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4 December 2007
Not bad at all
4 December 2007 22:23I did things today. I did outside things today. I feel just like a big girl.
Honestly, sometimes lately I do feel like Beth in Little Women:this frail creature whom everyone coddles, and who never seems to leave the safety of the house. Of course I'm no more like Beth than I am like Tinkerbell, but I haven't been outside in about four days now, so this felt pretty good.
All I did was clean off my car and move it and . . . Actually that right there was a bit of an accomplishment. Mark had kindly mostly dug it out from the snowdrift that had built up around it, but there was still some left to get rid of. Then I had to do the ice scraping thing (I hate that most of all), and then I had to maneuver it around the drifts and the bare but icy sections to put it in the one spot that seems to be blissfully free of deep snow. I got stuck once, but I managed to drive out of it without actually having to get out and push.
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate winter? Well consider this my daily kvetch.
Since I managed to do that stuff without any horrible effects, I went out later with Dar to get the alpacas settled for the night. I have missed those guys very, very much, and I was half convinced that they would have forgotten me by now, but no :) The crias (Valentino and Sparky) are getting so big! And everyone's fleece is growing in nicely, although about half the herd was still shivering from the cold and the damp while we had both of the barn doors open. I can see why some suri breeders only shear their animals once every two years, because while our guys are definitely getting their fleece back, it's still not all that long. Poor babies.
I brought my camera with me, and you shall be subjected to alpaca pic spam in the next post. Mostly portrait style stuff, if you're into paca portraits.
Unfortunately walking through all of the deep snow to get out to the barn and back again really did a number on me. I don't see this being a daily adventure, but I'm determined to get out there when I can. Maybe this is all the snow that we'll get, and in a few weeks everything will be clear again. Yeah, I crack myself up sometimes :)
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. I love any holiday that lets me play with matches, so this is one of my favorites. And a Happy Hanukkah to you all. Light a candle against the night!
Honestly, sometimes lately I do feel like Beth in Little Women:this frail creature whom everyone coddles, and who never seems to leave the safety of the house. Of course I'm no more like Beth than I am like Tinkerbell, but I haven't been outside in about four days now, so this felt pretty good.
All I did was clean off my car and move it and . . . Actually that right there was a bit of an accomplishment. Mark had kindly mostly dug it out from the snowdrift that had built up around it, but there was still some left to get rid of. Then I had to do the ice scraping thing (I hate that most of all), and then I had to maneuver it around the drifts and the bare but icy sections to put it in the one spot that seems to be blissfully free of deep snow. I got stuck once, but I managed to drive out of it without actually having to get out and push.
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate winter? Well consider this my daily kvetch.
Since I managed to do that stuff without any horrible effects, I went out later with Dar to get the alpacas settled for the night. I have missed those guys very, very much, and I was half convinced that they would have forgotten me by now, but no :) The crias (Valentino and Sparky) are getting so big! And everyone's fleece is growing in nicely, although about half the herd was still shivering from the cold and the damp while we had both of the barn doors open. I can see why some suri breeders only shear their animals once every two years, because while our guys are definitely getting their fleece back, it's still not all that long. Poor babies.
I brought my camera with me, and you shall be subjected to alpaca pic spam in the next post. Mostly portrait style stuff, if you're into paca portraits.
Unfortunately walking through all of the deep snow to get out to the barn and back again really did a number on me. I don't see this being a daily adventure, but I'm determined to get out there when I can. Maybe this is all the snow that we'll get, and in a few weeks everything will be clear again. Yeah, I crack myself up sometimes :)
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. I love any holiday that lets me play with matches, so this is one of my favorites. And a Happy Hanukkah to you all. Light a candle against the night!