Cuba Rod and Gun Club

Nate Herman asked Horsemeister if we would provide some horses for the morning today at the Cuba Rod and Gun Club. We were given directions but used the GPS which took us to the middle of nowhere. Both Mike driving the stock trailer and I driving the living quarter trailer tried calling and texting Karin Meister and Nate Herman but they didn't have cell service out there. We drove back to Dollar General and asked a man coming out if he knew where this was, he didn't but said he knows someone that works there and has his contact number on his phone. He brings the phone over to me, gets the name and number up and shows me Nate's phone number. I had to explain Nate is my nephew and I'd already called him. Mike was able to get the directions, we were only about a mile away. The pictures are of the trail riders, trial rides and the swim rides. There are a lot as Nate was busy cleaning fish for the fishermen instead of taking pictures.



























The cotton candy machine was hauled out for this party. The guests had fun making it while waiting turns for the horses.


After the trail rides were over there were a few of the ladies that wanted to swim with the horses. Below are those pictures.











By 12:30pm it was almost unbearably hot. Mike took his load to Middle Grove while I took the three in my trailer to the Herman Lake at Norris, IL. The truck and trailer were left along with the horses for the thousands of kids there. Mark picked me up, we drove to the farm to hose down Sanna before leaving for the next thing on the list, Sam's Club to pick up food for the big lunch. We spent $215.00 on strawberries, croissants, brownies, and lettuce, then headed to church to start cutting up fruit. By the time we finished cutting the melons and strawberries it was dinner time, we drove through McDonalds right behind Kathy Huthmann.
This was a long hot day!

Faith and the Puppies

Braelyn fell asleep around 9:00am and slept soundly even with all the vaulters coming in to play with the puppies. She stayed asleep until 12:30pm and woke up happy, she is such a beautiful baby girl and an easy baby to watch and I'm not at all prejudiced. Rhoda showed up to help replace the bedding in the whelping box but she couldn't stay too long she was picking up David and Stephanie from their month long visit to Mexico. We won't see them for a bit though, they are leaving for a short vacation with the Kiesers. Faith Reinhard came in while her sisters were practicing with the team and played with the puppies. We were able to snap a few pictures of her with them. I think they are all adorable. It is hard to pick which picture should be posted.




Phil showed up to pick up Braelyn and gave me a ride to the shop. The Horsemeister truck needed to be picked up along with the cotton candy machine and snow cone machine plus all the supplies for both. We are heading out with 7 horses to Cuba, IL for one of Nate Herman's customers. Karin and Mike will give guided trail rides on the private property while Anni and I help match the riders with the horses and mount them up. Once we leave from there we will head to Norris, IL where the family is camping at the Herman lake.
Mark and I need to pick up the croissants along with the strawberries, lettuce, and brownies from Sam's Club at 3:00pm on Saturday and take it all to the church. We plan on staying there and cutting up and arranging the fruit. The church has lots of refrigerator space so it won't hurt to do this job one day early.
Three more loads of round bales were dropped off, that is now 42 of the 175 ordered for the winter. We need 50 alfalfa and 125 grass to get us through the year. Sure hope we sell another horse! Mark stacked them in the arena tonight while I drove over to Ruth's to pick up Larry for the trail rides tomorrow. Steve their pet deer was tangled up and couldn't reach the water tank. So thankful I arrived when I did, he was thirsty and the Davidovics are all gone for the weekend. It is almost unbearably hot and humid.

