Wildrosebeef - Armchair Cattlewoman's BYH Journal

[WildRoseBeef]

Dang moose came back again this morning!

What a Moosance. I hope they didn't do any damage.

Nope, not at all. They were just passing through, it's really neat how they can step through the bush like that and leave only hoof prints and a few hairs (and maybe a few droppings) as a sign that they were there. We've had worse damage with deer, especially in the summer with our garden, but never with moose.

 

[WildRoseBeef]

That Spider, he's nothing but trouble. Found him in the garage when I was putting the cats in the quonset for the night with paw tracks all over the hood, windsheild and top of the van. No idea how he managed to lock himself in, but I think it was the time when I was letting the van warm up a little with the garage door wide open. Silly thing.

He sure was happy to see me, though, but when I closed the door (it was raining a little at the time) he made a move to go back in again! Little snot, for lack of coarser terms lol. Numb nuts, dork, whatever word I had for him. He don't care, he's a cat, cats rule the roost!

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Spring is here, my butt! It's snowing here today....ironically though it's supposed to go up to 7 C....what gives??

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Well I had an amusing day. Went on a walk down the road past the neighbors, and of course the cats wanted to follow. I only went a ways before I decided to turn around since my legs were getting near numb with cold (it's only -5 C today, plus a little windy). The cats were a little on the alert when they went past the neighbor's, as they must've heard someone out in the garage or the back somewhere. Spider nearly went into the yard before I had to call him back, and instead he walked along the trees near the road. All of a sudden there was something mixed between a yell and a really loud sneeze, and the next thing I knew those two cats were GONE! Spider was nothing short of a black streak tearing off down the road and across the field to the safety of the spruce trees in the yard, and Muffy was racing like a miniature over-moppy race horse down the road!

What a couple of chickens! Gosh I nearly died! There is nothing funnier than seeing a cat run like the devil was after it!

 

[77Herford]

 

[WildRoseBeef]

LOL yeah 77, still can't stop laughing at that. Never gets old!


Anyway, kind of an up and down day today. Went with mom to go look at a car or two to get for me, turned out the one we were looking at (2007 Chevy Malibu) wasn't what we're looking for: a bit of rust on it, interior smelled smoky, etc., not to mention the car looked a bit too classy or family-ish for my tasted I like the car beside it ('07 Pontiac G5), but it was a two-door, small thing. I liked it because it looked a bit more sporty (or cooler, lol) than the one we were interested in.

We're looking for something that's got the safety features, is economical in price and fuel consumption, preferably below $10000 and has relatively low mileage (below 100,000 km). I told mom if you're looking for something that's got safety features we'd better off looking for a truck.

I LOVE trucks, btw, prefer them over cars than anything because a) they're higher off the ground, b) they seem and look tougher and c) I just've been so used to riding in a truck that I prefer nothing else.

Problem is, most nice trucks on a dealer's lot won't sell for under $10 G (at least that's what mom says ) Private treaty, maybe, but then you gotta do all the mechanical checks yourself, and since I'm not exactly mechanically inclined, it's not a really great idea for a new driver like moi to buy something via private treaty. So dam, eh? :/

Anyway, we'll find something. May have no choice but to go something that looks kinda classy, but as a first car, I gotta be flexible.



Okay, now for the up part of the day. I got a call from the agricultural research organization (as provided by the provincial government) I applied for as a research agronomist that they'll be able to see me for an interview on Monday. I'm sooo excited, the job itself seems near perfect for me since it's not just working indoors but also out on the field doing actual farm-work but in a more small-scale and in plots. Also get to work with cattle too, as they have a hundred heifers they borrow for the grazing season to do research on various grazing operations and such.

Now I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch, and I hope posting this won't jinx me into not getting the position (I get superstitious, I know but ), but I've got a really good feeling about this. I'm still going to do up an application to another company (Viterra, if any of you have heard of it) just as something to fall back on just in case this job with GRO falls through.


I'm hoping please no!!

 

[WildRoseBeef]

I HATE SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why does it have to snow NOW when it was nice and melting?!

Jeeze!!


You guys down south with your warm temperatures and spring time weather, you have NO idea how lucky you are!

 

[WildRoseBeef]

Well I got good news and bad news.

Bad news is that it doesn't want to stop snowing. Already have about four inches on the ground.

And the good news is....










Wait for it....



































I GOT MY FIRST CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bun :bun

Still can't get over it....

 

[Queen Mum]

YAY on the car, what did you get? Where are the pictures? When do we get to see it!?

 

[elevan]

Congratulations!