A day in our slow life

Disclaimer; many of these times are estimated because I don't wear a watch and unless looking at a clock inside I never truly know what time it is, LOL!!!

This is yesterday's( 10-23-2010) "Day in our slow life"


5:30 am- Alarm goes off, playing an oldies song. This is the time the dogs get their morning affection and get to jump up into bed, what a treat!  :o)
6am- Mike and I are up dressed and heading outside to feed the cows, a headlamp is needed as it is pitch dark still. Button and Hoss are glad to see us and Hoss even butts me for his hay
6:15am- Back inside, I get the coffee heated awhile Mike gets ready for work. Mike says he'll take his muffin with him, as the snack he ate last night before bed is sitting like a lump in his stomach.
6:30am- we sit down and enjoy our coffee and talk about the day ahead
7am- Mike leaves for work and I hear Cortney coming down the stairs.
Cortney prepares Hoss's bottle and heads out to the barn.
7:15- Cortney is doing her chicken and turkey chores  and I'm washing up the morning dishes, cleaning off the counters, wiping off the wood stove top and getting the table in order and cleaned up a bit because we are expecting company today :o)
7:30am- I check email and visit a few blogs, posting on them as well as our own blog
8:15am- Cortney and I head outside to begin disconnecting the hoses and rolling up for winter storage.
9:30 am- I pulled up some sunflower stalks and piled them for Cortney to haul to the chickens and turkeys.
10am-  Cleaned up and collected seed pods from the radishes, piling the greens into a pile to dry for burning later
10:45am- Cortney is now working on harvesting fennel seed heads, while I am cleaning up the dill and weeds in that area, shaking the dill seed for next seasons crop. What I pulled is piled and hauled to the burn pit.
11am- Inside for some H2O
11:15am- Back out to finish clean up of the dried dill and weeds
11:40am- Cortney and I decide we'd better clean up and change clothes before my Cousin Rachel and the girls arrive :o) I decided to eat a tuna sandwich, Cortney opted to wait until after our company leaves.
Around 12pm- Rachel and the girls pull into the driveway and Casino and Tuffy sound the alarm . The girls are excited to see Cortney.  Cortney takes them to see our injured turkey and then down into the root cellar to pick the pumpkins. Each of the girls picked two ears of the colored corn as well. It was a hard choice for Rachel*wink*, the girls both picked their choices and all 6 ears were beautiful together. There visit was nice, but they had an appointment in a neighboring town to try their hand at pottery making.
1-ish pm-Rachel and the girls say good bye . I grab the scissors and head out to cut the millet and put into milk crates for storage in the cellar. I treated the chickens and turkeys to a few heads and the quickly gave it a, " Two Wings Up" vote, LOL!!!
2pm- Take a mini break, Mike calls to see how our day is progressing. He shares that he has been busy too
 and he's working on his 13th tire repair, hauled feed and made some hydraulic hoses.
2:10pm- Cortney brings in the mail, I'm excited to see a flyer from a yarn shop and they are offering beginning knitting classes, YEAH!
2:30pm- Back out to the garden to dig up the millet grasses and pile for burning
3:40pm- My Mom stops in with a question and conversation on various topics ensues
4:30pm- Cortney checks email. I start the pump and begin filling the cows troughs, while waiting on the filling I re-bed the barn in prep for 5'ish feeding of Button and Hoss.
5:09- Cortney and I head out to get some hay down from the loft and then haul out a sliver for each and get Button and Hoss in their barn and corral. Upon returning to the house Cortney feeds the dogs and cat.
5:30 pm- Mike is home and helps us finish rolling up the hoses, now that the troughs are full
6pm- Inside to pull out the leftovers for supper. We have stew, sweet and sour chicken and fried rice to clean up. :o)
6:10pm- Reheat leftovers and it's pick what you want or dish yourself up supper*wink*
6:20pm- Eat our supper and visit about he days happenings.
7:15 pm- Work with Mike on some paperwork on his laptop
8: 30pm- Mike offers me a neck and back massage and of course I don't turn him down :o)
8:45pm- I return the favor and massage Mike's neck and shoulders
9:15 pm- We watch a bit of a program on PBS, but it was stupid so turned it off.
9:20 pm- Cortney says good night
9: 30pm- We let the dogs out for their nightly break
9:40pm- Lights out, dogs on their beds and soon we'll be there as well*wink*
10:12 pm- Post this on the blog so we can maybe sleep in a bit tomorrow
Good night everyone