Let the Haying begin

Sundays are always a bit more layed back.

This morning I skipped church to do a littly dry cow moving. It was the morning prayer anyway (When the pastor preaches somewhere else) so chuch wasn't really "church" persay. ...that's the excuse I'm gunna use anyway.

Dean and I did chores and then waited for Merle a bit because Rylee got up a little early this morning! She is getting so darn cute and I think her arm get a little chubbier every time I see her:) When he came out we were told to catch the ponies because we were moving dry cows. So, I ran and got them and we saddled up. Harv and Ross were on their way so I caught their horses and started brushing. They showed up a little later than Ross usually does so I had to give them a hard time about partying it up at the wedding too much! But I got shot right back at about getting stuck and going buck hunting while doing so...I swear I'll never be ahead! ;P

Merle took us out to the way south end of the pasture and we rode north. Ross and I took the west side that didnt' appear to have anything on it except two cows on a sidehill- which is weird enough in itself. Ross went and got them going while I backtracked to shut off the windmill. In that amount of time they got away from him and by the time I made it back we were doing some backtracking to find them. When we finally caught up with them down in a draw we were way behind the herd. We could see the others with the cows at least a half mile away. But, we just followed along with our stubborn cows. One of us could've rode up and helped with the herd but there two were so stubborn that you almost had to have two people to make sure they didn't go back!

We pushed them all through and caught up right at the end. They were all moved to the 80 and will be shipped out this week. When we got back it was about time to head to town for dinner but Merle was nowhere to be found. Come to find out there was an abandoned house fire in town and he got to take off and go! I was soooo jealous, he got to go in and cut out the floor and everything-why do I always miss the good stuff! Oh well, I be there will be more to come!

Marva was planning for steak dinner and Ross told me I was to come. He was already not impressed that i didn't come to the wedding so I thought I better go! After all, I can turn down a wedding when it's small and I feel bad because I don't know the bride or groom....but who would turn down a steak dinner! So I showered and rode in with Merle, Adrienne, and Rylee. I got to chaperone in the back seat with the little one- who remarkably sleeps through all the bumps and jiggling she does on that nasty road! We had some darn good food with Harv, Carol, Matt, Marva, and Ross, then headed back home. I got some time off this afternoon while Merle took Dante, his godson and Angie's son or Delbert's grandson fishing. I stayed in, took a nap and did the dishes. I guess they showed up with two pickup loads of ppl but didn't catch a ton of fish. They even kept on fishing long after Merle left them- so maybe they found a better spot.

Merle called about five and said he would do the chores if I woudl go pick up Ross from the hayfield. I was surprised because I thought he stayed in town, but I guess not! I went and found him down at Bravehawks and brought him home, helped load up some oats, and hopped back in the pickup and went to the other hayfield that was cut two days ago across the road. I raked for a couple hours until we got the bottom all cleaned up. Merle got 62 bales off of just the lowest part of the bottom- that's really good considering the smaller area we covered. But, it was 8 or 8:30 when we finished that piece so we went home.

It was nice to take a nap today, but I think I still could use some more sleep!

"When the sun shines, make hay." -Proverb