Today, DH felt a real need to go to Costco, because we hadn’t been there this year yet and this Parkinson stuff makes him worry even more than before. So while he was putting on his shoes, I started out to the car. You don’t have to guess who bolted past me and past him, going from one end of the house to the other, with a pause in each room as if looking for something. Juliette won! She toured the entire floor (without mishap) before I could get her turned around with animal crackers. Then out the back door and up to where the other sheep are, she followed. She is now a sheep again, in the pasture with the other sheep. Grain does wonders.
And we did our damage at Costco. It is amazing how much one can spend without buying much food. We did buy raisins and figs, and some dog treats. The bulk of our buying was things like toilet paper, dishwasher soap, jeans, etc. and it added up fast. I was glad I had made mashed potatoes, with falafel patties and green beans to fill up before we went to a grocery store. It does save money.
Juliette (a Ouessant sheep) thinks she is a dog, having been raised that way. And apparently DH thinks that I need pe(s)ts help with the taxes with which he is not willing to help. Twice today, I had to leave what I was doing to usher Juliette and Beau out of my lap. When the dogs get in, they head for Mom – who spends more time with them and provides for their stomachs. They know! Juliette got in once, but was ushered back out before any mishaps. I’m not willing to find out if she is potty trained, but have you ever seen a sheep that was? She doesn’t want to be a sheep today, so she can spend the night with Beau and go back to being a sheep tomorrow. It’s the little things that make farm life interesting. The taxes are progressing nicely and one more day should finish them, and then I have promised DH a trip to Costco.
This was my New Year’s Day quilt and what fun. I didn’t measure because I was so sure I knew how wide it was. When I got to the last row, I realized I was 2″ short, so took it off the machine, added the fabric, and put it back on to finish the quilting. I know, measure twice or thrice.
Check this out – at Thanksgiving, we were the same height. He turned 14 the week before Thanksgiving. Looks to me like he is going for tall.
The vet was here about 1/2 an hour and a friend came to help. Now the two sheep will stay in this 10 x 12 stall until she lambs in 2-3 weeks (sheep always need a companion). The extra hay has been removed so they have more room. I will check on them 2-3 times a day. It appears there will be 2 or possibly 3 lambs. We don’t have long to wait. This is why I always like to have another stall ready to go. One just never knows. I did finish cleaning out the other stall, and have 5 more to go. 3 have deep winter bedding which means it is about 2 feet deep in places and will take a lot of time and effort unless I get lucky and find someone needing a few dollars. Now that the weather is warmer, I need to clean the stalls every 2 weeks
Beau enjoyed riding out to the meat market to get bones for the dogs this morning, then he “helped” me do some cleaning on one of the stalls.
Because I tired of the other quilt, I started this Spool Souffle quilt. I had it partly cut out, so cut out the background today and
sewed the background onto the sides. And guess what!. The top and bottom of the spools have 144 lovely triangles that I get to draw diagonals on. Not happening today and tomorrow I have gym and cleaning the house. Maybe I should start another quilt – no, maybe I should finish something started.
In finished the 200 flying geese for step two and since today was dry, I cleaned some in the barn. It has been so wet, that it’s a real mess and the loads are heavy, so I’m cleaning that in increments.
I skipped over to step 5, since I noticed brown flying geese, and have one wing on each of these 200 geese. As long as I’m doing geese, I might as well get them done, right? There are a lot of geese in this quilt.