No calf yet.

We took the kids to see Shrek 3 yesterday and I think Ed and I enjoyed it every bit as much as they did. If you liked the other Shrek movies, you'll love this one. We arrived home to more rain which seems to have become our standard weather now. Trying to separate the horses out for graining while schlepping through a foot or two or mud and having seven horses spend most of each day doing their business in one large communal area of our barn finally pushed me over the edge. I gave Ed the OK to break down the roundpen and use the panels to create stalls in the barn. I hate losing the roundpen, just hate it. I made him promise that in July or August we can buy replacement panels to put another one back up. But, I will say, he was right. We moved the last 500 lbs of the alfalfa bale and the pallets of grain so we could get all the panels set into place and it looks awesme - sooooo much easier to have stalls for the ones who run others off or need to put on weight and get extra. This afternoon after work I'm going to clean the entire barn floor and then we'll have to rearrange the remaining round bales and grain pallets. I do think it will be so much easier during feeding time and we did create a double stall so there's plenty of room for them all during bad storms. The horses were so cute - they kept poking their heads through the dutch doors and naying at us.

Last night I made fajitas with a flat iron steak. Have you tried this new cut of beef? It's cheaper than other steaks and it is absolutely terrific! I don't know about you, but without our own beef in the freezer our steak consumption has totally stopped when it reached $9.00/lb. With a flat iron I cut it into 1/4" inch slices, marinate it, then grill it or use a cast iron skillet on medium heat. This is a really tender cut of beef and we all love it! It picks up different flavors very well and made the best fajitas I've had in a long time. Give it a try!