It's official....
I got in to work this morning and realized I was wearing two different shoes!!!   Fortunately, they are very similar looking so I should be able to fake it till lunch when I go home anyway 
On the flip side, a local OES friend convinced me I HAD to put up the fence right outside my back door that I had been putting off, waiting for them to hook the house up to the "city" sewer (what an ungodly, dragged out mess that was). So on New Year's Eve she and I were out there pounding in studded T-stakes in (amazingly, not yet frozen) Wisconsin soil. I upset the poor boys at the local farm supply store by making them dig them out of the snow piled in their storage yard and I notice apart from whining and muttering incoherently (hey! that's my job!) , they were all giving the crazy lady who thought putting a fence up midwinter in the upper midwest could conceivably be a good idea a wide berth... This weekeend I finished it up and so this has been the inaugural "simply open the back door to let the hordes out to pee", rather than slip-sliding out to the two dog runs in my PJs in 10 degrees F. 
It was GLORIOUS. I can't imagine how I survived before this. The only hitch was when I was in the basement this morning loading the washer and I got this eerie feeling that someone was watching me and happened to look up to see this grizzled face staring at me through the basement window and almost had a heart attack till I realized it was resident gray & white fuzzy, Liz, who had just found one more way to keep track of my whereabouts. 
I don't think I'll cancel my reservation at the Funny Farm just yet... 
Kristine |
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| Hey, if you can make it until February, you can come visit me in Boston. |
Yay for the fence.   
I really can't believe your ground wasn't frozen??! Ours is like cement. No fencing for us for awhile. Ours goes right past our bedroom windows, but the fence is about a foot away from the windows. On purpose, as they are low bay windows and the dogs would be looking in at eye level otherwise. Did they finally fill that hole in?? |
Prof. Boni wrote: Hey, if you can make it until February, you can come visit me in Boston.
Sure! Abandon us and head back to civilization, why don't you!
You're really happy about this move, aren't you? Do I recall something about the boys getting their own yard and a chance to harrass Judy's sheep (well, Boni, anyway) and...? You'll love it.
Kristine |
| Wonderful, nose prints on the basement windows now. Still, isn't it great letting them out the door and not having to take them!?
As for different shoes, been there, done that too. Now I have to be careful not to wear my slippers out as they closely resemble the clogs I usually wear......oh well, at least my feed would be warm! Naw, doesn't sound like you are anywhere near Funny Farm material yet, unless you want a vacation. |
got sheep wrote: Did they finally fill that hole in??
Yes, about three minutes before our first deep-freeze (I can't figure out why the ground isn't frozen either!) But not before I pointed out that if they didn't cover it up and all that new "plumbing stuff" froze it would be very expensive for them to have to pay to have it fixed in January...
Though I think the clincher was when I reminded them that I know where some of them live and since I had no intention of relieving myself out in the dog yard, they would be getting daily, frequent visits from me should my plumbing be adversely affected...
Of course, it's still a mudhole if it isn't frozen (it is right now) or we don't have snow. (Which we don't after that heat wave that spawned the tornadoes just south of us last week). Ah, yes, all in a day's weather in the midwest
Kata - you will miss us terribly. No, really!!
(Though didn't I just hear something about a snow storm headed for Boston?) Kristine |
| I have gone to work in my yard/barn shoes.....not good footwear at a hospital. They matched, but maybe not neccessarily a good thing? Unlike others jobs, I don't have the luxury of hiding my feet under a desk!
Thankfully, I keep a couple different colors of my work clogs in our locker room. I did get lots of funny looks in the elevator though! Kristine - Maybe you will need to make a temporary chute fence out to the runs when the spring thaw hits? That would be a big soupy mud mess! |
got sheep wrote: Kristine - Maybe you will need to make a temporary chute fence out to the runs when the spring thaw hits? That would be a big soupy mud mess!
Believe me, I've thought about it! But it runs right across a bog when it's muddy anyway. Jan suggested I put sod down as soon as remotely possible. It's not a huge area (25 x50'?) It goes a bit off the porch then over to the edge of the house, corner then in. The nice part when they filled it is that they brought in a sandier soil than the resident mud. It's going to be a tough area to put grass in anyway, with a big tree there, lots of shade in most parts of it, high traffic. Maybe she's right. We have sod farms in the area - all I have to do is figure out when you can put the stuff down and what type holds up best (and not give up on my plan to turn the porch into a big dog-wash based on traditional car-wash design in the mean time )
I also have to remove the convallaria along the house, since they're toxic, which means Sybil will find them irresistible - they can go on the west side of the house which will be outside the "big" fence in any event. And figure out how to protect my "kitchen garden" - mainly herbs, so the sandier soil is a bonus there - from The Boy Dog... I figure I can videotape boy dog in action, work out his maxiumum lift and trajectory, and then double-fence that section off (it will be against the porch) at a length that keeps my herbs safe from unwanted spraying...knew that undergrad math major would come in handy some day... 
Maybe we need a gardening with sheepdogs section? 
Kidding! KB |
Quote: Sure! Abandon us and head back to civilization, why don't you! YOU WISH!  HA-HA-HA I can't wait to be back to Boston. I think my main reason is to stay in one place for more then a year and have a nice big yard. It's going to be so nice to open the back door and let the crazy ones out without putting normal clothes, shoes, etc. on. I can have proper PJ days!!!! Gosh, I hope Judy won't kick us out if Boni's going to harass her sheep... About your fence...well, if you are so good at it maybe you could come and finish our fence. You would just need to close it in front of the drive way.Ps: Quote: Maybe we need a gardening with sheepdogs section?:cow:
Since when do you plant fence? |
Prof. Boni wrote: Ps:
Quote: Maybe we need a gardening with sheepdogs section?:cow: Since when do you plant fence? It's what you plant INSIDE the fence that matters. And where you plant it. And how you shelter it from OES gardener wannabes
My friend who insisted I put up the fence NOW before I kill myself is great with fences. Even looks decent. The fence itself. The mudhole, not so much
I'm just a frustrated gardener. I haven't had the opportunity in years, and was too busy last year when I moved in, but now I'm just rearing to go. Operations manager stopped in right before lunch and started telling me his plans for explanding our greenhouses and now, of course, I immediately want to start planting SOMETHING. Mid January. In Wisconsin. Uh-huh. And then there's the fact that one of the reasons Che was returned to me was his unwelcome penchant for "gardening". Given half a chance, I'm sure Sybil could be at least that good. I aim to not give her that chance... Wish me luck
And, yup, PJ days really are everything you remember them to be. Ahhh. 
Kristine |
| "I figure I can videotape boy dog in action, work out his maxiumum lift and trajectory," Thanks for the morning laugh...now to clean off the keyboard |
| Sheepdogs, especially younger ones, have a penchant for gardening. They constantly rearrange the plantings or check on root development. It's a good idea to keep plants and pups separate. Yeah, January is a little early for planting......outside. Sod can go in when ground isn't frozen either at sod farm where it would crumble when cut, or dry out on your frozen soil. So hang tough....for a few more weeks. (I refuse to say months). I'm a firm believer in fences and the K-9 kids are firm believers in digging under fences. At least with age that need has slowed. |
| LMAO! |
| Yes, get the lift and trajectory right!
I underestimated our male lab's shooting distance, and lost a whole row of little ornamental pines. 
I had this great idea a couple years to make a little privacy hedge along one side of the dog run. Got these nice little pines - even on sale! Planted them all, fertilized them (well aged sheep manure of course!), watered them. They were all dead in 2 months.  |
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