Listen to the radio or TV and you will hear them talk about the high unemployment rate. Those numbers don’t apply to western Oklahoma. Everybody that WANTS a job has one. Want being the key word. Dang near every business in Woodward is advertising Help Wanted. If you have a
I can get attached to a piece of clothing. I have several pairs of camo shorts that Tammy would like to throw away. It’s hard to get rid of a good fitting pair of shoes or a hat that just feels right. But I’m not on TV. Duke and I
Starting to hear from a lot of people that are all of a sudden needing help getting their goats ready. Even though they have had them all winter, they haven’t done much with them other than dump feed in front of them twice a day. Now they realize that they
We didn’t do anything too exciting for the super bowl. Duke and I got in from the barn in time to watch the half time show. I’m not a big Madonna fan, but I actually thought that it was a pretty good show. Watched the second half. Kind of a
Thank GOD!!! Although the rain didn’t extend very far west into the TX panhandle, NW Oklahoma did get a much needed rain. The gauge at my brother’s house SE of Shattuck had over 5.5″ in it yesterday. Had a customer 8 miles west of Woodward had 6.25″. Go just west
Finally a good widespread drenching rain across NW Oklahoma. I may actually have some customers at the store today that will be in a good mood. I’ve listened to people around Alva, Enid and OKC talk about how dry they have been. They haven’t seen dry until you go to
The goat game is becoming more and more popular all across the country. Been getting a lot of calls from northern and eastern states looking for show goats. They seem to show a lot of doe kids in those states in the market shows. Those states all need November to
Didn’t have anything on the schedule Saturday, so we ventured into Fairview. Tammy went to help Jim Rhodes with the concession stand. Kela went to help some kids with showmanship. Duke was just taking up oxygen. And I went to the laundromat to wash blankets. It took a pile of
I went through all of my clipper bags/boxes to dig out blades that need resharpened. I go through a pile of blades every year. One, because I probably shear/clip more goats than most people. Two, because I despise using a blade that is getting dull. I look at lots of
So I made a new discovery on Monday. The guys at the parts counter were eating little oranges. I tried one and it was the best orange that I had ever eaten. They told me that they had bought them at wal-mart. On Tuesday, I needed razor blades which I
