Life in the middle of nowhere.. 60 miles.. 70 miles.. really after an hour drive does miles really matter?? The first 15 mins of the drive are spent checking out of phones and forgetting ‘city’ life. The rest of the drive focuses in on the mending of the soul, figuring out ‘things’ then once you hit the autogate that rumbles through your bones.. a relief floods across you.. Ahh HOME!! My eyes close every time I cross that autogate. There is nothing like it.. unless it is sitting in the mountains..that is a close second. Life happens in the middle of nowhere..a lot happens.. honestly some times it is jaw dropping the things that happen at the ponderosa..or just to the Stauff family in general.. in town at the playhouse or at the ponderosa craziness is always near and dear. This will be a place to put our craziness to ‘ink’.

This blog will contain a little of everything that I love..family,  my crazy pets,  the ranch, favorite quotes,  favorite music,  recipes, a few cuss words, and anything that enters my life in a “WTH?”.  One thing that it will not house is negativity..life is too short for such nonsense. Life was meant to smile and giggle about..so..no soapboxes.. A life of “FIA, with a smile”.. you will learn all about FIA within my writing.. I had a brilliant college professor that was whack, but he was the best professor that I ever had. Even now, ahem, a few years later, I remember his courses like they were yesterday. One thing that stuck with me all these years was, “Writing, true writing is about finding your readers emotions. It can be laughing, crying, sighing,  or deep thought. True writing brings at least one of those to your reader. If you can evoke an emotion of such, you have achieved your job as a writer”. I will do my best to make him proud. So, settle back, take a breathe, grab a good drink and enjoy, and yes, it is all real, cause I couldn’t make this shit up.