Hot Heat Humidity

Today will be hot, very hot. The weather man is calling for heat indexes of 110 degrees. This is the first of July and the Hanna City farm first cutting of hay has STILL not been cut. We have had 5 days of no rain but the farmers are desperate to get their own fields done. The Middle Grove hay is finished so hopefully the weather will hold while the equipment is brought to Hanna City for the 9 acres by Rachel's and the 15 acres here. In the past I use to worry about getting it up quickly and dry, worry about how we were going to feed the horses through the year but God has ALWAYS provided. They are His horses anyway. Worrying just doesn't help, it can't even add one inch to my stature so why worry. Early this morning while drinking good strong coffee gazing out the window at the sun breaking the horizon, my heart is filled with thankfulness. We have such a nice place to live. I thought it would be hard moving from Pleasant Home in Peoria, leaving the big house with so many memories, where stores are only a few blocks away, TSC a couple of miles away. At first life was too busy to grieve and now that we are settled there is no reason to grieve. How wonderful it is to be here in Hanna City with family around. Why if this place looks like paradise in our eyes can we imagine what heaven will be?

Living in the Barn!

The picture below was snapped early this morning. This is the view right outside my door. Isn't it THE BEST! What actually happened when the door was opened, Sanna's filly was standing right there in front of the door looking at us. Both Emma and I jumped, I ran to get the camera but by the time it was turned on she was back by her mom in the aisle way. Emma ran out but quickly thought she probably should run right back inside.

Mattie the clyde mare was checked first thing this morning, she is OUT, we will make a vet appointment for sonagrams in 15 or 16 days.
Braelyn joined us on the walk today, falling asleep in her stroller. It is amazing how jostling around on gravel driveways with potholes can put a baby to sleep.
The chicken salad for church lunch ordered from a store in Dunlap came in and I received a call asking if I could pick it up today instead of tomorrow. After Braelyn was dropped off in East Peoria then on to Dunlap. Mark had some work he needed done at the church and came along, helping carry in the 70 pounds of chicken salad. Once he was done it was off to Sam's Club to buy fruit, $115.00 of fruit, melons, blueberries, pineapple, pears, and Kiwi. We made another trip to church dropping off the melons, blueberries and pineapple. We still need to buy strawberries but didn't think they would last until Sunday. They will be picked up on Saturday after 3:00pm.
Chuck Altic delivered 21 round bales of hay, Mark moved them in the barn while I went for more diesel fuel. Mike loaded up Eliza, Airiah and Dalia, hauled them to Middle Grove and brought back Ciera and Indy. Sanna's filly was wormed with panacure.
The puppies are doing great but are very noisy.

Sonagram Countdown

Mattie will be checked this morning, if she is not interested, we will start the sonagram countdown. Eliza, Kim's mares Bridgett and Mattie and Kay's mare Alfie.
Yesterday the feed stall was finally gone through. All the stuff, important stuff we thought we must have from the green barn at Bridlewood, was gone through and organized, tack taken into the big barn and placed with the saddles, buckets all need scrubbing to try to get the insulation off, they were taken to the hydrant. The grain and storage containers were taken to the hay stall which will no longer be a hay stall and lots of garbage cleaned out.
The grain will now be stored in the last stall on the end, if and when we get square bales we will stack them in a corner of the arena. The stall needs a bit of lime under a few of the mats and the mats need to be trimmed to fit better, then bedding added and it is ready to go.
Diane called to spread the news that anyone wanting to go to church was to meet at the playground at 6:20pm. Mark and I arrived first, the picture below was snapped as the cars started arriving.

Rebekah was driving, Ruth and Fedi left for Current River and left Rebekah the van. Church was wonderful as usual, one of the neatest things about our drive home (along with the McDonald's ice cream) is discussing what we learned. Tim Roecker had the very thought provoking sermon. Mark snapped the picture below, there was no way to get the driver, Rebekah in the picture.

Working outside is exhausting and the bed felt wonderful. Around 2:00am an alarm starts screaming. I asked Mark, "are you cooking NOW?" It turned off on it's own but he went around the apartment trying to find out what it was and why. He didn't find anything and came back to bed. Just about an hour later it went off again. This time we could hear sirens coming down Glasford road. When the trucks passed our drive and kept heading down the road we thought perhaps the detector is picking up smoke from a fire not too far away. Once up this morning Mark checked everything out and believes it may be our carbon monoxide detector going off, we can't smell any propane leaking, it may be high humidity, the detector is right below our window, but he will check things out with the testers.
We have a heat advisory, the heat and humidity is going to start climbing reaching almost 100 degrees tomorrow.

