Wow, 2023 Fair is done and over.
Some challenges as always ...
But some success also.
Champion Lincoln Ewe in Delaware Bred and Owned class.
She also won her class of Early Ewe lambs.
Before fitting...
Wow, 2023 Fair is done and over.
Some challenges as always ...
But some success also.
Champion Lincoln Ewe in Delaware Bred and Owned class.
She also won her class of Early Ewe lambs.
Before fitting...
Still here, hanging on, working 3 jobs...
in humans.
I have been hearing "We need change", "The economy is awful", "When is this going to end".
Tuesday was the chance for people to begin the process of change.
They did not.
I heard an excuse for that which floored me.
"I voted for democracy and only insert party name here believe in democracy."
The facts do not support that statement.
America is in trouble and it is shameful when it could be changed by participation.
With fuel up to $6.00/gal. I do not drive anywhere unnecessarily.
I drove 19 mi roundtrip to cast a vote because it mattered.
The excuses of co-workers for not voting were numerous.
The attitude that your one vote doesn't matter is not correct.
Tell me it doesn't matter when you go grocery shopping, fill your vehicles or pay your bills.
In the words of the great Forrest Gump...
And that's all I have to say about that!
are happening on the new property.
10 more dead trees were taken down last Saturday by my son, his Father-n-law and a friend of my sons'.
Thank goodness for family and friends.
Backhoes, chainsaws, fearless youth equals to precious memories.
No pictures because my pics are not backing up to the cloud so I can not insert on the computer.
I so do not want to pay for ICloud storage.
Any suggestions from the gallery?
Waiting on surveyors to finish with the state and county paperwork so boundaries are marked.
Frustration by all of us.
Again thank goodness we are all friends and pseudo family.
Sheep are as bred as they are getting.
The borrowed ram has been returned swapping with my lamb she housed during breeding.
Thank goodness for friends in the sheep world as well as in life.
I am learning to be patient which is a struggle for me.
Hurry up and wait is not a natural occurrence in my life.
to post is not how it should be but here I am.
I am struggling with sheep fencing issues at the new place.
In all my many decades of owning flocks I have never had so many escapes as I have had the last 2 weeks.
Frustrating considering I had eye surgery on Aug 4th.
I am under restrictions to do no heavy lifting on strenuous activities.
No major sweating to keep it out of my healing eye is an issue.
These buggers do not seem to care.
I can not put up my permanent fences as the survey to divide the property is not finalized so no stakes to indicate borders as I am renting till the division is complete.
Ughhhhh
I can't wait to get back to hard labor as weird as that sounds.
It calms me and settles the brain.
I am still here, can anyone hear me??
It's been busy. crazy, tumultuous times.
Grandkids are growing like weeds.
Even though I only moved 15 min away I miss seeing them daily.
Miss A did a thing...
It's not much but news after all.
I am moving onto a 4+ acre property I am eventually purchasing.
A lot of hard work cometh and I am so ready.
Cleaning , fencing, purging, weeding, etc.
Otherwise in health news I am partially blind in my right eye.
It happened over 6 month period .
It is a Macular Wrinkle obstructing my vision.
Surgery was scheduled pending pre-op which included checkup and EKG.
Which I failed the EKG with an abnormal reading.
Tests ensued with Cardiologist (Echocardiogram, stress, bloodwork).
Which I pass with flying colors.
I had a wake up call though to watch my diet and lower my stress.
Diabetes and heart disease are heavy in my family.
I am a work in progress.
I dumped my occasional favorite beverage, Coke ;/
Now after 3 weeks it tastes bad, go figure.
I did lower my BP to 124/74 quickly by diet change.
My bloodwork is mostly normal with Cholesterol and Glucose creeping just past safe ranges.
Salads which I love are my staple lunch.
Don't think boring lettuce though.
I call mine "garbage" dump salads as I add so much.
No dressing as I broke that habit years ago.
Egg, chicken or tuna, dark or red lettuces, carrots, tomatoes, cheese, avacodo, etc.
See it's a lot.
Overall it needed to happen as I am anti-medication if I can affect the change otherwise.
The stress will be harder to stop but moving into my own space will help but also cause a different kind of stress I imagine.
The surgery is rescheduled to mid June.
Grandkids are growing like weeds.