Denim Deb Hay, hay, hay. Thank the Lord!

[savingdogs]

Me, too! I hope I read you write something like:

I got very little accomplished today. I spent the whole day with a friend. I came home and everyone else had picked up the house and hubby had made dinner. We had a nice evening together and I went to bed early.
Next day: After church, I got to go for a beautiful ride and then came home and took a nap.

 

[Denim Deb]

Oh how I wish! Instead, this is what my life was like.

Friday-I actually managed to get out of the house as early as I wanted to, so that meant I got to the farm when I wanted to. I fed the horses, threw out hay, then started picking up poop. I'm behind on that and wasn't able to get it all done. But, I was able to get to work at 7:30, which was good. But, instead of getting done at 12:00 like I'm supposed to, I didn't get done until 12:10.

I went straight to the feed store and got 2 bags of Stormy's food. From there, I went to the Acme. I needed just a few things, so I got them, then headed to the farm. I stopped at the house first. There was no more cat food for the cats that get fed in the hay shelter, so I needed to get some. From the house, I can see the fence for my pasture. And, where I haven't gotten up the new fence, Honey has almost completely broken down the fence! It's the board fence over there. She got down on her knees B4 when the ground was really wet, and pushed against the posts to get the grass on the other side. Now, the posts are leaning over. And, they look to be worse, plus the rails are pretty much broken up. I get the cat food and head over to my tack shed.

We were having a riding club meeting/cook out last night in front of my tack shed. And, the area around my tack shed is really messy-w/a ton of junk that belongs to KN. So, I did some cleaning up of it. Plus, there were a lot of buttercups growing next to my fire pit. I pulled out a bunch of them. Then, I got one of the cattle panels I had taken down, and dragged it over to where the fence was really bad, and tied it in place. I had planned on leaving around 2:00, it was 2:30 when I left. But, I HAD to get this stuff done.

I get home and throw a load of clothes right in the washer. Then, I make potato salad. I had already cooked the potatoes, and hard boiled some eggs-including a double yolker. I just had to put everything together. I sliced the double yolker lengthwise. That way, you could see both yolks. The slices really looked neat.

I had started to clean the bathroom the day B4. While I was waiting for the clothes, I finished cleaning that. Once the clothes were done, I went out, hung them up, and fed the animals. I also picked the asparagus. It was well overdue for picking. Then, I got my bike, and took it to a shop. It needs new tires I should have it back on Tuesday, but w/the weather, I couldn't ride it anyway.

My hubby picks me up there and drives me home. He was later than normal getting home as it was. He had to pick someone up and drive them to work since they had car problems. And, it's out of his way to get them. So, it was way later than I had planned on it being for me to leave to go back to the farm. I get back to the farm and lay the fire. I made it upside down. It caught w/no problem whatsoever. (Thanks, Nifty!) I was hoping that someone would show up since RU was already over there, and I didn't want to leave her by herself. But I had to put out RBs. I helped her get some stuff set up, decided no one is coming yet and went and put them out. I was able (just barely) to get thru the one field. So that meant I didn't have to drive all the way around to put out 2 of them.

By the time I got back to my tack shed, everyone else was there. But, I wasn't too happy. The one person had brought 4 dogs w/her! Poor Cindy couldn't come out of the tack shed. I know she wanted to, but wouldn't w/the dogs. Once the meeting was over, I put away my stuff, cleaned up a hair in my tack shed and went to sleep. Cindy decided she was going to stay out all night.

At 3:30, Ralph started to crow and woke me up. One of the other roosters answered him. But that was it, so I fell back asleep. I seem to recall that they crowed another time, but I'm not sure. But they did crow at 5:30. And since I'm normally up by then, I decided to just stay up.

To be continued.

 

[abifae]

So.... ixnay on "I got very little accomplished today. I spent the whole day with a friend. I came home and everyone else had picked up the house and hubby had made dinner. We had a nice evening together and I went to bed early."

 

[Denim Deb]

Well, yes and no. It was to be continued for a very good reason. I was beat, and falling asleep. I'd be asleep now, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

I had taken my laptop w/me to the farm. My plan was to make a cup of coffee and relax while drinking it and messing on the computer. There's a very small piece on the end of the plug, maybe 2 inches long. W/out this, I cannot plug it in. When I was packing up, I dropped it and didn't realize it until I went to plug it in this morning. So, that meant I couldn't get on this morning.

It was too early to feed the horses, and I can't eat that early in the morning. Instead, I decided to put up some more of the electric. But first, I had to take down the stuff that KN had put up. I don't know if it was the stuff she put up, the charger or what, but it's never worked properly. And in places, it was torn down. So, I went ahead and took it all down. Then, I put up the new stuff. There's one spot where w/the way the fence is, I couldn't put it up right. But since that's in a corner, I just cut across it for now. When I finish the fence, I'll put it up the rest of the way. I got done w/it, and fed the horses. That meant there was just one more spot to put it up, from the gate in front of my tack shed down the fence that separates the 2 fields, and into Honey's stall. I did that after they ate. And, I checked it all, and it works! I'm just not sure exactly how much of a charge it's getting since this is just a small battery operated charger. I normally use it for camping, but I have another one, so as long as this works, I'll use it until I have a chance to put up my solar one.

