Dreams never forgotten!

Ok this is two days on a row!! I guess I should try to post on my lunch hour more often! This edition of random rambling is about dreams you never forget and finally finding out who you are! Since a kid I can remember wanting to be an Aggie! My Grandpa was an Aggie, my Dad was an Aggie, my Aunt and my cousin. Have you ever had a dream that you just can't let die? This is the one for me! I graduated college from Tarleton State University and I am very proud of that but it is not what I ultimately wanted. I was such a social butterfly in college and all my life and that seemed to get in the way of my school work. I cannot say how much I regret that! I regret wasting time and money but having tons of fun! So do you just let a dream die? Or do you think that maybe just maybe there is a way to finally accomplish something you have wanted so bad for so long? I don't know but a Dream is a Dream and I think it can never be forgotten. I had a "dream" in my sleep last night that I applied to A & M for a second degree and Christopher and I even up and moved there so I could do it! Is this a fluke thing or am I trying to tell myself something? So as I sit here writing this to you while listening to the Fightin Texas Aggie Band CD on my computer at work I sincerely think that I have gone CRAZY! I am old, I already have a college degree, I own a house and have a full time job, what am I thinking? What else is crazy is I wore an Aggie shirt to work today that says "Texas Born, Aggie Proud"! In my eyes I am an Aggie to the bone and I don't need a degree to show it but the dream of being an Aggie is never going to go away! So what do I do? Do I try it again? Momma and Dad if you are reading this do not think I have jumped off the deep in! I can here you both now "WHAT?". But here is the thing I only have one life to live and why not conquer all you can while you can??!! So I don't know what my future hope of being a real Aggie holds but I can say that I am a very different person now than I was in college. I think if I wanted to sincerely do it I know I could but the idea of it is so crazy that everybody would think I was an idiot!!!
In closing.... here is to dreams never forgotten and a will to never give up on your dreams! Gig'em Aggies!!!

“Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.”
-Author Unknown

FINALLY!!!

Hello all! I promise one of these days I will do better at posting on here! Well, I am really excited and feeling accomplished today. So excited in fact that I am posting during my lunch hour from work! For those of you who know me this will be things you already know about me but for others here it goes. I grew up on a farm/ranch in Olney, Texas. I know for a fact that growing up the way I did made me the person I am today and I am so grateful for that. My Dad raises show steers so I have been around cattle my whole life. I have seen it all when it comes to farm life. My parents never sheltered me from the bad parts of farm life either. I have seen death and common events that happen within a small cattle operation. My Dad is such a natural with cattle. I like to think that I got my cow sense from him. I think being good with cattle it something to brag about because you really have to understand them to be able to work with them. My Dad's Dad, my grandpa Clyde was also very good with cattle so it is in my blood. I grew up helping my Dad with everything that related to our little herd. My sister, brother and I all showed steers. My sister, Laura had the highest winning steer that our family raised.... Grand Champion Steer at the Houston Livestock Show in 1986 with a Char named Pancho.
I had pretty good luck as well...I got to walk on the floor of that sacred place to all steer exhibitors "The Astrodome"... not just once but twice! Thanks to my Dad and my hard work. My brother has also seen some purple ribbons and has not done to shabby either with his cattle. So now to the punch line! I am excited today because I recently took some pictures of a bull that my Dad and brother-in-law (and also one more partner) sold. I finally got to take some pictures of something I am very interested in. I was so excited!! My brother-in-law told me today that they were very happy with the pictures and I did a little dance! Ha Ha!
I miss farm life so much!! I hope someday I can move home and buy a little place of my own (and my husbands) and maybe I can carry on what my Dad has done plus my photography!

"I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young because that is what I knew and what I loved." -Sandra Day O'Connor