Funny Farm Author:Schweickert, Eileen A., Dr. The land and our animals have literally saved my life. As we learned about farming and ranching we regained our sanity and I began to heal. first I got better mentally and then my physical body started to get stronger. — Humor has been one of the constant elements in our daily adventures. And though disability and illness are not usually funny ... more »topics, for me, when I started to laugh again, I started to live again. My husband, bless his heart, never stopped laughing. In the hopes that there might be others who can benefit from our crazy experiences, I share them with you. This is the story of how two city slickers started a bucking bull breeding program and how our animals saved my butt.