I forgot to mention that once Asa got over being Zapped on Monday night he did appologize to the girls and told them his behavior was very bad. Addisson piped in and said "yeah it was dad, what were your thinking!"

Tuesday June 12, 2007

Addisson had preschool and it was her snack day. This is very important in a young girls life. It means she gets to be the helper that day at school. She loves to help. It was 90 today and very humid. I felt bad for the roofers up working. Yesterday I made them smoothies. They loved them. This afternoon I asked if they wanted any water and they asked if I had an more slushies. I said no but I can make you a smoothie if you want. They all said yes. The girls were happy I made them one.

Grandma Reed and Kistler arrived about 5:30pm. We had dinner and then Asa went out and watered all the animals. It was a very uneventful evening. Not like last night. It was about 9:30pm when grandma reed called me into her room and asked me if I saw the black thing running in with the goats. I couldn't see what it was. It may have been happy birthday but I couldn't really see. It was almost dark. I called Asa, who came out of the bedroom in shorts and a gun. I grabbed the light and we walked to the chicken coop where the goats had gone inside. We didn't see anything. At first I thought I had seen eyes glowing int he hay but it turned out to be lightening bugs. They were every where. We didn't see anything with the spot light and we didn't hear any mauling. Hopefully they are all alive tomorrow.

Monday June 11, 2007

The roofers showed at 7am. They said it would take 3 days to complete the house. They are putting on a metal roof. The color is ok, it doesn't look the best with white but it will look very nice once we get red siding. It is a burnt slate but it looks brown.

Asa and I spent most of the day working on the garden. He rotatiled and planted, while I weeded. While we were in the garden I noticed a lady walking by. I didn't pay much attention and kept weeding. Asa however yelled out hello. She then proceeded to come down the driveway. He met her halfway and started to talk to her. She was lost. He asked the roofers if they knew her son, they didn't. He went inside and got the phone book and looked him up. She was on the right road but was disoriented. He asked me if I would take her home in the car. He was so nice to her and gave her water. It was hot out. It was about noon. She said she has been walking since 9am trying to find her sons house. She knew it was close but didn't quite know where. She felt silly or "stupid" as she said.

He helped her in the car and I went left out of the drive as per her instructions. Once I saw that the house numbers were going in the wrong direction I turned around. She was very confused and kept asking me if I was sure. I said" I am pretty sure and if its not right we can turn around again". We went back past our house and down the road about a mile and a half. When I pulled in the drive way I asked her " if this was the right house". She couldn't tell me. It didn't seem to look familiar to her. I looked at the house closer and saw a sign on the house with their last name which was the name of her son. I knew we were in the right place. I asked her if she was going to be able to get in the house and she said yes. I started to watch her go in the house but Addisson, who was in the back seat got me distracted by a horse fly who was bothering her. So I really never got to see her go inside but she was gone so I assumed she made it in ok before I left the driveway.

On my return home I thought to myself " that is why I love my husband". He has a great sense about those situations. He knew to just say "Hello" to this woman. I was in awe of how he can do that. I would never have thought to do that. I asked him when we got home, how did he know she was lost? He said she just didn't fit into the surroundings. An elderly lady dressed how she was, out walking! I never even thought twice about it let alone the big picture and the details of how she was dressed and the entire situation. After he got her talking he introduced himself and got her name and took care of her. It made me very proud.

Later that evening we were getting cleaned up while waiting for our pizza to arrive. Can you believe it, Yes, we do have pizza deliver! Only one place delivers but it is just ok pizza. I happened to look outside and I saw the goats heading to the street. By the time I got my shoes back on and hollered at Asa in the shower a car had driven by and scared them back into the yard. They bolted for the new fruit trees in the garden. I had to cut them off. I grabbed an empty bubble container and started to beat them off the trees. It was a frenzied. The trees were just starting to grow their leaves back from the last time the goats attacked them. They are so small they may not make another de-leafing. I had to get them off. They had the trees bent over and were starting to stand on them to get the leaves at the very top. It took me a little while to beat them off but I did succeed, but not without casualties. They stripped all of the grape vines of their leaves and a couple of trees. We hope they will come back like the last time. We had just yelled at Woody for eating a grape vine only a few hours earlier. We were able to get the goats back into their pen and find where they were getting out. The door of the chicken coop had rotted off the hinges. It had looked like the door was closed from a far but those sneaky goats knew better. The goats were in but not with out a screaming tantrum of 4 letter words from Asa. Not only was he mad at Woody for eating the plants, he was P. O. at the goats only to get ZAPPED but the fence. This created a new episode of cuss words. Which were all heard by our daughters ears. He got zapped soooooo good it dropped him to the ground and it took him several minutes to get up. He said it was the worst he has been zapped yet. He was wet from the shower and from sweat. He said it went through his thumb down his spine and out his feet. He said it felt like he was having his spine pulled out.

