too as Jerry Ray Shaklee is in the hospital. He is having test today, we think at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, but he is in Mercy Hospital in OKC. Shortness of breath, etc. Got pretty bad, but he is there now and they can fix it, so will try to keep everyone up to speed. Jerry is the Son of the late Don Shaklee, brother of Ann's father, Harold. Jerry runs hundreds of cattle on thousands of acres between Helena, Jet and Cherokee, and is always the first one with his hand out to help others, so there are several who are helping with his ranching and farming operation.
Have not heard a thing from Uncle Calvin, or Uncle Ivan on how either are doing. Hope ok!! Aunt Mert is doing ok, no news there either.
Mom has been running here there and yonder, getting new eye glasses, hearing aids, etc.. and before long she will be out cutting a rug... haha..... but she does feel better. She is starting to get Dad's things in order some and has a lot of business in town too. Jake and I have offered to take her many times, but she always .. almost always says nope, I can do it.. so we step aside. And she goes.
Really is warming up today. Weather man last evening talked of winter being over.. haha.. yea, right. Just wait till the third week in Feb. I have seen snow deeper than running boards then.. and once even saw sprinkle of snow in May!! But, it is warmer.. and as usual for Oklahoma, in a few days it is to be below freezing again.. It is 62 outside right now.. at 12:30pm. Lots of sunshine today.. how wonderful it is..
Hey, have a great day, enjoy it...
It just sounds great................
Wine Herb-Marinated Beef Steak
Ingredients:
2 beef bottom round (western griller) steaks, cut 1 inch thick (12 to 16 ounces each)
Marinade:
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
Instructions:
Combine marinade ingredients in small bowl. Place beef steaks and marinade in food-safe plastic bag; turn steak to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight, turning occasionally.
Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Remove steaks from marinade; discard marinade. Place steaks in skillet; cook 16 to 17 minutes for medium rare doneness, turning twice. (Do not overcook.) Carve steaks into thin slices.
Makes 4 servings.
Ingredients:
2 beef bottom round (western griller) steaks, cut 1 inch thick (12 to 16 ounces each)
Marinade:
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
Instructions:
Combine marinade ingredients in small bowl. Place beef steaks and marinade in food-safe plastic bag; turn steak to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight, turning occasionally.
Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Remove steaks from marinade; discard marinade. Place steaks in skillet; cook 16 to 17 minutes for medium rare doneness, turning twice. (Do not overcook.) Carve steaks into thin slices.
Makes 4 servings.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Today's Quote:
Today's Quote
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
-Dolly Parton
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
-Dolly Parton
Saturday, January 15, 2005
This young lady not only graduated from OSU, but in November, she received her Teaching Certificate (not sure of the correct name, but it means she's legal to teach!), but .... Today, Ms. Tammy Moffat is having a birthday ALL DAY LONG!! And to that end we want to wish her a very special birthday, may it be the bes one you have ever had, and may you have a ton more of them, every one better than the last! Happy Birthday, Tammy Moffat!!
Thought for the day....
Time can be a healer and a teacher
So many things I've learned from time
Looking back it's made me a believer
That poetry in motion really doesn't have to rhyme...
-Mike McClure, Oklahoma Singer/Songwriter
So many things I've learned from time
Looking back it's made me a believer
That poetry in motion really doesn't have to rhyme...
-Mike McClure, Oklahoma Singer/Songwriter
Friday, January 14, 2005
From Heather.. and it sounds oh so yummy..... haha... heh... oh my...
Chocolate Chip Dip
8 ounce cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup mini choc chips
Mix and roll into a ball. Chill until hard, overnight. Roll in
chopped pecans. Let soften slightly before serving. Use animal
crackers or teddy grahams instead of chips or crackers.
8 ounce cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup mini choc chips
Mix and roll into a ball. Chill until hard, overnight. Roll in
chopped pecans. Let soften slightly before serving. Use animal
crackers or teddy grahams instead of chips or crackers.
COW/CALF CORNER
COW/CALF CORNER
The newsletter
January 14, 2005
In this issue:
Canadian Border Situation Adds Uncertainty to Cattle Markets
Derrell S. Peel, OSU Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist
Signs of Impending Calving in Cows or Heifers
Glenn Selk, OSU Extension Animal Reproduction Specialist
Canadian Border Situation Adds Uncertainty to Cattle Markets
In late December, USDA issued a final rule on opening the Canadian border to some live cattle and an expanded set of beef products that appeared to set a date of March 7 for increased trade. There has been and continues to be considerable concern over the impacts this will have on U.S. cattle markets. In the last week, several events have occurred that again increase uncertainty about the impacts and when the border may open.
Two lawsuits were filed this week, which could delay the opening beyond the March 7 date. One suit was filed by R-CALF, arguing that the rule was not restrictive enough and the other, filed by the American Meat Institute, argues that the rule is still too restrictive. Additionally, the Canadian government announced another positive BSE case, the second in two weeks. The USDA risk assessment included the possibility of additional BSE cases in Canada and although USDA initially stated that the new cases would not change implementation of the new rule, USDA has dispatched a technical team to provide some additional review of the situation in Canada. Any of these legal or administrative actions could result in delayed implementation of the rule.
The market most likely to be impacted significantly is the cull cow market. At the current time, this is the only cattle market still entirely closed as no cows or meat from animals over 30 months of age is allowed into the U.S. The proposed rule would allow meat from animals over 30 months of age but not cows. Thus, a portion of Canadian slaughter facilities would likely be redirected to cow slaughter. This further implies that part of the anticipated increase in fed cattle imports would be offset by a reduction in fed beef imports that are currently being shipped to the U.S.
The proposed rule would allow feeder cattle to be imported only if they are fed at designated feedlots and then moved directly to slaughter (the animals must be under 30 months of age at the time of slaughter). Some pressure on feeder and fed prices is expected but much of the impact in these markets has already been incorporated into the markets. A certain date of border opening would further ease the transition of these markets, with much of the impact occurring in advance of the actual opening of the border. It is in the cow market that the greatest imbalance exists and where much less can be done to smooth the impacts of the border opening.