Topeka Jail

I just heard from the chaplains office at the Topeka jail that all Bible studies must be sent straight to the chaplains office. This is good but what was even better was I was talking to him IN the Apartment and he could hear me with no problem. Mark mounted an antenna last night on the outside of the building, actually two antennas one for television and one for the Wilson cell phone booster and both work.
Mike moved in 2 round bales, one for Kims mares and one for the cabin field yesterday. We decided to take Eliza out to Middle Grove when we take Airiah, we cannot schedule a sonogram for her for a couple of weeks anyway and Airiah will like being with her. Ciera and Indy need to come back, Indy for the farrier and Ciera for training.

Puppies Puppies Puppies

Well I've had people ask about the puppies. They will be AKC registered with FULL registration papers. They are for sale for $800.00 each and can be reserved now but cannot leave Emma until they are 6 weeks old. They will come with their first set of shots. English Mastiffs are very loyal to their family. They make great apartment dogs, they love spending time lying next to their masters, in fact most of their time is spent lying around. They are wonderful watch dogs, learning quickly what is their property and letting everyone know if there is something not right. Just hearing the bark on a Mastiff is to make a person shake if they are up to no good. They LOVE to eat and were known as the butchers dog. They were bred to hunt bear and their jaws are the strongest of any breed of dog. For all of their fierce looks they are most gentle with their masters children. The puppies below are considered pet quality, not that they can't be shown, both the stud dog and Emma have very good conformation. The stud is 6 years old and going strong. A show quality English Mastiff will sell for $2500.00 up to $7500.00. An English Mastiff's life span is around 10 years. Now for some cute puppy pictures just taken tonight.





They are getting fat and noisy.
On another note, Mattie the Clyde mare was covered today and no, Raven didn't need her to be in a hole. Mike was right, he has no problem covering tall fat mares. He has no problem covering short fat mares either, in fact he even likes the skinny ones. Raven hasn't met a mare he didn't like. We always say, Raven has only one job to do and he does it so well.

Bridlewood's Roof

Tim Reinhard wants to start working on the Bridlewood roof tomorrow. That meant after the Berean work, I had to make a trip out to Cood Fasser to buy 16 five gallon buckets of special fiber paint, rollers, frames for the rollers, and paint brushes. What didn't get picked up was the pan to pour the paint into and the long handles to screw into the frames. Surely we have these items somewhere. This morning the stop to pick up the mail from TEMCO lasted a bit longer than usual, a phone call to Meister Brothers was made to ask them to please tell Eva Jean I would be late. We have a situation at a jail in Topeka, KS and are not sure how to deal with it. The director of the jail does not want to give the prisoners their Bible studies, but the chaplain keeps calling and faxing for more Bibles. We think if the jail is not willing to give the studies, they probably need to find another source for Bibles. Once we actually started work, Eva Jean worked on studies while I stamped Bibles, lots of Bibles, then loaded them in the car. Spark and Dan joined us for lunch and shared a bit about boys camp. What a great service the Old School Center does for AC Boy's camp.
The chips and candy were picked up for the lunch on Sunday. They will be stored in my office at Meister's as the apartment is too small.
The puppies are all growing well, no runts in this litter. Emma is a very caring mother, if they start squealing she comes running. She wanted to go on the walk this morning but quit after the first round. We think she was starting to get cabin fever like all new mothers, needing to get out for just a bit.
Mattie needs to be covered today.

