Get up have coffee.
Read email. Surf and work on sweater.
Put on soothing music -- "The Scotch Humour" by Chatham Baroque. So far so good.
Let cats out. Let dogs out.
Feed cats.
Fill dog bowls with water. Clean up drool mess after dogs take drink and walk around kitchen.
Post poem on blog for poetry month.
Get dressed, go outside and fill front waterer, back waterer. Feed chickens. Water chickens. Put escaped hen back in enclosure.
Get dog food ready. Let dogs out and in, same with cats.
Feed dogs, feed birds, feed fish.
Vacuum floor of dog cookie crumbs, dog hair, cat hair, feathers, dirt.
Clean kitchen. Do dishes. Put dishes away. Let cats out let cats in, open screen door window so cats can come and go.
Put escaped hen back in enclosure. Renail 3 boards in corral fence.
Collect empty feed bags and boxes and put in fire pit for disposal.
Do laundry.
Close window. Let cats out. Let dogs out. Let cats in.
Put yarn collection in Ziploc bags, attempting to vacuum out air and zip up to save space.
Apparently burn out motor on Electrolux while performing above operation.
Go fetch spare vacuum from barn (Kenmore).
Plug it in, figure out how it works, use it on test areas of carpet.
Open it up to ensure bag is not full, find instead huge mouse nest composed of old bag and contents thereof. Set aside until I can go get Kenmore bags.
Go online to find reviews of vacuum cleaners in case I have to buy new one. Notice that "the Shopping Bags" have filed reviews of Vacuums under V and also Vibrators. Read Vibrator review. Don't recall seeing that episode.
Water horses. Put escaped hen back in enclosure.
Read one chapter of “The Hand-Sculpted House”.
Round up Rustler (Rusty) for his ride with neighbour. Help neighbour saddle & bridle Rusty. Give Daytona compensatory treat.
Take dogs on hike.
Comeback, have coffee, let cats in.
Brush Rusty, water horses. Give horses sweet feed.
Have lunch.
Move the Dally Llama out of front pasture where he was getting picked on by stud, to back pasture.
Collect eggs. Put escaped hen back in enclosure.
Get wood for stove. Fill front waterer again.
Light fire in stove. Make coffee. Write this note. Do more laundry. Notice strange sound coming from dryer, find that exhaust hose has become disconnected due to duct tape failure. Go to barn and fetch gear clamp and screwdriver and reattach exhaust hose to dryer.
Notice Electrolux is working again, must have been overheated.
1 comment:
Hmmmm, only minor catastrophes so far - I suppose you have to count your blessings and hens!
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