Signs of impending calving in cows or heifers
As the calving season approaches, the cows will show typical signs that will indicate parturition is imminent. Changes that are gradually seen are udder development, or making bag and the relaxation and swelling of the vulva or “springing”. These indicate the cow is due to calve in the near future. There is much difference between individuals in the development of these signs and certainly age is a factor.
The first calf heifer, particularly in the heavy milking breeds, develops udder for a very long time, sometimes for two or three months before parturition. The springing can be highly variable too. Most people notice that Brahman-influence cattle seem to “spring” much more than do cattle of other breeds. Typically, in the immediate 2 weeks preceding calving, springing becomes more evident, the udder is filling, and one of the things that might be seen is the loss of the cervical plug. This is a very thick tenacious, mucous material hanging from the vulva. It may be seen pooling behind the cow when she is lying down. Some people mistakenly think this happens immediately before calving, but in fact this can be seen weeks before parturition and therefore is only another sign that the calving season is here.
The immediate signs that usually occur within 24 hours of calving would be relaxation of the pelvic ligaments and strutting of the teats. These can be fairly dependable for the owner that watches his cows several times a day during the calving season. The casual observer or even the professional who is knowledgeable of the signs but sees the herd infrequently cannot accurately predict calving time from these signs. The relaxation of the pelvic ligaments really can not be observed in fat cows, (body condition score 7 or greater). However, relaxation of the ligaments can be seen very clearly in thin or moderate body condition cows and can be a clue of parturition within the next 12 - 24 hours. Relaxation of the pelvic ligaments is a sign the producer or herdsman can best use to more closely pinpoint calving time. Strutting of the teats is not really very dependable. Some heavy milking cows will have strutting of the teats as much as two or three days before calving and on the other hand, a thin poor milking cow may calve without strutting of the teats. Another thing that might be seen in the immediate 12 hours before calving would be variable behavior such as a cow that does not come up to eat, or a cow that isolates herself into a particular corner of the pasture. However, some cows have few behavioral changes until the parturition process starts. Source: Calving Management, OSU Extension Circular E-906.
The newsletter
January 14, 2005
In this issue:
Canadian Border Situation Adds Uncertainty to Cattle Markets
Derrell S. Peel, OSU Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist
Signs of Impending Calving in Cows or Heifers
Glenn Selk, OSU Extension Animal Reproduction Specialist
Canadian Border Situation Adds Uncertainty to Cattle Markets
In late December, USDA issued a final rule on opening the Canadian border to some live cattle and an expanded set of beef products that appeared to set a date of March 7 for increased trade. There has been and continues to be considerable concern over the impacts this will have on U.S. cattle markets. In the last week, several events have occurred that again increase uncertainty about the impacts and when the border may open.
Two lawsuits were filed this week, which could delay the opening beyond the March 7 date. One suit was filed by R-CALF, arguing that the rule was not restrictive enough and the other, filed by the American Meat Institute, argues that the rule is still too restrictive. Additionally, the Canadian government announced another positive BSE case, the second in two weeks. The USDA risk assessment included the possibility of additional BSE cases in Canada and although USDA initially stated that the new cases would not change implementation of the new rule, USDA has dispatched a technical team to provide some additional review of the situation in Canada. Any of these legal or administrative actions could result in delayed implementation of the rule.
The market most likely to be impacted significantly is the cull cow market. At the current time, this is the only cattle market still entirely closed as no cows or meat from animals over 30 months of age is allowed into the U.S. The proposed rule would allow meat from animals over 30 months of age but not cows. Thus, a portion of Canadian slaughter facilities would likely be redirected to cow slaughter. This further implies that part of the anticipated increase in fed cattle imports would be offset by a reduction in fed beef imports that are currently being shipped to the U.S.
The proposed rule would allow feeder cattle to be imported only if they are fed at designated feedlots and then moved directly to slaughter (the animals must be under 30 months of age at the time of slaughter). Some pressure on feeder and fed prices is expected but much of the impact in these markets has already been incorporated into the markets. A certain date of border opening would further ease the transition of these markets, with much of the impact occurring in advance of the actual opening of the border. It is in the cow market that the greatest imbalance exists and where much less can be done to smooth the impacts of the border opening.
Signs of impending calving in cows or heifers
As the calving season approaches, the cows will show typical signs that will indicate parturition is imminent. Changes that are gradually seen are udder development, or making bag and the relaxation and swelling of the vulva or “springing”. These indicate the cow is due to calve in the near future. There is much difference between individuals in the development of these signs and certainly age is a factor.
The first calf heifer, particularly in the heavy milking breeds, develops udder for a very long time, sometimes for two or three months before parturition. The springing can be highly variable too. Most people notice that Brahman-influence cattle seem to “spring” much more than do cattle of other breeds. Typically, in the immediate 2 weeks preceding calving, springing becomes more evident, the udder is filling, and one of the things that might be seen is the loss of the cervical plug. This is a very thick tenacious, mucous material hanging from the vulva. It may be seen pooling behind the cow when she is lying down. Some people mistakenly think this happens immediately before calving, but in fact this can be seen weeks before parturition and therefore is only another sign that the calving season is here.
The immediate signs that usually occur within 24 hours of calving would be relaxation of the pelvic ligaments and strutting of the teats. These can be fairly dependable for the owner that watches his cows several times a day during the calving season. The casual observer or even the professional who is knowledgeable of the signs but sees the herd infrequently cannot accurately predict calving time from these signs. The relaxation of the pelvic ligaments really can not be observed in fat cows, (body condition score 7 or greater). However, relaxation of the ligaments can be seen very clearly in thin or moderate body condition cows and can be a clue of parturition within the next 12 - 24 hours. Relaxation of the pelvic ligaments is a sign the producer or herdsman can best use to more closely pinpoint calving time. Strutting of the teats is not really very dependable. Some heavy milking cows will have strutting of the teats as much as two or three days before calving and on the other hand, a thin poor milking cow may calve without strutting of the teats. Another thing that might be seen in the immediate 12 hours before calving would be variable behavior such as a cow that does not come up to eat, or a cow that isolates herself into a particular corner of the pasture. However, some cows have few behavioral changes until the parturition process starts. Source: Calving Management, OSU Extension Circular E-906.