Studly Dudley

Last week Karin had Studly taken in to the vet for his 'tutering'. He can no longer be named Studly, Karin is changing his name to Dudley. On Monday Karin left for Florida, not for a vacation, an older lady needed to be driven down and wanted her car left there so Karin is driving her down and flying home. She has such a servant heart, I don't know if I would be willing to give up my time for such a long trip. Ruth is taking care of Dudley and brought him on the walk yesterday. He is wearing his lampshade, meaning restricted vision and was smashing into everyone on the walk. Studly is usually much faster than Heidi but yesterday Heidi had the advantage. Ruth put him back in the car after the first round to give us ladies a safe passage for the second round.
Jenis gave me a bit of a scare, she was standing by herself in the back, not eating, just standing. She didn't come when called and for Jenis that is very unusual. Slopping and slipping through the mud to reach her, she seemed to be fine and was put in the pasture with Sanna. She is not due until August, her foals are so precious we want to keep her happy. Sanna's filly (who still needs a name)was very curious about Jenis. She kept creeping up to her then running away.


Sanna is looking great, one would never know she is 22 years old by looking at her. We are offering Sanna, her 2011 filly and her 2012 expectant foal all for only $12,000.00 but once the filly is weaned this package will no longer be offered. Sanna's 2011 filly has the look everyone wants, the upright arched neck and FEATHER. Most of the time the feather on a Friesian foal won't show up until 4-5 months, hers were coming in thick and curly at one month. Want a Friesian BARGAIN? Check out this package.

Lunch Preparations

Dr. Hoerr called just after 8:30am that he was on his way. We originally planned on having Eliza, Airiah and Kay’s mare sonagramed but Eliza came back in season. Kay’s mare was in with a 50 ml follicle, Dr. Hoerr wanted her covered today and a shot was given to help her ovulate. Airiah is in foal and can now go out to Middle Grove. She will be lost without Eliza. Mattie, Kim’s big Clyde mare was sonagramed, she is in and will need to be covered tomorrow. Mattie hates Raven, Dr. Hoerr left a shot to semi sedate her, helping her to stand for Raven. We need to have her in a hole, she is so tall we are not sure Raven can reach her although Mike thinks he won’t have any trouble, after all he has no trouble covering Ribbon.
A quick stop at work to email people was next on the list for today, then off to church to pick up the towels and dishrags that need washing for church next Sunday. It is our turn to serve. We use to plan on serving 1000 for any given Sunday unless there was a wedding or baptism then more food added but Sunday is July 3rd and we know many people will be out of town. The entire Meister family is invited to camp at Norris, IL at the Herman Lake. While picking up the towels today the job list was checked, there are many places left to fill but we won’t worry about that, God will provide, He always does.
Save a Lot store was called to order the Krispy Kreme donuts. We ordered 35 dozen assorted donuts. Rhoda knows where we can get the good chicken salad and called with the number. Fourteen 5 pound buckets, that is 70 pounds, were ordered of that, sure hope we have leftovers, we love this chicken salad. I’ll call back and confirm they were able to get it, that is supposed to be picked up on Friday. Sam’s Club was called to order 500 croissants which can be picked up on Saturday afternoon. Still need to buy fruit, cookies, brownies and chips. Mark wants to have melon, pineapple, strawberries and grapes and bought 500 bamboo skewers to place on the tables with the fruit.
Back to the shop I mentioned to Mark the Bibles still needed to be hauled down to Skyline Home, he was going anyway for a service call and offered to take them and bring back the wrapped Bibles. That help was such a blessing.

The Pull Out

Last night around 10:00pm just as I was getting into the shower a puppy starts to scream, took off running even before grabbing the towel as Emma is probably sitting on the poor thing. Really it was just under her leg and once repositioned I turned around to head back into the bathroom and glance out the window. Someone is out there! Here I was with NOTHING on, the towel was wrapped around and the window checked again just praying it was only my reflection but no there really was someone out side my door. Sarah walked in and asked, "What in the world are you doing with no clothes on?" She doesn't even wait for an answer but tells me there is a car in the ditch and it is bad but no one is hurt. Mark and Mike went to the rescue. For this they needed both the skid steer and the yanmar. Mark brought the skid steer in first, turned it around to face the front of the car. Mike hooked up a strap from the car to the bucket so Mark could stop the car from dropping down into the ravine as it was being pulled.

