Wehner Homestead

In case anyone is wondering, Queenie still stinks! I may suck it up and bathe her tomorrow...

Speaking of Queenie, her spay is scheduled for later this month. The neighbors’ Labs are getting interested and coming to the property line. Can’t take a chance on Lab/Tolis, especially since Queenie could come in heat and we not be here (with DD2’s random hospital visits and probable surgery this fall) to pen her. A litter is a lot of work and I don’t have the time to put in that would be required. A mixed breeding would be even harder to rehome. No thanks! In a way, I’m beyond sad but she can’t work if she’s a mom and she loves her job. We also don’t have reinforcements for her being penned for weeks at a time. Ugh! Need to get back to trying to find an addition.

Lady from work that Oscar and Sophie (cats from Summer 2017) heard that DD2’s bottle kitten died and offered a choice of one or both of two very cute kittens that she has. Ready in about 2 weeks. An orange and a light gray tiger. We have enough cats but none are DD2’s and hers keep being casualties...what to do?! Haven’t asked DH yet either.

Got a neat compliment the other day. I often feel like I have to downgrade my big heart by saying things like “I have sucker written on my forehead” or “I can’t say no.” This person saw me keeping my kids with me at hoof trimming for cattle. I kept my kids safe and where I was (didn’t pawn them off.) He was amazed that I entertained them while keeping an eye on the process. He’s also the one that came to the house and trimmed hooves on two cows. My bottle kittens were mentioned as I had to leave to feed them and I made some comment like above. He corrected me and told me that I’m a caretaker. He told me that I have a caring heart and that I shouldn’t minimize that. Told me that I remind him of his wife with their kids and makes him smile. Made my week! It was beyond wonderful to hear someone acknowledge that I put everything I have into those around me. I so often feel walked on and often taken advantage of, frequently judged and rarely adequate.

I worked today and it was a long day filled with drama and my back is now sore from the tugging on large patients. Nothing like my kids squealing with joy when I get home!!

Caretaker is a good description. I call it being a "nurturer by nature." I think it fits a lot of us!

Wehner Homestead said:

Got a neat compliment the other day. I often feel like I have to downgrade my big heart by saying things like “I have sucker written on my forehead” or “I can’t say no.” This person saw me keeping my kids with me at hoof trimming for cattle. I kept my kids safe and where I was (didn’t pawn them off.) He was amazed that I entertained them while keeping an eye on the process. He’s also the one that came to the house and trimmed hooves on two cows. My bottle kittens were mentioned as I had to leave to feed them and I made some comment like above. He corrected me and told me that I’m a caretaker. He told me that I have a caring heart and that I shouldn’t minimize that. Told me that I remind him of his wife with their kids and makes him smile. Made my week! It was beyond wonderful to hear someone acknowledge that I put everything I have into those around me. I so often feel walked on and often taken advantage of, frequently judged and rarely adequate.

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You are a caretaker and it's something you should be very proud of. Not everyone can be a caretaker.

Wehner Homestead said:

In case anyone is wondering, Queenie still stinks!

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Look at the bright side, at least she wasn't sprayed by a skunk lol

Nothing wrong with being a caretaker

That was a lovely compliment. You needed to hear that. And it is true.

It has to make ya feel Good....just cause someone noticed your "actions".....so many today don't even care to notice, but kudos to ya for backing up your words with "actions".....

Been away for a bit....hope things are well with ya and the family.........I also know this is the busy season, so just checking on ya.....

CntryBoy777 said:

Been away for a bit....hope things are well with ya and the family.........I also know this is the busy season, so just checking on ya.....

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You are right! Thanks for checking on me. I’ll try to get an update posted.

Finally caught up on reading all the threads I currently follow. Hope everyone is caught up on getting their posts “liked!” I didn’t comment on many as I was way behind on happenings.

Going to update a few of my threads tonight. That’ll be a start at getting y’all back in the loop.

I will leave you with a little basic info here. We were on vacation from 6/17 to 6/22. TN was amazing! Hadn’t been to Gatlinburg in about 2 years. It was wonderful to have family time!


Sat 6/23 was catch up, situate farm issues, and prep. 6/24 DD2 turned 3 and we celebrated with a purple beach themed pool party. She wanted brownies instead of cake. Definitely fun but going by way too fast!

Picked up a kitten from the farm DH’s Mom grew up on. (His cousin owns it now.) This will be DD2’s since her bottle kitten didn’t make it. She got to pick from a litter of 5 with a little help from mom to see which ones would tolerate handling better. (I let her choose from two.) Introducing Ella!

I’m not the best at selfies and was also holding a crying cat...

Sunset last night and snapped a pic of my “garden” while I was at it. Those are volunteer sunflowers from last year. I don’t think it’s going to get planted this year. There are volunteer pumpkins under the kids’ swingset too!