Happy New Year from the end of our dirt road!
January 2nd and time is already getting away from me. 😄 Our Christmas was filled with blessings and a house full of family and there truly wasn't any time to pop in here with a post.
If I sat down, I fell asleep so I knew not to sit down until I crawled into bed. It'll take me a few posts, but things are slowing down and in between trips to the Conex to pack away Christmas decorations, I'll work on catching up.
Our son and his family spent Christmas Day with us.
I had excellent help with deviled eggs
I think E's the only one I know that enjoys doing the dishes on Christmas Day
My MIL did not want to come so DH drove over early Christmas morning and spent time with them while I worked on Christmas dinner. I packed up leftovers, and our son delivered them and visited with his grandpa for a while later that afternoon. It was 68 degrees on Christmas Day - that's not Christmas weather, but it was perfect for trying out that spiffy new pink rope!
Learning the mechanics
And she helped Pap chore
and tend to his horse that had an accident the day before, on Christmas Eve.
DH had taken him to town to ride through our heifers that are on wheat. He stopped in town to get a haircut and his horse pitched a fit in the trailer and wedged his foot between the trailer bars when he was upside down. Thankfully, he didn't break his leg, but DH spent 30 minutes sawing through the bar with a hacksaw blade and then a kind man stopped and said he lived close by and had a sawsall. He went to fetch it and they were able to make a 2nd cut and release the horse's foot. DH brought him home and doctored him, but it'll be at least 6 months before he heals and then we'll have to see if he's sound. Not the kind of excitement we want anytime, but especially not on Christmas Eve.
E stayed with us Christmas night and was a big help
Good help is always welcome
She wanted to show Pap her muscles
3 comments:
Animals can find all sorts of way to injure themselves. Usually it happened at our farm when the farmer was gone. Fortunately our vet was just 5 quick miles away and quickly responded. I hope your horse is okay, time is a good healer.
Looking forward to your next post.
E is such good help. We needed her for dish washing on Christmas. My sister’s dishwasher broke so we decided to use paper plates. There was still a lot of dishes to wash. It’s wonderful she’s learning to rope. My other sister had to have her 31 year old horse put down on Christmas Day. She stayed at the barn and missed Christmas but we saved her food and visited with her later that night.
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