Hello everyone! I'd like to thank you all and Samantha for letting me join her on the blogging world. It's my first time blogging so I am very excited. I hope you will accept me as a new friend.
I would like to share with some of my letters. As Samantha mentioned, I do enjoy sending letters to various companies and groups. I believe letter writing is a wonderful way to let these companies know your thoughts. Sometimes I send letters praising products. It also seems that I receive an unusually high number of defective products, though I'm not sure why, but believe me when I say that I let those companies know about it. I like to think that I am sticking up for people like us everywhere when I send a letter. I also like to send in my own sketches with letters; I've taken a few art classes back in secondary school and like to make use of my skills when I can.
Here is a letter I wrote to the Canadian Dairy Commission. I wrote this letter at a point when I was feeling quite lackluster and a bit lost in my career. I have always enjoyed milk, so naturally my mind turned to the dairy farming world. I'll let the letter do the explaining.
This is a sketch of my proposed Dairy Farm. I included this so they would know that I was serious about becoming a dairy farmer, not just one of those people who pretend to be interested just for the perks.
To my delight, I received a reply back from the Canadian Dairy Commission! It was a truly lovely letter.
After reading it, I felt quite inspired. Chantal liked my dairy farm and wanted me to be a dairy farmer like her! However, events transpired in the following months which left me feeling defeated and, I hate to say it, a bit down on dairy. I felt lost, so I reached out to Chantal again, hoping she could brighten my thoughts like she did last time.
I don't know if my letter was lost in the mail or if perhaps Chantal was promoted to a different department, but I still haven't received a reply back. It'd be easy to be mad at Chantal or take out my hurt on the Canadian Dairy Commission, but I couldn't do that. Chantal is a lovely person who loves dairy, so I can't wish her anything but the best.
I'm happy to report that I am back in an office job (I don't wish to disclose many more details for fear of history repeating!) and my lactose intolerance seems to have cleared up. I am back to drinking milk and have a general appreciation for my life. Though sometimes my mind does still wander to what could have been with my dairy farm, at least I know that the Canadian Dairy Commisison is (almost) always there for me.
You could maybe start with a smaller animal to milk, perhaps a goat. I would definitely consider purchasing a share in your goat farm.
ReplyDeleteUseful info: Talking to a farmer a little while ago.. dairy farms are huge money makers, but if you start your own it would probably take about 20yrs before you could cover your debt and make a gain. "marry a girl(/boy) with a dairy farm dowry" non-dairy farmers say.
I like the name Rambaldo for your cow...although it's a bit masculine...I would go with Angela.
ReplyDeleteI am also a dairy enthusiast-My favorite is chocolate milk.
That is good advice, Zak and Velvet! Zak, I had considered goats but they are funny animals. Do you know that a goat will eat anything you place in front of him or her? That worries me.
ReplyDeleteVelvet, Rambaldo IS a masculine, strong name. It is named after my great-great uncle, who was a strong man who also enjoyed dairy. Who knows, maybe he enjoyed chocolate milk, too!
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