Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

[frustratedearthmother]

That's the "solid black" !

Crazy huh, lol. When he was wet, I couldn't see the brownish spots at all...

 

[Mini Horses]

Same here. Last yr a doe had what appeared to be one black & one brown. A week later strange coloring. A month later, two dappled bucks! . I really had to figure out who they were, one day.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Same here. Last yr a doe had what appeared to be one black & one brown. A week later strange coloring. A month later, two dappled bucks! . I really had to figure out who they were, one day.

I really liked the looks of him until I picked him up this morning and found a split scrotum. Pretty pronounced too...boo. OH well, he'll make a nice wether and probably taste pretty good too.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

My teenage neighbor (substitute granddaughter, lol) asked me to hatch some eggs for her. I've been hatching on and off since summer. I'm tired of hatching so I told her no! However, I loaned her my incubator and gave her some eggs. I got them all set up yesterday evening. I don't think her mom was exactly thrilled but she was sweet - she's always sweet. I really do have great neighbors.

I have so much work that I should be doing inside - but I feel like I can't waste the wonderful, but weird, weather this time of year. I need to get ready for some possible rain towards the end of the week or weekend. I need to cover a round bale that I've got opened and am hand feeding. I should probably always hand feed it - no waste to speak of that way.

I tried to start the generator yesterday - just because I feel like I should do it at least once a month or so. Probably haven't done it in at least 3 months. Battery is dead - argh. I need to put the trickle charger on it this morning. Also need to dig out the turn off valve that shuts off the water to the pasture. No freeze predicted in the near future, but it would be nice to have it done and ready. Then I need to put something over it so that it doesn't fill back up with mud.

Got started doing some trimming of my neglected fig tree yesterday. It's thick and overgrown with some crazy vines. Unfortunately, there's also some poison oak in there, so I have to be careful. I trimmed for about 20 minutes then came inside to wash my arms and face with Dawn and to wipe down with sanitizer. I need to clean up what I cut and then cut some more - but at least I made a little progress.

My list goes on and on....but my energy doesn't! I'll keep after it and hope my progress can outpace the chores that keep popping up. Fat chance of that, huh?

 

[Mini Horses]

I have one that fills with mud from below Need to dig it out, then add more panels deeper down sides. And bricks at bottom. Yeah "need" & "do" not the same. I feel your pain

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I have one that fills with mud from below Need to dig it out, then add more panels deeper down sides. And bricks at bottom. Yeah "need" & "do" not the same. I feel your pain

It's a yearly chore, ugh.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Found a problem while digging out the valve. There are two lines that run close to each other. One is the water line with the shut off valve. The other line is a pvc pipe that has electrical wire that feeds the barn running through it. Somehow one or both have shifted closer to each other. Being so close it blocks the shut off valve from turning. WHY?????? Every. Single. Year - there's a problem here. I don't know what to do except to dig out several feet and hope that will take some of the pressure off that's forcing them together and I can gain the half-inch I need to be able to close the valve.

Other than that - the chosen chore of the day is to put the creep area in the barn back into service. I've noticed several of the babies trying to eat grain with their mothers. There is such chaos at feeding time they don't get much. I take the creep down during most of the year to open access to that corner of the barn. Eleven kids and counting so far, so probably going to have to make it large enough to add some extra feeders. I've been making it a point to sit on a bucket several times a day where the babies play so they'll learn that I'm not a threat. Several of them love me already, lol. The creep feeder will make the taming process quicker/easier. They'll learn to love the feed and to associate good things with me.

Weight loss and healthy lifestyle is still in the works. I sometimes have trouble setting aside time for a formal exercise session so I work it into my daily chores when possible. Lunges while walking to the pasture. Squats while getting up and down off the ground and/or the bucket that I often sit on. Instead of sitting down and getting up just once I'll do it several times. I have resistance bands where I sit in the evenings and actually use them. For whatever reason - just having exercise equipment sitting in the room doesn't work for me - it actually needs to be used!

Trash and recycling are out. Coffee is done for now. No other reason NOT to be outside doing chores.