Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

I still want to cross-fence the big center paddock but we already have enough for a decent rotation. We have been doing all of those small things that keep coming up when you are expecting a lot of company. We are expecting around 40 people on the 21st for a sheep work shop.

 

[Bruce]

Don't forget to count your lovely sheep both before and after

 

[Baymule]

 

[Baymule]

I'm still having to baby the shoulder. It gets to feeling pretty good and then I go in for physical therapy twice a week. It still hurts like the dickens but I'm working it enough that I'm getting some of the strength back.

I am glad that your shoulder is healing so that you can get back into your life. Therapy hurts, but a good work out gets you back to doing the things you love to do.

 

[Mike CHS]

Crappy weather and sore shoulder today so we did inside things today. Teresa has been listing a lot of tools and fence related things that we bought but never used but we were needing to do some downsizing.

I thawed out about a dozen or so lamb chops and made some more Dijon and Wine marinated chops and some more of the Mirin based marinade. These will be done on the stove top.

The door got left ajar on our big upright freezer but fortunately we were able to catch it before losing a lot of meat. I cooked up three lbs of small burgers that I like for breakfast on a biscuit and a big pot of chili.

 

[Baymule]

Today was icky here too. I caught up on all the laundry, even got it all put away! LOL Our new upright has an alarm on it and a digital readout on the door. It is in a nook on the porch. I look for that green glow on the door and I know things are ok.

 

[Mike CHS]

This was easily prevented and careless on our part. We had a bunch of feed bags on the top of the freezer and the last time the door was opened evidently one of the bags kept the freezer door open a little. No harm done but it was all iced up inside from the air intake and there was quite a few things in the door that had ice crystals (which is why I cooked a huge number of lamb chops today)

 

[farmerjan]

This was easily prevented and careless on our part. We had a bunch of feed bags on the top of the freezer and the last time the door was opened evidently one of the bags kept the freezer door open a little. No harm done but it was all iced up inside from the air intake and there was quite a few things in the door that had ice crystals (which is why I cooked a huge number of lamb chops today)

We have all done that I think. Happened here before. And it is good to have them where you see them often. All mine are older and I try to check them a couple times a week as I walk by.

 

[Mike CHS]

I had it where Thor wouldn't go after the ram until today. Ringo has it figured out that he can put his head down and since he's so big he can just push the dogs off of their bowls. He also knows that the dogs make these vicious sounds when they jump on him but he also knows it's all noise. I popped his nose to get him to back off then he starts sniffing around my pocket to see if I have any animal crackers which I always do.

I had 23 tons of gravel delivered the other day and got about 75% of it moved this morning with the tractor.

 

[Bruce]

I need both gravel and a tractor to move it!