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I am sitting in this chair in my feeble attempt to avoid the inevitable. I need to go out to milk the cow, but, its muddy out there. VERY muddy! I could never do justice explaining just how muddy it is, so I'll post a picture in a bit. Suffice it to say, dh told me 'no ducks, we dont have a pond' Well, NOW we do :D so should I run out and buy some ducks before the pond goes away? They're on SALE this week at Orshelns! Everybody loves a sale, right? So, back to this cow thing. I put off going out to put up the calf last night because... well... because procrastinating is one of my specialties! It was raining, I had to pick the kids up from youth, the excuse list is long, but in the end, I was out there at 8:30 last night, in the dark and rain trying to wade through puddles in 'croc' type shoes with holes in them looking for that calf that didnt come with her mama when I called. I could see her eyes reflecting in the flashlight beam, and it looked like she might have gotten in behind the fence that is there to protect our blackberry bushes... SIGH. So, I trudged off through the pasture in crocs, looking ahead to the calf and down at the ground alternately because the only thing worse than a puddle in crocs is a PILE in crocs. definitely!  Finally she started coming towards me, and in nothing flat she was RUNNING in my direction. EEEK! Shes just a baby, but she's big and she'd hurt me if she ran into me. She stopped about 5 ft short. So, we turned to go to the stall to pen her up and with every squishy step I can hear them following me. Pretty soon, Spring started to do a bit of a side step thing that made me a wee bit nervous. I was afraid I was going to be kicked or trampled. I thankfully had taken a bamboo stick out with me for protection from the oogieman, so I gave her a light smack on the rear end and she settled back down. Near as I can tell, the cows just really do NOT like a flashlight in the pitch black of night. I will definitely be sure to put the baby up before dark from now on.So, back in to the warm house I came, and found a towel to dry off. I caught a few giggles from kids as I walked in, I must have been a silly soaking wet sight. Sleep was restless as I had a 4 yr old who laid sideways on my bed and put his feet in my neck of all places! and then we were joined by the 3 yr old also. I got up early to start on baking. We posted, or rather dh did, the things that I like to make and do a fairly decent job at, on our webpage (link in the right hand column) and I had orders this week for wheat bread, french bread, cinnamon pecan rolls and fresh eggs. I have 5 loaves of wheat bread in the oven rising, dough for four loaves of french bread in a bowl for the first rise and Im going out now to milk the cow, right after I hit 'post'. When I return to the house, I'll strain the milk, form the french bread loaves, start on cinnamon roll dough and then take the wheat bread out of the oven. I have my work cut out for me today :) I'll be back to post pictures later. Have a great day ya'll! |
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