Surprise!

Well, I'm sure you won't really be surprised, but this is an easier way to break the news to my family. I'm afraid they might think I'm crazy, but they won't give me that "Marilyn have you lost your mind" look in front of all of you.
We went to Safeway last night and got a baby potbellied pig :)
We didn't buy her at Safeway, well sort of, we met the family that we got her from on Craigslist at Safeway.
At night, in a dark parking lot.
Kind of like a Hillbilly drug deal and the drug of choice is livestock.

I can just see my family showing up at my door with a camera crew asking me about my livestock and then inviting me to a "family reunion" at some local hotel to do an intervention.

"Marilyn, we're all here because we love you" as the Kleenex box is passed around the room. "How long have you been addicted to livestock?"
"Well, it all started when I was about ten with just one little dog... from there it went to kittens, rabbits and rodents. Before I knew what was happening, it was birds and more dogs and fish."
Did you feel like you were losing control then Marilyn?"
"No, not until I moved to the Farm. I would start to feel kind of shaky driving by fields of goats, I would break out in a sweat whenever I saw miniature equine. Chick days at the feed store were my undoing, I had no control..."

Now, here I am with a white trash makeshift 2x4 and chicken wire "play-pen" in the garage for Pearl.

She's just a little pig, just one little pig.
And I swear, this is it, no more, I'm done.

Well, at least until spring when we start to see a return on last years poultry investment.
Just think, baby ducks, baby geese, baby turkeys, baby guinea hens, little baby chicks...
I gotta go, I'm starting to feel a little shaky.