Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Spring Cleaning ...
I didn't do a thing over the weekend, so I've been feeling pretty guilty about it. Came home tonight, and cleaned up the front yard from crap I had laying around over the winter, some leftover stuff from the deconstruction in the house, etc. Oh by the way ... you know the doors on the dog boxes? Well, I am minus one door. Whose? I know ... you're thinkin' Reese, right? Wrong! Zip! Came home one day and not only was the door off the hinge, the entire door frame was apart and the metal grate was all separated from the wood. I don't think I am going to bother having Tommy fix it. I think we'll just leave it off. He doesn't need it ... so now he just stays loose in the house. And if I leave any little shred of food anywhere, things are in a million pieces when I get home! Isn't that special? Thanks Zip!
Anyway, I raked up the little yard area right around the deck ... you know ... first things first. Need to clean the windows and wipe the house down. Being white, it gets quite dirty over the winter. I also now have a little propane grill that I can cook on, so I'm excited about that.
I also passed all of the blogs (except this one) to Jaenne. It's so nice looking at my dashboard and seeing just the KPR blog. Got rid of several email addresses I wasn't using, deleted my facebook account, and unsubbed from several chat groups. Feels awesome!
I am still hunting for a two-horse trailer ... I am sure I'll find one pretty soon. It will be nice to be able to take the sheep to the desert to work the dogs, but more importantly, I can go pick Doc up and go riding. I am really excited that Spring is coming in and I can go do stuff I've been wanting to do for a long time. Meeting new people and having a great time!
Everyone here is fine. Ducks are cranking out the eggs. I need to put the chickens back on scratch (they're just eating corn for now), and see how that changes the egg production. I am not sure if some of the eggs are chicken eggs, or just smaller duck eggs or whatever. Not a big deal, but eventually, I think I'll coop the ducks. Need to get out and trim their wings before the fly away. The irrigation water should be hitting the canal soon, and that's a huge draw for them. I hate even typing the word "irrigation." Makes my head spin. There are certain parts of spring I'd like to forget about ... like needing to dig ... by hand ... an irrigation canal to get water to my west pasture. It will look great all greened up, but it's going to be a ton of work getting there. My back hurts just thinking about it.
It was gorgeous out today ... and I'm hoping it will be this way all week, but I heard a rumor it's supposed to rain. I'd like to get more raking done, and raking is a drag when what you're raking is soaking wet.
The weekend is filling up already ... looking forward to another fun one! Woo hoo! And today is only Monday...
J
Anyway, I raked up the little yard area right around the deck ... you know ... first things first. Need to clean the windows and wipe the house down. Being white, it gets quite dirty over the winter. I also now have a little propane grill that I can cook on, so I'm excited about that.
I also passed all of the blogs (except this one) to Jaenne. It's so nice looking at my dashboard and seeing just the KPR blog. Got rid of several email addresses I wasn't using, deleted my facebook account, and unsubbed from several chat groups. Feels awesome!
I am still hunting for a two-horse trailer ... I am sure I'll find one pretty soon. It will be nice to be able to take the sheep to the desert to work the dogs, but more importantly, I can go pick Doc up and go riding. I am really excited that Spring is coming in and I can go do stuff I've been wanting to do for a long time. Meeting new people and having a great time!
Everyone here is fine. Ducks are cranking out the eggs. I need to put the chickens back on scratch (they're just eating corn for now), and see how that changes the egg production. I am not sure if some of the eggs are chicken eggs, or just smaller duck eggs or whatever. Not a big deal, but eventually, I think I'll coop the ducks. Need to get out and trim their wings before the fly away. The irrigation water should be hitting the canal soon, and that's a huge draw for them. I hate even typing the word "irrigation." Makes my head spin. There are certain parts of spring I'd like to forget about ... like needing to dig ... by hand ... an irrigation canal to get water to my west pasture. It will look great all greened up, but it's going to be a ton of work getting there. My back hurts just thinking about it.
It was gorgeous out today ... and I'm hoping it will be this way all week, but I heard a rumor it's supposed to rain. I'd like to get more raking done, and raking is a drag when what you're raking is soaking wet.
The weekend is filling up already ... looking forward to another fun one! Woo hoo! And today is only Monday...
J
Sunday, March 13, 2011
What's Up, Doc?
