PROGRESS ON MY RUG

It's been another busy day, I worked in the office for a bit and  I finally got the shed cleaned enough for now anyway. Now I can walk in and not feel like I'm going to be buried under an avalange of junk each time I walk in there.

I tried my camera and discovered that I need a card which was not included in the package.  What a bummer. So for today, I'm still using my little Fuji.

I think that I need a day of vacation because I'm getting worst. After lunch I changed into some street clothes and got my purse and hopped in the car headed down town to buy some calf feed. I had intended of stopping at Value Village to check on a coffee carafe  and at a camera shop to buy a card for the new Canon camera but half way to town I realized that I had put my barn boots on. Now picture me all dressed up with a purse and a pair of green steel toe, barn boots on. Go ahead and have a good laugh. I did as I realized what I was wearing. I'm getting as absent minded as Einstein, not that I can compare myself to him.

My small calves got dehorned this afternoon  and my expectant cow is still expectant.  This evening I did a little bit of hooking and here's the progress. I used some of April's green wool on three evergreen over the toboggan. Not quite finished them as I was getting my colors mixed up. Time to call it quit for today.  Thanks for checking up on the this old girl's blog.  JB

TOO MUCH GOOD STUFF

This morning, right after my barn chores, I went to a Farm management meeting about the cost of production of raising replacement cattle and how to understand our Valacta Milk report. Lots of stats and data and charts.... boring stuff to me that I don't understand all that well and it's not my cup of tea...

Then we went to the insurance  firm to review our farm policy. As the lady reviewed items after items on the policy  I told her about the new heat detection system that was put in place recently and that it should be added on the policy. The heat  detecting system is to monitor the movements of cows in heat, so that they can be bred in a timely fashion.

As she read on she said " Oh it's itemized here under Genetizer". " Genetizer?"  I said "I know that we bought a Generator for when the electricity goes out so we can still milk the cows." As she looked closer on the policy she said, " It says Genetizer here", thinking that it was a new hi-tech  breeding device.  When she realized that they had misspelled Generator. We all had a good laugh.

After meeting with the insurance agents I just got back home with a few minutes to spare before having to return to the farm to feed the calves again.  Then I rushed home to prepare our evening meal of Pesto Pasta. I was trying my new 12 cups Cuisinart Die Cast Elete Collection food processor for the very first time after washing all the movable parts. My old one is worn out and barely chops.   I turned the burner on high to boil the water for the pasta. When I turned my head to check if the water was boiling, I noticed my brown empty tea pot on the red hot back burner. The tiny bit of left over tea had all evaporated.  I turned the burner off and removed the tea pot and the bottom  of the plastic handle melted and the metal bar let go and the teapot went crashing in pieces on the kitchen floor. ( I buy those coffee carafe  at Value Village real cheap and use them as tea pots for when I have several people for lunch.) Time to buy another one and maybe I'll find something that catches my fancy while I'm there. It seems like a good excuse to go shopping...

Today also I was trying to get acquainted with my new Canon Rebel T1i camera and learning how to use it because my husband is always borrowing my little simple Fiji digital camera and insisted that I got a new camera and that I give him the Fiji because he like to use it.

I think that I kind of over loaded my brain  today so I'm dumping some of it here on my blog. Too much good stuff but I'm thankful that I finally got those two items.   Thanks for visiting.  JB