Snow...I mean...water....I mean...mud

We had an awesome weekend of snow! Meant less got done outside but it was nice to get some moisture. Now our lovely snow has turned into water.....the last 2 days have been so warm that the snow has been melting and pouring off of the roof...my poor rosebushes never saw it coming!!! They are strong.....they will survive! Thankfully there is still a good 5ish inches covering the ground and the dreaded mud lying underneath(I know you are there mud-you can't play tricks on me!). I despise mud. Mud has never done anybody any good!!! While in college in the northwest I spent many a day trudging through the knee deep mud feeding 50+ horses, hauling flakes of hay to the trees. Oh the memories....I already went looking for muck boots when I was in town this week....unhappily discovered a large leaky hole in my beloved 15 yr old pair of faithful muckers!!!( muckers I stole from my dad that he has had since the 80's when he worked in alaska). I guess they deserve retirement... maybe they have earned the right to sit on a shelf with other memoirs...not sure Buckaroo Man will go for that.  I never did find any muck boots in my size...I think everyone got the bright idea to prepare for the upcoming slush and mud. I better find something...or I will be doing a lot of sock washing!!!

We almost have our wood floor put in. 3/4 of 1 room left. Will be sooooo happy to not live in a construction zone!! I will probably be as happy as when we finally got internet today! Yep finally got internet no more borrowing anybody else's!!! The floors look awesome.....for now. Until the mud comes. ( looked up and noticed a trail of muddy paw prints-its already reminding me that it is here) The horses look lovely as they have already found and created much mud around the bale feeder. Good thing they are all brown and hide the mud well!! My chickens on the other hand are having way too much fun. The coop is muddy and the chickens feel that they have all died and gone to heaven. They are so happy that they are laying more eggs than I know what to do with!!!! I had the brilliant idea of getting enough chickens to be able to sell eggs. Good eggs.....free-range chicken eggs....happy chickens.....fed only USDA Certified Organic feed......tasty eggs!!!

Aren't they lovely? (thats only 4 days worth of eggs!)I have just been a little slow in the advertising of them. I mean-come on-I am not busy or anything..I should of had flyers up months ago, but nope, instead I am having to come up with recipes that involve using eggs for every meal!!! Speaking of eggs.....I see 70+ eggs waiting to be cleaned and candled....I suppose I should head over there and start cleaning. Until next time! Too-da-loo!

Floors n' more!

Well, it has been a bit since I got on the time consuming internet! Our lovely internet went down and we are in the process of figuring out something new!

Since our last mentioning of chaos we have been busy! After coming home from our awesome trip to Winnemucca my amazing in-laws arrived to help us put in some flooring. We were able to get one level done amidst the other things that kept us busy!!! We even found homes for all of our Border Collie puppies! It is very very nice to not have a bunch of mischievous puppies running around!! I do miss the cute litter boogers. Most of them will end up being working dogs which is awesome. Some will be cow dogs and some will work sheep! Mamma dog is sure happy! She has more energy than she knows what to do with!

Last weekend we went to pick up our boys and are having a blast with them during their spring break. We have played tractor scrabble, the 12 yr old made us brownies, the 7 yr old is my faithful chicken man, and my husband and the oldest have been very busy shoeing horses!!!

Yesterday the boys decided to cut down some sagebrush.....with a saw.....then a shoeing hammer......then a few kicks! They then decided to take a break and the lovely cut down sage was then hauled off by our Cow Dog Skunk! He has a thing for wood....rubber......plastic......garbage(he steals garbage and stores it by a tree)....drip hose(means lost of fixing for me this spring).......stuffed animals......socks.......shirts.....slippers......pretty much anything that can be hauled away!!!! Funny thing is-he doesn't chew on it! He just stores it. He is a kleptomaniac. He needs to see a phycologist! He used to gather my husbands shirts, socks, and sweaters-he stored it under the dining room table! Now he just stores socks and dishtowels under there! Well, Skunk is busy digging outside so I best go advise him otherwise!! Until next time...too-da-loo!!!