Keep'n a promise....
Click here for Jon's Photo Albums.... and then be sure to check out Jonathan, Randi, and Kaitlyn's new blog design and musings....
Hey... Jon... I kept my promise... haha.. finally!!!!
Hey... Jon... I kept my promise... haha.. finally!!!!
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
From Uncle Ivan comes this gem....
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the
room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He
said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He
proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air. Well, he replied, "What if I do this?" And he
dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He
picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands
went into the air. My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No
matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in
value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled,
and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come
our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or
what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or
finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our
lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE. You are special-
Don't EVER forget it." If you do not pass this on, you may never know the lives it
touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can bring. Count your
blessings, not your problems. And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals built the Titanic. If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He
said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He
proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air. Well, he replied, "What if I do this?" And he
dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He
picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands
went into the air. My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No
matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in
value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled,
and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come
our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or
what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or
finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our
lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE. You are special-
Don't EVER forget it." If you do not pass this on, you may never know the lives it
touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can bring. Count your
blessings, not your problems. And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals built the Titanic. If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
Not too much going on....
we are awaiting the arrival of yet another winter storm, but this time maybe not too bad. Lot's of moisture this winter, sure hope we have some for the summer grasses too. Jake's been tending cattle and doing an outstanding job. He really likes messing 'round with cattle! And is really good at it. We have a neighbor, Fred Shultz, who has one of the most modern ranches in the southwest as far as technology goes, and Jake has been helping and learning from him this winter, too. Fred's mom is not doing very well, is terminal with leukemia, so we have offered to help him many times, as he offered when Dad was failing too.
Phil called Sunday afternoon to inform us of a great show on RFD TV... about trains... I love them, guess it's the kid in me, but I still remember the station at El Reno when we would take cream there to put on the train for Enid... the sound, the smell, how big things were... and have always loved toy trains.. but never had one... My cousin Larry Moffat did, and I used to love going there and lie on the floor and watch the smoke come out of the stack... Ann and I got Andrew a couple of videos on the 100 year anniversary of Lionel Trains.. seems they are the only toy company in America that has lasted 100 years.. but anyway... got lost..haha
The show he told us to watch... sure made me warm, toasty warm, as it featured a line of trains.. 3 steam engines pushing a diesel engine with a Snow Blower in front of it... through drifts higher than the engines, wow, to clear the tracks... Just unbelievable how it all works, the whistles, the smoke, the blowing snow, the scenic view, was just awesome! Thanks Phil for sharing!!
Have not heard a thing from Uncle Calvin and Aunt Agnes Siegrist in California... wonder how his treatment is going? Maybe we will hear something soon. I have sent them tons of emails.. maybe they are not getting them there.
Have not heard from Uncle Ivan and Aunt Freda either, but on this deal... haha, I think Jake is going to call them and check in...
Heather and Paul are feeding out some pigs, and are going to give us one... to eat... can not wait. Bet they are really "tastey". Andrew is helping feed them too. Other day Paul showed him second gear and reverse in his electric gator, and the report is ... he now flies around the yard, etc... but guess it was a hoot at first cause he didn't know it would go fast, and when they upped the speed.. his face as total amazement!!
Think too that there is a Birthday coming up on the 15th. Heard it was Ms. Tammy's Birthday... Oh how I love family birthdays... not for the years.. but selfishly for the food.. hahah....... but!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy the day!!
Phil called Sunday afternoon to inform us of a great show on RFD TV... about trains... I love them, guess it's the kid in me, but I still remember the station at El Reno when we would take cream there to put on the train for Enid... the sound, the smell, how big things were... and have always loved toy trains.. but never had one... My cousin Larry Moffat did, and I used to love going there and lie on the floor and watch the smoke come out of the stack... Ann and I got Andrew a couple of videos on the 100 year anniversary of Lionel Trains.. seems they are the only toy company in America that has lasted 100 years.. but anyway... got lost..haha
The show he told us to watch... sure made me warm, toasty warm, as it featured a line of trains.. 3 steam engines pushing a diesel engine with a Snow Blower in front of it... through drifts higher than the engines, wow, to clear the tracks... Just unbelievable how it all works, the whistles, the smoke, the blowing snow, the scenic view, was just awesome! Thanks Phil for sharing!!
Have not heard a thing from Uncle Calvin and Aunt Agnes Siegrist in California... wonder how his treatment is going? Maybe we will hear something soon. I have sent them tons of emails.. maybe they are not getting them there.
Have not heard from Uncle Ivan and Aunt Freda either, but on this deal... haha, I think Jake is going to call them and check in...
Heather and Paul are feeding out some pigs, and are going to give us one... to eat... can not wait. Bet they are really "tastey". Andrew is helping feed them too. Other day Paul showed him second gear and reverse in his electric gator, and the report is ... he now flies around the yard, etc... but guess it was a hoot at first cause he didn't know it would go fast, and when they upped the speed.. his face as total amazement!!
Think too that there is a Birthday coming up on the 15th. Heard it was Ms. Tammy's Birthday... Oh how I love family birthdays... not for the years.. but selfishly for the food.. hahah....... but!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enjoy the day!!
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
-Pete Seeger
Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.
-Pete Seeger
Monday, January 10, 2005
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
--Dale Carnegie
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
--Dale Carnegie
I found another gem of a young lady we saw last Saturday night... thought I would share it with you all too... Kaitlyn Brooke Moffat at 77 days.. Looks like another nice day here. Not to much happening, but I have to much awaited paper work to get done and some new to start, called taxes... haha. Looks like Oklahoma will be in for a bunch of bad weather this coming weekend. I really feel for the animals.. cattle, etc. But not for Ann's wild birds... she takes really good care of them, and we love watching them at the many feeders she has scattered around the yard. Enjoy the day!
Cheese "steak" Pizza, it's soooo goooood!!!
