{"id":516,"date":"2013-01-01T14:27:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T14:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/?p=388"},"modified":"2013-01-01T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T14:27:43","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The year 2013 is here. &nbsp;Somehow, we managed to avoid the fiscal cliff. &nbsp;I&#8217;m happy we avoided this clliff, mainly, so we don&#8217;t have to hear the mainstream media talk about it anymore. &nbsp;It&#8217;s amazing how our media comes up with new terms and then sensationalizes it to the point that we are just numb to the crap they are talking about. &nbsp;Maybe milk needs to cost $8 a gallon so that the dairy farmers can actually make some money for their long hours and days dedicated to the cows. &nbsp;I hope that someday soon the general public realizes how important the U.S. agriculture sector is to providing them the cheapest, safest and best food in the world. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The year 2013 will signify new beginnings for some people. &nbsp;To others it&#8217;s just a matter of hanging a new calendar, or scrolling on their phone to a different month. &nbsp;Some will be glad that 2012 is over. &nbsp;A bunch of people are making a bunch of new year&#8217;s resolutions that they won&#8217;t keep. &nbsp;Why don&#8217;t they just go to church and make some resolutions that could actually pay off? &nbsp;I know I need to more often.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The year 2013 is the year of the black snake on the Chinese calendar. &nbsp;That seems appropriate given who your president is. &nbsp;And I don&#8217;t mean that racially. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I didn&#8217;t stay up long enough to see the ball drop. &nbsp;I watched a marathon of pawn stars until I fell asleep on the couch. &nbsp;I was awoken sometime around 10 p.m. when Kela&#8217;s house guest came barreling up onto the couch and put her shit-zu face right into mine. &nbsp;Just how everybody needs to be awakend. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t get too revved up about partying on New Year&#8217;s Eve. &nbsp;I kind of consider it as an amateur night. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t need an excuse to get wound up and I dang sure don&#8217;t need to be out and about with a bunch of amateurs getting sideways. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hopefully, the year 2013 will bring normal or better levels of moisture to our part of the world. &nbsp;I look forward to animals growing out, kids showing them well and then starting over again. &nbsp;Kela will graduate and move into the &#8220;real&#8221; world this year. &nbsp;Duke may get to redo the 6th grade this year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; To me, a new year is like OK State football, this year will always be better. &nbsp;I can always sound pessimistic, but I am actually an optimist. &nbsp;Almost all people in agriculture are optimistic. &nbsp;Otherwise, why raise livestock for next year or plant crops? &nbsp;All stock show people know that this is their year. &nbsp;We do it because this year is going to be the one. Like a gambling addict down to their last dollar headed back into the casino. &nbsp;We are going to throw the dice again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I know that this year is going to be fun. &nbsp;One, because I always find a way to have fun. &nbsp;Two, I want it to be fun. &nbsp;Three, we will have some rumour babies this year. &nbsp;Four, we are going to work hard to make it fun. &nbsp;Five, I&#8217;m not moving this year. &nbsp;Even if the Dragon Lady kicks me to the curb, I&#8217;m not moving. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve got plenty of barn space. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Good luck to everybody, have fun, GOD bless you and may 2013 be better for you than last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The year 2013 is here. &nbsp;Somehow, we managed to avoid the fiscal cliff. &nbsp;I&#8217;m happy we avoided this clliff, mainly, so we don&#8217;t have to hear the mainstream media talk about it anymore. &nbsp;It&#8217;s amazing how our media comes up with new terms and then sensationalizes it to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}