Dec 27th, 2007 by woodstone
I should probably be taking a nap right now, not playing on the computer. The kids are in quiet time and this is likely to be the only chance I have today to catch up a little on my sleep…
I should also probably be emailing the pdoc, letting her know that R is having LOTS of trouble sleeping. The reason I’m not, is because I know the pdoc is likely to only have one idea… meds. Either increase what R is already taking, or (more likely) add another one. Since I don’t like either of those ideas I think I’ll put off emailing her…
I do wish R would start sleeping again though, she only got between 4-5 hours of sleep last night… not nearly enough (for either one of us!), and she hasn’t slept well since we lost Grant… Poor thing, she’s really grieving.
But instead of doing any of the things I “should” be doing, I decided to blog instead…
I spoke to my brother this morning (thanks Steve!) and since we spent a fair amount of time talking “livestock”, and I got off the phone because I needed to shovel a trail to my barn, I decided to post some pictures so he could see what (and who) I was talking about.
It’s pretty snowy here today, it’s been snowing hard since early this morning. This is looking to the northwest.
When I was out shoveling, it looked like the sun was trying to come out… but the clouds and snow just aren’t ready to give way yet.
Here’s my project for this morning… the snowy (drifts up to my knees) trail to the barn. I forgot to take a before picture, but “before” is easy, just imagine lots of snow between the house and the barn. I took this after I’d been shoveling for awhile… (I took this picture looking towards the house because I started shoveling at the barn (where the shovel was!). I was making progress!
At first the goats watched me from the relative warmth of the barn.
But then Betty just had to come outside to say hi
Which made Rose think she must be missing something, so she also came out to see me!
The snow was deep in spots…
…but it wasn’t heavy.
TaaDaa! I can walk down the path to the barn without slogging through snow drifts!!
And finally, a couple pictures of the birds enjoying the birdfeeders M and R made on Christmas.
Boy, you were working hard! We still have about 5″ on the ground and are expecting another 2-5 tonight. This is the most snow we’ve had here in years!!
i’m so sorry to hear that R isn’t sleeping ~ i’ll be praying for her.
dh will probably have a cow, but I left one of our shovels by the front door so I could shovel myself a path out. I don’t know how long I spent this morning shoveling the driveway & sidewalks…but I do know that I tuckered myself out enough to crash on the couch.
That’s so cute how your goats watch you. Lilly would be out there too if I let her.
I’m sorry to hear that R isn’t sleeping too. That can be very annoying.
The only remedies I know are warm milk, chamomile, a good backrub and a few over the counter tablet remedies. Would a placebo work?
How do you make the bird feeders?
And a ‘well done’ on the path. Now if you could come and shovel all the mud I have to wade through I’d really appreciate it.
I loved the pics of the nosey goats. and I am sorry R is having trouble sleeping . It occured to me that maybe the time has come to introduce SweetPea into your collection of rescued friends….she sleeps in a crate at night and perhaps if R had her beside her bed all night it might help with the problem (once she got over the novelty of the whole thing)….anyway, just a thought….here’s hoping that 2008 turns out to be a good year for man and beast, kids, goats, dogs, deer, horses, birds, and the whole menagerie…
Our landscape looks much the same. White, white white, white.
Happy New Year!
It has been awhile since you have posted…I sure to hope that R is having a better time sleeping these days…
We, those of use over here on the coast, have been hammered by a series of storms these last few days. They don’t leave snow (or at least not right here …but further inland), but the wind and the rain and the hail have been serious. Last night there was even thunder and lightening, something that we don’t get too much. I wonder if this storm will make its way over to you in snow?