Cheese "steak" Pizza
Ingredients:
1 lbs ground beef
1 small onion, sliced thin, separated into rings
1 small green or red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 package (16 ounces) thick pre-baked pizza crust (12-inch)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions:
Heat oven to 400°F. Brown ground beef in large nonstick skillet over medium heat 6 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper; cook until beef is not pink and vegetables are crisp-tender, breaking beef up into small crumbles. Pour off drippings; season with salt and pepper.
Place pizza crust on baking sheet. Top with beef mixture, then cheese. Bake in 400°F oven 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
From Beef Council
Ingredients:
1 lbs ground beef
1 small onion, sliced thin, separated into rings
1 small green or red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 package (16 ounces) thick pre-baked pizza crust (12-inch)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions:
Heat oven to 400°F. Brown ground beef in large nonstick skillet over medium heat 6 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper; cook until beef is not pink and vegetables are crisp-tender, breaking beef up into small crumbles. Pour off drippings; season with salt and pepper.
Place pizza crust on baking sheet. Top with beef mixture, then cheese. Bake in 400°F oven 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
From Beef Council
Sunday, January 09, 2005
The Rose King.....
The Rose King....
Some of you all love to garden and work in your yard. The following is written by Paul Odle, Sr. who lives in the Lawton - Ft. Sill Veteran's Center. I found it interesting, both for the history of things around Enid in days past.. and his knowledge of roses... Enjoy!!
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The Rose King
This morning very early a very special daughter came out to have breakfast with me and brought me the most beautiful Mr. Lincoln Rose’s. The Rose were a very dark red almost black color with the greenest leaves, the rose buds and the leaves were so perfectly shaped that you could imagine that an artist very carefully painted them. The Red roses were surrounded by breath taking tiny white “baby breath?flowers. The Bouquet was professionally arranged in a pure crystal vase. As I glanced at the bouquet of breath taking roses I could hear them quietly whispering “I love you dad!?
The rose brought back many fond memories to a time and a place where we lived when this same special daughter was about two years old. The City was Enid in the County of Garfield in the beautiful state of Oklahoma, the year was 1959 or 1960, and I had bought my first house at 725 Malone Street.
Malone Street was a short Street two blocks long lined with big tall beautiful tree’s with lots of pretty birds singing their little hearts out. At that time it was a nice quiet place to live. I loved living there.
At that time in my life I worked for a Company by the name of Evans Cut-Rite Drug; they were the only discount store in North West Oklahoma at that time. They would bring in a couple of cases of bare route rose bushes, two cases of shrubs and two cases of trees. I stared putting them on the shelves and people were picking them up out of the cases and buying them, we were sold out in two hours. We had purchased these number one plants from a nursery in Shenandoah, Iowa. I called that Company and doubled the order. Every time I sold out in a few hours I would double the last order. That year we sold more rose bushes, shrubs, and trees than had ever been sold in that store. At that time I knew very little about bare route plants.
Mr. BILL LABARTHE of Pond creek, Oklahoma sold us the plants and he also sold us Alaskan Fish Emulsion a plant fertilizer that would not burn your plants. Old Bill was quite a Character, he owned and operated the Movie Theatre in Pond Creek, and he tested roses for several big Nurseries?in the US. He lived on Main Street. BILL had a rose garden in his front yard. BILL LA BARTHE and I become good friends. He taught me everything he knew about roses. And he helped me plant my first rose garden. He also gave me the name of a book that told you everything you needed to known about planting and caring for roses. I bought that book and read it. I had that book until Dec. 17,2003 when I moved to the LAWTON/FORT SILL VETERANS RETIREMENT CENTER.
It was not two long before I had a Rose Garden of two hundred different rose bushes. I was asked to talk to Garden Clubs about growing roses. One year I was voted ROSE KING OF GARFIELD COUNTY and was presented with a jacket with a big Red Rose on the back with rhinestones out lining the Rose, above the rose it said PAUL ODLE and below the Rose it read ROSE KING OF GARFIELD COUNTY. I was very proud of that honor and that Jacket.
Every home I ever owned I landscaped the front and back yard and I always had a Rose Garden with two hundred different rose bushes. All of my roses had different names and I knew their names.
DEAN SHIRLEY the Professor of Botany at PHILIPS UNIVERSITY, Enid, Oklahoma and his wife Mrs. Shirley and The Botany Professor of Oklahoma University, Norman Oklahoma and his wife who was President of the American Rose Society for this District would come once a year to tour my gardens. In the 1970’s and 1980’s busloads of Garden Clubs from all over the state would come tour my gardens. Roses have always been a big part of my life. I still like to have my life ROSEY. “Life is just a bed of Roses.?lt;/P>
Good soil preparation is the most important thing to growing rose’s or any other plant. If you do this to your ground long before you purchase your roses and plants you will have lots of big blooms. Steak out your rose garden in a spot that will get the morning sun. Dig down three foot deep throwing your dirt to the side and removing any grass or weeds. After you have your garden dug up to three feet deep; lay a layer of small pieces of rock in the bottom of the hole. Then put a layer of soil over the rock. Add a layer of dried peat moss over the dirt. Then add a layer of dirt over the peat moss. Next add a layer of sterilized manure over the dirt. Add a layer of dirt and then a layer of cottonseed hauls. Keep repeating this dirt, peat moss. Dirt, Sterilized manure, dirt, cottonseed hauls, dirt until your garden is at ground level.
The months of January, February, and March is the time to plant bare route plants after March you need to plant potted roses, shrubs and trees. When planting roses you want to plant them two foot a part, digging a hole 1 ?Ft deep throwing the dirt into a wheel barrel, the hole needs to be 1 ?foot across. Make a mound in the center of hole, with pruning shears cut the roses back to 6 or 8 inches being careful to cut the stem just above a thorn, cutting it on a slant. If you want the plant to grow out slant the cut out, if you want the plant to grow in cut the stem above the thorn facing inward.