Below is Mike bringing down the yanmar.

Below is Mike after he checked out the car scaling the cliff up. This does not show how steep it was as the camera had to be held over the car to get his picture. We do not know why the car didn't roll.
Once the Yanmar was hooked up at the back and the skid steer in the front, Mike started to lift the car and pull it out.

Now the entire time all of this was being done there was lightning lighting up the sky continuously. Huge flashes with the thunder rolling, wind blowing but no rain.
They were able to get the car up and it was driveable.

Mike took off first taking the yanmar back. As the skid steer was being driven back the heavens opened and the rain started falling in sheets. Mark did not have the window on in the skid steer and he had to drive west, right into the rain. He was completely drenched by the time the skid steer was back in the barn. It was getting late but the wind was so fierce it felt like the building was shaking. We were considering getting in the car and driving over to someone's basement. By this time it was close to midnight so we decided to wait it out and fell asleep to the sound of driving rain.

Down Comforter

Before leaving the apartment this morning we cleaned up a bit of the mud that had been dragged in from kids wanting to see the pups AND the dogs. We made it in plenty of time for the morning singing down in the Sunday School Room and for some reason the singing was more beautiful than ever. Lori Stratton asked if I could use another down comforter for Darcy or Emma. She brought it to church just in case. After looking it over, this comforter is WAY to nice to give to the dogs. Is it bad to keep it for the futon? If Darcy and Emma never see it or try it out, they will never miss it. Thanks Lori! Tim Roecker had the morning service opening to the story of the floating axe head and then where Elisha is surrounded by the Assyrians and his servant is so upset that Elisha asks God to open the eyes of his servant to see the so great a crowd of angel warriors, horses and chariots of fire. Those are some of the favorite true stories of Sunday school. Mike Reiker had the afternoon service opening to the book of Daniel. Daniel has always been my favorite book of the Bible. Daniel was visited by both the Arch angel Gabriel and Michel along with another angel and all three told him he was dearly beloved. Wouldn’t it be amazing to be told out loud that God LOVES you, and yet this is what the Bible tells us, we just have to read it. Not only did He love the world, He sent His Son to redeem the world. Wish ALL would take advantage of this, the Word tells us, He would that NONE would perish. We are serving lunch next Sunday, July 3rd, and the book with all the instructions was taken home but we forgot to take home the towels. Tomorrow the Bibles need to be delivered to the Skyline home so I’ll stop at church and pick up the towels then.
Gail Hodel needed a ride home from church as Marvin was doing something with Randy Kieser. When we arrived back at the farm, Ben, Taunya, Addyson, Jack, Sarah and Rhoda were already here. Rhoda was giving Addyson a ride on DaMita. Phil and Anna along with Braelyn showed up a bit later. After dinner it was volleyball time for the kids and visiting time for the adults. There was a big group, over 3 complete teams but they played for hours so all got plenty of play time. Addyson had the best time playing on the trampoline with Tara's girls. They were jabbering away in their own special language. By the time everyone left, Mark and I walked home to find Ben giving Addyson a shower and Taunya ready to give Jack a bath in the sink. Below is Addyson all clean and in her pajamas.
Mike moved in a bale for the boys and Kim's mare Bridgett was covered. It looks like the Clyde mare may be coming in. We will try her tomorrow morning.

Nancy Likes to Fly

Karin showed up with the truck just before 9:00am and helped hook it up to the living quarter trailer. About that time the horses and girls started showing up. Karin hauled Sandy & Sunny up front, Bunni and Sally behind in the stock, while Rebekah drove the other trailer with Paris, Cindy and Larry. Below they were just getting ready to pull out.


