Saturday, January 6, 2007
Friday January 5, 2007
Got up around noon and did feeding. I feel pretty good when just in the house, but can tell my energy is low when I'm doing work. Just doing the normal feeding leaves me exhausted, shaking and dizzy. Have to do a lot of sitting to rest as I walk between barns. Learned some years ago that if I push too hard when I'm like this I can pass out. So I've learned to take it slow.
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Thursday January 4, 2007
Have been trying Ritalin as a CFS treatment (because it can give energy) and am finding some benefits. If it doesn't make it harder to get the rest I need in the long run, it may help. I woke up at 10:30 today (Dave woke me up) and was going to go back to sleep but was energized. Well, my body was tired, but my mind was going. So I wrote for most of the morning.
At one pm, I went out to feed. Checked on all my critters. Emptied the truck of 7 bags of grain and cleaned up the big greenhouse/birdhouse to make more room for the birds (there was a lot of unnecessary junk in there taking up space). Let the goats loose for the day and they followed me around. I walked most of the little barn pasture to check the electric wire, but before I got to the middle 20 to continue the fence work there, I was exhausted. Shaking and dizzy. Finished the feeding and went in.
Slept for three hour and just felt exhausted to the core. Guess that was a bit too much to do today. I'm really weak this evening, but my mind is too awake to sleep.
The goats are still out. They are camped out on the porch right now, eyeing the cat door. Every time a cat comes in they race over and try to figure out how it did it. I'm afraid one of them is going to stick its head through and get stuck by its horns. I'm even more afraid that they will decide to go to the upper porch and discover the dog door (which - unlike the cat door - is plenty big enough for them to come through).
At one pm, I went out to feed. Checked on all my critters. Emptied the truck of 7 bags of grain and cleaned up the big greenhouse/birdhouse to make more room for the birds (there was a lot of unnecessary junk in there taking up space). Let the goats loose for the day and they followed me around. I walked most of the little barn pasture to check the electric wire, but before I got to the middle 20 to continue the fence work there, I was exhausted. Shaking and dizzy. Finished the feeding and went in.
Slept for three hour and just felt exhausted to the core. Guess that was a bit too much to do today. I'm really weak this evening, but my mind is too awake to sleep.
The goats are still out. They are camped out on the porch right now, eyeing the cat door. Every time a cat comes in they race over and try to figure out how it did it. I'm afraid one of them is going to stick its head through and get stuck by its horns. I'm even more afraid that they will decide to go to the upper porch and discover the dog door (which - unlike the cat door - is plenty big enough for them to come through).
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Wedensday January 3, 2007
I am worn out but feeling better. Dave is still pretty sick but better enough to try and work today (we can hardly afford for him not to). Jarred is feeding, so I can rest a bit. Have been working on sending out 250 newsletters and promotional calenders to clients. Want each to have a personal note, so its taking a while.
The weather this year is the strangest anyone has ever seen up here. It keeps getting warm again. New Year's Day it was 5 degrees when I came home at 9am (not uncommon for this time of year) and it was in the 30's when I went to bed (very strange). Was 42 last night when I went to bed. Is cooler, a bit, and snowing hard right now. But this up and down has been happening all winter. We'll get a normal few days - night temps near zero or bellow and day in the low 20's - and then it will jump up to the 30's and 40's. No one's seen this before. Its making the road very bad. It warms up just long enough for the top layer of snow to melt, then drops so it can freeze. Much of the road is 2-3 inches of ice. Never seen the like. We have had to put chains on the truck more this winter then in all the other years combined.
The weather this year is the strangest anyone has ever seen up here. It keeps getting warm again. New Year's Day it was 5 degrees when I came home at 9am (not uncommon for this time of year) and it was in the 30's when I went to bed (very strange). Was 42 last night when I went to bed. Is cooler, a bit, and snowing hard right now. But this up and down has been happening all winter. We'll get a normal few days - night temps near zero or bellow and day in the low 20's - and then it will jump up to the 30's and 40's. No one's seen this before. Its making the road very bad. It warms up just long enough for the top layer of snow to melt, then drops so it can freeze. Much of the road is 2-3 inches of ice. Never seen the like. We have had to put chains on the truck more this winter then in all the other years combined.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Tuesday January 2, 2007
I am weak and exhausted, but not as sick. Some cough and a mild sore throat. Dave is full-blown-can-hardly-move-sick. He couldn't work today. Jarred will feed so I am just trying to take care of Dave and keep us stocked in wood, keep the fire going and the electrical system working alright.
