Work, Work, Work!

This is Pam's sister, Liz. This picture was taken the night we celebrated Lois's birthday. Liz decided to do pedicures for her Mom and for us. She dressed up for the occasion. Scary, isn't she!! We sat still...very still for our pedicures!

It is pouring rain today and a bit of time has come my way so I am catching up with all of you. I have been extra busy getting the Bull Session catalog together. We decided to print it ourselves this year since we have a brand new laser printer. Well...brand new laser decided to print 25 copies every 15 minutes instead of every minute, so I spent alot of time sitting here and babysitting it. Dell has replaced it! After spending hours in front of the computer, designing and printing, it is hard to close your eyes at night and not see screens, numbers, letter, lines etc. One night I think I printed 3 pages alllll night long. I am a little tired and stressed. Once again, I will be so happy when this sale is over. I am looking forward to March 11 in a big way!

We had a whirlwind trip up to Hermiston last week. The weather was fabulous...65 degrees I believe. It was the same here in the valley and it sure made a big difference with green grass and daffodils. Calving is more than half finished, so that is good. Now we have winter again...rain wind and cold!

The other day we were up on the hill and had a new calf to catch in our pen and weigh, etc...I took a video and would like to put it on here...I think I will need help to figure out how to do that. But I can do pictures! These are some of the calves. See the brown calf...he will turn black as he gets older...I call him, Mocchacino. The other calf is a brand new baby!

Julie has been riding her bicycle with some friends and is up to 17 miles a day. Last Saturday she took a bad spill and landed her knee right on a big boulder...she is laid up with a hugely swollen knee. There is no break but it is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. She is on pain pills and crutches and staying with her Mom and Dad. It is ugly!

Today we will be moving some moms-in-waiting from one place to another. We also have to feed everything silage. Pam drives the tractor, and I am the ground crew...cutting open the bags and taking the plastic bag and the netting down so the tractor can grab it with its big "hand" and put it in the feeder. These bales weigh about 2000 pounds. We will feed about 7 to bales every other day. The silage can not too bad...or very very bad! It takes a very sharp knife to open the plastic as there are about 20 layers of thinly stretched plastice. The job is fun with a sharp knife and terrible with a dull knife.

This is Pam's sister Liz. This is our pedicurist. On Friday night, we celebrated Lois's birthday with pedicures for all...except the guys...they wouldn't join in the fun at all! Liz is a little challenged in the seeing department...

Better get to it!