Last year this was a one day trial.  So glad to have it be a two day trial this year.  We have one more of these trails for the summer in a couple weeks. This trial is held in a 20 acre field that is mostly dirt.  Not a huge outrun, but a bit tricky because the sheep blend in really well and even the humans have a some trouble spotting the sheep.   ( Read more... )

I feel like my summer is zipping by and packed full of activities.  A little farming and agility along with lots of swimming and herding.

I was using a 120 some acres to work Rooster in.  Hauling the sheep there.  Then I subsoiled it.  Subsoiling breaks up the hard pan soil so that it drains  and works up better.  I broke 14 sheer pins in 6 hours ( Read more... )

What a whirl wind week last week was!  Until today, I haven't had a day with now that I didn't have something going on.  Whew!

Monday June 3rd, was spent getting a rental vehicle.  There was a little hatch back and three sedans sitting out front of the rental car place.  I'm praying like crazy, please, the little hatch back, please the little ( Read more... )

I finished up at school on Thursday at 10am with kids, then ordering, lunch with the other teachers and more cleaning, agility with the 4-her's and ended watching some of William's baseball game.  Whew!  What a whirl wind of a day!



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It's a good thing that the weekend was long!  Lots going on, but also time to rest.  Whew!

Friday start with a trip to Weiser to pick up some new to me dining room chairs.  I had some second hand ones that didn't really match the pretty table my aunt made me.  I found these and thought they matched nicely!  I got all four for $50, so a steal of a ( Read more... )

Only six more days of school left, so winding down that for the year.  Getting ready to ramp up on summer activities.  The hard part of teaching right now is I'm not motivated and neither are the kids.  Such a bad combination!  Ha!  We'll get it through it.  I've had a very good class this year.  Hard workers and great problem solvers.  Several of ( Read more... )

It was cowdog trial time this weekend.  Pam and I got together on Friday to practice one more time.  Practice went well and we worked on weaving the cows through some calf sheds, sorting and through a Y.  We were feeling pretty handy :) It was agility up in Council, so headed up there.  Rooster was a bit sore after agility and it turned out to be a ( Read more... )

This weekend I got back to my horsey roots and actually rode a horse!  Ha!  It's been 20+ years, but it's like riding a bike a guess. I had to climb up on a water trough to get on, ha!  I also had a very, very nice horse too.  She made me feel very safe!



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Finally a three day weekend.  Once you've gotten used to them, having to work five days a week, especially with kids, is hard.  We do work a Friday and a half, but three Fridays in a row was different!  Five- nine to ten hours a day in a row is a lot.   Anyway, nice to have a three day weekend to rest up, get over the cold I had and get some stuff ( Read more... )

Swimming really seems to be the Fountain of Youth for Beep.  We're back to swimming because the weather has warmed up and he's recovered from his vestibular attack.  I've noticed on the walks where we swim for five minutes before, he's much more energetic, off checking things out, rolling in the grass and having a blast.  It's not that he doesn't ( Read more... )