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Thursday night my computer melted down. It began making noises at me, and running slow. Did I mention that it was S.l.o.w. ??? Because it was.  The fabulous man in my life checked it out and informed me that I had barely any free space on my hard-drive, so we began deleting some programs that didn’t get used, and were taking up a lot of space, except for that it didn’t work.  It wasn’t until almost a full 24 hours later that we discovered that Windows Vista was running an indexing program that was indexing. Every. Single. File.  We’d wondered for quite some time, why the CPU just ran and ran at full tilt and why it seemed like the fan never got a break. When he was finally able to get that ridiculous indexing shut off, the computer started running great! I am getting an early Christmas present in the form of an external hard-drive so that I can dump all my 200+ video files off of this machine. I might have a problem. I can’t hit delete. You never know if the video you took of a horse when you halter broke it will come in handy.

P6240587Last night I pulled every single cockle-burr out of my poor Higgins dog.  They were matted and everywhere, such that you couldn’t even pet him without risk of getting stuck. It wasn’t so much pulling them out as it was cutting them out with scissors. He looks like a butchered Papillon now, because I had to cut so much hair out of him, but at least I was able to give him a bath. He smelled like he came out of a Toni & Guy salon when I was done with him!  As much as I will miss Zach this winter, I am looking forward to getting him someplace where he can have regular groomings and his gorgeous hair can grow back.  Not only does this lovely creation of mother nature affect my dog, but they are also in very nearly every horse’s forelock and their tails. I suppose they do serve a purpose, to help stop soil erosion but that is hard to swallow since they are just so annoying!

Due to the computer melt down I had to do some major reorganization of it, and found some video I had dumped out and never watched, so I am sure I’ll be sharing! In fact, I found a really cute one, from last year at this time, of me scratching Dolce.  I think that in the next week, in addition to daily updates on my Thirty Days of Thanksgiving post, I may share some of the cool videos I re-discovered.

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We’ll be heading to Texas on Tuesday so we can spend Thanksgiving with my folks. I’m really excited about going, but not so excited about the drive. Oh well, at least I have my new BFF the Blackberry to keep me company on the way. I’d say that I could call my BFF in real life on the way down, and I can, but not while I’m in Nebraska. Nebraska hates cell phones. I’m pretty certain of it.

The weather is gorgeous today; Zach’s kids are here for the weekend, so there will fun had, no doubt about it. I think I’ll probably take advantage of the freshly worked up arena that Zach so graciously fluffed for me. Without me asking.

Life is so good.

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  2. Maureen@IslandRoar says

    You’re so lucky to have computer help! I always feel crazy when things arent’ going the way they should; I just don’t understand the tech stuff. I need me a nice geeky nerd to help me out!
    Glad you’re seeing your family in Texas for the holiday.
    Can’t wait to hear all about it.
    Those are some pretty horses in the next post!

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