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November 30, 2016
Work Wednesday—Horses!
It’s super-hard to look at that beautiful fence we built and not be horse shopping . . . we haven’t yet heard about when our training visitor is coming; her dad’s been really busy at the café. I’ve been looking on Craigslist and Rollanet and a few other sites, and yesterday a random person texted […]
Work Wednesday—More Horses!
No, I’m not getting more horses, but I am getting the two, a mare/foal pair, from South Dakota sometime next week. Which means another project. And it also means I’m taking a crash course in “All the Things I Used to Know About Horses but Feel Like I Can’t Quite Remember All of Them.” Last […]
November 28, 2016
Prep Monday—Cold and Rain
Argh, I’m so tired of this—already! I can deal with cold. Wind, not so much. Cloudy days one right after the other, not at all! Yes, I know it’s only November . . . Super hard to get motivated to do much of anything. This makes me think of the pioneers and the isolated farmers […]
November 21, 2016
Prep Monday—The Girl Card
I read an article about feminism and how women of yesteryear were much happier than they are today. I thought the article was funny as heck, but NOT because I fit the definition of a feminist. I believe that women can do anything men can do. I do not, however, believe that women can do […]
November 16, 2016
Work Wednesday—Are We Done Yet?
We’re winding down for the winter—thank goodness! While I’ve managed to keep up with my PT and stretches, my range time is way down the last few weeks. The fence is now livestock-proof, although I’ll feel better when I finish putting the third screw in all the boards; I’m about a third of the way […]
November 14, 2016
Prep Monday—Things I’ve Learned Since the Big Move
Actually, I could entitle this “things I’ve learned since the weather turned cold.” It takes, to date, about an hour or so to get the fire in the furnace burning. It takes about another hour or so for the temp to reach 120, which is when the blower kicks on. With our new, warmer bedding […]
November 11, 2016
Fan Friday—OMG
OMG. I had an entire, lengthy post for today, reasoned, balanced, and yes, a little anger and annoyance thrown in, but I’ve decided to do this instead: Grow up, special snowflakes! The world did not end because Trump was elected. Are you not all carrying on today as usual? Did you get up, eat breakfast, […]
November 9, 2016
Work Wednesday—Fence is Finally Finished!
I am so, so relieved that this is over! Imma have to smack my doc one of these days for telling me to “get more exercise.” Good grief. Each of those 44 posts weigh nearly 40 pounds, and the six-inchers are close to 90. Plus all those boards—ack. Not to mention the lifting and bending […]
November 7, 2016
Prep Monday—Time and Season
The time change happened, like clockwork—ha—yesterday. And we woke up, here on the farm, to 38 degrees with a windchill of 34. I don’t know about you, but anything below 45 just screams “winter” to me! The Farmers’ Almanac gives us seasonal dates like these: Fall: September 22 Winter: December 21 Spring: March 20 Summer: […]
November 4, 2016
Fan Friday—How to Vote in the Presidential Election
I’m certainly not going to tell you for whom to cast your vote, and I’m not going into the logistics of how to actually go and vote. What I’m trying to do here is narrow down the reasons to vote for a candidate. Or not. In order to serve in the position of President of […]