Take a hold of the plant by the knot (Heart) sitting the knot on top of the mound of dirt spreading the routes around the mound, pat dirt on top of the routes, fill hole up with water, when all water has drained out of the hole fill up hole with dirt, water the dirt in and then mound up dirt around the crown/heart and wet down with water, so that your rose bush dose not freeze. Before planting bare route plants you should soak the routes in a tub or bucket of water. Potted roses is a different story, you dig a hole deep enough for the pot making sure that the crown is growned level. You Carefully remove the pot without disturbing the dirt around the plant. Fill the hole in with dirt and water the plant in good. If you want to mulch the top of your rose garden SUGAR CANE HAULS make a beautiful ground cover.
By Paul L.Odle, Sr.
Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center
Some of you all love to garden and work in your yard. The following is written by Paul Odle, Sr. who lives in the Lawton - Ft. Sill Veteran's Center. I found it interesting, both for the history of things around Enid in days past.. and his knowledge of roses... Enjoy!!
~~~~~~~~~~~
The Rose King
This morning very early a very special daughter came out to have breakfast with me and brought me the most beautiful Mr. Lincoln Rose’s. The Rose were a very dark red almost black color with the greenest leaves, the rose buds and the leaves were so perfectly shaped that you could imagine that an artist very carefully painted them. The Red roses were surrounded by breath taking tiny white “baby breath?flowers. The Bouquet was professionally arranged in a pure crystal vase. As I glanced at the bouquet of breath taking roses I could hear them quietly whispering “I love you dad!?
The rose brought back many fond memories to a time and a place where we lived when this same special daughter was about two years old. The City was Enid in the County of Garfield in the beautiful state of Oklahoma, the year was 1959 or 1960, and I had bought my first house at 725 Malone Street.
Malone Street was a short Street two blocks long lined with big tall beautiful tree’s with lots of pretty birds singing their little hearts out. At that time it was a nice quiet place to live. I loved living there.
At that time in my life I worked for a Company by the name of Evans Cut-Rite Drug; they were the only discount store in North West Oklahoma at that time. They would bring in a couple of cases of bare route rose bushes, two cases of shrubs and two cases of trees. I stared putting them on the shelves and people were picking them up out of the cases and buying them, we were sold out in two hours. We had purchased these number one plants from a nursery in Shenandoah, Iowa. I called that Company and doubled the order. Every time I sold out in a few hours I would double the last order. That year we sold more rose bushes, shrubs, and trees than had ever been sold in that store. At that time I knew very little about bare route plants.
Mr. BILL LABARTHE of Pond creek, Oklahoma sold us the plants and he also sold us Alaskan Fish Emulsion a plant fertilizer that would not burn your plants. Old Bill was quite a Character, he owned and operated the Movie Theatre in Pond Creek, and he tested roses for several big Nurseries?in the US. He lived on Main Street. BILL had a rose garden in his front yard. BILL LA BARTHE and I become good friends. He taught me everything he knew about roses. And he helped me plant my first rose garden. He also gave me the name of a book that told you everything you needed to known about planting and caring for roses. I bought that book and read it. I had that book until Dec. 17,2003 when I moved to the LAWTON/FORT SILL VETERANS RETIREMENT CENTER.
It was not two long before I had a Rose Garden of two hundred different rose bushes. I was asked to talk to Garden Clubs about growing roses. One year I was voted ROSE KING OF GARFIELD COUNTY and was presented with a jacket with a big Red Rose on the back with rhinestones out lining the Rose, above the rose it said PAUL ODLE and below the Rose it read ROSE KING OF GARFIELD COUNTY. I was very proud of that honor and that Jacket.
Every home I ever owned I landscaped the front and back yard and I always had a Rose Garden with two hundred different rose bushes. All of my roses had different names and I knew their names.
DEAN SHIRLEY the Professor of Botany at PHILIPS UNIVERSITY, Enid, Oklahoma and his wife Mrs. Shirley and The Botany Professor of Oklahoma University, Norman Oklahoma and his wife who was President of the American Rose Society for this District would come once a year to tour my gardens. In the 1970’s and 1980’s busloads of Garden Clubs from all over the state would come tour my gardens. Roses have always been a big part of my life. I still like to have my life ROSEY. “Life is just a bed of Roses.?lt;/P>
Good soil preparation is the most important thing to growing rose’s or any other plant. If you do this to your ground long before you purchase your roses and plants you will have lots of big blooms. Steak out your rose garden in a spot that will get the morning sun. Dig down three foot deep throwing your dirt to the side and removing any grass or weeds. After you have your garden dug up to three feet deep; lay a layer of small pieces of rock in the bottom of the hole. Then put a layer of soil over the rock. Add a layer of dried peat moss over the dirt. Then add a layer of dirt over the peat moss. Next add a layer of sterilized manure over the dirt. Add a layer of dirt and then a layer of cottonseed hauls. Keep repeating this dirt, peat moss. Dirt, Sterilized manure, dirt, cottonseed hauls, dirt until your garden is at ground level.
The months of January, February, and March is the time to plant bare route plants after March you need to plant potted roses, shrubs and trees. When planting roses you want to plant them two foot a part, digging a hole 1 ?Ft deep throwing the dirt into a wheel barrel, the hole needs to be 1 ?foot across. Make a mound in the center of hole, with pruning shears cut the roses back to 6 or 8 inches being careful to cut the stem just above a thorn, cutting it on a slant. If you want the plant to grow out slant the cut out, if you want the plant to grow in cut the stem above the thorn facing inward.
Take a hold of the plant by the knot (Heart) sitting the knot on top of the mound of dirt spreading the routes around the mound, pat dirt on top of the routes, fill hole up with water, when all water has drained out of the hole fill up hole with dirt, water the dirt in and then mound up dirt around the crown/heart and wet down with water, so that your rose bush dose not freeze. Before planting bare route plants you should soak the routes in a tub or bucket of water. Potted roses is a different story, you dig a hole deep enough for the pot making sure that the crown is growned level. You Carefully remove the pot without disturbing the dirt around the plant. Fill the hole in with dirt and water the plant in good. If you want to mulch the top of your rose garden SUGAR CANE HAULS make a beautiful ground cover.
By Paul L.Odle, Sr.
Lawton/Fort Sill Veterans Center
Kaitlyn Brooke Moffat at 77 Days old, with Grandma Moffat at Kaitlyn's home.
