Just smoke today blowing slightly away from us. DS2 just called and can't get home - all freeways to and from that area are closed. He will try to get a motel room somewhere but a lot of them are full with fire evacuees. I am surprised that he made it to work this am with the freeways closed!
Stall mats to prevent digging . . . . 
Torn up chain link fence . . . .
Blocked hole - didn't work! 
No puppy worries hopefully - we will know in 63 days. 
Since Bubba seemed not to be even interested in Angel I think we are ok. 
Can't think that way though since if I do we will end up just waiting to die somewhere and we are too young to do that! LOL DS2 actually said he loves the house and would like to keep it but is not sure if he could do the up keep with the hours he is working. He certainly can't manage the sheep flock with the hours he is working, and the sheep are what keep down the brush. Things will work out - God will provide a solution.
so instead I tried simply pulling the installed vinyl up from the floor. It came up fairly easily (although my muscles complained badly the next day) and I was able to lay the new floor planks easily. 
However, the project has grown to include installation of new moldings, and a partial repaint of the lower walls up to the nursery border. Or I might decide to remove the border and paint the entire room. Either way I am now using my computer on the kitchen table with my cell phone providing internet access. 
I was only used to wooly lambs so they looked normal while the hair coat was strange. When I went to the Western States Dorper Show in May I discussed with the Judge how to tell which would shed well and which would not shed completely. The Judge was so nice and approachable. Not only had he done a seminar for everyone who was interested, but was willing to talk individually with us about the breed. He showed me a newborn lamb with a hair coat and said that any lambs like that would be good shedders. So instead being some sort of freak, the little ram lamb had the desirable coat! I have been able to identify the best shedders in my flock - easy to do when they shed out LOL - and am now able to identify the good eventual shedders in the newborn lambs. 
Left is wooly - looks like a dirty tight perm. Right is hair - straight and clean looking.
Month old keeper ewe lamb - hair coat. Love the thickness and length on this ewe lamb. Probably through sire's top line which is known for its long thick bodies. Worried about shoulders which seem rather wide at the moment (possible birthing problems?) but as butt catches up when out of small pen and onto hillside should turn into a very desirable ewe.
Twin month old ram lambs - front is larger by 2 lbs at birth so much larger now although smaller brother is gaining in same proportion as larger brother. Smaller lamb is a wooly as can be seen by the difference in coat color. Same thickness and length showing. Final picture is top view to show thickness in relation to length. Looking forward to seeing how younger lambs develop. One more ewe is bred to this ram. I got her at the show and sale and she has exceptional bloodlines and is a beautiful ewe. She is still to lamb and I am really excited about what she produces since both the ewe and ram are Hijo sired - the line producing exceptional thickness and length.
No pasture left except some dry stuff in the far edge of the property. Feeding prime alfalfa to ewes near lambing and lactating - where are the rains??? Need green stuff for my babies! Southern California at it's driest! Thank goodness we brought in 10 tons of prime alfalfa last summer at low price (for us). Hope it lasts until the rains bring green forage. Not a good situation. From now on I will only buy replacement LGD Anatolian bitches. We love Bubba, but males are a lot more difficult to train and deal with. Much more aggressive. Once it is done it should be more workable - if DH keeps his filing and desktop under control!! LOL
In other words: normal. I lived there the first 23 years of my lift.
You can't see it but I removed and replaced all the oak moldings with white painted MDF. I also painted around the nursery paper border because I like the bright colors and cute animals. What?! It's my office and I can have a nursery dado if I want! LOL I am probably heading into my second childhood anyway so . . . . One nice thing is the window that looks out across the ravine. 
Again white MDF moldings, but there were no oak ones in there to start with because it was a garage. You can see the barn style doors to the laundry room next to the antique ice box in the first picture. In the second one the doors are on the right side just before the step up into the main house.