My peacocks came back!! I was so glad to see them on our porch again today. I rushed out with food an water, but they had already found the found their way back into the little greenhouse, which was left open for them and they had plenty to eat. It looks like they are just roamers. I sure hope they stay around.
My peacocks came back!! I was so glad to see them on our porch again today. I rushed out with food an water, but they had already found the found their way back into the little greenhouse, which was left open for them and they had plenty to eat. It looks like they are just roamers. I sure hope they stay around.
Monday January 1, 2007
Woke up at 4:30am with the most painful sore throat I've ever had. Couldn't go back to sleep but had promised Lucy (3 year old niece) that I would be there when she woke up, so I waited around to play with her. Got home around 10am and dropped into bed. Just feel like hell.
Went to Jarreds, hoping he might be willing to feed a couple days. We have the money for two more days right now. Really am feeling sick again and Dave is full-blown sick. Jarred said he could feed tomorrow and Wed. I did the feeding today, with Dave's help, then we both went to bed.
Oh! My peacocks are gone! They flew away! I am so sorry I let them out! I don't know if they'll survive on their own and they don't have any food. Damn, I wish I hadn't let them out!
Went to Jarreds, hoping he might be willing to feed a couple days. We have the money for two more days right now. Really am feeling sick again and Dave is full-blown sick. Jarred said he could feed tomorrow and Wed. I did the feeding today, with Dave's help, then we both went to bed.
Oh! My peacocks are gone! They flew away! I am so sorry I let them out! I don't know if they'll survive on their own and they don't have any food. Damn, I wish I hadn't let them out!
Sunday December 31, 2006
Didn't work on the fence today. Fed and then went to town to spent the afternoon with my sister and the girls. Spent the night there so My sister and her husband could go out. Had a really wonderful time with those girls.
Saturday December 30, 2006
Started Feeding again today. When I am feeling well enough not to be miserable, I really like being the one in charge of this. It is satisfying to walk around and check on the well being of every animal on the ranch, and greet each one, each day. Leaves me feeling good.
I was feeling better enough that Dave and I spent work on fencing today as well. The babies and donkeys have, for a few weeks now, had access to the rode between the Middle 20 (where they are suppose to be) and the Back 20 (where their moms are). I had so much trouble weaning these three that I decided to leave this be. They were safe, just causing some destruction to the stack of hay I keep in that location. And it did allow them to be weaned, finally. I could not keep them in the middle 20 because the fence is weak without the electric and the electric was down with 3-4 trees on it.
It was sunny and in the 20's today, a beautiful day. Today Dave and I spent 2 hours cutting those trees and hacking the wire out of the ice and mud it had frozen into. Got it all loose and the fences all free. We have a couple hours work to do yet on getting the wire back up, but this was the hardest part. We left the rest for a few days. Once it is up, babies and Donkeys will not be able to get out of the Middle 20 anymore and our haystack will be safe.
Also, let peacocks out today. They need the air and space and are suppose to bond to land in a couple of weeks. They all flew up on the roof of the house and sat there all day. Beautiful to see!
I was feeling better enough that Dave and I spent work on fencing today as well. The babies and donkeys have, for a few weeks now, had access to the rode between the Middle 20 (where they are suppose to be) and the Back 20 (where their moms are). I had so much trouble weaning these three that I decided to leave this be. They were safe, just causing some destruction to the stack of hay I keep in that location. And it did allow them to be weaned, finally. I could not keep them in the middle 20 because the fence is weak without the electric and the electric was down with 3-4 trees on it.
It was sunny and in the 20's today, a beautiful day. Today Dave and I spent 2 hours cutting those trees and hacking the wire out of the ice and mud it had frozen into. Got it all loose and the fences all free. We have a couple hours work to do yet on getting the wire back up, but this was the hardest part. We left the rest for a few days. Once it is up, babies and Donkeys will not be able to get out of the Middle 20 anymore and our haystack will be safe.
Also, let peacocks out today. They need the air and space and are suppose to bond to land in a couple of weeks. They all flew up on the roof of the house and sat there all day. Beautiful to see!
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