Savannah's Life

Welcome yall! First off, thanks for being here, it means a lot. I have had this for a while now, and most of the time I was just writing for myself. I used to have posts from all the way back in 2013, but I removed the ability for the public to see them. Also, just between us, eight-year-old me wrote some pretty interesting blog posts if you can believe that! I am going to try to shoot for a post a week, sorry if I don't make it. I also know this format is very casual, and not at all what you would expect to find. But it's my life's story, and I want to tell it to whoever reads this the same way I would if I was talking to you face to face. This isn't for people who want to see a perfect, trendy, social media page. It is for those who want the nitty gritty, reality, my mistakes as well as my victories. This is for those who need to see someone real. So, if you're reading this, there is a high chance it was written for you.

Hi, y'all! It's been a hot minute. I was feeling stuck for a little while, trying to juggle everything I have going on and wanting to do more has been quite the challenge lately. My cow, dog, studies, job, business marketing with my mom, etc. Plus wanting to do more and find more ways to create capital. Anyway, I had a talk with my parents the other day and I realized that one of the reasons I felt so stuck was because I hadn't given myself anything with which to measure my progress (if any) that I was making. So I sat down and wrote down a few goals for myself, just little ones. Then I wrote down everything I need and want to do in the month of September.  It was a good start. But then I realized that I often create goals and things for myself, but forget and ultimately never follow through on them. I concluded that I needed something not only to shoot for, but something else to help keep me accountable and create self-discipline.  So, I sat down and wrote out my seven Non...

 Hi y'all! I haven't talked about it yet, but today is the day! My family is a part of a group called The Green Hills Project. It is a group of regenerative farmers who share how they run their operations and discuss their farming practices and how to improve them. One of the ways that the group does this is through monthly farm walks, which are basically farm tours. This month's farm walk was at Greg Judy's farm: Green Pastures Farm.  We started the farm walk by going over some Green Hills business and eating a potluck dinner. It was during the potluck dinner that I found out we got super lucky with our moving time. In what way? Well, when you bring cattle from the west to the mid-west it is best to do it during the fall or winter. Why? Because one of the main grasses found in the mid-west is Fescue. In general, Fescue grass is infected by a fungal endophyte known as Neotyphodium coenophialum. This causes the plant to produce ergot-alkaloid compounds that are toxic to ...

 Well, here I am again, over a year since I last posted and a lot has happened. We moved three states away in September last year and are now in Atlanta, Missouri. Where we plan to stay. It is amazing by the way! Compared to Colorado it is super green and mild, and the community is much more tight-knit. Every single day I am amazed by the beauty that surrounds me. I am so grateful to God for placing us here after working towards it for three years. I am so grateful that every day it exceeds my expectations in being full of life, beauty, and the feeling of being home. Montrose, Colorado always felt temporary, like I was meant to be elsewhere. But this place feels permanent. I miss some things, sometimes, but that is always momentary. Here I constantly look around in awe and know it was worth the wait. There were times that I would become impatient or frustrated when the move wasn't happening. I would become extremely disappointed when properties fell through, or it felt like we were...