8 Aug....what a day!
This morning started out smooth....Opened the coops, let the ducks out...fed and watered everyone...milked Suzie. Easy peasy! Got the milk put up....cleaned the kitchen...ran a few loads of laundry, then headed out to pull the 3 ft tall weeds in the goat pen, that Suzie wont eat. :/ I ended up with 20 bushel baskets of weeds!! On the compost they go...
I came inside, and jumped in the shower...then started supper. Seems like this will be a pretty good day...Got all my papers together for hubby to take to work and fax in for me...and got him off to work. See? Easy...right?? HA! After he left...it got interesting. I was relaxing with a bottle of water...cooling off..when my phone rang. It was the neighbor. She said.." So, now you are having goats delivered"?? Me: WHAT?? NO!! She" Um, there is a truck in your driveway, with 2 men, and a goat in the back. Then she snickered...and said, call me when you know whats going on! I jumped up just as the doorbell rang. Seems these two men took the pygmy goat that my neighbor was giving away, and was looking for a "friend" for her. Either a whether, or another female. Whew! The neighbor girl told them I do rescue, and might know where to get one for them. So, I sent them on their way, telling them I would look for one for them....disaster diverted! LOL No more goats dropped off here! About 7...I got my things together to go do the evening chores, milking and such. This is where it got....interesting. I put out feed for everyone...and got Suzie on the milking stand. All smooth like...she let me milk no problems. I finished, and was standing there brushing her...when I noticed there was a mobile home trying to make the corner..and was stuck blocking the road. So, I was brushing Suzie, and watching out the window, when I saw out of the corner of my eye, Juliette, the momma PB pig is out of her pen, and headed to the road!!!! I forgot to latch the gate. So, I ran out and got some feed...luckily she is very food motivated. Got her back inside...and went to get Suzie, and realized I hadn't put the lead on her collar...she was not in the stand when I got back over to her. Dang! She was in the sheep's pasture, and NOT wanting to be caught. She already had her food, so she just wanted to be nosy, and poke around. I chased her for a few minutes...grabbed her up, and got her back in her pen and realise I hadn't locked the gate, and the pig was now in Suzies pasture. Are you kidding me!??? Another little pail of feed, and the pig was back with her babies. Whew! Grabbed the pail of milk...and headed to the house. Put the milk up, and a storm was blowing towards us, so I rushed out to gather eggs. In my hurry, I spooked Jr, the rooster..and he nailed me! Why you little so and so....I aughtta...a swift kick, and he was back in submission. Grabbed the eggs and made it to the house listening to the thunder. Then I realized I hadn't closed the barn...so I ran out to close the barn, and the mobile home was still there. By then it was 8pm. They had been working on it for just over an hr...and the storm was closing in. I walked over and talked to them for a few minutes..quite the crowd had gathered. We don't get this sorta excitement around these parts very often. LOL I decided to head back to the house, and realized I hadn't put up the ducks. Well crap! So, as I get closer to the ducks, they decided they didn't want to go in the pen...I chased them around the coops 3 times!! After the 3rd time, I had visions of roasted duck running through my head. Finally they made their way inside...all locked up just as the first few drops of rain started to fall. I hadn't been in the house 3 minutes when all heck broke loose from the clouds. Lightening, thunder, rain, winds. My poor dogs were terrified! The power flickered a few times, driving the fear even harder to the dogs. Poor little ones. They shake so hard when it storms. So, all is safely locked in...they finally got the mobile home moved about 9:30...2 1/2 hrs! Im tired, and headed to bed. Tomorrow...I tackle the gardens. weeds are growing faster than the veggies!
