CocoNUT - New Addition....

[purplequeenvt]

I can describe it for you....

CocoNUTTY NUTTER takes of her shoes and hand-crocheted socks (by me) and digs her toes in the silica sand...nevermind the walnuts and sheep berries! I tip toe towards the shore...apprehensive of the ICY cold that will be the water. Ooops! I trip on one of those tiny little freshwater clam shells the EVIL ONE has discarded on the shoreline....and I start falling, falling, falling down the riverbank slope and KER-SPLASH! I'm ankle-deep in ICE-COLD, FRIGID....oh wait...it's not so bad! I mean it COULD be warmer...but for January...it's not too bad! Then all of a sudden, some slimy critter - the exact type was never determined - thought to be a water snake brushes against my furry ankle....."EEEEEEEEEEEK!," I scream as I jump 20 feet into the air, grabbing onto the overhanging walnut branches! Well now we have a problem, because I'm afraid of heights, shoeless, dangling 15 feet above the river....and unfortunately, the poor walnut tree's branches weren't designed to support my Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition physique....so....CRACK....SNAP....WHOOOOSH....SPLASH! I am now waist-deep in ice-cold water...IN my lovely farm outfit...FREEZING my tushie! Good thing I took my shoes and socks off...at least my feet will be warm! So now I look like I had a MAJOR 'accident' in my pants...after socializing with Mikey the Boar buck, I SMELL like I had a huge accident in my pants....and guess what I forgot? A TOWEL!

Oh...let's not forget the HYSTERIC laughter coming from the peanut gallery....and I'm sure photos were taken...but MYSTERIOUSLY deleted when Bridge left the room.....

 

[bonbean01]

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[greenbean]

 

[ragdollcatlady]

 

[RemudaOne]

 

[Bridgemoof]

 

[Southern by choice]

Coco... It is freakin cold!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Lol, that is just too funny!!!

 

[CocoNUT]

Ok...so I've discovered a GOOD thing about it being so flipping COLD....the ground is no longer muddy...and I don't do the Mudscapades trying to feed everyone! YAY! Oh the bad side...my fingers freeze PAINFULLY before I even get to the gate (about 3 feet from the basement door)...everyone's water is all frozen solid...and it's just too flipping cold! Although...I did get to refill all the water buckets by carrying all the buckets UP the hill to the house..UP the stairs...then to the FAR back bathroom! I was/am not very happy about that. I COULD'VE used the closer bathroom...but someone *ahem DH* removed the flipping faucet from the wall! OMG! So he will hear about it when he gets home later.... So that was about 5 trips.......I should've worked off about 3 calories I think!

I laid about 1 and a half bales of straw out for the ducks and they seemed pleased. WHY were my goats eating the straw instead of the hay?! Are you kidding? OH....OMG! So my FLora (herd queen) has been a little "off" lately. Mostly for my DH...for me she's been ok. Well I go out there with the straw/hay load (my first of about 15 loads of chorse) and Jimmy and Lyla come out but not my FLora. WTH? So I go into the barn and the DUFUS had somehow managed to get herself TANGLED in the bale feeder! I"m talking one leg in one spot, head stuck/caught through another hole, half her body in the feeder, the other out....MESS! I REALLY wanted to run back to the house to get my camera and take a photo...but I decided she had been like that long enough. I had to pull the whole danged thing out...flip it over and manipulate her legs etc to get her freed. Then, on my 7 trip with the wheel barrel full of the second bale of straw and a half a bale of hay....she's crying again! The damned goat got her head and feet stuck in a fence! Are you kidding me?! What the heck was she thinking? There isn't anythign to eat over there...heck...there isn't anything AT ALL ! Now I'm wondering if I should even leave her out....or if I should sequester her with the sheep or somthing...although i'm SURE she'd find SOMETHING to get tangled in at this point! She's normally not THIS dumb...although she IS the one who got her mouth hooked on an "s" hook last summer!

I was talking to the lady who runs a feed store close to our house and she said they'd be interested in buying baby bunnies from me around easter time! YAY! Actually get some of those stinking rabbits to earn their keep for a change! Also were talking chicken breeds...she's ordering a whole lotta cool breeds this year...I'm so eggcited! It's the little things....

Ok...so I apparently get more spinning (the wool kind...remember...I'm lazy...I don't "do" hardcore exercise...) on my work days than my 'farm' day! But I got to sleep in, blabber at the feed store, and then rescue the goat. WOW...what excitement huh? I know you all are RIVETED! Oh...and with all the running from the house (to get water) and back...I was sweating SO badly that the cold was NICE! Crazy huh?

OH>....and the stinking chimney guy didn't come today....got a call last night from his wife...he's down with the flu! They're SUPPOSEDLY coming on Friday...but if it's the flu...I'm thinking not. Thankfully our baseboard heaters from 1974 do work! Our electric bill is going to SUCK!