Monday, the start of the week! We'll today I substituted in a Ag communications class for 8th graders. A question was ask what does the population growing have an effect on agriculture? Their answers were: I have no ideal! They didn't even know what effect their eating had on the farming and ranching industry. I ask do you eat? Who gets you food? Where does the food come from that you eat? They still could not put 2 and 2 together. In their minds food comes from the store and that it will always be there and they really couldn't tell me why farmers were affected by the population. One kid spoke up and said he didn't want to be a farmer because they didn't make any money. I ask him how did he know they didn't make money and he said because all farmers are skinny!!!! He thought that they where skinny because they didn't have much food to eat. We all know that if there is a skinny farmer its because he works to hard and truly there are not many skinny farmers or ranchers because their wife's are usually really good cooks!!!
Today was a hard day for my oldest away at college, you know we have a good life but it is very sheltered and that world is hard to take sometimes. I know she will get past it and adjust but you sure wish you could make it all work like home.
My son is taking Sr. pictures Wed. and we are trying to find the right shirts to wear! Boy is that a chore. Only button up shirts for him! I guess that the rancher in him!
Kids are feeding, I am cooking supper and who knows where that rancher is that I married, but I wouldn't trade it or him for all the money in the world, I guess you only understand that if your a ranchers wife!
Until next time!