Female | One Girl Trucking

We All Have A Choice

Mar. 02 2012

A while ago I wrote a rebuttal to "Judy" who left a comment on my Facebook page about how I portray the trucking industry or maybe the lack there of. I think a lot of you read it. In her rant she stated that I write nothing about the fact that some women get pushed out of a truck for someone else because they are better looking and the comment that I made has got me a few comments from women who happily ride along with their husbands or boyfriends. In reading what I wrote, I thought I had better write a little more

Oh Deer! What I think of!

Jan. 10 2011

This happened to me over three years ago, but since I've been out waxing Rosie this afternoon looking at the bent bumper from the last deer hit from a few months ago, I thought I'd tell you about this one. First let me tell you I don't like killing or hurting any animal. Unfortunately though, driving a truck sometimes puts you in a spot where you have no choice. A few years back I was running a lot of local Minnesota runs. I worked mostly nights, and slept my days away. This event happened about 3 o'clock in the

Winter Skies & Winter Roads

Jan. 06 2011

What a trip last week was! Of coarse as per my usual luck I run smack dab into the last storm that rolled across the U.S. and had to ride it out from Nogales AZ back home to Minnesota. I think I had about 150 miles of good road on the way home and that was it. The sky still held me captive, as well as all the bad drivers~! The trip home was much more treacherous than going down. Please excuse my dirty windows!

Southwest Out of Focus

Dec. 06 2010

This one reminds me of a horse I use to own...;) I see this photo, and all I can do is ask myself why I live in Minnesota? But, then maybe I would be taking spectacular pictures of Minnesota rather than Arizona... This didn't turn out how I had hoped, but I love it just the same... As for what city it is, I have no idea!

Did I Tell You?

Nov. 24 2010

I purchased a lime tree. So, all fall I had been having problems with the thought of the onset of winter. It seems when I know winter is on it's way, I try to hope, pray, and trick myself into thinking that winter coming is just a figment of my imagination. Once here, I always try to embrace the season, but getting to that point is not fun for me at all. I think hubs was hoping the lime tree that was taking up all available cargo space in our Tahoe the day I came home from shopping was a figment of HIS imagination.

More Loss on the Farm

Nov. 14 2010

We have another problem in our barn. This week we have lost another 3 birds. Two mallard hens and my last speckled hen. We spent yesterday morning before I left out again, digging a grave in our grove for them. The Baby We know it is a small animal like a mink or weasel since it got into the locked chicken coop at night. The bastard only eats their heads too. So damn wasteful. I wouldn't feel half as bad if I knew this animal was starving and ate them because they were hungry. This I think is about the kill. Disco Duck

A Story For You…

Nov. 09 2010

Yesterday I ended up in Yuma AZ to load my produce. For the most part it was a perfectly uneventful day. I had two picks in town, one with 13 pallets and my second had only 1 pallet. When I got over to my second drop I was the only truck there, which of coarse I loved! Once I got backed in I walked into the warehouse to move my load locks out of the way for the fork lift driver. He was a nice guy with a big smile, which put me at ease since it was only him and I in the whole place. He put my pallet of asparagus on my

I’m a Lucky Duck!

Nov. 03 2010

As I said the other day, I would have gotten more done in the garden without the help of my animals. Lucky for me though, they love us and I don't have a choice as to if I'm alone or not. I think of how boring our lives would be without the companionship of our animals and how lucky we are to be graced by them... Our animals make us laugh, smile, and cry and without them, I for one would be lost. Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms” ~George Eliot

Finding Your Voice

Nov. 02 2010

I was informed a while back, by one of hubs family members, that because I "had my stuff" out there on the internet, because I shared everything and because he is a very, very, very (to the point of being weird) private person, we no longer have anything in common. I couldn't understand why my personal life and his had anything to do with each other, or how they even crossed each other to make him say something like that. For a minute or two I had hurt feelings. Then both hubs and I laughed because we thought it was

Enchilada Pie

Oct. 29 2010

As I get older, when looking back on growing up and being married, I'm noticing I have formed a style all my own when it comes to cooking and our meals here on the farm. Even though my mother couldn't keep me in the house long enough to ever cook with her when I was a kid, (I had boys to chase and dirt bikes & horses to ride) I'm very lucky her awesomeness in the kitchen somehow rubbed off on me. With the busy schedule I keep and what I see as important for any meal, I have formed my own style but it is still my