Yep. I am. Now I’ve said it out loud and you know.
I really didn’t intend to end up like this. I’m hoping I don’t stay this way for long, either.
I have entirely too much do and I’m feeling overwhelmed.
I’m feeling overwhelmed by the amount of painting to be done. I’m overwhelmed by the amount of blood spatter in this house. Seriously. {Kids, this is a prime example of why not to do drugs- you’ll lose your house and the new owners will be totally grossed out when they clean and paint it to make it livable……..}
I haven’t really run since we left. I feel like it’s a guilty pleasure that I can’t allow myself to indulge in when I have so much other stuff that needs to get done.
Honestly, I’d be happy to stay curled up with a book and look out the windows……
I did, however, make my son some curtains. He was tired of having to change his clothes in the closet because he didn’t have curtains. At some point, I’ll take pictures of the whole room, once I get the last set of curtains made and he’s gotten it painted. In the meantime, here they are:
You may remember me complaining about the bird nesting happening when I was making my girls their sundresses last spring. I’m glad I didn’t pitch my machine. It worked just fine. Hmmph. I’ll have to diddle with it some more when I get back to the dresses.
Once we get things painted, I am not sure how much time I’ll have to be online. Life is changing, and in a really good way.
Have you ever been somewhere where you know that’s where you were meant to be? Like deep down in your soul you knew you were where God wanted you to be?
Ya. It’s like that here. If I have to be buried somewhere, I’m changing my mind. I’ll forgo Tin Cup, Co, for being buried on the farm here somewhere. {Which is legal here, too- one of these days, I’ll write about that, because it’s fascinating!}
Anyhow. What’s taking up my time? Life is taking up my time; mostly in the form of creatures.
We had been here for about a week before we realized that the 5 horses in our front yard were only being fed by neighbors, sporadically. And they had no water.
You can see where I’m going with this…… not only are we feeding them, we’re rehabing the mama horse that was near death from starvation. Turns out, she’s a champion barrel horse. As in, big $$$$$. Out of the 5, she’s the only one saddle broke{n}, so we’re starting with her.
She’s an {American} Quarter Horse. There’s another out there that we know he paid $10,000 for and never broke. Ya. She’s an American Saddlebred- you know, the high-stepping show horses? Ya. 😯 Her son is a Saddlebred as well, and then the foal {colt} and the filly are both a Quarter Horse/Saddlebred mix. Boo.
One of these days, I’ll write the whole thing up, with pictures. Mama is now as happy as a clam out there, with her blanket on and in a separate pen so she can eat undisturbed. Baby is eating solids and is weaning, so that’s good.
Besides the painting (seriously, I have gotten two bathrooms finished, and that’s it- while 12 ft ceilings with crown molding is beautiful, it’s a pain to paint…..), we’ve got chickens to set up for, in addition to our own horses {yes, you’re reading that right} and still get things unpacked.
Kitchen appliances came. Turns out, the ovens are too tall, so the cabinet guy needs to come back out. I didn’t get any Christmas baking done. I’m hoping he can come and get that done so I can get some of my breads made soon.
There are SO many loose ends at this point. I lose an entire day going into town for shopping. So far, I haven’t been able to not make two trips in every week, because there is always something urgently needed. Yesterday, it was horse food. Today, it’s groceries, since the big winter storm blew through and it was pouring rain so I just got horse food and came back home before the worst of it hit.
There’s a schedule to keep to, too. Horses are fed at 8 am and 5pm; mama gets lunch as well until she’s gained the last 300 lbs; and most days, I take the girls to feed over at our “neighbors” house in exchange for their weekly riding lessons.
And then, there is the steady stream of visitors. I’ve decided that I’m going to give it another month, and then after that point, we’re going to start handing out paint rollers to visitors. 😀 We absolutely LOVE the company, but it’s not conducive to me getting the painting done.
On top of all of this, we’ve got a new puppy. That means someone needs to supervise her until we can count on her to go to the door every time she needs out. I had no plans for more pets, of course, but when a friend posted a picture on FB of a purebred border collie pup who was being given away because as the runt, she was going to be too small to work with cattle, I couldn’t say no. 😀
Big dog, you may recall, is a{blonde/red merle} border collie as well, so we are very familiar with the breed. Had this been any other breed, I would have passed, because we don’t have time right now to deal with stubborn doggies {like little dog, for example, who we LOVE to bits and pieces, but is really quite stubborn :lol:}.
But, having lost out kitty a month ago, and seeing her cuteness, I couldn’t resist. So, here is our little Oreo.
When I can get out of my slacker mode and get more painting done, I’ll be back to write some more. In the meantime, don’t forget me! 😀
Holy cow! Well. like you said, at least you’re enjoying yourself!
Hope you and yours all have a great new year, and a wonderful 2013!
Thanks, EG! I am having a blast, but I’ll be SO so happy when it’s all done and I can get back to running, knitting,more sewing, gardening, and doing some riding. And CHICKENS!!! 😀 We’re working on getting the surrounding acreage, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
But gross gross GROSS the amount of blood spatter in this house. Took off the kitchen curtains to wash them and on the casing, there was spatter. I had to paint certain areas {like over the bed, for example} because there was NO WAY I was going to lay in bed and look at that. There is not a single room in this entire house that doesn’t have blood spatter on it somewhere.
And those magic eraser things? They’ll get sharpie off cabinets, but that blood is baked on…………. {gag}
I’m going to have to go back to see what I’ve missed…
I need to write on the horses. We’re hoping we get that situation resolved, because there is no way I want to continue to feed 5 other horses that aren’t mine. The mama and baby we’ll take until he’s weaned, and then a friend has dibs on baby. But the other three; not sure what we want to have done with them, becuase while we love them and they are totally sweet, they aren’t broken, and given the breed of two of them, they might not ever be good trail horses even after being trained…… what to do, what to do…..
I hope you had a Merry Christmas despite not being able to bake. I think of you often & wonder what you’re up to. I was really getting into your adventures before you took your vacation from blogging. Look forward to more news.
Hunny just got the double ovens in. Cabinet guy needs to come back and finish, but we did it so we could at least get the ovens in while he’s on vacation until after the first. Baking is planned soon, although this weekend we’re detouring with horses….. 😀
BTW, what is with all this blood spatter of which you speak?
Drugs. When a person snorts enough cocaine, it eats out the nasal septum and causes the nasal lining to be consistently irritated and bleeding as it gets eaten away. Then when that person sneezes, blood goes everywhere. I’m pretty sure there’s also some blood that was coughed up, and given the history of “parties” here, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of it came from veins, either.
GROSS, gross, GROSS!!!!
There is not a single room in this house that doesn’t have blood spatter on the walls or moldings somewhere. I took the curtains off the kitchen window to wash them, and there is blood spatter under the curtain and on the window casing…… there is blood spatter on the grout in the bathroom, which Tilex hasn’t gotten out yet, despite daily soaking and cleaning with a toothbrush. Good thing that’s all getting redone. We have to make a detour for horse fencing and shelter, but that’s one of the first things on the list.
Did I mention that it’s gross? 😦
OMG – that’s gross! I can see now why you would desert your readers to work on the house first. Ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!