Let there be light!!

Something AMAZING happened on the farm over the weekend - our boarder, Brian, is an electrician and he ran electric to the barn! Oh my gosh, for the first time in three years we can work in the barn during early morning or evening hours without schlepping flashlights out there - truly amazing! He did such an excellent job and we're so happy with it, he even installed a floodlight fixture outside so the area between the barns can be well lit in the evening. My secret plan of having them bring their new horse late at night and having to use his truck lights to see really paid off didn't it?

We are so thankful to enjoy our boarders' company and just love it when they hang out for a few hours or visit on the patio. Brian came out Thursday afternoon to get started and ended up staying for dinner with us then came back Saturday to finish up the job. My brother in law, poor guy, drove up so Ed could work on his truck and naturally we put a shovel in his hand and quickly put him to work helping to dig the trench between the barns for the electric. He's a good sport though and I think he enjoys helping out when he's here. My day was spent mucking out the barn for spring cleaning and I've just about got it done. Any spare time was spent by all four of us keeping a close eye on the barn door as Moo was trying to sneak in every chance she could. She had already managed to open the sliding doors the day before and ate the contents of the grain barrel (about 20 lbs!) so we didn't want her doing that again. She tried to hide behind a round bale when I ran out there, but I found her - that's a whole lotta cow to hide!

Brian mentioned keeping cattle out here and we are hoping that plays out. Our funds this spring are tied up in improvements and getting our other house ready to list this week so we haven't landed a calf yet but we'd love to have several heifers running around to keep Moo company. Hopefully, she'd learn the be a cow then. Right now, she's just big as a boat and when she lays on her side you can really see movement from the calf. This will be one spoiled birthing cow and calf let me tell ya.

A case of the flu kept Darren and Kenny down for the weekend which meant Kenny missed his special day and I didn't take him and his friend to the movies Sunday like we'd planned. Poor little guy, he was more upset by that than getting sick.

Yesterday brought sunshine and high 60 temps for the first time in a while - we had another 4" of snow on Friday! Today will be even warmer and I'm hoping to get outside or back into the barn to finish. All the fields and the round pen are still flooded or have 6" of mud so it's really no fun walking around here right now. Of course, more rain is expected tomorrow. You know, Ed dumped the old trashed boat the guy gave him (he just wanted the trailer) in the field and I swear at one point I thought it was simply going to float into the farmer's field next to us.

In other news, we may have another boarder coming soon! I received the nicest email from a young lady inquiring about bringing her Arabian gelding out here. I just love having the horses here!