OH MY Kaitlyn is really growing... Ann, Jake and I ran down to Roff and had dinner with Jon, Randi and Kaitlyn last night. She is really growing like a weed! Kaitlyn wants to set up all the time, or stand. She is really pulling herself up as much as she can and one will allow! She has discovered her tongue, and it's cool. She "feels" the air with it, etc.
The trip was good for all of us. Jake nor Ann nor I "killed" each other going down or back!! And dinner was awesome. Not sure the name of the place, but it was real Mexician Food, lots of it, and very reasonable in price! So unusual in these times!! Needless to say, we ate our fill, enjoyed the awesome company of Ms. Kaitlyn, who was very well behaved!! We encouraged Jon and Randi to enjoy it while they could, because that will change, haha... Having raised 4, we feel like old pro's ... haha.. Hey, now you stop that laughing at us!!!! haha.
The kids played games later, Grandma fed Kaitlyn, and I "SMASHED" the after bottle she presented to us later!! With the nice weather outside for the moment, and the company we were in, we felt like we were on top of the world.
Twas a great visit, and we headed home late, arrived safely, and wished the visit could have been longer!
Nice day here today, supposed to be in the 50's and 60's; however, that to will change in a a few days as another round of ole man winter is expected.
Everyone, enjoy the day!!!
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Got another wonderful note from Ann's Aunt Thelma Shaklee Wiseman....
Gosh, it's like old home week when we get a note from family... everyone stops doing what they are doing and all gather round while the emails read... Thanks to everyone for sending along your emails, we appreciate it very much!!!
And in this regard, we just got a note from our Aunt Thelma Shaklee Wiseman in Lawton, who sends along this....
Hello!!!!.......
The holidays are over now to look forward to next year. HA. The Friday before Christmas, Raymond Lee and Cyndy brought their grandchild Riley down to see us, we enjoyed her so much, and it had snowed, she really enjoyed playing in the snow. Her daddy has remarrried so we only get to be with her when she visits here granddad. On Saturday Lyndal and Marsha, the girls Erin and Ashley came. Ray's son, Trevor and wife and 3 boys came on New Years Day so our celebration was spread out, enjoyed every minute. The twins, Dawson and Dalton, are 5, their brother,Devin, is 3 yrs. You ask him how old he is and he says 5, he thinks he is old as his brothers. Ha
Hope you all are doing okay. We are doing okay, I had the bug about two weeks before Christmas, but doing okay now.
I'm not used to staying home all day, so I may be pulling my hair out by night time.
Hope you all are feeling okay. Aunt Thelma
Just wanted to share this with everyone... Really great to hear from Aunt Thelma. I am trying to get all the family genealogy into a program and then on cd for everyone to have and she has some much needed information. She's a hoot, and we look forward to seeing her again...
All for now, enjoy the day, and stay warm!!!! yuck...
And in this regard, we just got a note from our Aunt Thelma Shaklee Wiseman in Lawton, who sends along this....
Hello!!!!.......
The holidays are over now to look forward to next year. HA. The Friday before Christmas, Raymond Lee and Cyndy brought their grandchild Riley down to see us, we enjoyed her so much, and it had snowed, she really enjoyed playing in the snow. Her daddy has remarrried so we only get to be with her when she visits here granddad. On Saturday Lyndal and Marsha, the girls Erin and Ashley came. Ray's son, Trevor and wife and 3 boys came on New Years Day so our celebration was spread out, enjoyed every minute. The twins, Dawson and Dalton, are 5, their brother,Devin, is 3 yrs. You ask him how old he is and he says 5, he thinks he is old as his brothers. Ha
Hope you all are doing okay. We are doing okay, I had the bug about two weeks before Christmas, but doing okay now.
I'm not used to staying home all day, so I may be pulling my hair out by night time.
Hope you all are feeling okay. Aunt Thelma
Just wanted to share this with everyone... Really great to hear from Aunt Thelma. I am trying to get all the family genealogy into a program and then on cd for everyone to have and she has some much needed information. She's a hoot, and we look forward to seeing her again...
All for now, enjoy the day, and stay warm!!!! yuck...
got a neat note last evening from Eric Schiltz...
Some of you know Cousin Eric Shiltz, who started the Wormy Dog's... and recently sold the one in OKC, from having watched Jake play there over the years... Anyway, Eric sendings us his regards, he is in Des Moines, Iowa, and loves what he is doing. I forgot to ask him what that was. He said his Mom, Lana Beth Shaklee Schiltz, is now moved to OKC and doing well. Lann Beth and Ann are cousins actually... Anyway, just wanted to let you all know... Eric's been found..haha... Great to hear from him...
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Got a great note from Ward Shaklee.... and Melanie...
I was not sure that I have posted this photo from Ward and Melanie Shaklee, Melborne, Florida. This is Ann's younger brother and wife. They are a very neat couple, and live toooooo far away... we miss them and think of them often. We received a note from them and I wanted to post it ....
Ward writes:
Thanks, looking forward to looking at some pictures when I had more hair. ........
I came down with a bronchial viral infection before Thanksgiving and ended up missing a few days of work. Dr put me on Z-pack, and went thru two and half prescriptions, then was put on a penicillian antibiotic for eight days when the doctor finally concluded it was viral and not bacterial. Think my traveling between Thanksgiving and Christmas didn't help the recover timeline, and then ended up giving it to Melanie around the 22nd of Dec. We were both down thru the who holiday period and didn't go out except to get more Robitussion and other medications. We felt like real medicine-heads. Just starting to get better and Melanie is about two weeks behind my recovery, she has been better about resting to recover.
Felt like we did not really have a vacation period since we were sick the whole time. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Headed to DC tomorrow afternoon for some meetings with the Army and Navy on two of our programs.
Let us know how everyone is doing .................
Take care and thanks for staying in touch.
Best wishes,
Ward and Melanie
Wonder if it's colder in Norman than what the air temp says????? goodness, geeze..... OU must have never left the airport to go to Bowl...
