Cow Pie Buzz

Washing Dishes

Washing dishes is one of my least favorite chores to do and apparently it is one of the most boring things MLG has to watch.







I can't wait until the day I can pass this chore on to him and I can go take a nap.

-Cowpie-

The House Project (Part 10)

It has been a while since I have had anything to report on the house.  I had to dig far far back into my archives to see which project number I was on but I finally found it and I am happy to report that we have made some progress this past weekend.

I now have graffiti on my walls.



Ok so it is really tape and mud but it looks like splotchy art work to me.



Along with the taping and mudding there was some staining going on.



I love how stain makes the grain and knots of wood pop.  These are trim boards that were used to trim our lovely doors from Mexico (while I would like to say that I saw these doors in a little outdoor market while I was on vacation in a small town right off the ocean I would be lying.  To tell you the truth I have never been to Mexico or out of the country for that matter.  No these doors were free and you have to love that.)



Aren't they just awesome.  I love the old world feel that they give off.

After several hours of prep-work and trimming them down here and there (they were a little warped hence why the were free but I say that just gives them character) they finally got installed and look amazing.



So instead of pet gates blocking the doorways to the bedrooms I now have stunning wood doors.

After five tornadoes, one being an EF3 (160 mph), hit about two hours east of us last night I'm thinking our next project is going to be finishing out our tornado shelter / closet.

-Cowpie-

Developing New Tastes

As you know MLG started eating cereal a couple of weeks ago.  How quickly his tastes buds have changed.

He went from eating cold mushy rice to more solids to help bump up his roughage like,

 

socks.

  And when socks don't satisfy



he goes for something more delicate like,



his toes.



I wish I was still this flexible.

-CP-

Brrrrrrrrrr (Baby It's Cold Outside)

Not every day we get freezing rain, sleet, ice, snow, and the weatherman says that it feels like it is three degrees outside, thank goodness, but where we live this type of weather is expected to happen.  Just like in the spring we are expected to be bombarded with tornadoes, they don't call it tornado alley for nothing.  It is weird to think that a week ago today it was cloudy and freezing but for the past three days is has been so warm that I was actually sweating.



Doesn't it just look cold and dreary?



The first day we got a blast of ice and if you were on the north side of anything and everything you were going to be plastered with a sheet of the stuff.



The second day we got a blanket of snow and the sun just came out long enough to set behind the clouds.



On the third day of our winter storms finally the sun came out full blast and it started to warm up.



By lunch time everything on the ground had started to melt but the trees weren't so lucky because they were still encased in a layer of ice.



The bulls however where very excited to see the sun and me because for the past couple of days their water supply was either low or frozen solid.



When I approached their pen a crowd started to gather.  I told them that I would be right back to water them as soon as I finished taking pictures.



They weren't amused but I had to get going before everything melted.



Even the tractor had a couple of icicles on it but like I said before everything was starting to melt and fast.

But before everything was totally gone I ran in and grabbed MLG so he could get his picture taken.



He was outside only for a couple of seconds but he loved it.  The boy loves being outside rain, sleet, snow, sun, wind, or any type of weather.  It just brings a calming effect out in him.

So while I enjoyed watching the snow coming down from inside the house sitting in front of the fire and sipping my hot chocolate I'm glad it is over.  Before I married my peanut farmer and started living on a ranch I loved the snow and ice because that meant I got out of having to go to school or work but when you have cattle there are no days off.  You just have to layer up, grab your ax, pray that you don't slip on the ice and make a fool of yourself on your way out the door, and get to doing your chores of feeding and busting ice.  No matter of snow, ice, or forty mph winds it has to be done and well I'm one of the lucky ones that gets to do it.

-Cowpie-