So Happy to See Ewe!

Here we go!

Gahhh... Time can sure get away from you when the sun is out! There has been SO much going on I don't even know where to begin. I already told you that my nephew Quinn was here from Montana. It didn't seem like we really did anything fun while he was here, but as we sat in McDonalds eating our last meal together I started going over everything we had done during his two-week stay, and I think we had a great time!

We traded in Ruby the big grey mare for Joe the bony old gelding and an ornery white mule that is really a donkey but just as stubborn as a mule. Ruby turned out to be WAY too much horse for us, and I'm always the first to admit when I'm out of my league, so I found a lady who will work with Ruby and help her be all she can be instead of just being out to pasture for the rest of her days. It didn't take me long to find Joe, a twenty-three year old bony brown quarter horse with all of his accessories included for two hundred dollars. So really it was like buying a saddle and getting the horse for free AND a bogo (buy one get one free) donkey thrown in to sweeten the deal. Actually, Snowball is anything but sweet, but she does grow on you. They were both in pretty sorry shape when they got here, but with some good groceries, a little Geritol, and a healthy dose of wormer they seem to be coming around just fine. Joe has a dentist appointment the first part of August and after that his butt should be as big as mine in no time!

Here's Joe...

And Here's ornery Snow...

See Tina creeping in the shot... She's such a camera wh*re.

Speaking of Tina, I already told you that she got her hair and nails done. I think I also told you that her hairdresser made us an offer we couldn't refuse on TWO more llamas, Tropic and Timber. Needless to say, 6 wasn't thrilled, but I figure he'll be over it by January when he gets home.

I also already told you one of our ewes had her lamb! We named her Happy because we were so happy to see her : )

I'll post some video of her frolicking in the field as soon as I get a chance. A few people have seen her picture and thought she was a goat or a calf (?) but trust me, she's a sheep. The reason she doesn't look like a wooly little lamb is because she's a Katahdin hair sheep. She has hair instead of wool and big floppy ears like a goat but doesn't moo like a cow. Plus, she hasn't been in my front yard yet so she can't be a cow!

Ok, so to wrap things up with the livestock, I have taken in a few urban roosters. A lot of people who live in town have started raising backyard chickens which is great, but sometimes their hens turn out to be roosters which most neighbors don't think is so great. So what ends up happening is they have to be relocated ASAP and often times they end up being relocated to a stew pot. I guess you could kind of consider me an agent with the rooster relocation/protection agency. I take in roosters on the lamb. Get it? Lamb?Also, don't forget my disdain towards my neighbors and really, nothing says F.U like a bunch of roosters and a handful of donkeys before dawn.

Here's Wyatt with his favorite rooster Spot.

When Kenna was here we she managed to get the pool up! I helped a little bit, well unless you take into consideration moral support in which case I helped ALOT. Kenna is kind of like McGyver, give her some duct tape and she can do anything. Funny, I have quite a few friends like that. Makes me wonder why I ever bothered getting married six times. Hmmm... Must have been for the gifts. Anyway, the pool looks great and what a life saver during our heat spell!

I guess that's all for today. I made some honeysuckle soap yesterday AND mailed off Ginger's winnings to her in Iowa. I still need to have Wyatt pick a winner for the Get Green drawing. I'll need to be very specific when I tell him to "pick a winner."

New Arrivals!

I'm Still Here!

OMG, am I a bi-polar blogger or what!

Just to let you know what a LOSER I am, I haven't even sent Ginger her winnings yet, or even drawn a winner for the green goods.

I could go into everything we have been doing and why I haven't had time to blog, but I don't have time : )

We went to Eastern Oregon two weeks ago to pick up my nephew Quinn who lives in Montana but caught a ride with a friend from Idaho and we have been having a great time. You might remember him from last year, but if not, here's a picture.



I don't have any pictures from this year yet, and that's Wendy in the middle and even though it looks like she's missing a front tooth, she's not. She actually has great teeth. This was taken after they finished their white trash tie dye with spray paint.

My sooper dooper very good friend Kenna was here with her two boys for four days over the holiday weekend and we had a GREAT time, but I don't have any pictures of that either.

What I do have pictures of is Tina getting her first haircut! Can you believe she's ten and no one ever had her hair cut or her feet trimmed?

Here's a before picture...



And here's an after picture...



The Llama Shearer made me a screamin' deal on a mother and cria that are being delivered tomorrow. Whatever you do though, don't tell 6. He'll have a cow, and I already have enough of those in the yard ; )



I have to go make lunch.

Ciao'!

Just For Fun...

Quinn!