Meet Doc. This is one of Bud's horses that I've been riding. He's a great babysitter!
He's very nice, responsive, smooth, trustworthy, and sure-footed. This weekend, I actually was able to get up on him all by myself! Didn't need Bud's shoulder pushing my fat ass up on him or nothing! And I did it like 3 or 4 times! I was very proud of myself!
It was quite foggy at the beginning of the ride. When we got to the river, and pulled up a fire, the fog started to clear. So you'll see how my photos start out pretty foggy and end up with blue sky, eventually.
This is Don's mare. I hope to be able to ride her at some point. She's got a bit more spunk than Doc, and I'm not sure I'm ready for that just yet, but I'd love to try her out.
Gorgeous, isn't she?
This is Bud's Paint that he was riding.
Bud. He likes whiskey.
And here's Cash. I love this dog. I see so much of him in Reese.
He likes whiskey too.
Here's Bud, Don, and Cash.
Here's Don. He likes whiskey, too.
More Cash.
Some scenery. (I'm good at the narrative here, aren't I?)
What a great time! I am so looking forward to some warmer weather and getting out and riding some more. Doing a couple of weekend trips would be great! There is a lot of gorgeous territory to go exploring!
In the interest of full disclosure, and because I'm sure this story will get told, we got all the way back to the trailer, and I dismounted ... and landed right on my ass! ... And everything!
Apparently, I like whiskey, too! ;-)
"WINNING!!!"
J
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Oh Cinderella!
Just got done scrubbing the tile floor in the entryway after all of the rains, and the dogs bringing in mud, etc. It's nice to see my new tile, again, but I definitely understand how the story of Cinderella came about! Add another 20 square feet, and I'd be wishing Price Charming would come whisk me away, too!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Life ...
I deleted the rant about the Canyon County Animal Shelter. Why? Well ... not because the licensing woman wasn't a bitch. She was. But ... because they didn't overcharge me. After many phone calls, including a call to my bank who still couldn't clue me in, the director at the CCAS finally figured out what it was. Last Saturday, after paying the licensing fee online, I did a whole slew of work outside my place, and then ... I went to the dump ... where it cost me $4.63 to dump the stuff in the trailer. Ugh! The weird thing was ... these two transactions happened at least 9 hours apart, yet were listed on my bank statement as happening at the exact same time, and they were both done by the same company because they were both country entities. Anyway, thanks to Carly and her diligence in figuring out what happened.
Today is my mom's birthday. She would have been 79 today. She's gone five years now, and I am sick thinking about it. Here is one of my favorite photos of her. I was probably 14 or so. She was young, healthy, and when I would point the camera at her, she would always say the same thing. "Oh come on! Don't take a picture of me! I haven't even brushed the hair.." (It was always "the" hair ... not "my" hair. And "hair" came out with the thick Jersey accent ... "haaaa")
I miss you, Mom. I miss your laugh ... I miss your fiestiness ... I miss you embarrassing me ... and asking me 14,000 questions ... I miss spending time with you ... hanging out doing nothing ... or crafting ... or shopping ... or driving around the desert looking for your needle in a haystack ... I miss your sexy legs and wish I had them. Nothing compares to this. Nothing ever will. I only wish to be half the woman you were and still are to me. You're my hero and I love you more than you'll ever know.
Me
Today is my mom's birthday. She would have been 79 today. She's gone five years now, and I am sick thinking about it. Here is one of my favorite photos of her. I was probably 14 or so. She was young, healthy, and when I would point the camera at her, she would always say the same thing. "Oh come on! Don't take a picture of me! I haven't even brushed the hair.." (It was always "the" hair ... not "my" hair. And "hair" came out with the thick Jersey accent ... "haaaa")
Me
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Who does this???
This is amazing to me. I don't allow my own dogs to do this to my pig, there is no way I'd allow anyone else's. Just another fine example of the lack of respect shown to someone else's livestock. Disgusting.
Rain is a Good Thing ...
"Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey ..."
It's been nice for most of the week, and when the weekend moved in, it rained ... of course.
I started taking the CommuterRide last week. It's not bad. There's not many people riding my route right now, so it's very few stops, and a nearly empty van. This won't last, especially with the gas prices going up. But it works. And it's saving me a ton of cash in gas.
The puppies both have homes and are doing well. Woo hoo! Echo2 is still here, but she has been claimed and will be going to her new home soon.
