The next 25 years......

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is going on! I haven't been here good and proper for 25 years. I think I have come once in those years and it was with my ex-husband. I got my tattoo that year so it was pretty great all in all. This year the Jack Daniel's tent is by far my favorite place to be. I've always been a Jack girl and always will be. The new blackberry Jack is amazing! Mixed with lemonade and it's the perfect summer afternoon drink. Here's a few pictures of my Jack stuff so far. My Post Office out at Fort Meade has new little friends hanging around. I had 3 bats the other day! Today there are only 2. But look how cute they are!!!! My sister invited me out with her and her friends one night so we went from one end of main to the other just enjoying the sights and all. One of my favorite things to do is take pictures so of course I did a photography scavenger hunt and here's some of my pictures from that. Painted Lady 2020 Sturgis Rally Shirt Face Tattoos Som...

The one thing I miss so much about South Dakota is the country. The horses, the work, the everything!!! I miss the animals we had, I miss the hard work it was to take care of all those animals, I miss living in the country so far away from everything that nothing mattered. So when I heard that the rodeo was up in Deadwood, I had to check it out. The Days of 76 rodeo happens in Deadwood every year. This year was the 103rd anniversary and I learned something new. Every day during the week, in the mornings from 8am to 10am, they have qualifications for Slack, Steer Wrestling and Team Roping.  Well, on the days I went this is what they had anyways. It is FREE and I couldn't believe I hadn't gone more then those two days! I would have went every day had I known. Friday morning I took my dad with me. We didn't get there until after 9am so we didn't get to see a lot but we still enjoyed every minute. Here are some pictures and videos of what we saw on Friday. On Saturday morni...

My favorite job I have had has been working for the post office. I love the customers and being able to get them their mail and packages without problems makes my heart happy. This weekend, July 26th, 2025, marks the 250th birthday of the United States Postal Service! They gave offices budgets to go out and get decorations and some cupcakes or donuts or something like that. Everyone should be making a big deal about it this Wednesday (July 23rd 2025). My tiny office, I would love to do some decorating and I think I just might. I have to buy my own stuff because Sturgis hasn't said anything to me about having money for this office but that's ok. And my sister might have enough left over that I can use some of theirs tomorrow too.  I was able to help her decorate part of her stuff today! Tomorrow morning really early I get to help her set it all up. Here are the decorations so far...... Is that NOT the cutest LLV you've ever seen?!!!! My sister did a great job on it and it...

 One of the best parts about being in South Dakota is getting to spend time with the siblings doing all kinds of different things. Things I would normally be doing by myself (which is no fun). The latest and greatest thing we did were make Koozies for the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for the people that stay in my moms yard. I guess this is something that my sister does every year, or for the past few years anyways and so this year I got to help! I LOVE doing projects. I really REALLY do! So I was asked to come up with the design. The people involved thought it would be cute to put a buffalo on it since this is, of course, one of the states with the fluffy cows that people can't seem to stay away from. That being said, these are my ideas for designs for this years Koozies. After some consideration we decided on 2 different designs for this year. The saying is "where the wild ones roam" which fits for the buffalo and for it being the motorcycle rally. I mean, you do have ...