Life on a family farm
in the wilds of
Upstate New York
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Don't Try This at Home
Morning milking, column deadline, Two springer cows in the barnyard ready to calve Phone rings BF's grandparents truck broke down Bringing it here so the boys can fix it Phone rings Liz checks springer cows They are both missing Broke down the gate and headed for the pastures Phone rings Power company calls from the front yard driveway and comes to check wires that they messed up last week While the GP's are still here Power lady needs to see the boss, But, of course he isn't Here that is Kids find cows and Lemmie has a heifer Power company leaves And the milk inspector gets here At the same time Traffic jam in the driveway Introductions all around and around and around Inspector wants his wooden critters Glad I have some done Bye, bye to four bunnies and four duckies.
Truck is finished, calf is a nice one, everybody goes home and the phone stops ringing. Throw together some meatballs and sauce for spaghetti Milking time again
***This is not by way of being a poem, but merely a list of the busiest day in recent memory. In between the boss ran for parts and ran for hay..twice..fixed the gate that the cows broke down.
I'm all for routine...all the time. Routine doesn't bore me, drama is not my fav thing---although I know people who strive to have 100% drama in thier lives.
When days like this happen I tell myself, at least it will end and a new day will begin tomorrow.
Linda, you sure do learn to appreciate routine when all the crazy stuff crops up!
Jan, now there is an idea whose time has come! lol
Joated, lol, the worst of it was that I had three simple goals for the day...any one of which I would normally have accomplished. Not this time...nada
Cathy, thanks...and thankfully not every day. lol The sad part was my dear brother is touring a foreign country where my family has roots...he came on Facebook chat in the middle of all the excitement and I didn't see that he had until he was gone...
Cathy, alas, he hasn't. Not much of a Facebooker. He will be home soon and hopefully we can talk then. He sure has posted some fantastic pics from there.
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I'm all for routine...all the time. Routine doesn't bore me, drama is not my fav thing---although I know people who strive to have 100% drama in thier lives.
When days like this happen I tell myself, at least it will end and a new day will begin tomorrow.
Linda
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Wow, you should speak to your union leaders about your working conditions.
O, wait. Nevermind.
Sounds like you had an easy day for a change. ;-)
Ah! But it IS a poem.
It's the poem you live every day :-)
Linda, you sure do learn to appreciate routine when all the crazy stuff crops up!
Jan, now there is an idea whose time has come!
lol
Joated, lol, the worst of it was that I had three simple goals for the day...any one of which I would normally have accomplished. Not this time...nada
Cathy, thanks...and thankfully not every day. lol The sad part was my dear brother is touring a foreign country where my family has roots...he came on Facebook chat in the middle of all the excitement and I didn't see that he had until he was gone...
Dang. I hate missed connections. Hopefully he tries again.
Cathy, alas, he hasn't. Not much of a Facebooker. He will be home soon and hopefully we can talk then. He sure has posted some fantastic pics from there.
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