I started this blog with my move to Fischer and a big part of my decision to make this move was to be close to my cousins, Libby and Sonny. With adjoining properties we could share in our mutual ranching and farming aspirations. Sonny jumped into action right away by helping dig the 4 foot … Continue Reading »

Now that I am moved in I am determined to keep my house clean. Not an easy task with all the animals and dust. Anyone who has horses knows activities concerning them tend to generate larger than average amounts of dirt. After struggling with sweeping and regular vacuuming which seemed to just move the dirt … Continue Reading »

I have never been a regular coffee drinker until I started my move to Fischer. I needed something to help keep me going with all the challenges of the move. I never understood why people bought fancy coffee machines that you program the night before. I get it now. I can’t tell you how many … Continue Reading »

This move was hard on some of my pets. My cat, Owl, disappeared about 2 weeks before the move so he was the first casualty. He was pretty frustrated with me and my busy schedule and he had been wandering more and more. I did not force him to stay in at night because he … Continue Reading »

It is amazing to me the things I have taken for granted in my life. For instance, I just assumed that all houses came with shelves. It did not occur to me that this was something I would have to do. Well, guess what, after all the workers left and I started to unpack I … Continue Reading »

July 1st I moved to my new property. The house was not finished but I had this idea that me living on the property would somehow encourage the workers to finish up. Evidently, this was a totally wrong impression. After being told it would only take a few days to finish I was still waiting … Continue Reading »

The first thing we had to do with the apartment was to cut out the doors and windows through the walls of the barn. My MD barn is made of 3/4 inch plywood sandwiched between two layers of metal. When the windows were cut out I realized I was not getting the light and view … Continue Reading »

After 40+ days of over 100 degree heat we finally got some rain and the county lifted the burn ban. My cousin, Sonny, decided to burn a few brush piles down in the pasture he leases from me. Unfortunately, he lit one more pile than he could manage and some grass caught fire. We had … Continue Reading »

It has been forever since I have posted and this is because I have been exhausted! Sonny and I were hard at our fencing project every day in June(which, by the way, was the hottest June ever recorded in the area). There were so many days when we were sure we could not go on … Continue Reading »

Wow! It has been a while since I have posted because I have been super busy. I also have about 200 emails that need some attention. Since my last post I have closed on the construction loan and I now have electricity and will have water today. The carpenters started yesterday on the apartment and … Continue Reading »

Well, I am making a dent in the fencing project but I have yet to actually stretch a single foot of actual fence. It seems every line has at least one hole that is too hard of rock or needs a brace bar or has to have some pipe posts. I finally got ready to … Continue Reading »

I don’t own a tractor but my cousin, Sonny, has one he is using to help me. It is old but powerful. I don’t know if this is to be expected but since we have been using it we have bent the arm that holds the bucket on, gotten the transmission stuck so we could … Continue Reading »

Even though I have felt this move coming on for a long time it was still hard to pack up and leave the clinic. I have so many memories there. I finally had to have my friend, Rita, come in and clear out all the records as it was too hard for me. The good … Continue Reading »

My neighbor, Roger Graham, put in my road and he did a fantastic job.I love the way he curved around the trees going up the hill even though it makes it a bit more challenging bringing a trailer in. He started the work in Jan but his wife was in a serious car accident and … Continue Reading »

After months of dragging, chipping, stacking and climbing over and under cedar my property is now about 3/4 cleared. Yesterday was a great day. With the burn ban lifted, Mike Timme and his crew got started about 7:30 in the morning and by the time I got there at 9 most of the piles were … Continue Reading »

Some of you may be wondering why I did not get someone in to cut the cedar for posts. Well, I don’t have the type of cedar that makes good posts. I have what Mike calls mama cedars and these come out of the ground and immediately branch out. In the whole ten acres I … Continue Reading »

We began clearing cedar on Jan 2 and to this day I am still climbing over and under huge piles. We have a burning ban on so this is not an option. I have to describe the clearing process because it is neat. When I hired my neighbor, Mike Timme, to clear I envisioned hordes … Continue Reading »

Well, after living in Austin for all of my life the city has grown too big for me. My land that I bought 20 years ago is now surrounded by subdivisions and riding requires loading the horses and hauling to someplace without major traffic. I have bought 20 acres of raw land in Fischer and … Continue Reading »