Where were you at 12:36 a.m.?

Bet you weren't where I was!

Todd got home from fire practice at 11:00. And one of the cows was in labor. She had trouble last year big time, so we elect to wait up. Which is a good thing, as this calf was so big, we would have lost the calf and probably her if we didn't know she was birthing it.

By midnight, there was no progress, so Todd chases/ropes the cow, ties her to a tree, and we pull the calf. Yes ladies, cross your legs in sympathy pain for the cow. I did.

I am so glad I am not a cow!!!!

Another heifer....big and red and HEALTHY.

Lost and Found Again

I lost my MOJO.....for doing anything for the last few days. Chores were a chore, all I got done on Sunday (in the house) was 11 loads of laundry....but they still aren't folded. We are living out of laundry baskets....

But today...I found it... I think.

I got home from work and tied up all on my own.....all 5 calves. And Oreo (the black calf standing behind the red calf in the picture below) had lost his halter so I managed to put it on all by myself (which took considerable effort as he kept backing away from me). This is only the second time the heifers (pictured above) have been tied up since....January.....

I roasted a chicken for dinner from my local meat butcher store (well...to be honest....I cheated....the chicken was precooked, but I had to heat it up, cut it and serve it) which the kids LOVED. I really hope Todd isn't hungry for chicken when he gets home, as there ain't much left.

And I started on this while the kids did their homework and read:

Which hopefully will turn into a table topper for Easter when I get 2 more squares done....which will be tonight if I can keep things rolling along.

See ya,

Kris

Calf #2

We survived the weekend. My house is NOT as clean as I would like, I haven't touched my flowerbeds but.....

last night we had a second calf on the ground - ANOTHER heifer.

We also finished up moving steers, heifers and everything else around, and Jessie's two steers are now ensconed where the horses used to be (and the horses are outside until September).

The horses do have a shed to get out of the weather, and here in a couple weeks they would quit coming in anyhow, so we just speeded the process up.

2 more calves to go at our house, 1 more at my brother-in-laws house, and we are DONE!

Kris

1st calf of the season

is a heifer. And a BIG heifer too.

She'll be brown and white, just like her Momma.

4 more to go.

Kris

pictures taken at 6:45 a.m. - hopefully they aren't to blurry!

RIP Abby

Last Sunday, Abby took off across the yard chasing a rabbit. She made it oh....100 feet or so before having one of her seizures. She sort of came around, but not really. So we carried her to the house and put her in her cage (we were going away for the evening) with some warm blankets. We sat with her for a little bit, and she seemed to rally. We went to my in-laws for dinner, and when we came home she was gone.


Tyler summed it up the best she died chasing a bunny, and now hopefully God is letting her CATCH the bunnies since she wasn't able to catch this one.

She would have been 12 years old on August 11th. I think she had some great years....

Kris

Getting Ready....

...for another full weekend - although this time it's entirely MY doing.

I just realized - Tyler's birthday is next Sunday, the 5th (my little boy cannot POSSIBLY be 6 next week), and we are having his birthday party. So that means I really need to clean, both inside and out. While I'm not holding my breath that we will be able to be outside for the party, I'd like to have some of my flowerbeds cleaned out (which I neglected to do last fall) so at least everything looks all nice and neat.

And we have a steer and 2 heifers to wash and dry and walk this weekend to start getting ready for a show on the 19th. Let's just say - we were originally taking the steer. Then Jessie says "if we are driving all the way to Wooster for 1 animal, can I take the heifer too? How convenient she forgets the fairgrounds is 15 min. away. Our response was if she is walking fine for you, we'll think about it. Then TYLER says - hey, if she's taking 2 animals - I should be able to take my heifer. Ugh. But as Todd said, we have to start working with them regularly here at some point - might as well be this weekend as he's going to be swamped at work as soon as the farmers start planting their crops.

But, I have 2 of my swap presents ready to go in the mail - I'm dropping them off this afternoon at the post office. And here's another little table topper I made last night. I tried to go wonky on it, but....it's not very wonky. But I like it....

Have a great Friday!
Kris

Let Down...

....well, I'm back and actually, have been back for about an hour. Talk about quick - we got up there at 10:15 and were walking out by 11:30. Went to Panera's for lunch and came home.

It was fun but.....there really wasn't a whole lot of quilty related things to see.....I think out of all the exhibits (and there were at least 100) there were only 15-20 quilt shops....

But I did buy some:

My sister brought some:

And I saw this cute little table runner/wallhanging. I think I'm going to try and find the pattern to make it. Of course, one shop had it up as a sample, but didn't have a pattern:

So now I'm off to sew for a little bit. Guess I'll have to break down and do some shopping online shortly.....

But hey....it was still a day off work and a day away from home. So that was a good thing!
Kris