Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
Find the time to spend time together! Thanks for starting your week with me right here on Ranch Raised.
As I started the month of giving last week talking about not stressing over giving people physical presents but instead giving the gift of your time. I promised to bring you great ideas all month and hopefully something will spark an idea that works for you!
This weekend our family packed into the car after evening chores and headed to town to enjoy a family friendly movie at our local move theater. It was was warm, had great popcorn, and as soon as my husband sat down he observed, “wow these seats are awesome!” Gift certificates to movie theaters are great idea. Even better, go with the family or kids you are gifting it to and make some memories! Or how about going bowling! All I’m saying is there are some great options in our small towns to enjoy experiences with our loved ones instead of ordering junk online just for the sake of having something to put under the tree!
Maybe going out isn’t your idea of a good time. Call the family over for a game night, put together a puzzle, or get out the hot glue gun and get busy crafting. Porch pots are all the decorating rage right now. Go to your local green house and gather up what you need and get together with you other crafty friends and family to create something to put by the front door to greet guests and makes you smile every time your come home.
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Merriman, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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