Cleaned out my email, cleaned up my contacts, cleaned up my blog list, deleted several online accounts, etc. and basically got rid of a lot of shit. You know how you sign up for something, and then you lose interest in it, and then just never delete yourself off of it? I did a bunch of that yesterday. Kinda the same thing with reading blogs. Some blogs are always the same thing ... here's a profile of someone that has a dog from me, isn't he/she great? (... when it should read ... I once owned this dog, but being that I suck, I couldn't get the dog to work well, but now I sold it and it's doing great. I didn't breed the dog, but I'll take credit for it anyway.) Or I've decided I'm the best blogger around so now my blog is so graphic heavy, your computer explodes when you click on it.
Egads. Yeah. This type of crap was clogging up my life.
I thought I was going to have to head to the animal shelter to re-up Zip's registration so I don't get in big, fat trouble with the city because they are looking to generate revenue because the county is putting pressure on them. Shit rolls downhill, don'tcha know? Because it's me and my three little dogs that are the problem here in the city, and the county, and hell ... the state! We are probably one of the few homes in Idaho that wouldn't notice if the animal shelter shut down, but we need to pay for it. Yeah. Makes a lot of sense. But at least I have dogs. Look at all of the people who have to pay takes toward the animal shelter, and they don't even own animals! I don't even want to take a look into the taxes I am paying because I'm sure it will only serve to further piss me off.
Wow. Sorry ... got off on a tangent. Anyway, come to find out the animal shelter is moving up in the world ... finally. You can now license your dogs online, so long a you've licensed that dog in person before. So I didn't have to go up there. Paid like $1.50 to avoid dealing those idiots, and it was the best $1.50 I've ever spent!
I can't seem to find my handheld GPS. I was going to start geocaching again, but that's sort of the important part of the whole thing. I am going to turn this house upside down this weekend and find it. I really don't want to buy another one.
Did some cleaning up this weekend. I've been throwing junk into the trailer and finally took it to the dump.
And now the trailer is for sale. If anyone is interested, please let me know. It's got a very sturdy axle, complete with shocks, trails great, tires are in good condition, and it's got a brand new trailer jack. Asking $450, but will entertain offers.
So, ya see that big ugly bush at the end of my property?
It's gone now.
My neighbor and I cut it down to the ground. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get back to a ridiculous size again.
Now there's just a massive pile of brush in my driveway waiting for a bon fire.
But the front of the house is getting cleaned up and is starting to look more like someone actually lives here.
And I have a much better view now that all of the ornamental grasses are out of the way, in addition to that huge bush.
I'm trying to get the pasture all cleaned up so I can bring a horse in. I still need to do a strand of hotwire around the top of the fence, and actually finish the field fencing, but I am also going to clean this up ... not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but it's an eyesore.
And I haven't decided if I'm going to leave the pine tree in or take it out. It's really not very healthy, I don't think.
And this thing ... this is at the head of my driveway, between the fence and the street. Eventually I'll have to see what it's connected to and get rid of it. Apparently, it's an old telephone service access thing, I think.
But geesh, there's so much cleanup work to do. I should have the whole place raked up by the time the leaves are ready to fall again.
In the next few weeks, I am hoping to get my garden going. I've got a few railroad ties, need a few more, and a load of mulch and I'll be off to a good start. The neighbor grows awesome tomatoes, and a lot of them, so I can grow all kinds of other stuff. I'm excited! I haven't had a garden in a long time.
The two pups I placed are doing well. Got a call from the guy who took Spur (that's a name I'm going to use for my next pup, I think ... I kinda like it) ... and said he's doing great. Is already looking at cows, which is great news considering he had no interest in the ducks when we exposed him to them.
I'm not usually one to complain about the cold weather, but I can tell you ... this year ... I'm sick of it. I'm ready for some color ... some sun ... and some nice warm air.
I haven't been training dogs. I'm taking a break for a while, but I will start getting serious about starting Reese. She's looking very nice when she escapes into the pastures to help me when I don't ask her to.
Jodi
("This changes everything." <--- Truer words were never spoken.)
It's been nice for most of the week, and when the weekend moved in, it rained ... of course.