I only had a very short pole in the ground. Again, this is one that I use for camping. Last year, I had gotten one since I had planned on putting up the solar charger, just never got the chance. I had even talked to KN about it when she had planned on working on the fence. (I had suggested that she put up the solar charger. Needless to say, it didn't happen.) But, I couldn't find it when I was putting up the electric. I was able to find it this morning, so I put it in the ground. But, the one bolt on the clamp was all rusted. I sprayed it, and still couldn't get it loose. So that meant a run to TSC to get a new one.

I had planned on having French toast for breakfast. I get it all mixed up-and can't find any syrup. I had one piece already made. So, I ate that but turned the rest of the mix into scrambled eggs. So that w/coffee was my breakfast. I ate it in front of my tack shed while I watched my horses.

Because of all the dogs at the meeting last night, I stepped in dog poop sometime last night. So this morning, I went out w/my manure fork, and picked up dog poop. I wasn't too happy about that and can hardly wait until everything is done enough so that I can put up a fence around "my" area. Unless and until I get my own dog, there will be no dogs allowed in there!

I then get everything all cleaned up and put or packed away. KN had left her bag chair out. I left it there. I'm tired of picking up after her. I go to TSC, get what I need, and go home. Since there was a chance for rain, I got my clothes off the line-just in time. It started to rain 5 minutes later.

Hubby wanted to go out so, we go. He had heard about a Habitat for Humanity store in a nearby town. Not only do we find the store, but we also find out they're having a craft show. We were disappointed in the store. It was basically just a thrift store, and not what we were expecting at all. From there, we walk down the street a bit, and go to the craft show. There was a beek there. I had wanted to talk to him, but there were too many people around. There was someone doing some spinning. I talked to her for a bit. She had some "wool" made from banana leaves. I find a guy w/homemade soap. There's one that I liked the scent of-raspberry. So, I bought a bar. ($3.00) They had a stand where they were making "tornado taters". They looked interesting, so we got one to split. ($4.00) It was good, but we won't buy one again. I can probably make them on my apple slicer, I'll just have to play w/ it a bit.

From there, we go to the Amish market in another town. We won't go to this one again! First off, there's a million red lights in town and they don't have any signs up where you can see them so you know what lane you need to be in. It's painted in the street right as you get to the light. So, people find themselves in the wrong lane. Then, we weren't exactly sure where it was located. We wanted to turn down the street B4 it so we could park in the back. We didn't see it until too late to turn. So, we park in front. There's a lot of 1 way streets in the area, and trying to get to the back wouldn't have been worth it. We go in. It's on the lower floor of this building, which meant steps. I don't know what it was about these stairs, but something about them affected my vertigo. By the time we got to the bottom, I was dizzy! And, the place was packed. I felt about like a salmon swimming upstream trying to get thru. Plus, it was noisy. We were both glad to get out of there. From there, we went to Harbor Freight, then Foreman Mills. We were also glad to get out of Foreman Mills. I think some of the people in there belonged in the People of Wal-Mart photos. From there we go home.

By now, it's around 3:30. I check my eggs, go feed the animals and head to the farm. I feed Stormy, check on my chickens, and put the new clamp on my grounding rod. Then I head home. I turn on my computer and try to get caught up. Didn't happen. I was beat. I figured I'd take a short nap. I slept for 3.5 hours, and the only reason I got up then was because my hubby woke me up. I'm ready to go back to sleep now, so I guess I won't get all caught up on posts now, it will have to wait.

 

[savingdogs]

so you DID get a nap!

I'm sorry you had the vertigo hit you though. I can always nap after that. Certain places "get" me, too. I usually can't figure out why. Markets often give me vertigo, I'm not sure what exactly is in there that does it but I'm allergic to a lot of foods, so that is probably it and the soap aisle especially gets to me. I also don't like those places that decorate in black and white checkered floor and red accents, that usually will get my vertigo going as well. I have no idea why on that one.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

so you DID get a nap!

I'm sorry you had the vertigo hit you though. I can always nap after that. Certain places "get" me, too. I usually can't figure out why. Markets often give me vertigo, I'm not sure what exactly is in there that does it but I'm allergic to a lot of foods, so that is probably it and the soap aisle especially gets to me. I also don't like those places that decorate in black and white checkered floor and red accents, that usually will get my vertigo going as well. I have no idea why on that one.

SD, have you tried wearing sunglasses when you shop? Polarized work best. It cuts the flicker of the lights.

 

[savingdogs]

No, but I should probably try it. The bad part is that Hubby has epilepsy and gets triggered by grocery stores too...we were just not MEANT to eat I guess. His is controlled by meds but he has had his only grand mal seizure in a grocery store and his only "close calls" were also in a grocery store.

We might look like we were trying to be incognito or something if we both stroll in with our sunglasses on!

 

[Denim Deb]

Yeah, I got a nap, but no dinner! If my hubby hadn't woken me up, I wonder if I would have slept all night! Honestly, when he woke me up, and I saw the time, my first thought was that it was morning, and we must have had a power outage and he had to go to work. I completely forgot what day it was.

 

[savingdogs]

I've had that happen, isn't it a weird feeling? Weren't you relieved when you realized you still had a whole night to rest?

 

[abifae]

Mmmmm sleeeeep....

I kept trying to pass back out, but my back up alarm kept jumping on me and yowling for breakfast.