Anni, Sarah, Bethany and Hanna filled out the riders. They thought Jessica was also going, Karin thought Jessica was in the truck Rebekah was driving, Rebekah thought Jessica was in Karin’s truck and only when they were at Sandridge and ready to mount did they realize they had too many horses. Cindy was loaded back in the trailer and left. They had a wonderful time. Trail riding is already fun but when Karin introduces games like hide and seek it was a blast.
The insulators showed up to finish the stall area, while Mark and I worked on getting the garage area ready for them. Of course much of the day had to be spent with the puppies. They are so adorable, the picture below should be labeled contentment.

Even Darcy like to watch the pups, below she is hanging her head over the whelping box checking out the squirming mass.

Ruth picked Nancy up this weekend and took her to the place giving airplane rides. Mom brought Nancy over to show her the puppies and Nancy was so excited to tell us about the airplane ride and the picture.


What was supposed to be a beautiful day with lots of sunshine turned into rain, lots of rain this afternoon. The trail riders made it back just as the rain came pouring down. After the trailers were unhooked and the horses put away, Karin, Anni and Rebekah came in to play with the puppies also. The pup Rebekah was holding started sucking on her arm so hard it left a mark.

Rhoda was a big help today with them, helping clean the box out and keeping them from getting squished. After they were taking a nap she went over to tack up DaMita. She has a lady coming tomorrow to try her out. DaMita was just about perfect. Rhoda left her in the small paddock so she doesn’t have to tromp through the mud tomorrow. With the extreme amount of rain that came down today, everything is muddy. She also helped get Eliza covered. Once that was done, Raven was taken over to Kim’s mares. Bridgett is still in and will be covered tomorrow, Mattie the Clyde is not yet showing. We were pretty tired and hungry by the time 6:00pm rolled around but there is not much food in the house so ordered 2 meals from Gils and split them. As a special treat we also ordered one slice of peanut butter pie. Sarah showed up as we were eating dinner but there was enough easily to share with her. She moved furniture today to her apartment in Bloomington.

Sandridge

Last night, the whelping box was taken out of the stall and brought into the apartment. We must have a place for these puppies and the insulators won't be done for probably another 3 days. Around 10:00pm Emma delivered another puppy but it was dead, the pup was removed and she was cleaned up. The night wasn't too bad, the puppies were checked on twice during the night, each time they seemed content, nursing well. Emma has 8 nipples and there are 10 pups meaning 2 must take turns but they seem to be working it out without assistance. This morning around 5:30 Emma comes running into the closet, Mark makes the statement she must be confused, she was taken back to her puppies where she quickly delivered another dead pup.
Karin is taking the cousins to Sandridge State Forrest today for a long trail ride. Mike's red truck is hooked to the stock trailer, mine must be hooked up to the living quarter trailer except it hasn't been returned yet. Philip borrowed the truck and dump trailer for a job. Hopefully Karin can find out where the truck is and get it here before their 9:00am leave time. The weather is suppose to be beautiful today. The Honeggers are heading to Forrest, IL for the Honegger reunion. They will stop at Emily's and visit Jewel. Emily emailed that she can tell Jewel is a Raven daughter, she has been riding her in the field bareback with just a halter and Jewel is so responsive, walking, trotting, turning and stopping when asked. She wrote that she was enjoying having her.
Eliza will need to be covered today if she is still in.

The Puppies are HERE!

