Today was sunny, so I forced myself to go to the mall which is half an hour away. Why do I have to force myself to go where I once loved to go. I think it has to do with the traffic – both cars and people, plus I don’t need many things. I had to return 3 items of clothing that didn’t fit DH. The Nordstrom’s experience was absolutely delightful – the clerk there was so very kind and helpful. I will not darken the doorway of JCrew again. Maybe these clerks just see too many unpleasant people, or maybe they don’t care about their jobs. A shopping experience like today makes me think about how I treat people with whom I come in contact, because like them, I represent Someone.
I finished processing the split pea soup and I will be contacting Amazon on that. I just purchased a number of boxes of jar lids and had a 20% sealing rate. I popped all that didn’t seal into the freezer, so they are not wasted, but I think I may have encountered a bad lot of lids.
I managed to land sitting on the floor a couple days ago, rather unexpectedly, so I also worked a trip to the chiropractor into my day. What is it about an adjustment that demands a rest? Does it affect any of you that way?
The sewing didn’t happen and as the day was just not long enough to include it. But the laundry is done and the floors are swept.. Tomorrow is gym and a physical.
Did I mention that we did pregnancy checks on the sheep yesterday and we are looking at the first of February for lambing, which is good. I can sneak a few more things into this month before then.
And because I like to end positively, the closet shelves in my closet are now put up properly (when I originally put them up, I used molly screws instead of finding the joists) and the underground propane tank has been approved by the city, so we can now move forward on that. Life is good.
See you tomorrow.
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.
Today we worked on sheep faces. Not all are in the photo, but there are 22 of them. Tomorrow, they will be packed up and taken to her house for bodies and 3 coats of paint. That will take until mid-week, and then they will start going to their new owners.
My friend makes these darling little sheep collectibles using real wool. She has several orders and is behind, so this morning
was spent making ears, legs, and eyes. Tomorrow, we will make the heads to put these onto, and then she will finish them at home over the weekend. They have several coats of paint, which take awhile to apply. So these are labor intensive, but they do help pay for the hay her animals eat, so that is good.
These came today from Amazon. They are battery operated gloves for when it gets below freezing. As I’m adding years to my body, it gets less cold tolerant. So I’m ready for the next freeze.
It was such a beautiful day, I decided first to clean a stall. Well, the sheep wanted to stand exactly where I wanted to clean so after 3 wheelbarrows, I called it quits for today. Maybe tomorrow. Or maybe just a bit each day. It is difficult to move anything when a sheep is standing on it.
I spent some time cutting these 1000 – 2″ squares for the quilt “On Ringo Lake”. Now I need to find time to draw a diagonal line on each of them and then sew them to a neighbor.
Daisy and cords do not belong in the same room. She is an 8 month old puppy and everything is for chewing. EVERYTHING! Sunday I will be purchasing new extension cords and some tubing to run them through. It seems while the power was off, she managed to chew through the cord that connects to the hotwire, so the fence is still not hot. Then she chewed through the cord that heats the water for the rams so we don’t have to break ice when it freezes. Yes, she is still a puppy, but is getting to be a rather expensive puppy. And it is the human’s fault because we know she is a puppy and it’s our job to make sure everything is safe.