Today I decided cleaning and laundry had to be done here before going over to finish cleaning the new barn so after moving the mares, cleaning those stalls and getting them ready for tonight and after breakfast I started work. There were 4 loads of laundry that needed to be done. The upstairs needed to be swept again and both of the bathrooms in this house really needed to be cleaned. If I do the barn first I just don't have the energy to work here. Why is it so much easier to clean the new barn than our old house? I finished by 10:00 am with the work here and drove over to start sweeping floors. I heard mom's Kubota so looked out to see Joan hard at work spreading gravel.
I'm not sure if that rope was in the bucket but Joan jumped off to load it before finishing the spreading. When I finished I went to check bales. I knew the mares would need a new bale today but thought Evan might too. He was turned out into the field so I could check. Of course he had to roll then jump up to run.
He did not need a bale yet, probably has enough to last 2-3 days. I moved the hog panel on the mares bale so they could finish their hay before moving a new one in.
Tatiana was wanting out so I thought I'd better check her udder and went into the paddock to do that.
I just stuck the phone under and snapped. Those white clumps on the teats are what we call waxing. They are turning white so she may be getting close. If she was dripping milk I would know it would be today but she is not. Mark was busy working on the bunk beds.
The video below shows the start of the frames of him.
He needed a little bit of help holding the boards. When he finished we moved a bale in. Jewel and Tatiana were taken to their stalls while he brought the bale out. I know I've bragged about the hay in the past but it is such nice hay. Still very green and fine stemmed.
The mares were brought back out and of course had to taste it then both of them dove right in eating.
I took the golf cart over to throw away the net wrap and had to admire the new gravel.
A pile was left by mom's garage that will need to be spread.
Amy stopped in to pick up some beef liver. She is donating it to one of her daughter's friends. We had a nice visit then after she left we left we went to dinner at the Bartonville diner. We split the senior walleye meal.
It comes with two large walleye fillets, two sides, the vegetable of the day, bread and butter and for dessert pudding but we usually skip the bread and the pudding. The restaurant was packed. We arrived by 4:50 pm and it took us longer to park than to actually get our food. We were seated quickly and our waiter took our order. We thought we may have a wait to actually get our meal but within 5 minutes our waiter came back with it. The waiter explained, this is the most popular meal on Fridays so the cooks start preparing them early and keep chugging them out during the busy time of all of us early bird eaters.
It was hot, just out of the fryer and delicious. The meal, tax and tip come to $16.00.
We stopped to refill one of our 5 gallon water jugs before going home.
We were home by 5:30 pm, crazy as we left for Bartonville just after 4:30 pm and it is almost a 20 minute drive from here with Mark driving. Both mares were brought into the stalls. I have them both on the monitors. Jewel is a little hard to see as she is a bay and kind of muddy. She is on the monitor to the left. Tatiana is in the one on the right. Both mares are standing quietly.
Rachel sent the sunset picture from tonight's sunset at Gulf Shores.
Spark and Rhonda made it home tonight. Rhonda said she is now going to have to take down Christmas decorations. That tells us how long they have been gone. Today was a lot of work but I am so thankful we have such an easy way to DO the work. I have washers, dryers, dish washers, mops, a vacuum and plenty of rags.
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