Emma was up most of the night, either asking to go out or whining to come in. It was really hard to roll out of bed with less than 4 hours of sleep when one spent the night worrying about the impending delivery. The dogs and Sanna needed to be locked in before leaving this morning at 6:30am as the insulators were coming back. Today was a Braelyn day and she was excellent. This time I stayed at Phil and Anna’s house, Braelyn fell asleep and slept for 3 hours before needing a bottle. Karin was asked to check in on Emma when she reached the farm, she called to say Emma was panting very hard, drank some water then threw it up all over the floor. Rhoda was called to see if she could come watch Braelyn until Anna arrived home, then I headed back to the farm and got there right at noon in plenty of time to watch the first puppy being born, arriving at 12:25pm. Darcy was very curious about this entire process.
Then it was wait and wait and wait. Right at the 2 hour mark, just as we were considering calling the vet, she started labor again and delivered a big fat puppy. Steven Marchal came and offered to give Addyson a horse ride, that sure made HER day and kept her occupied during the long wait. She rode Jenis first and then Cindy. Our next puppy one was only 10 minutes later and the 4th puppy was 8 minutes after that.
Addyson loves sitting and watching with Rhoda and she fell in love with the puppies, giving this one a kiss. We think her parents need to give her one of these. Of course when Darcy accidentally slobbered on her pants, Addyson says very emphatically, “GROSS!” so perhaps not.

The next couple of pictures are a bit graphic, the first shows a normal birth, the second is a picture of a breech birth. On the breech birth, the sack had already ripped and the tail was just wagging away during the delivery.

Emma decided to move into the bedroom closet for the rest of the puppies. She had quite an audience watching as each puppy was born. After the 8th puppy, Diane took all the little kids on a 4 wheeler ride.

While they were waiting for the next puppy to be born Bethany and Aubrey were picking grass for the Friesian mares.

We had one not so good incident, Emma snapped at Steven Davidovics as he was playing with the puppies. This means we must be very careful to always be with her when people come to see the puppies. We were actually shocked Emma would do this as she was so easy going during the whelping, she allowed even Darcy to attend the births. Below is Proud mamma Emma with her 10 puppies. She had 6 boys and 4 girls.

Work couldn't come to a stop just because Emma had her puppies. Kim's mare Bridgett needed to be covered tonight. We are so thankful we had an ultrasound, she did not show at all until Raven actually mounted. The ultrasound showed that she would be ready to breed in 3 or 4 days and it was right!

Insulators

Phil arrived just a bit after 7:00am with Braelyn and just as she was taken out of the truck his phone rang, Anna’s work called to say they didn’t need her. Braelyn went on our walk then Rebekah stayed at the apartment to meet the insulators while I took her home. As long as I was in East Peoria, Walmart was on the list for a few groceries. The meat prices are unbelievable. Perhaps it is time to buy a few cows. As I was pulling out of the parking lot Alice and Linda Durham saw the car and came over for a quick visit. They use to live in Bridlewood Apartments when I was managing them. They were actually shocked to find out we moved.
The insulators showed up right at 9:00am, Rebekah showed them what they were to do, then took off for home. When I arrived a bit later both men were sitting in the truck, foolishly they were asked if they had finished. They replied, “no we started working and this horse with her baby came in.” I think they were afraid of her and sat in the truck until someone came to put Sanna away. I say they were asked foolishly as this is job is taking much longer than expected. For some reason, I thought they just sprayed it on and a couple of hours later they would be done. They left at 3:20 with about a fourth of the stall area done and none in the garage.
Emma was acting a bit weird and since the insulator men were working in the stall area, a whelping area needed to be made in the apartment, just in case. Darcy promptly claimed it and doesn’t want to get up. Her old down comforter is one of the blankets we planned on using. As soon as it was on the floor Darcy knew it was hers. Emma will just have to wait to have these pups.
Steven arrived to do just a bit with Evan, we would like to train him to sit up we just haven't figured out how.
Mike and Diane have company visiting from Alaska, they took them trail riding to Sandridge. When they arrived back, Mike helped get Eliza covered. Tomorrow morning Kim’s mare Bridgett will be heavily teased and if in covered. I’ll need to leave by 6:34am and will skip the walk tomorrow. Anna for sure has to work tomorrow and Phil needs to be at a job site by 6:00am, it just makes sense for me to drive in, instead of Braelyn brought here at 5:00am.