It's over! Whew! I'm done, time to relax. I did get in the required hours for the bonus although our meals and housework suffered considerably. The extra money next week will be very welcome though. Vincent encouraged me each day when I closed the office door and would say, "Go get that bonus mommy!" But I know he's very glad this week will be back to normal and I'll only work 3-4 hrs each day.

The horse has settled in nicely and she's eating very well - the owner feels she should put on weight and we agree. She's very gentle and let's me adjust her blanket in the morning without trouble, even lifting her legs so I could look them over for wounds. Her arrival, however, has left us with one disturbed cow. Moo has taken to standing at the gate whenever someone goes in the horse pasture and moo-ing. Loudly. I even saw her nose the gate a few times trying to get back into her pen. Good gravy, the owner came out yesterday to ride and when she walked through the gate to get something from her truck she had to gently push Moo's head out of the way and walk around her. I'm telling you, this is one spoiled cow. She's doing fine in the big barn with the goats and has taken to letting the smaller ones eat her grain with her - she still runs the larger ones off. Our two pygmy females are both pregnant and I think the silver gal with go first - she's just starting to bulge.

I went into Wichita last Friday and showed up on Jenn's doorstep as I've done before. But I went bearing gifts! I delivered nine 1.5 dozen containers of eggs that day to Jenn, family, and friends. I tried to put several pretty blue eggs in each carton and everyone loved them. Ed collected eggs yesterday and we have another twin! I noticed an egg last week that was just huge and figured I'd have it for my omelet. Ending up having two yolks in there, which I'd seen before but only from normal sized eggs - this eggs was twice the size of the others. Anyway, he found another one in the 18 he found yesterday!

We are cold, tired of the snow/ice packed ground, and ready for spring. The binder is in full mode right now and this week (as work is back to normal) I'll plan a little each day.