ARRIVED HOME TO A BIG HOLE IN MY HOUSE

Several years ago I hired an interior decorator from a paint store to help me with choosing paint colors for my large open plan house and I wanted the colors to go with my home made drapes in my living room.  I ripped all the somewhat beautiful wallpaper to make room for plain paint.

I told her of my plans to put in two windows in my dining room but she told me that it would throw things out of balance and not to put them in.  Being a bit taken aback with this comment I thought that I might think about it some more. After all she is supposed to be an interior decorator, a know it all....

Well... interior decorator my*** .  Enough is enough of being in a dark corner, I went ahead and hired my uncle as contractor to do the job.  He ordered the two windows from a reputable business and they said that it would take three weeks before my windows would be in.  That's great, I'm not in a rush. I'm thinking that the windows will probably be in in about a couple of weeks,  When I had my uncle renovate one of the bathroom the store where the shower was ordered said that it would take about 10 business days before the shower would be in and it arrived in less than a week.

I waited, waited.... and waited.. and finally a month and a half later the windows are in.  If you got Barbies minding the counters ... well I guess Ken needs a job too. So this Ken doll forgot to send the fax order to the manufactures.  He must have forgotten to push the SEND button...

I've been waiting for this for at least a month and a half. Finally got word that they arrived  and my uncle was installing one this morning at 8:00am.  I trust him so I didn't mind having him around my house while I'm at the barn.

When I came home from the barn, there was a big hole cut in the siding, and although it wasn't all the way through I had at least a hole started.

It was rather cool and my arthritis was acting up so  I decided to make a pot of soup on the wood stove for supper. So I lit the stove and simmered the chicken and prepared the veggies. I used up the rest of my tomatoes that were sitting on my counter.  And we had a yummy soup ready for supper when I got home.

  
Soup in my Value Village soup tureen

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After only one window,  what  a difference. The trim is still not on. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so I have to wait for a nice day for the next window to be put in.  This window is triple glazed and opens with a crank.  JB

LUCKY , NOT SO LUCKY, LUCKY... KIND OF A DAY

When I went in the barn, first thing this morning, I checked in on the overdue  pregnant cow since I'm the first one there in that section of the barn in the morning and I could see that she was in labor and she was moaning but there were no feet sticking out  yet and she was doing the same thing yesterday. But I could tell it was very close to her time.

I gave her some hay but she wasn't interested. At this point I usually call my son to come and check for himself but I'm getting more used to it now so I don't panic like I used to.  I'm so sympathetic about their pains though, being a mother and all that.  So I fed the barn cats and gave feed to the calves and bedding and eating hay and went down the other end of the barn to prepare and warm up  their milk.

 When I returned  I could see huge feet sticking out so I called my son who was milking by then and the milk tester was there so he suggested that I call my husband. At this point the cow was down  and her rear turned against the wall making it inaccessible to any assistance that she may need. My husband arrived, and neither of us could get her up at this point. She just wouldn't budge.  My husband thought that the calf was coming out backward and could see the size of the calf by it's hooves and he called the vet. He decided that he had no time to waste and put chains around the calf feet and pulled and before I was able to offer help the calf came out very easy.  The calf was in the right position after all.  That was lucky. He cancelled the vet call.  The huge calf was a bull,  Not so lucky.

After my regular chores were done I went to town to pick some calf feed and ear tags for the cows, went to fill  my near empty gas tank and returned home. My husband  arrived home shortly  after me with the truck and asked if I went through the check point by the Experimental Farm ,  (* my car was due for an inspection in September...). I said no. That was lucky for me and lucky for him because he had the truck inspected just  last week.
I reminded him to make an appointment to have my car safety inspected and I was lucky again to get an appointment for 2:30 pm. this afternoon Then again no so lucky because I need a new ball joint and have an appointment for Friday... Then I got an email from my daughter Christine who was relieved that the ultra sound shows that it's definitely a boy and that all seems to be developing as should be at 24 weeks. Another lucky. So went my day.  JB