Mother & Ranch Wife extraordinaire…

Hello loves!

SO I have been a horrible bad bad bad blogger for so long now and I’m so sorry!  Life got just a little insane…but I’m back & really excited about all the awesome posts that are coming up!  I think the perfect way to start back in it a Ranch Woman post…and definitely one of my favorite ladies so far!

Becky Prunty Lisle is to date probably one of the most amazing gals I have ever been so lucky to be able to spend time around and call my friend.  When I was 14 and having an amazing time getting to live part time with my sister at her camp-job in Charleston NV, I was blessed to be introduced to an amazing family that really had a huge influence on me.  

Myself admittedly being THE LEAST handy person in the world, it was terrifying being around this family of insanely talented and kind people…and even when I was always getting in the way while they were trying to get things done-they never treated me with anything but kindness that I hope one day I will be able to show someone.  I hope you guys love this post about Becky as much as I have had posting it, if you get a chance you should go check out the Diamond A ranch horses for sale and see what awesome horses they make!  http://www.pruntyhorses.com/

This is Becky’s story in her own words….cuss words included, not for any other reason than because that is a part of Becky and I love her for being who she is!  

I was born August 13, 1977 in Elko.  I was homeschooled until 4th grade, and went to school in Elko for 4th-7th.  My parents got divorced and I finished school in Idaho…I graduated when I was 16.  I went to CSI, majoring in equine studies for my AA, then I went to GBC in Elko and got my BA in elementary education.   (Graduated with honors…what a nerd, huh?)  I’m not teaching, and I actually don’t want to…it was just very important to my parents that Kyla and I got our college education, and after they died, I wanted to do it for them.  Actually, being a stay-at-home mom and ranch wife is the greatest job in the world. :)

Our home ranch has always been the foundation of my whole existence…I feel really bad for people who aren’t grounded and don’t have deep roots somewhere.  After my dad died in 1996, Kyla and I took over his cattle and horses.  I met Rolly in the fall of 2000, when he came with a mutual friend of ours to work for my Grandma on the ranch for the winter.  I was not in the market for a man at the time, but the little shit just swept me off my feet. ;)  We got married August 6, 2005, had Tyler in 2007 and Wyatt in 2010.  We spent our first married winter in Charleston, and it was a bad snow year…we fed with team all winter.    In 2007 after we had two years of bad fires, Rolly and I sold our cows, but Kyla kept hers and moved them to CA (because that’s where happy cows come from…LOL).  Rolly took a job with Simplot’s Rancho Grande because we needed to have health insurance that didn’t cost an arm and a leg.  We moved back and forth to Idaho for several years (the cattle winter down there), and finally took a company house here at the RG.  It is such a huge blessing to be here because we are close enough to the home ranch to help Grandma and run our horses out there, etc, and only 45 minutes from Elko.  It’s really the perfect spot for us…I love it here.  We’ve worked really hard to put together a nice bunch of horses, and as our boys get older, I want to get into the showing thing with Rolly.  We market our horses through our website and have sold horses to private buyers in Mexico and even one to Spain!

One of my greatest heros! <3

Feeding with a team <3

Crossing the Bruneau <3

Halter Breaking <3

Coolest family ever! <3

*Photo credit to Guy de Galard

I love you all dearly, thank-you so much for reading! New post tonight, exciting news and fun things happening to share with you!  

Xoxo

~Adrian

Why yes thank-you, I AM a Barbie….

Hello loves,

So today out of the blue, someone commented that I was a Barbie, I won’t ever know I don’t think if it was meant as a compliment or not! But I dang sure took it as one! It might have been the fact thqt I was a litle fancy’d up, complete with false eyelashes and (yikes!) semi-swanky shoes….& it got me to thinking about the definition of my sis’s and mines new book coming out soon….Care to sit for a while & hear what this lil blonde gal has to say on matters of being a Buckaroo Barbie?!