Here is a one time treat for everyone!! This is, back row, Mom's brother Calvin and Agnes Siegrist of El Reno, yours truly, Elinore Mae Siegrist Moffat and Oscar... Mom and Dad, and in the front with my Grandparents Jake Siegrist and Maude Clifton Snethen Siegrist is ... L to R my nephews Kent and David Siegrist and me sis.. Marilyn Kay Moffat. Probably taken around 1963 - 1964 time period.
Well, the ice is here, roads getting bad, ground turning white. Lots of rain overnight. Now it's in the 20's as the moisture falls and weights down the electric lines, and tree limbs. Poor animals...
I wonder if it's colder in Norman, with OU football team returning there today.. could be REALLY cold there, hummmmm.....
Heather went to work this morning, called about 7 and told me to get Ann on her way if she was coming... but before Ann could leave, the University closed down. It is really bad when OSU closed down.. really bad!!!
Mom is ok. Said nothing is froze up or not working. That's good for everyone!!
All for now.. have a great day!!!
Got a note from Ward and Melanie and will post it later today.... Really great to hear from them!!
off to the racessssssssssssssssss......
Today's Quote....
Today's Quote
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out – it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
-Robert Service
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out – it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
-Robert Service
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Well, here we set waiting for OU to win and the ICE to start forming... yuck!!
This is really not what we had in mind on the night of the big OU game. But maybe it is an omen!! Maybe Hell will freeze over and OU will in big time.. and the ice will not come.... oh what a great thought!!
But at this writing, Michael has already called Ann and told her that all the family up there around Jet has lost electric, with it going off about 3:20pm this afternoon due to heavy icing of the power lines. He and Jerry Ray went over to Aunt Mert's and hooked up her generator so she would have electricity anyway.
So rock on.. and Let's go Sooners.. make us proud!! (like we are not... haha!)
How 'bout OSU hiring from within?!! Can not believe it, but anyway... looks like the same ole good ole boys are running things and keeping it, whatever that is, in the family!!! Just wished they would have looked around... but that is only one opinion of many.. haha.. time will tell...
LATER ALL..... ENJOY THE NIGHT!!!
But at this writing, Michael has already called Ann and told her that all the family up there around Jet has lost electric, with it going off about 3:20pm this afternoon due to heavy icing of the power lines. He and Jerry Ray went over to Aunt Mert's and hooked up her generator so she would have electricity anyway.
So rock on.. and Let's go Sooners.. make us proud!! (like we are not... haha!)
How 'bout OSU hiring from within?!! Can not believe it, but anyway... looks like the same ole good ole boys are running things and keeping it, whatever that is, in the family!!! Just wished they would have looked around... but that is only one opinion of many.. haha.. time will tell...
LATER ALL..... ENJOY THE NIGHT!!!
And you thought the election was tough...... haha....
Clipping of the Day
From The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio), 04 January 1838, page 3:
PARLIAMENTARY USAGE IN ARKANSAS
On Monday, the 4th instant, a member upon the floor of the Arkansas House of Representatives having thrown out some allusion personal towards the Speaker, that personage sprang from the Chair with a drawn Bowie Knife, and laid the offender dead at his feet. The murdered member, before he received his death wound, almost severed the hands of the Speaker from his arm, and severely cut the other hand. The Speaker was forthwith arrested by the civil authorities, and his name stricken from the roll of the House, by a nearly unanimous vote. He is pronounced "an amiable gentleman." We are not aware of the standard of amiability in Arkansas.---Journal & Register.
From The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio), 04 January 1838, page 3:
PARLIAMENTARY USAGE IN ARKANSAS
On Monday, the 4th instant, a member upon the floor of the Arkansas House of Representatives having thrown out some allusion personal towards the Speaker, that personage sprang from the Chair with a drawn Bowie Knife, and laid the offender dead at his feet. The murdered member, before he received his death wound, almost severed the hands of the Speaker from his arm, and severely cut the other hand. The Speaker was forthwith arrested by the civil authorities, and his name stricken from the roll of the House, by a nearly unanimous vote. He is pronounced "an amiable gentleman." We are not aware of the standard of amiability in Arkansas.---Journal & Register.
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.
-Unknown
The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back.
-Unknown
Monday, January 03, 2005
An article about Nathan "Bud" Payne, Barber to the world, from Stillwater, OK.
This is an article from the Perkins Journal about our neighbor and friend Nathan "Bud" Payne. He, and his now ex wife Margine Payne, stood up with Ann and I when we were married many years ago. It has been an honor to know Nathan! Believe me, when I say this, there is not another person like him around. Just ask any OSU graduate since 1958! Odds are they had their hair cut by him, especially if they were a dollar short and a day late! If not cut by him, they usually knew him, and his shop on the "Strip" in Stillwater, OK. Many a horse been broken by Bud,and many a young man been saved by him, too! He is indeed a legend, one of a kind! Enjoy the day!
Posted by PCCPA
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
The ultimate test of a man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
-Gaylord Nelson
The ultimate test of a man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
-Gaylord Nelson
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Here's a special photo taken by Jonathan.... of Kaitlyn Brooke...
A gift from Jonathan and Randi..... enjoy~!!
How about Texas????
What a win in the Rose Bowl! Guess if you wanted that to happened, it never would.
Can you imagine the pressure on the kicker, who was smiling and laughing before he kicked the final field goal to win the game by ONE point!!!
Holy Moly.... haha... wow... and Iowa's one point win... some good football out there.... and a great game yet to come... "we hope"!!!
Enjoy the day!!
Can you imagine the pressure on the kicker, who was smiling and laughing before he kicked the final field goal to win the game by ONE point!!!
Holy Moly.... haha... wow... and Iowa's one point win... some good football out there.... and a great game yet to come... "we hope"!!!
Enjoy the day!!
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Three musketeers, haha, .........
Sometimes you just have to work with what you have.... I remember my father saying that many times over the years.... haha... None of these three like their pictures taken..haha... but I managed to get them all together and get one when no one was looking... or so I thought..haha.. This is Mike Shaklee, David Shaklee, and Paul
Blankinship! Think they are still waiting to get through the food line!!!
Can not say it enough, we really enjoyed everyone who came last night.. thanks...
and enjoy the day!
Great Aunt Terry with Kaitlyn.... enjoying the evening..
