Mentally exhausting day...

Have you ever had one of those days? You plan on getting a lot accomplished, have a few meetings, then you plan to hunker down in your office and focus on completing projects that have those stupid past due flags appearing in Outlook...My day started out like that, and then WHAM!!! In a matter of an hour I was on an entirely different path, not my own doing, and not a bad one, just different than I had intended...Change is good!!! Change is good....But at the end of the day, I was mentally exhausted...and frustrated that I got nothing accomplished that I had intended to get done...Arghhhh....Seems more and more reminiscent of the days of late...

So anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!! Not much more to say...I know...BORING!!! Would yah get a life???

The chicken's NEW feed pan!!! Now that is news worthy...to the chickens!!! Look at that food...they eat like Kings and Queens...

One of the girls just can't refrain from getting "inside" the pan, while the others look on in total disbelief!!! PLEASE don't poop in there Missy!!!

Wall of snow...it still hasn't melted!!! Send heat...PLEASE!!!

Molly...Queen of the Snow Hill...

Somebody got Nitschke's BALL!!!...nahnahnahnah...

Back again...

I thought I could keep up with some "blogging consistency"...but it proved too daunting of a task!!! But, realistically, there hasn't been too much to blog about except football and the damn weather, both of which probably will bore most!!! So that being said, I'll keep it short and sweet...

The Packers won Super Bowl 45!!! Go Pack!!!...

And the weather...ahhhh...yes, the weather!!! Gloomy, cold, windy, snowy, icy weather...You know it is really cold when your fingers start to "sting" even though they are inside leather gloves..after only ten minutes outside!!!

"Snow Art" by Wind

Tell me again...how do we get inside the garage???

Our neighbors to the NE of us blaze a trail in the fresh fallen snow...

Calm "after" the storm...

The "Orange and Blue Ball"...

Prince Nitschke...

Close-up of a snowflake on my nose...

Molly took my toy...

I soooo handsome...

Molly with a huge icicle she found "outside" and snuck "inside"...

The chicken's stretch their legs on fresh marsh hay layed down by yours truly!!! They only make it outside if the temperature is in the mid to high teens with little to no wind!!!

Can I PLEASE come in now???

Nitschke keeping a close eye on his ball while he eats...

The week in review...

Wow...it was so cool to have some extra sunlight today...I can tell you, our pups LOVED IT and we did too!!!

We had a really weird weather pattern this past week...FOG-DOM as I have come to refer to it!!! I honestly cannot remember an entire week of fog ALL DAY LONG, very weird and at times scary when I was on the road with EXTREMELY limited visibility!!!

Brent and his girlfriend came over on Friday night and stayed over, we played Uno and drank margarita's all night...Fun times!!!

Saturday we went over to Oshkosh to visit family. Our trips wouldn't be complete however without the stop at Manderfields Bakery in Neenah...mmmmmm....great bread and the desserts are to die for!!!

Today I spent the morning locating and removing land mines that were laid by the four-leggers during the winter...that is one of the nice things about the thaw...it uncovers the un-mentionables...hahahaha

The remainder of the day was just spent chilling, playing ball with the four-leggers and listening to the geese and crane rock-n-rollin in the fields...

Sunset shining in downstairs...

Foggggggyyyyyy...

More fogggggg...

Coned!!!

Garden minus snow...

Nitschke and Maggy chillin' in what's left of the snow...

Maggy and Molly sittin' in the welcome sunshine...

Maggy rollin' in the grass...

Mouse nesting left from the snow covering...

Mouse-ville...

more mouse trails...

Molly chillin' next to the out building...

Nitschke (top) sitting in what's left of the snow...The woodpile "finally" void of snow cover!!!

Nitschke grazing on rabbit poop!!!

Signing off for now...

Peace...R Dean

It's finally meltin'...

At least it appears to be...got up in the 40's today...yeah...that's literally a heat wave for us, we sported short pants and tank-tops today...yeah I know...not a visual you want to think about...hahaha!!!

Now that the snow is starting to melt, I was successful at locating and eliminating quite a few land mines left behind from the four-leggers! Mission accomplished!!!

The only problem with the annual melting of the snow is the muddy mess it leaves behind, but...Spring is closely approaching, so I'll trade mud for snow any day of the week, mostly considering it is already March 6th!

Picked up our meat from Newton Meats today, our quarter of the cow came out to 130#'s of assorted cuts of meat, so we're stocked for the year.

Not much more to report for now...so I'll just post some pictures from todays outside adventures...

Peace...R Dean

Early morning dew on the trees...

Sunset shot looking East...

Maggy (a.k.a. Mighty Bird Hunter) caught loitering under a bird house...

Nitschke with an "orange ball"!!!

Piling snow on Nitschke...

Molly relaxing after "her" long day...

Spiderweb and the "Crew"

Find any? No! Not yet..you? Nah...wait, wait...here's some over here...I located the mother lode of rabbit poop!!!
Molly posin' for the camera...

Checkin' out the "web"...and you didn't think dogs could surf...

Now this is true Mother Nature Art!!!

That would make a cool name for a band!!

Some more pics of what I hold dear in my heart...EXCEPT SPIDERS...I squish them...sorry!!! But, I left this one alone...couldn't find the artist...

R Dean

Bucky update....

Bucky enjoys playing with a harness more than his toys...kids..go figure!

I wuv tennis balls....

Good evening!

Just wanted to post a quick note about our little Buckster! Tuesday night we went to see Dr. P and she was very happy to see how Bucky was progressing. Since she started him on his special diet and medication, he is a different puppy..full of "piss and vinegar"! He is playing hard with his big brother Nitschke AND holding his own!

At this time, Dr. P decided to hold off on his vaccinations until his next visit, she wants to make sure he has another month or so to grow more before administering his shots, which in my opinion is fine! I would rather take a conservative approach to ensure his continued good health.

For those of you who don't know, Bucky, our little Black Lab pup has a liver shunt (some of his blood bypasses his liver) hence it does not get cleansed as needed. As Dr. P reminded us, there is no guarantee, but for us, everyday is a celebration of time we get to spend with him.

Oh before I forget.....weigh in...Nitschke is 37 lbs...and Bucky is 27 lbs....whew..little chubby monkee's! LOL

Enjoy your evening...

Peace..R Dean

Finally Friday...

Watermelon's...

"Baby" Butternut Squash

"Juvenile" Butternut Squash

First of five or so transplanted sunflowers to open up!

Well, my morning started off fun! Maggy, decided she would go across the road to her Rocket's farm....wasn't that special! So, after herding her back onto our property and putting her inside, I went out to let the pups out only to find that Bucky left me two surprises in his kennel! That was really special!! Wooohooo..what a way to start off the day! Hahahaha.....But then it all got better, as I reminded myself how lucky I am!

Hope you enjoy your day because I will definitely be enjoying mine!

Peace...

R Dean

Bucky and Nitchske

The boys are growing up fast and they play hard!!! Teeth are still SHARP!