We got up at 5:40 AM and started the coffee. Checked e-mail, played a game of solitaire and were in the barn by a little after six. Jeff took care of the equines, while I took care of the baby goats and milked Edna. Got everyone situated and went in the house, got the milk on ice and cleaned/sanitized everything for later tonight. Jeff hauled some brush down to the burn pile. Met him by the truck at 07:00 and we headed to town. He dropped me off at Wal-mart so I could pick up some stuff we needed for dinner (we thawed out some baby back ribs yesterday and I needed some spices to make a new batch of my "rib rub"). He headed to Lowe's to get something, to the gas station to fill up the truck, and also to get a new propane tank for the grill.
While I was at Wal-mart, I saw they had sundresses on sale. Talked to another customer who was looking at the same dresses for a minute. Saw a cute one, ran to the dressing room, put it on over my jeans and figured it was okay, threw it in the cart and headed to the spice section. Was side tracked along the way, looking for a new digital thermometer, finally got to the spice section, when Jeff met up with me. He had that look on his face, "What is taking you so long?" We picked up a few more things and got to the check-out. He left, said "I'll have the truck out front." Of course, today they had to do a price check on the stupid sun-dress. When I finally got to the truck Jeff was getting out and said, "I was coming into find you, I thought you'd been kidnapped by aliens."
Next stop, Vad-Du-Mar Park, Sadie got a short, very short 15 minute walk, while Jeff and I discussed the barn arrangement and whether we should add an open air run in on one side. Headed back home.
For the next several hours, I worked on finishing some cheese I started yesterday and making some yogurt. Then made the new rub for the ribs and got them rubbed down and marinating in the fridge. Jeff was out mowing the back, behind the main pasture, between moving the sprinkler around on the new sod we laid last spring. I stuck a veggie burger in the micro-wave but forgot about it and found it there several hours later.
Jeff finished the back mowing and started in on the dry lot, moved the sprinklers to the garden. I shuffled animals around so they would stay out of his way, then went back in the house and talked to a friend from Missouri (Sherrie) on the phone, called my mom (she's not home) left a message, then started calling the neighborhood people about the pool party at our house on the 16th. It was after 1 pm when I got outside.
Jeff was weed eating by that time and I started working in the garden. The horses were standing at the fence looking at me and I decided they needed some "mommy attention". So I got them up and sprayed them off with the hose, scrubbed off the sweat and salt. Then Jeff turned all the water tanks over for me (3 of them) and I bleached, scrubbed and refilled all of them. Somewhere in here, Jeff put the ribs on the grill on low.
I hate to use the "R" word, but I had some left over from last year and decided to spray it on the crab grass that's coming up in places around the pool. I was sweating so much that my eyes were burning, the water looked pretty inviting. Jumped in the deep end, swam to the shallow end and got out, started spraying again. At least I can say, that yes "On the fourth of July, I got in the pool". Jeff followed soon after and said it was time to relax, I was all for it.
We got in the kitchen and prepped the corn and zucchini for the grill. Jeff jumped in the pool, same thing, in at the deep end and out at the shallow end. So we both "got in the pool" on the Fourth." It was 4:45 by the time the veggies and ribs were done. We figured we had just enough time to scarf down dinner before we needed to do chores around 6 pm.
It was a lovely dinner, sat on the deck, listened and watched as a storm rolled in, thunder, lightening, wind, and at least it was cool. Jeff said he needed a nap, so I cleaned the kitchen and he was in helping in about 10 minutes, Jeff cannot take naps.
At 6 we were in the barn finishing the chores, milking, Jeff cleaned the goat stall while I got the milk on ice and everything prepped for tomorrow AM's milking. Came in showered, finished the cheese I made yesterday. It tastes good. The yogurt didn't turn to yogurt, so will have to try that again. Folded laundry, there's some left to do tomorrow. At 7:30 we locked the goats in the goat stall, came in and collapsed on the couch. We had a three day weekend for the holiday. We have to go back to work tomorrow, so it was time to relax.
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