I started taking the CommuterRide last week. It's not bad. There's not many people riding my route right now, so it's very few stops, and a nearly empty van. This won't last, especially with the gas prices going up. But it works. And it's saving me a ton of cash in gas.
The puppies both have homes and are doing well. Woo hoo! Echo2 is still here, but she has been claimed and will be going to her new home soon.
Cleaned out my email, cleaned up my contacts, cleaned up my blog list, deleted several online accounts, etc. and basically got rid of a lot of shit. You know how you sign up for something, and then you lose interest in it, and then just never delete yourself off of it? I did a bunch of that yesterday. Kinda the same thing with reading blogs. Some blogs are always the same thing ... here's a profile of someone that has a dog from me, isn't he/she great? (... when it should read ... I once owned this dog, but being that I suck, I couldn't get the dog to work well, but now I sold it and it's doing great. I didn't breed the dog, but I'll take credit for it anyway.) Or I've decided I'm the best blogger around so now my blog is so graphic heavy, your computer explodes when you click on it.
Egads. Yeah. This type of crap was clogging up my life.
I thought I was going to have to head to the animal shelter to re-up Zip's registration so I don't get in big, fat trouble with the city because they are looking to generate revenue because the county is putting pressure on them. Shit rolls downhill, don'tcha know? Because it's me and my three little dogs that are the problem here in the city, and the county, and hell ... the state! We are probably one of the few homes in Idaho that wouldn't notice if the animal shelter shut down, but we need to pay for it. Yeah. Makes a lot of sense. But at least I have dogs. Look at all of the people who have to pay takes toward the animal shelter, and they don't even own animals! I don't even want to take a look into the taxes I am paying because I'm sure it will only serve to further piss me off.
Wow. Sorry ... got off on a tangent. Anyway, come to find out the animal shelter is moving up in the world ... finally. You can now license your dogs online, so long a you've licensed that dog in person before. So I didn't have to go up there. Paid like $1.50 to avoid dealing those idiots, and it was the best $1.50 I've ever spent!
I can't seem to find my handheld GPS. I was going to start geocaching again, but that's sort of the important part of the whole thing. I am going to turn this house upside down this weekend and find it. I really don't want to buy another one.
Did some cleaning up this weekend. I've been throwing junk into the trailer and finally took it to the dump.
And now the trailer is for sale. If anyone is interested, please let me know. It's got a very sturdy axle, complete with shocks, trails great, tires are in good condition, and it's got a brand new trailer jack. Asking $450, but will entertain offers.
So, ya see that big ugly bush at the end of my property?
It's gone now.
My neighbor and I cut it down to the ground. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get back to a ridiculous size again.
Now there's just a massive pile of brush in my driveway waiting for a bon fire.
But the front of the house is getting cleaned up and is starting to look more like someone actually lives here.
And I have a much better view now that all of the ornamental grasses are out of the way, in addition to that huge bush.
I'm trying to get the pasture all cleaned up so I can bring a horse in. I still need to do a strand of hotwire around the top of the fence, and actually finish the field fencing, but I am also going to clean this up ... not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but it's an eyesore.
And I haven't decided if I'm going to leave the pine tree in or take it out. It's really not very healthy, I don't think.
And this thing ... this is at the head of my driveway, between the fence and the street. Eventually I'll have to see what it's connected to and get rid of it. Apparently, it's an old telephone service access thing, I think.
But geesh, there's so much cleanup work to do. I should have the whole place raked up by the time the leaves are ready to fall again.
In the next few weeks, I am hoping to get my garden going. I've got a few railroad ties, need a few more, and a load of mulch and I'll be off to a good start. The neighbor grows awesome tomatoes, and a lot of them, so I can grow all kinds of other stuff. I'm excited! I haven't had a garden in a long time.
The two pups I placed are doing well. Got a call from the guy who took Spur (that's a name I'm going to use for my next pup, I think ... I kinda like it) ... and said he's doing great. Is already looking at cows, which is great news considering he had no interest in the ducks when we exposed him to them.
I'm not usually one to complain about the cold weather, but I can tell you ... this year ... I'm sick of it. I'm ready for some color ... some sun ... and some nice warm air.
I haven't been training dogs. I'm taking a break for a while, but I will start getting serious about starting Reese. She's looking very nice when she escapes into the pastures to help me when I don't ask her to.
Jodi
("This changes everything." <--- Truer words were never spoken.)
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