An Afternoon with my Hubby and Cows that Eat Cereal

An Afternoon with my Hubby and Cows that Eat Cereal

• 1.10.2014

Yesterday, the little boys and I rode along with Bron in his truck as he went about his normal work day visiting different dairies around the area.  My husband knows me better than I know myself, I think.  Getting out of the house was exactly what I needed.  Between feeling sick and sluggish and cooped up in the house due to the cold, those January blues were setting in fast.

So we sped down country dirt roads slinging mud up onto the truck's windows and talked the afternoon away while our two little co-pilots acted happy just to be along for the ride--for the most part, anyway.

Did you know that some dairy cows are lucky enough to eat cereal?  For reals.  There was a giant pile of fruit loops and frosted mini-wheats sitting in a bay at one dairy!  Cows can eat just about anything.  According to a certain handsome dairy nutritionist, as long as a dairy cow is fed the appropriate proportions of simple and complex carbohydrates and protein, she'll produce milk.  Discarded cereal from the mill totally fits the bill for simple carbs.  Yum!  "Moooove over, Bessie.  That's my fruit loop!"

Anyway, we didn't pick off any fruit loops, but Bron did take me to a little restaurant I've heard so much about but have never been.  Stevo's is known for their delicious steak sandwiches, burgers, and the best french fries in the state.  Well, it certainly lived up to the hype.  I stuffed myself with enough calories to last till Sunday.  It was that good.  I now understand why Bron sometimes isn't very hungry when he comes home in the evening.

There's nothing quite like gaining a little perspective from my husband's point of view--for at least one afternoon--huh?  Thanks for a good day, Honey.

^^Frost on every branch.  What the views from my window looked like one morning last week.^^