Top Ten Reasons To Wear Cowboy Boots

1. 1. People say things like….”Nice boots, want to have lunch?” and
“I like your boots, are you from Texas?”

2. 2. Colorful tops, lovely, ornate stitching, heels

3. 3. They look tuff

4. 4. They are good for everything—dressing up, working, playing, going out—and comfortable too!

5. 5. Once your feet finally stop growing, boots take forever to wear out

6. 6. No better way to grow up than in a pair of red cowboy boots

7. 7. Pull-ons never come untied

8. 8. What other shoes do you take off with a boot jack?

9. 9. Spray ‘em off with a hose, scrub on some mink oil, good as new!

10. 10. Perfect for riding horses.

Changing Direction

I am changing my major!

From Agricultural Business to International Apparel Merchandizing and Marketing.

I can't hardly even begin to explain how exciting this is for me.

Lets just say.....I am a lucky, lucky lady. Who gets to wake up every day (starting tomorrow) and live my dream.

I know that sounds corny. But I don't care. It is the darn truth.

Its amazingly energizing. However, its late right now and I have a BIG day tomorrow. Have to work out all the paperwork for switching my major :)

Panic. Nine Days.

So. I never wanted to come to college.

I wanted to skip all that book learnin' and travel the world. Join the peace core. Live in Alaska.

That didn't happen and here I am, in college, doing lots of that darn book learnin'

I am growing quite fond of it, though. I am even going to apply to do some undergraduate research. It has been wildly energizing. Until today. I hit my first (of many) bump in the road.

I realized (finally) that I am in way over my head. There are so many new terms and procedures and processes that I know nothing about! I can stick my arm in a cow and pull out a calf. I can wash and dry laundry. I can book plane tickets to chicago. I can carry on a conversation in broken spanish.

but.

I am not sure if I can get a proposal done in the next nine days. I don't even know what my topic is....I have an idea....but not really.

Vaquera~Sierra

This is a blog about beginning.

Beginning to grow up. learn spanish. follow my dreams.

Also. Names mean a lot to me. So I was pretty picky about picking a name for this blog. I tried to get as much meaning into it's title as possible.

What's In a Name?

1. I am learning (and loving) Spanish right now, so I wanted to use one of my new words

2. I wanted something easy to remember and I thought the rhyming of the spanish word and my name was perfect.

3. I didn't like vaquera just becasue it rhymed with Sierra, I also liked the word becasue it translates as...cowgirl...and that is a wonderful word packed with more meaning than I even know.

So this is the beginning of one cowgirl's blog about beginnings....and wherever they might lead!