Heavenly Father Sent Us Two Black Cows

Cutest, Toughest  Little Calf  Ever

I've always loved looking at the faces of cows. 

So when I was reading Ree Drummond's Blog and looking up a 

yummy recipe that I just had to have to cook for dinner.

 I stumbled upon this little guy. 

Adorable right?

That jogged my memory back in-time when we had just moved to 

Loomis California. 

It was a hundred years ago in 

about 1987. 

One night when we were kneeling down for family prayer my husband 

asked my little girl Amy if she would like to say the prayer.  

"Sure" she said. 

During the prayer she asked Heavenly Father to please send us 

some cows because they were so cute and 

their faces were so sweet. 

Of course I was thinking not a chance that would happen, 

Right? 

 In the middle of the night there was such a ruckus going on outside. 

Dogs were barking, coyotes were howling, 

the whole works. 

I couldn't see a thing out there it was so dark. 

We had no street lights, we lived in the country for pitty sake. 

Well low and behold the next morning standing in our front pasture were two

Big Black Angus girls.

Really

Honest 

No kidding

Unforgettable.

The End

Love, 

Grammy T.

Box Elder Bugs I Hate You!

Box Elder bugs

Really I do not like them at all.

Those things come like clock work every year. 

So here's the facts Mack.

The boxelder bug:

• likes to bask in the sun
• feeds on seed-bearing female boxelder trees, but also like maple and ash trees
• lays eggs on the trunks of these trees
• seeks shelter in cracks and crevices on buildings to survive winter seasons
• emerges in spring once temperatures are warmer, but will occasionally emerge earlier on sunny days
• choose the south and west sides of buildings to swarm to because they're the sunniest and warmest
• population is most abundant during hot, dry summers.
• poop on the windowsills inside of the house.
• crawl all over the floor and get stepped on and squished in the throw rugs. 
• fly around and land on the innocent and scare them to death. 

So what's the answer?

1. We need to close all cracks and crevices in our homes.

Oh OK, that will be easy.

2. Chop down all Box Elder trees and Maple trees in our yards. 

Oh OK, I'll do that tomorrow. 

3. Re-insulate our houses with TAP.

TAP is Thermal Acoustical Pest Control insulation is 

nothing short of awesome. 

 For areas in your house that you don't go 

into very often, like your attic, 

TAP will do the work for you.

Perfect because since it installs itself and 

works all by itself I'm set. 

Love, Grammy T.