6 chairs sell

Harley sounded the alarm at 6:45 am, and as soon as S let her out, another dog was barking—it was Cooper with his dad feeding. She and J headed to the garage upon returning, and we all went back to sleep. I prepared coffee to enjoy in bed, which is our usual routine, while S made a birthday call to Papa. Happy Birthday!! Then, it was time to get moving. Har was fed, and porridge for the big guy while I enjoyed a call from Joeleen. 

S went to the shop to continue moving things around, and I went there after letting out three horses to help move out the two balers.

Once the balers were out, we moved seven pallets of small square bales. The pallets were lifted by skid steer to the mezzanine, and S stacked them in a newly created area. We have bales from various years that need to be used, starting with the older ones—except B and D dislike the oldest, which might be sold to a goat farmer. My back was incredibly sore, so I swept while rearranging my stock of chairs, cat items, and cleaning the loose hay from the arena sand with a fork. It looked great when we finished at noon, just as the high winds started. We then came in for a lunch of grilled cheese and salad. Now, guess whose back is aching?

After 1 pm, S left for hockey. I went down and reorganized my "store," putting away boxes left from the market since I have a customer from Calgary coming later to purchase the black press-back chairs. Despite the terrible winds and but 20-degree temperature, I braved the winds and watered my planters and scooped poop, then worked on blog posts from the last two days, 

The customer arrived at around 2:30 and instantly agreed to purchase the four press-back dining chairs. She was also interested in having the other two finished in the same style but was uncertain about the available space. Initially, it seemed she didn't have enough room, but after I did some rearranging, all six chairs fit and were ready to go to their new home. Now, I need to mark all items as sold and update my spreadsheet. Next on my list is writing a Hometalk post for the custom bedroom suite.

S returned from hockey with a beer stock-up at 5. I prepared a pot of chili for dinner featuring bison and homegrown tomatoes. Surprisingly, Britt and Dave arrived before 6. It turns out she left work early, and Dave encountered further trailer issues. The trailer wasn't fixed yesterday as originally planned; instead, he had to retrieve it from Lacombe this morning, load the horses, and then, en route back north to the Edmonton races, suffered a tire blowout near Three Hills. He withdrew from tonight's races, managed to get the trailer and horses home, and then had four new 14-ply tires installed on the horse trailer. After feeding, they struggled to administer Cash's dewormer, which turned into a halter/lead lesson. They seemed relieved to enjoy a warm bowl of chili after such a day.

They departed around 8, while I settled into bed to watch educational YouTube videos and S headed to the TV room to watch hockey and chat on the phone. Mid-game, I brought him a bowl of yogurt, and we turned off the lights before 11. Quite the eventful Friday night at the ranch. :)