I take being a Barbie as a compliment.  Being a Barbie does NOT mean that you have to be vapid, dumb or not pay attention to the world around you (and that means EVERYTHING, current events, brandings…trucks merging into your lane…)  I say, let’s put the BUCKAROO BACK INTO BARBIE!  The Buckaroo Barbie is like ice-cream WITH sprinkles….the best of the best all rolled into one. She is the toughest, most hardworking gal there is-who can, at a moment’s notice after working all day in the branding trap, emerge as a sparkling goddess of perfection (wow, that’s a lot of perfect huh?)

It doesn’t mean that she owns the most expensive shoes, the best Tip’s saddle (although this is always a plus!) Or the brightest pink lipstick. But she carries herself like a lady who means business. A woman who is NOT to be toyed with, and something worth all the hype that surrounds her name.  

Being a Buckaroo Barbie entails grace, elegance and tough hands and even tougher skin.  We are nearing Valentine’s Day, probably one of my favorite holidays next to Christmas (as we all know how cheesy I am!) simply because of the fact that I can get away with wearing all of my favorite colors at the same time, and no one will accuse me of wearing too much PINK & RED! I whole heartedly plan on wearing as much as I can this weekend, it’s the Klamath Winter Series Bronc ride on the 12^th and I can’t wait to go climb on some bucking ponies and celebrate V-day with my French tipped fingers wrapped around a bronc rein!  I’m posting a good dose of my Buckaroo Barbie pictures from my crazy life at the moment until I have some fun action shots from the rodeo! Happy early Valentine’s Day and much love to you all my dears! <3

What I have been up to tonight...

"Falsies" today!

Sign made by Mrs. Taralynn Mathews!

Oh the fun of living in town...Getting to wear totally silly & fun shoes!

Silk shirts are the best <3

 

Favorite color to wear on a buckin pony...hope it's good luck!

Best way to celebrate Valentine's Day! <3

Lots of love ,

Xoxo

~Adrian

HORSES…NOT HOUSEWORK!!! <3

Hello loves!

Goodness gracious, sometimes life feels as though it is rushing by at a thousand miles an hour!

I am told that the older you get-the faster it goes by. 19 years feels like it is zooming by at the speed of light! In all of those 19 years, housework has NEVER been my strong point. I’m definitely more of a….well, let’s put it this way-I can keep a hunting camp REALLY nicely, and am a GREAT cook outside. Right? Yeah, that’s it…my qualities in the art of housewife’ing pretty much are nonexistent! Try as I might to avoid cleaning, even going so far as to go shopping at a Outdoor Farmer’s Market…I couldn’t put it off any longer!

So today, with scrub brushes, dirty old Levis and a set mind I set to work on our little cowgirl corner here in town! Painting cowgirl signs came after, and Pin-up old time cowgirls are soon to decorate the bathrooms, as well as the photos some pretty cool photographers have taken of my sis. (Shhhhh don’t tell her! She gets embarrassed easily!)

Doing history homework is always SO much nicer and a spotless and pretty house, with a little Mike Beck playing in the background, a sweet puppy to snuggle up with and a hot cup of coffee…I am ready to attack the history of the world!

Wish me luck?

Lots of love to you all al always, thanks for reading!

Pink phone! <3

 

I save too many things that make me happy....!

 

Farmer's Market! <3

So tempting!

MY KIND OF HOUSEWORK! <3

 

Xoxo

~Adrian

Starbucks, best friends & only sisters….

Starbucks & best friends…

Right. So someone asked me the other day what my favorite drink is…I scanned through the choices that my culture (cowboy coffee) my family (good whiskey) and my tastes buds (SWEET)…dictate.

Now you will probably laugh & be forever horrified, that the favorite drink of gal that loves to ride broncs & sing about buckaroos & live on the desert…is in fact…..

An iced mocha frappachino with extra whipped cream and caramel.

Go ahead, laugh!  I know it’s a totally girly, “college girl” thing to like, but I simply cannot help myself!