Look who is holding Kaitlyn Brooke! Yelp, it's Terry, wife of her Grand Uncle David Shaklee from Lahoma, OK. It was awesome having them visit last night!!!
A great time had by all New Years Eve, Ann's Birthday, 2004, now welcome 2005!!
Oh what a night!!!
Well, in fact this old man was up till 12:30am! Been a spell since I have seen that time, ha-ha. Used to be there a lot!
I think Ann had a great birthday, for number 58, and we all had a great time seeing everyone last night! David and Terry Shaklee from Lahoma, OK., Ann’s baby brother by not too much time… came over and brought with them Mike Shaklee from Helena, OK., Ann’s older brother by not too much time, ha-ha. It was really great having them in our home. And Grandma Moffat came over with Jonathan, who had went down to visit with her in the afternoon. And Jonathan and Randi and Kaitlyn Moffat came up from Roff and spent the day and night and we are still visiting this am at this writing. Kaitlyn is really a neat lil’ lady, sleeping long periods of time and never ever really fusing much. Marilyn dropped in with a bunch of goodies and a letter from Dr. Tom Munon, the first vet from OSU to visit our farm on Western Street in Stillwater, after we moved there in 1962, who send a nice little note about Dad to her for all of us to read. Then Phillip and Tammy and Austyn Moffat came over and the spread on the table was really growing, and the house filling with folks having a great time visiting… and then Paul, Heather and Andrew Blankinship came over, the table and cabinets were full of food and to that we added Ann’s famous homemade Chili… hot and mild… and we had a feast of feast!!
Off and on throughout the evening, David, Ann, Mike and Terry and Paul and Jake and others looked at the many Shaklee photos we have added online, and they are going to help put comments on them for others to know who all is in the photos, etc.
The food was great. Then Ann opened her presents and received, according to her, more than she deserved, but we know better! She is the one saving grace in our family. And we know it!! And love her bunches! (but she did get some really neat things!!)
Then we visited and visited... and then it was time for David, Terry and Mike to head home, and then we lost others ... and by midnight, it was Paul playing video games with Jake, Heather and Ann and I and Randi visiting, Jonathan still moaning about eating too much, and Andrew wanting his turn at the video games… Kaitlyn was sleeping and never complained about us being too loud, etc.
And now it’s the next morning and we are up and going and eating again.. and again!!! Jon, Randi and Kaitlyn are still here, and Jon and Jake are on the video games, can you here them at your home??? Goodness gracious land sakes alive!!!
So all in all, we had a great New Years eve, a great birthday for Ann, and a wonderful time with all spending it with those we love!!
It has been in the 60’s for the last few days and nights. The trees are trying to bud out again, and the animals can not decide whether to grow long hair or shed and be in their summer coats! We can’t either. And it is to be this way through next week… highs in the 60’s and 70’s and lows in the 60’s with a chance of rain each day... then the bottom falls out by next weekend with lows in the teens, and highs below freezing…
Heard Heather and Paul say they are still putting tin on their goat barn today… not sure what everyone else is doing…
So to one and all, happy New Year!!! Have a glorious and prosperous New Year…..
Enjoy the day!!
Well, in fact this old man was up till 12:30am! Been a spell since I have seen that time, ha-ha. Used to be there a lot!
I think Ann had a great birthday, for number 58, and we all had a great time seeing everyone last night! David and Terry Shaklee from Lahoma, OK., Ann’s baby brother by not too much time… came over and brought with them Mike Shaklee from Helena, OK., Ann’s older brother by not too much time, ha-ha. It was really great having them in our home. And Grandma Moffat came over with Jonathan, who had went down to visit with her in the afternoon. And Jonathan and Randi and Kaitlyn Moffat came up from Roff and spent the day and night and we are still visiting this am at this writing. Kaitlyn is really a neat lil’ lady, sleeping long periods of time and never ever really fusing much. Marilyn dropped in with a bunch of goodies and a letter from Dr. Tom Munon, the first vet from OSU to visit our farm on Western Street in Stillwater, after we moved there in 1962, who send a nice little note about Dad to her for all of us to read. Then Phillip and Tammy and Austyn Moffat came over and the spread on the table was really growing, and the house filling with folks having a great time visiting… and then Paul, Heather and Andrew Blankinship came over, the table and cabinets were full of food and to that we added Ann’s famous homemade Chili… hot and mild… and we had a feast of feast!!
Off and on throughout the evening, David, Ann, Mike and Terry and Paul and Jake and others looked at the many Shaklee photos we have added online, and they are going to help put comments on them for others to know who all is in the photos, etc.
The food was great. Then Ann opened her presents and received, according to her, more than she deserved, but we know better! She is the one saving grace in our family. And we know it!! And love her bunches! (but she did get some really neat things!!)
Then we visited and visited... and then it was time for David, Terry and Mike to head home, and then we lost others ... and by midnight, it was Paul playing video games with Jake, Heather and Ann and I and Randi visiting, Jonathan still moaning about eating too much, and Andrew wanting his turn at the video games… Kaitlyn was sleeping and never complained about us being too loud, etc.
And now it’s the next morning and we are up and going and eating again.. and again!!! Jon, Randi and Kaitlyn are still here, and Jon and Jake are on the video games, can you here them at your home??? Goodness gracious land sakes alive!!!
So all in all, we had a great New Years eve, a great birthday for Ann, and a wonderful time with all spending it with those we love!!
It has been in the 60’s for the last few days and nights. The trees are trying to bud out again, and the animals can not decide whether to grow long hair or shed and be in their summer coats! We can’t either. And it is to be this way through next week… highs in the 60’s and 70’s and lows in the 60’s with a chance of rain each day... then the bottom falls out by next weekend with lows in the teens, and highs below freezing…
Heard Heather and Paul say they are still putting tin on their goat barn today… not sure what everyone else is doing…
So to one and all, happy New Year!!! Have a glorious and prosperous New Year…..
Enjoy the day!!
HAPPY 2005 TO ONE AND ALL......
Happy New Year.................... to one and all... may it be rewarding, prosperous, and gratifying as your dreams come true!
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