Changing goals and speed

[CntryBoy777]

Glad ya found your horse and all was okay....except for the fence that is....one thing is for sure...the tub was dry or the goat wouldn't have gotten in....
Sounds like y'all did some whittlin' on that "To Do" list...

 

[Bruce]

Oh and for your entertainment, I give you a goat in the bathtub! My friend gave me this 400 lb cast iron tub for a feeder, it's awesome now that I washed the mud out!

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So now that the goat is in the feeder, what are you going to feed it to??

 

[Baymule]

Chores. Just when you think you can take a breath, a horse lets you know the fence is down and you gotta fix it. LOL

 

[AClark]

No kidding Bay...just when you have this list of to-do's and you plan on knocking out 90%, a horse will say "LOL, that's what you think!". She walked over it and then wouldn't walk back over. DH goes "well how are we going to get her back on this side?" and I said "worst case scenario I'll hop on and ride her around the front." But he managed to get it apart so we led her through. It's a lot safer than riding her through their property (which would be no biggie other than they have heavy machinery going 90% of the time so I'd have to be careful they saw me) then down the road and around.

It does get to me that I didn't finish a couple of chores that were big on my to-do list. Just we had so many and between me and DH it was more work that we could possibly do after wasting 2 hours on the fence. We finished up around 5 and then it was feeding time, and DH had to run to his buddies house to drop off a desk that was sitting on our trailer. His buddy was having a family emergency last week, wanted the desk, so we snagged it up for him and were storing it, but we don't have anywhere dry we could really store it.

I'm sucking today. We stayed up really late watching Live PD, I don't know how I managed to stay awake that long at all.

Bruce, LOL, can't eat the milk makers. Though it worked great as a feeder and saves me some time now because two of my horses will eat together nicely, so I was able to take 2 feeders out of the pasture and use them for the goats since they bully they smaller ones out of the food. Now I can split it up easier for the littles.

 

[Baymule]

Juggling animals is not a circus act.......it's called FARMING.

 

[Latestarter]

Still a circus act, just not done for pay, crowds, or in public

 

[AClark]

It's definitely a Benny Hill act some days! Today is going to be one of those days, Lena has a dr appt this morning plus eye exams for me and two of the kids. I had LASIK a couple of years ago so I have to go sit through these things every year anyway but two of my kids failed their school eye exams. My oldest has glasses but won't wear them, so no wonder he failed his. Not like I was surprised but if he wouldn't wear them i didn't see the point in sitting through the exams when he has a pair that are collecting dust.

 

[Baymule]

How old is your oldest? Maybe contacts would be an option? My sister in law was nick named Fatty Four Eyes in school and tormented over being overweight and wearing glasses. As soon as she turned 18 and had the legal right to get contacts with approval of her parents, she went for it. Maybe your son has been made fun of for wearing glasses, or maybe he just doesn't like them. Kids. Go figure.

 

[AClark]

He's 14, but I have concerns with him wearing contacts. Hygiene is important with them, I wore them for years, and he's not the most hygienic when it comes to washing hands. I told him if he would actually wear glasses and take care of them, we can talk about contacts later on. He has dry eyes like I do and it also makes them difficult to wear because they always feel gritty.
Also, we have sucky vision insurance, it really only covers the exam for glasses, contact lens exams, contacts, or glasses I have to pay full price for.
My 9 year old is getting her first pair of glasses, and 14 year old found some he can live with (frameless).
I passed mine, though I have some minor deterioration of 1 eye but not enough to warrant needing to correct it. That eye was worse than the other to begin with, at least the astigmatism is gone.

I never understood how people picked on others for glasses. I've worn them since I was maybe 8 or 9 and never had anyone pick on me about it, other things sure, but not because I wore glasses. Seems like it's a trend these days because I see non prescription regular glasses - not sure why anyone would wear them if they didn't need them.

 

[AClark]

In other news...

Got our fridge for the barn, it's a mini fridge they were throwing out at DH's work because the freezer is out of control and keeps icing up. They said it was a fire hazard if the power ever went out since it gets so much ice and it would melt everywhere...I have a good draining area in the barn it's going to. It will be our milk fridge.
One of DH's friends replaced his dishwasher and gave us the old one, so I have a dedicated dishwasher for my mason jars now. There was nothing wrong with it other than the filter needed cleaning and they were replacing appliances. It's been difficult trying to wash them in the house dishwasher because it seems like I can't ever get that sucker empty to do canning jars. I don't expect that is much of a stretch of the imagination with the size of our family, lol.
We are going up to the city on Friday to pick up my new batch of chickens. Almost fully grown pullets, 20 of them. Should be an interesting trip with that many chickens in the truck. I'm having a hard time keeping up with egg orders so hopefully this will give me some relief, or you know, I'll probably be in the same position with a higher volume.
Today is errands and grocery shopping. I hate grocery shopping.