Why did I tell you what my favorite drink is? Silly I know, ridiculous even, maybe… But there is a reason for this. Because I’m going to tell you a story that has to do with this drink in the long run…

About a girl, & a best friend that she never even came close to losing….

Once upon a time… there was a little lost girl, who was only slightly on the short side. She was always looking for something “more” & never seemed to know quite where to find it. One day, the little lost girl was stumbling along through life, when she fell down a rabbit hole.  Everyone was very sad. They all said what a shame it was for this little girl to have had such a future taken away, all because she didn’t look where she was going. All were sad, & some even missed her, but only one person climbed down the hole after the little girl, to pull her back out.

The little girl’s best friend & only sister.

The only sister & best friend climbed down & down & down, farther & farther into the rabbit hole looking for her best friend, but the little lost girl had fallen very far. & sometimes the only sister had a cold feeling that she might have fallen too far to find, but she never gave up. & then, when she could almost not climb any longer…the little lost girl was found. She had been falling for so long down the rabbit hole, she didn’t want to leave at first, but the only sister & best friend would not hear of it.  She reminded the little lost girl of how much they loved each other, & all the sweet sweet plans they had made, & of the people that would miss her if she never came back up.  

The little lost girl gave the only sister & best friend her hand, & they started climbing, helping each other out of the rabbit hole & back towards the sun. ..& when they got back to the top, they danced & danced & sang & wandered together hand in hand instead of falling alone down the rabbit hole…because sometimes the only person that can catch a little lost girl from falling down a dark rabbit hole, is her best friend & only sister.  

This may seem like a silly sort of story to you. You may wonder what in the world this story has to do with cowboys, broncs, weather or music…all of which are constants in my life & repeated in my music over again. Well it has everything to do with everything. It is as cowboy as they come even though the word Buckaroo was never used in this story. ..& I will tell you why.

Sometimes, in life… we fall.  Hard. There are people in this life, whose joy comes from causing you to fall, or simply laughing & walking by when you do.  You can go at situations in life like this alone. Sometimes you will be able to pick yourself back up off the floor and show everyone that you can succeed no matter what. But sometimes, it takes a true best friend & sister to pull you out of the rabbit hole.

I know you are still asking what my favorite drink has to do with all of this eternal love stuff…and the answer is…While standing in line with my best friend & only sister-who was at the time buying me this favorite drink….I realized that she did not only simple things in my life (like buying me my fav drink!) to pulling me out of my dark rabbit hole.

Thank God for best friends & only sisters.

That is all!

Best friend & only sister...

 

Xoxo

~Adrian

Poly deficient!

Hello loves!

Oh sometimes I get sooo excited to sit down & write a good lil ol’ newsy blog to you all! Life is insane right now…Like, not even kidding it’s pretty crazy!  The 27^th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko NV was AWESOME! I had such a blast seeing old friends, making some new ones and loving every minute of my scheduled shows…& the on the spot ones with friends like Ian Tyson & Ernie Stites at JR’S!

Being back home again with my bestie (My sis if you are just tuning in!) Is one of the happiest things in the world…We popped up to the ranch for today to go brand over at the neighbors, and all excited to choke some baby calves-THEN I get sick from some guy who came to my Regional Geography Class & can’t even get out of bed this morning to catch my darn horse! Arrrrhhh….It’s funny, yesterday on my music Facebook, someone asked me if I ever had a bad day. The answer is that I’m human, just like everyone else, but that I like to the blessings around me so much that it doesn’t ever stay bad for long-Today is a hard day to remember that when I am feeling so “Poly Deficient”!!!  

Oh well, we can’t have everything we want! So I’m going to bundle up, & sneak out to at least watch….Ok so I’m totally getting my horse & gonna trot over to see if there is anything left to rope ;) hehe hey! Can’t blame a gal for trying! <3

Love you all! I’m feeling very “blogger” lately What with my sis starting the new AWESOME Blog Buckaroo Barbie in anticipation of our new book coming out, so I will post a nice picture filled, newsy blog tonight!

Bear Valley <3

Xoxo

~Adrian