Super busy day today, getting ready for my nephew Quinn to come for the summer a visit! We are picking him up somewhere, I'm not sure where, Eastern Oregon I think. All I know is it's in a town I can't spell so Googling it was a real b!tch. I think it's going to be some kind of side of the road switch... My sister's friend is bringing him from Idaho and then dropping him with me. I have no idea how long he's staying or how he's getting home, and to tell the truth, the longer the better! Maybe I'll just enroll him in school with Wyatt : )

Quinn



I have to go vacuum, make beds and get to the post office, but don't forget to leave your green tips, I'll have the boys pick a winner on Monday!

Peas

Bits and Pieces

Ok, ok, ok here we go! As usual, never a dull moment here on the farm! We had a horse delivered a few days ago and along with her another horse who was going to graze down part of our pasture. Transporting our new big grey mare Ruby was the easy part to say the least... The other horse, Keno, well he was a little stressed out about the whole situation. The couple who were going to be boarding rented a truck and trailer that supposedly was a two-horse trailer but ended up only being big enough for one passenger at a time so they ended up having to make two trips. Ruby was the first drop, mission accomplished, safe on arrival. As soon as she was settled in I had to make a trip to town for a vet appointment (another story.) When we got home two hours later there was no sign of Keno in the side pasture. Hmmm... I called and asked where he was. Well, he broke through the fence and was in the big pasture with Ruby. So I went up to check on them both. I only found Ruby. She was standing there snacking, swishing her tail, happy as a clam in high tide. No Keno. I kept walking... There he was. In the cow pasture. He had gone over two more fences and looked like he had been given a bad hair cut by Edward Scissorhands. His stress level was really high. So I called Emily and told her things were not so good on the farm. They came back out, doctored him up, mended some fences, put him and Ruby together in one of the small pastures and called it a night. The next morning I was awoke at 5:00 by a still highly stressed equine. Tina and the sheep had come down and I thought we were going to have a major situation. Ruby on the other hand was just happy to be here. Sad to say, Keno had to go. They rented another trailer and took him back across town to the comfort of his own stall and turn out. I guess white trash country life just wasn't in the cards for Keno. I have decided to get some more sheep instead of leasing out the pasture to anymore horses. At least until 6 gets home.

So Ruby is a four-year old dapple grey Thoroughbred. Bee.U.Ti.Full. She is gentle, good-natured and really just want's to be your friend. Ruby's down fall is she has a genetic hip issue which prevents her from doing the kind of things a big grey mare like her would normally do. Basically she's front wheel drive instead of all wheel drive, but for around here that works just fine. Wyatt has his first lesson this morning so he can start learning the basics and is SO excited : ) He got new boots last night and wore them out of the store with his plaid graduation shorts on. It was an interesting look, kind of Britney Spears meets Pa Kettle kind of look. If I don't watch it, he'll be wearing overalls with no shirt like his Texas PeePa and MeMa. I'm not from the South so I may have just misspelled PeePa and MeMa.



About this trip to the vet... Three years ago the neighbor kept his horses in our upper pasture and they pushed one of the fences over. My Grampy told Chucky he had to get his horses out of there and couldn't bring them back until he fixed the fence. Chucky (who is forty) lives with his Sister (who is fortyish) and his Mother in a falling down shack and keeps his horses in a dirt field. Needless to say, Chucky never fixed the fence. So, I decided I would go over there and make them another offer... Fix and maintain the fence and he can use the pasture. As I turned in the driveway I saw a cat. As I drove in the driveway I saw 1647 cats. It was like a horror movie. Cats e v e r y w h e r e. Long haired cats, short-haired cat, cats with no hair, black cats, white cat, orange cats, big cats, small cats... Well, you get the idea. It was worse than anything I have ever even seen on the Discovery Channel. I guess I don't have to tell you, we left with a kitten. I did not want a kitten. I don't even really like cats. AND, this was the ugliest kitten I had ever seen, it looked like it was made out of leftover kitten parts. Huge orange head, white feet, brown body, black legs, I'm not kidding, she is homely. But of course Wyatt had to have her, and of course I can't say no. On the ride home I made Wyatt wrap her up in a towel and hold her away from his body. She had black crusties in her nose, green glue junk oozing from her eyes... Ugh, I just threw up in my mouth a little. As soon as we got her home I washed her and called for a vet appointment. She had to sleep in the dog crate that night because I was pretty sure she had lice. And she did. The Vet said she had never even seen feline lice, but assured us it was not transferable to people or dogs. So now our "free" kitten Pansy is all fixed up. She's on antibiotics, flea meds, and some other crazy stuff, eating real food and sleeping on a soft bed with a boy. Sometimes a girl just gets lucky. It still makes my stomach oogy every time I think about the other 1646 cats up there, oh wait, LeeAnn, Wyatt's friend went back and got two kittens so there's only 1644 cats left, so that's better. Not.



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