What's Going On and SweatPink 1MillionMinutes Challenge

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, as always!

Over the next few weeks I'm going to be really, really busy, so I may not be posting much. We'll see.

Alfalfa and Yellow Sweet Clover, blooming right now in our ditch.
I always love the colors and the smell--so sweet and lovely!

There's not a ton going on around here, anyway. Some of my long-time readers may have noticed I haven't been writing much about the farm lately. That's because I'm not sure what to say. We have hardly had any rain in calendar year 2015. Less than two inches total since January 1, and less than 1 inch during the growing season.  Our crops and pastures are drying up and it's not pretty. Finding anywhere with decent hay to cut is a struggle. We're already moving our cows around to different pastures to try to keep good grass in front of them, but the time is likely to come very soon when we'll have to be a little creative.

It's hard to write about the dry situation here. I keep writing a sentence, then deleting it because I think it somehow may come off as snarky or sarcastic and I don't in any way want anyone to think I'm making light of a poopy situation. It just kinda stinks.

So, this summer you may see more non-farming posts on my blog and more posts related to fitness and recreation. Which leads me into the next topic of this post...

I signed up (for FREE!) to take part in the FitApproach 1MillionMinutes fitness challenge! They are going for one million minutes of activity total, logged by all the people who are registered with their site. I think it's pretty cool. All I have do to is go to their website and log how many minutes of exercise I do each day.

I don't have to do one million minutes myself, but I did set a goal for myself of 2000 minutes. The challenge runs from June 21 to August 21. I have no idea if 2000 minutes is reasonable, unattainable, or too easy, it just seemed like a goal. I thought if I did 30 minutes of activity each day, that would be about 1800 minutes, and then just rounded up to 2000. Everything I log goes toward the overall challenge goal of one million minutes, from users all around the world. Plus, I think they're doing giveaways and contests for people who are signed, so maybe I'll get some cool freebies. :)

The first contest they are running is to complete the Mad Lib below, so I'm doing that in this post! I'll be using my blog and Instagram throughout the 1MillionMinutes challenge to share my progress. 

I am so excited to join #1MillionMinutes with #sweatpink! This summer my goal is to do _2000_ (number) minutes of running, walking, and yoga (mostly) (activity), while wearing my favorite _hot pink__ (color) _Oiselle Distance Shorts (noun).

I predict that we’ll _annihilate_ (Verb) the goal of #1MillionMinutes – we’ll actually hit _1,500,000_ (number) of minutes this summer! I predict that _running_ (activity) will be the top-logged movement.

I’ll get extra minutes in by _mountain biking_ (verb) to Lost River Ranch (place)!

My favorite way to get extra minutes in is by doing online workouts (verb) with FitSugar! (person). My dog Harvey_(person) is my BEST activity partner because he/she is so hyper and always ready to run! (adjective). Our favorite way to relax post-workout is to lay out in front of the fan.

I tag Christy ,  ( people) to help us reach #1MillionMInutes… or more!