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Blogging should be fun.

It should be something that not only the reader, but the writer enjoys as well. 

But when the time comes to create a post and the inspiration just isn't there, it becomes a frustrating chore.

Ranching is a wonderful lifestyle.  I've grown up surrounded by it all my life and I love it.  I like riding my own horse and helping work the cattle.  I like getting in and doing the manual labor of brandings and sorting.   I like living out in the middle of a pasture and having so much freedom because of that.  

Yet in this wonderful life, I find it hard to come up with weekly blog ideas. 

Maybe I was wrong in thinking a weekly post was a good idea.  Or maybe I was right in thinking a weekly post was a good idea.

Facts are facts, however.  I have a hard time thinking of, writing, taking pictures, and publishing my weekly posts. 

I look at other blogs for ideas and to see what they do and it seems they all have a main point or theme.  There are financial blogs, DIY blogs, blogs about how one person made it through losing a loved one, writing blogs, blogs about how someone adopted their child...

And then there's mine.

A blog with no real point or theme other than the vast--very vast--life of living on a ranch.  I have so many interests that it's hard to evenly show them to you.  I could have countless of blogs if I actually wrote about each one of my hobbies, lives, happenings...  Instead, in 2012 I started a blog which showed most of my interests all in one place. 

Now, that's not bad, per se, but it is unorganized and it leaves me wondering what I should choose to write about. 
 
I've been blogging without a break since October 2012.  And recently, I've posted every single week. 

What I'm getting at is I think it would be wise for me to take a break from the weekly posts.  Don't panic!  I never said I was ending this blog!

Honestly though, with my growing business, finishing school for the year, cattle work, and all that happens in life, I haven't really had the time to blog as I should.

I believe this will allow me more time to organize my thoughts and return with an idea of what I am doing. 

Also, I think if I stop the weekly posts, I can write entries when they hit me, thus they'll be longer and better (I hope so).  At the least, I won't have that deadline of every Thursday breathing down my neck, though I'm glad I had a schedule for a while.

So please understand where I'm coming from.  I want to make better, more meaningful posts, even if that means actually writing less posts. 

In conclusion, Happy Face Ranch's weekly posts are "going to pasture" (taking a break).

When will my next post be?  How often will I post?  I cannot answer those at this time as I don't even know.  But please check back every so often--I do have a couple of post ideas floating around which I'd like to show you sometime. 

So, until my next post, my kind readers!

~Savannah