Wednesday/Thursday Post

Miss Paradise

I know what you might be thinking.  It's Wednesday, Savannah, you post on Thursday...
And you are 100% right.
We will be helping move some cattle tomorrow so I won't be near Dizal (my computer).  But I couldn't let all you readers go without a post this week!  So no worries.  I might even do a post about moving the cattle, so stay tuned!

Last Monday we branded our calves.  We had just a few over 100 calves and only 11 workers; however, it went better than ever.  And we had so much fun!  I flanked till I was worn out and then some.  Needless to say, over the next few days I was sore like crazy.  I had bruises in places I didn't know I'd bumped.  It was crazy.  And thank you to everyone who came, whether you watched or helped.  It was a great day!

I was also boarding two dogs during Labor Day weekend.  After they went home on Monday and all our friends and family returned home, we five had a moment to rest.  Tuesday Dad and Big J. worked and on Wednesday it was back to busy-ness (is that even a word?).  We had to bake and get things ready for the county fair which took place the 10th -- 12th. 

What we entered in the fair got anything from a blue, 1st place ribbon to a nothing.  It was good to get out and about, see other folks' things, hear live music and sounds of a carnival, and see what venders had to sell. 

Once those activities came to an end, we got to spend the evening at home.  We had church the next day.  This Monday was our first day of school. 
  

Example of the rope we redid.

The other night we took over the kitchen and living room and turned them into a temporary  work space.  All five of us unwound a regular rope so that there were three strands.  Then we re-braided it into a three strand braid.  The outcome is a more flimsy, yet just as strong, rope in which we can tie horses/goats/whatever to a stake and let them graze. 

However, one rope was extremely long and as I braided it, my hands began to hurt.  I now have a blister right smack in the middle of my right thumb!  It really doesn't hurt, but I bump or press this bubble on everything and it's tender.  Silly, who would have thought you'd get blisters from simply braiding.
 

Me, making the best of a blister.

I believe this is all I have time to write.  Thanks for reading and we'll "see" you next time.  : )