Once everything calmed down and we were walking back towards the house I said to him " Don't ever scold me about saying a swear word in front of the girls because our neighbors just heard you!" He gave me a smirk and we both chuckled. He then proceeded to shower again since he had just worked up another sweat. The good news is he actually got dressed once he got out of the shower the first time and wasn't putting the goats back naked. Although it was daylight his nakedness must only come out at night!

It turned out to be an exciting night! Asa told me the roofers boss stopped by walked up to the fence and grabbed a hold of it because he wanted to see what it was made out of. I said to the roofers this morning " I hear someone got zapped yesterday" They all laughed, "yeah our boss".

Sunday June 10, 2007

Asa and my Dad, worked outside most of the day. It was hot. They worked on the brush hog and the lawn mower. My mother and I made lunch and dinner. We seemed to cook most of the day. In the evening we went for ice cream.

Saturday June 9, 2007

Asa, Addisson and my Dad went to an auction in Cape Vincent, while my mother, Quinlyn and I went to Walmart. In the Afternoon they moved the torn off front porch from the grass to the burn area. Asa moved the baby goats. They both went to Watertown to Tractor Supply, one of my father's favorite stores. In the evening they went to the race track in Lowville. Our neighbor races there every week. He did win that evening. They call him the Redwood Rocket. He is the 3 time season track champion. Asa and my Dad had a good time that evening.

While they were at the track we had a ladies night out. We went out to dinner in A Bay at a very nice restaurant. Then we went for a small drive. Let the girls play with their make up and then it was bath time and bed. It was a nice evening.

Friday June 8, 2007

Today was Addisson's field trip to the Zoo in Watertown. We met everyone at the preschool at 9am. It was a combination field trip between the 3 and 4 year old class. All week the weather has been on the cool side. Two days we didn't get about 60. It was beautiful. It figures on the day of the field trip it was already 80 degrees by 10am. By the time we got to the Zoo it was 90 degrees and extremely humid. Everyone was sweating. It was a nice time and we had a picnic lunch in a shady pavilion. It is a very small zoo. Asa had told me that but I didn't realize how small it really was. It only took about an hour to go through. We got home about 2:00pm. A

Asa arrived home about 5 minutes after we did and my parents arrived about an hour after that. The girls were very excited to see them. Once they arrived my mom did dishes and was sweating. Which never happens. However the house was 83 degrees. It was hot! She took a break and folded clothes. Asa moved the baby goats. Then he grilled dinner, steaks and lamb chops. After dinner I cleaned out the car and Asa and dad moved the roof which we took off the porch and has been sitting in the front yard since the last time they were here to visit. Asa then drove the tractor down to the pond to dig out an old hay rake. He wanted to try it out. I followed him in the truck. They hay field is ready for its first cut of the year. It was half way up the truck door in spots.

Around 8pm we Grandma decided we should all for Ice cream. We weren't going to because earlier in the evening Asa had looked out the kitchen window onto the porch and saw Addisson and Quinlyn holding the kitten, Salem, and one of them was attempting to hit it in the head with a hammer. Asa saved that poor little kitty. He happened to look out in the nick of time.

Thursday June7, 2007

This morning I received a phone call from the post office at 7:15am. Our Guinea Keats had arrived. We were all still in bed. Addisson had preschool that morning so once I dropped her off I picked them up about 9am. They were so noisy I could hear them outside the post office. When I went in to pick them up I told the lady at the counter I was here to rescue her from all of the noise. They were packed in a small box with lots of air holes. I couldn't believe there was 30 in there. Once I opened them up I realized you could actually have fit more in the box. I left them in the car while I cleaned out their home and put bedding and water down for them. When I went to release the hens one didn't look like it was going to make it. As I examined the box they had come in I realized they had just hatched on Tuesday. And were sent two day mail. These birds were in the mail most of their lives.

It was time to pick up Addisson so I brought 5 of the birds with me. The kids at her preschool loved looking at them. They all wanted to hold them but I would not let them for the birds were so tiny and too fragile for 3 and 4 year old hands. Addisson was glad I brought them so her friends could see them. I had a small petting zoo in the car. As I was leaving to pick Addisson up both Salem ( the kitten) and Woody jumped in the car. I had a dog, kitten and 5 guinea Keats in the car with me when I picked up Addisson.

When Asa got home from work we had lost another guinea keat. He had stopped by the neighbors on his way home and asked him about our grey water issue. He came over and looked at and asked Asa if he wanted to do it to night. Asa said "sure I will go change my clothes". Thursday evening they dug up the back yard with a mini backhoe. Of course the small project turned into a larger one and took way longer than expected but they did finish and now our basement isn't flooding with grey water. YEAH. Once they started digging they saw that the drainage system was probably placed in the ground in the 1950's and was a cheap tar and paper pipe. Once it ages it gets brittle and crushes. Which is exactly what happened to ours.