Rain rain go away come back another day!

14th April 2009 - part two of chapter four.

I have forgotten how intense having a puppy is! It is like having a baby all over again. Jonathan spoilt him the first night and so when we settled down for the second night, he didn’t take to kindly to being separated from human touch. I’m sure he just about cried the whole night. Johnny had to go back to work this morning and we all felt like a train had run over us. With little sleep, I’m a cranky lady! Not to mention the rest of the family. I moved slowly into the kitchen this morning to find the pouring rain had stopped at long last. It rained not stop from yesterday morning. I am going to rejoice when the sun eventually shows it wonderful face. It makes having a pup harder too. Oh, the day he sleeps and goes to the toilet outside on his own – bliss, this is the day we look forward too. Ah, the joys of puppies….

Yesterday we took the children to movies and spent a wonderful rainy afternoon watching “mall cop”. It was excellent. A real funny one to relax with. Unfortunately due to the rainy weather, we were very limited on the renovation front. Johnny did fix the front porch light though, which looks wonderful. I lifted the hems of some curtains and hung them at long last in the main bedroom. I haven’t seen my curtains hanging in almost two years and it looks and feels great.

16th April 2009

This morning was clear and beautiful. Not a rain cloud in sight. The suns’ permeating rays bringing a sense of peace and tranquillity. This morning I received three eggs, one was early this morning and almost double the size of the others. It came from one of the brown hens. At last the hens are fulfilling their purpose. Just one more hen to lay now. The ducks are able to move around freely now and are not being harassed by the hens any more. They have grown in size and are becoming very vocal. “me thinks” the hens are actually getting scared of the duck now.

The children and I got stuck into a section of soil around the back porch which was bugging the living daylights out of me. I had some paving stones lying around and so decided to lay them in this area to cover the bare soil. I have plans to fill in the spaces in-between with some of the white stone crush. It should be a good improvement. Perhaps a few colorful flowers too.

I have a contact for a Dexter breeder here on the south side at long last. I’m really hoping to get a heifer soon. It starting to look like a milking Dexter cow will not be an option to start with. We will have to get a heifer and she will have to have a calf first. We could find another breed of milking cow that might be ready to milk now but Johnny is against this option. He says the Dexter is a smaller cow and easier to handle when it comes to milking which is logical I suppose. I just want a milking cow yesterday and don’t care much for what breed.