Pride of the KY State Fair

Last weekend we went up to the Kentucky State Fair to watch the Simmental Open Show. For many years I exhibited heifers and steers at the State Fair. Of course, you would have to be up at the fair on like a Tuesday and stay until Sunday. It ended up being a long, long stay.

These days we haven't took cattle to the State Fair since 2009. One day of the state fair is about all I can take. Which means I have to fit all my wonderful fair food cravings into one day.

One of the things I love about the Kentucky State Fair is the Commodity Tent. There you can buy food from the Agriculture organizations of Kentucky.

Cheese Fries from the Kentucky Pork Producers

Chicken Nuggets from the Kentucky Poultry

Corn Shack

Fried Veggies from the Midway

And for us it wouldn't be a trip to the Kentucky State Fair without a trip to check out the exhibits. Drew and I always check out all the fruits and veggies.

And this year the Champion Country Ham sold for $300,000!

As the state fairs are winding down, did you attend and what were your favorite parts?

High Five for Friday

We have been on the road most of the week. Traveling around looking at cows, taking some photos and videos before we headed to North Carolina for our sale. It has been a fun, interesting, and entertaining couple of days. Here are a few shots from our travels.

1. We visited this cute little apple orchard called Showalter's near Timberville, VA. I believe these are red delicious apples. The trees were full of apples.

2. After we met the super, nice owners and purchased two 1/2 pecks of apples, I took this one off a tree.

3. We were following our client to another one of her farms and ended up 4,400 up on top of a mountain.

4. Another one of the amazing views!

5. Last night we went to eat at this little place called Pirate's Landing. This was a Pinterest inspired collage on the wall using silver platters. A great use for all the silver I have won over the years showing cattle.

Hope you have a wonderful long weekend! Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

Thankful Thursday

H Imaging 

Have a job that you love and you will never work a day in your life. 

For awhile now, Drew and I have been working on starting our own little photography and videography business. We bought a video camera last summer and did our first "real" shoot ( I would call it) last October. Since then we've done some videos here and there for some of our consignors at DP Sales Management sales.

For years I have looked up to and admired some of the great cattle photographers. And taking pictures and having them run beside some of those peoples' still scares me. We attended Christy Collin's marketing seminar in May, and boy was that helpful! After that we've made some upgrades to our equipment and gained valuable information.

I am grateful for anyone that gives us a chance to take a video or picture of their cattle. We are by no means trying to make it big in this area, but we do it together and we enjoy it. I am so thankful everyday that God led me to a man that enjoys Agriculture, beef cattle, and the Simmental breed as much as I do.

So who knows where we will go from here. But I do know that we will have our camera and video camera in hand.

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High Five for Friday

I didn't get a chance to do it last week so I am kind of high-fiving two weeks.

We finally got Drew's old bed put in the guest room plus new bedding from Target! It looks like a brand new room! 

Because we have been home, I have been rocking it out in the kitchen. Banana Foster Tart. Looks yum, huh?

At the Peddler's Mall this week we found a whole bunch of these dishes which Drew's Mamaw had when he was a kid. We have a few of her pieces. And now we have a few more. :)

My dogs love tomatoes!

Celebrating One Year with Scentsy this week!
Check out my Thankful Thursday post. 

Have a great weekend!

Thankful Thursday

Wish there was scratch and sniff. 

One year ago yesterday I began selling Scentsy. I was looking for something to do on the side, but wanted it to be a product I a) liked myself and b) that wasn't overwhelming in our area. This one just seemed to be a good fit for me. 

I received my first Scentsy as a wedding present. I didn't know what it was, so when I opened it, I broke the bulb. It sat around forever unused because I didn't know to buy a new bulb at Wal-Mart or buy one from a independent consultant. Once we finally fixed the light bulb and starting using it - well, we loved it! Now we have one in every room. 

I enjoy independence to do what I want, when I want. I like it and my customers seem to like it. Score! It seems like these days more and more people are turning to independent consultant items for the freedom to do what they want - make their own schedule, or stay home with their kids. 

Now on for my shameless plug - if you are needing some Scentsy please visit my personal website to order. Most of the catalog is 10% off to make room for the new items coming Sept. 1. The Fall/Winter catalog will be available to order from September 1. I can set you up to have a party through my website, so no matter where you are you can get awesome stuff. 

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Agriculture makes Kathie Lee and Hoda

Ag featured on NBC

If you are a Kathie Lee and Hoda watcher as I am, you have probably seen the segments where they send Sara Haines out into New York City to do different jobs. She has made pickles, been a ball girl, etc.  Sara, however, is originally from Iowa where she spent her summers de-tassling corn.

I, personally, have never de-tasseled corn, but one of our clients in Nebraska runs a de-tassling business. In the summer, he employees literally thousands of young people to de-tassel corn. They bus them in on school buses, and have to have so many porta-pots in a certain distance within where the kids are working.

So, the other day when they shared Sara's story about de-tassling corn in Iowa, I was excited. One because I know someone who runs this type of business, and two they were featuring an Agriculture story on Kathie Lee and Hoda.

Take a moment and click on the link below for a little Agricultural lesson on de-tassling. I feel that since it is Kathie Lee and Hoda that you should probably watch the video with a glass of wine.



Sara Haines from Kathie Lee and Hoda de-tassels corn


Cheers! 

Thankful Thursday

Sometimes you just have to laugh

I truly almost forgot that today was Thursday, therefore it was Thankful Thursday. And to tell you the truth I was feeling a little blah today. Then I watched Kathie Lee and Hoda. 

Enjoy this video and be thankful for laughter and humor today. 

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