A Good Day and A Give-Away

I had to take a day off work on Friday

to have the furnace at the farm worked on.

That meant a lot of waiting

and that turned out to be 

just the kind of day I needed.

Tess and I went out early to clean 

the spider webs and dead mice out of the basement

before the repairman came.

We waited.

We went out and opened the door of the coop

to free the guineas,

only they didn't want to be free.

They didn't want to step in the 

little patch of snow outside the gate.

We observed why there is always poop in the

goats water bucket.

It is because it doubles as a goat butt-scratcher.

I wouldn't have known that

had the repairman been on time.

When he finally arrived

Tess felt he needed a good barking.

Then he needed to be carefully watched 

from the top of the staircase.

He told us we needed the fan motor replaced

and he would be back in a few hours.

So, we waited some more

and then we decided we needed a project to work on.

We drove to Yankton SD,

ate a fish taco (not Tess's first choice)

and went to Walmart for paint.

When we got back

we changed the poopy goat water

and painted the trim in the bathroom

and then the cabinet 

since we still had paint in our pan.

The repairman came and went.

The furnace is working again.

I spent the day with my dog at the farm.

And I am renewed.

It was just that easy.

Oh ya, 

the guineas decided they wanted to be free after all.

Now for the highlight of this post
Garden of Daisies  blog has a great give-away going on.
She even has some of our Sisters Five Soap and Lotions
listed in the give away.  
I'd love it if you stopped  her blog where she always
has something fun going on, and she is a great blogger.

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