Bison

Bison had an interesting day yesterday.

He started the morning by reaching his head through the back fence.

And biting the neighbor's horse caretaker's dog.

On the nose.

(In order for the dog to get bitten with Bison's head stuck through the fence,

it had to basically stick it's face in Bison's mouth...)

Anyhow.

She freaked out and said Kyle was going to have to pay

$500 for her to take her dog to the emergency vet on a Sunday.

But it was just a scratch.

Once she calmed down, she was apologetic for going off half-cocked.

So Bison got banished to his crate.

But then later Rod let him out.

And he caught and killed Blondie.

It was her own fault.

The chickens are now in the fenced in garden.

But she keeps flying out to lay her tiny egg in the hay room in the barn.

She was out.

And then Bison was out.

And he did what dogs do.

He chased her.

Caught her.

And brought her into his crate to play with.

So he got banished again.

And Rod got to try plucking a chicken.

And Jim got to practice butchering a chicken.

And I got some INTERESTING photos on my phone at school.

Just another day here at the farm.

Lunch Bags

Sabrina and I have started to bring our lunches to work.

And there's just nothing fun about bringing food in a WalMart bag.

So we needed something more fun to carry it in.

This one is for Sabrina.

It has sparkles.

And ruffles around the handles.

So does this one!

It's a little bigger in case she needs to bring extra stuff.

And mine is the little Panda guy.

(I made a striped one too, but forgot to take a picture...)

These are such easy bags.

I bought a bunch of little girl t-shirts on the clearance table.

Turn then inside out.

Stitch across the bottom.

Cut off the sleeves.

Cut around the neck.

DONE!

Monster

This is a MONSTER.

It was on the light outside the garage when I got home from school tonight.

It is bigger than my fist!

He used to have a buddy who lived on my patio.

Luckily that one moved on.

Or got eaten.

Or something.

But it used to make me nervous.

When you have a frog that big,

I just KNOW it's going to jump on my head.

And on that note,

have a nice sleep!

LOL

Random Ramblings

Today I ran out to grab some lunch

and this pulled up beside me.

I've never seen one before!

This is the "half pipe" trailer they rescue Manatees in.

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Hey Arizona!

We got snow too!

Ok, so it's really foam from the fire trucks.

But it LOOKS like snow on the side of the road.

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The new girls got to try out their new paddock.

They enjoyed getting out, spreading their wings,

and eating some bugs.

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While Rod was beefing up the fencing, I looked up.

The sky was beautiful tonight!

Looking East. 

And looking West.

Not Again!

They were supposed to be doing a controlled burn

on the other side of the preserve today.

But it got a little breezy, and it jumped their break.

Ended up in our woods at the end of the street.

The same area the arsonist burned a couple of months ago.

Only more on the other side.

So now about 80% of my trails I ride all the time

are burned.

Luckily it's spring.

It should start to grow back quickly.

As soon as it stops burning.

Lots of smoke in the air.

The girls were thirsty.

Oh!

And I found 7 eggs in the old girls' coop tonight.

There are only 7 girls in that coop.

I checked this morning when I fed and there was nothing in the nest.

Eggs take 24 to 26 hours from start to finish.

So it's not likely somebody laid two today.

Which means Old Red might have FINALLY laid one today!

(We've had her for a year... about time!)

And whoever is laying in the new girls' coop gave us another one today.

A little bit bigger than yesterday.

Super Cute!

One of my new chickens seems to have nice red

comb and wattles.

And today I got a little (VERY little) surprise.

A first little egg!

See?  Little.

And these were the other eggs I gathered today.

Isn't my little baby cute?

So tiny!

Semi Retirement

My new employer has changed our hours to 7:30 to 4:00

Five days a week.

No flex time allowed.

Which puts a serious cramp in my teaching schedule.

So.

I'm "semi" retiring.

I'll be training a new instructor this weekend for a review class.

In Green Acres.

Seriously.

LOL

The following two weekends I'll be training my replacement 

for the Boynton Beach class.

And the next weekend I'll be teaching my final Orlando class.

I'm now the "gypsy" instructor,

which means when they need a substitute, 

I'm who they call.

But I no longer have my own schools or a set schedule.

It doesn't make our bank account happy,

but I'm really looking forward to spending some time with 

my family,

my husband,

my horse,

my chickens.

I got off work today at 4:00 after an 8 hour day.

I generally work at least 9 or 10.

It felt like a half day.

And then Kyle and I went for a nice walk in the woods.

Tomorrow we might go for a bike ride.

I'm looking forward to doing some kayaking.

Taking Andy for a ride 

(as soon as his boo boo heals)

Taking more walks in the woods.

I'm also unable to use my phone or the internet at the office.

So I'm back to blogging at night.

I'll TRY to stay current.

But in the meantime, if I'm not around much,

Know that I'm having fun!