{"id":640,"date":"2013-07-09T03:57:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T03:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/?p=512"},"modified":"2013-07-09T03:57:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T03:57:29","slug":"fireflies-money-a-hay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/fireflies-money-a-hay\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireflies, money &#038; hay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Dragon Lady and I took a gator ride tonight, looking for firefllies. &nbsp;I have always enjoyed watching fireflies and I especially like it when they hit the windshield. &nbsp;Some parts glow for awhile. &nbsp;A mile south of our little piece of paradise, we found a whole pile of firelies along a waterway. &nbsp;It was really cool. &nbsp;It has been a long time since I saw that many fireflies at one time. &nbsp;Watching this made me think of an age-old question. &nbsp;What is the last thing that goes through a bug&#8217;s mind when it hits a windshield?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ass!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Before we went looking at fireflies, we loaded a trailer load of small square alfalfa bales. &nbsp;She drove, I loaded, no fights. &nbsp;I&#8217;m kind of flying on one wing after the barn incident, so I didn&#8217;t load as many as we could have hauled. &nbsp;But it will be alright. &nbsp;However, a crew from the Shattuck area finished off the field and then came by the house. &nbsp;We then discussed low interest rates and where to borrow money. &nbsp;It is nice to have a lending institution that knows you and says,&#8221;Yep, you&#8217;re covered.&#8221; &nbsp;Unless, you are in the goat business, and they say, &#8220;Holy $h!t! &nbsp; For a goat? &nbsp;Yeah, you&#8217;ve always paid us. &nbsp;We&#8217;ll try it again. &nbsp;Can you get insurance on that purchase?&#8221; &nbsp;More importantly, how to save a $. &nbsp;My Dad is a financial genius. &nbsp;But that proper logic doesn&#8217;t alwyas apply in this business. &nbsp;Sometimes, you just have to roll with your gut insticts. &nbsp;But those insticts, don&#8217;t have income, just expenses. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t know if this is right or not, but I have noticed that <strong>the less I count money, the more I have<\/strong>. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t know much, but I do know that you CANNOT worry about every dollar. &nbsp; You will miss the good stuff worrying about a dollar. &nbsp;Not every dollar is worth it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hay is always money well spent. &nbsp;Store it right and feed as needed and it is a good investment. &nbsp;If something isn&#8217;t right about it, feed it to open does. &nbsp;And if it goes bad, sell it to a feedlot that is grinding and mixing. &nbsp;They can use it. &nbsp;Like money, and evenings with fireflies, don&#8217;t waste it. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Dragon Lady and I took a gator ride tonight, looking for firefllies. &nbsp;I have always enjoyed watching fireflies and I especially like it when they hit the windshield. &nbsp;Some parts glow for awhile. &nbsp;A mile south of our little piece of paradise, we found a whole pile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/640"}],"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=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}