Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[elevan]

Someone needs to breed some mini boers for me

 

[daisychick]

I was thinking you need to post a picture of the girls with their shave jobs and before and after grafitti pics.

 

[Roll farms]

Well, I can do the 'after' but it's too late for the 'before'.

Today....I was at my MIL's by 7am taking her her bedding plants I started, at Wally World by 7:15, back home and in the barn by 8:15, "painted the goats" (holy cow that paint stunk) now I'm done w/ milking and bottle feeding, waiting on the milk to cool....I also got the veggies I sat out yesterday watered.....chicks are fed, fixin' to feed the baby buns, then I'm going to spray the pond for weeds, hit a few spots in the driveway I missed, then I have canna bulbs (corms? roots?) to set out today, gotta start gathering supplies up for the demo, set a hatch, dry a load of laundry, and get a spot ready for some chicks down in the barn so I can get them OUT OF MY HOUSE.

And....I have a bunny customer coming at 4pm.

*if* I get all that done, you can see some painted goat pics. If not....you can come take / post them for me.

 

[marlowmanor]

Someone needs to breed some mini boers for me

Your ND Ranger already has the boer colors going on!

 

[elevan]

Someone needs to breed some mini boers for me

Your ND Ranger already has the boer colors going on!

It's not the coloring...it's the "beefiness" that I want

If I got a doe Ranger would readily and happily get that job done though

 

[Roll farms]

I know this is going to sound positively silly...esp. to people w/ real problems.....but here goes.

I almost broke down in tears a while ago.

I went down to spray the pond. Had 3 gallons of weedkiller on my back. Looking down where I'm spraying and *poof*, the lens to my glasses falls out and lands in the pond. Luckily it was the edge and I was able to find it. I stick it in my pocket, take my glasses off, and finish what I'm doing.

I have 'arm issues' (repetetive motion disorders from long-term assembly work) and they don't alway do what I tell them / lose feeling / hurt, etc. If I grip stuff too hard / long, my hands sort of 'sproing' open and won't grip things for a while.

The weight of the backpack sprayer must have strained my shoulders or something. Gripping the trigger on the sprayer wand had my hand in fits. Pumping the sprayer was killing my tennis elbow...but I'm too chicken poop to have surgery so I live w/ it.

I come back up, get my glasses and lens out of my pocket, grab my little screwdriver and commence 'fixing' my glasses. (They're old and this happens about 1x a month.)

I could not, for the life of me, get the screw started. My hands were shaking and my left arm kept jerking, and my neck kept having spasms down into my shoulder. It was like I *knew* what I wanted to do but my body wouldn't 'work'. When I finally got pliers and sat down and really worked at it, I got the screw started, but couldn't hold the glasses together AND screw the screw in. I just couldn't do it. For 20 minutes or more I struggled.

And I'm seriously ready to just lie down on the floor and cry. I have too much crap to get done today, and can't see to do any of it w/out the glasses.

Finally I gave myself the "You can DO this" and "Cowgirl up" pep talks and get them fixed.

I guess my point is, it gives you a new perspective on the people, like those w/ MS, who have to struggle to tie their shoes or other 'simple' daily tasks every.single.day.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I hear you. I think of my 83 year old mom who still lives alone and does some cleaning and then sits down for a while, then does some more stuff and then sits down for a while. And then I think I have it hard sometimes.

 

[redtailgal]

Sigh........I'm having a rotten day myself.

Let's go out. Forget our troubles for awhile.

Maybe find a jerk to beat up or something. :/

I'm sure we will both feel better afterwards.

 

[Roll farms]

Red, that would have been a fine way to end the day yesterday. At one point DH asked, "Are you cursed today or what??"

Everything I picked up, I dropped. I kicked things over. I stepped on a row of young turnips in the garden (that I *know* was there....I planted them) and squished them.

Today's gonna be a better day.....right???

Also discovered yesterday....Do not put baby oil-based "magic dry skin formula" on a goat, and then attempt to spray paint it 3 days later. Because, the baby oil will repel the paint. And it will get all over you when you touch her. Your shoulder when you milk...arms...hands...and then your face when you wipe away a hair. I looked like a football player.

I may have to give her a bath tomorrow in an attempt to get this stuff off before the demo.

So much for making her look better....I just turned her into a giant ink sponge. Anybody wanna do some stamp art?

 

[Mamaboid]

I am picturing the side of your bunny house, barn, house, cars......with goat sillouettes imprinted all over them.