Happenings at Sierra Ranch!

Posted by SierraRanch on June 27, 2009

We have naother truck for sale.  The 18yo decided it was way so not fun to work and pay us back for the truck, so we reposessed it.    Check it out on Craig’s List at :  http://tinyurl.com/SR1993Ford

She also got her phone turned off.  Line will be canceled since we met out contract obligation on Tuesday.  Just one more thing done.

We got good news:  Rick should be getting his Class 7 FFL (meaning he can sell and manufacture firearms) in the next few weeks.  He met with the ATF on Friday and got everything hashed out.  I can hardly wait for him to begin this new career in full force.  We have the back bedroom set up as the gun room and he works in there most weeknights and on weekends.  You can see the gun room on the Rijas Services blog at:  http://rijasservice.com/blog

We are still trying to sell his Dad’s house in Angleton Tx.  Know of anyone wanting bayou front property in S TX with access to the water, dock, boat ramp, boat house, and nice living areas check it out at:  http://tinyurl.com/155Bastrop

Well, best get.  Need to do some website updating.  Add stuff to the Rijas Store.  And a million other things that DON’T including going outside or riding.  And have a quiet house.  We took the 15yo to her mom’s for the weekend.  Seems almost odd not to have kids around.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and stay COOL!

A Prayer When In Financial Trouble

Posted by SierraRanch on June 24, 2009

Thought we all might need this.  From ourprayer.org

A Prayer When In Financial Trouble
But my God shall supply all your needs according to
his riches in glory.—Philippians 4:19

God, help me to straighten out my financial
problems. Release Your Godly wisdom so that
I may be a good steward over all that
You have given me. If my problems seem beyond repair,
help me find a way, Your way, to meet my obligations.
I place this need before You, knowing that You
will guide me to a good solution.
Please grant me the patience and tolerance
necessary to calm my spirit and help me to
remember that You have everything
under Your control and I have nothing to fear or worry.
Amen.

Hoep you have a blessed day!

An Old Farmer’s Advice

Posted by SierraRanch on June 22, 2009

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

* Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.

* Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

* It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.

* You cannot unsay a cruel word.

* Every path has a few puddles.

* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

* The best sermons are lived, not preached.

* Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.

* Don’t judge folks by their relatives.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get Older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.

* Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.

* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. 

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’. 

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

* The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from The mirror every mornin’.

* Always drink upstream from the herd.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

* Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.

* If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Sounds like words to live by to me.  Hope you enjoyed! 

Happy Monday!

My Motivation…

Posted by SierraRanch on June 7, 2009

This is the Rah (it’s hard to spell, but the noise she makes when she talks).  She loves laying on my desk, but won’t cooperate as to where she should lay.  She loves two things at this location:  the heat from my desk lamp and the heat from the laptop fan.  I scrunch her over away from the keyboard and mouse and she inches her way back.

What does this have to do with motivation?  When one is not really motivated to work a purring sleeping cat is motivation to go back to bed.  Not great motivation to do anything.

Then there is the whole trying to mouse with a cat’s head on your mousing hand.  She somehow thinks I should move it much and just be her pillow.  Again.  Not the greatest motivation to work. 

Course she is a good stress reliever.  Who can be stressed when you have this lovable cat purring every time you stroke her.  Well, that is until she decides to bite.  She is an evil cat sometimes. 

Well, she has left now so I best get back to solving all our problems, creating websites and making some money!  Have a great Sunday!  Me and Rah will. 

This Looks Awesome!

Posted by SierraRanch on May 30, 2009

What a name for a book, but just what some of us need. It is a book worth reading and giving to others. (I can think of a few teenagers that need this, but wouldn’t read it!)

Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-But Approach to a Better Life by Larry Winget can be pruchased here ShutUp

Larry Winget’s no-nonsense approach puts accountability squarely where it belongs – YOU! When whining interferes with a business or personal relationship, this is the ideal bood to hand to the whiner to read.

Things will change at that point. Your relationship will end or it will improve. Regardless, you won’t be wasting your time listening to tales of woe, hardship, and why I can’t get anything or anywhere.

I check out his website and it’s chocked full with great advise like this. You can find his site here. Now to go buy a book or two for the kids.