Projects Finally, Pup Drama & A Full-Circle Kind of Day

Harley had me up at 7:10, eager to get outside into full sunshine. I actually managed to crawl back into bed after tucking her into her kennel and slept until 8:30 when S got up and made coffee. I had some Snapchat fun with Renn.

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Round two outside for Har didn’t go so well—she was acting off, a bit of salivating… and sure enough, we later found she’d gotten sick in her big bed. 😔 We stripped it down, S hosed it off outside, and I threw everything in the wash. Poor girl.

Before that discovery, I’d already been outside enjoying the +6 sunshine—rolling out the planters and even burying a bag of Kleenex in the garden (glamorous, I know 😄). Back in, I posted Monday’s blog while S worked on his second coffee and morning scroll.

He had porridge, then headed out to wrestle with those stubborn harrows again—trying to straighten them himself. Meanwhile, I prepped the tall jewelry box—vacuumed, washed it down, and posted it to see if anyone wanted to claim a color. That spiraled into finishing yesterday’s blog and running more laundry.

Around noon, I heard the quad and looked out to see S out in the hay field. He parked in the winter pasture and came in for lunch and the news—then, not long after, passed out on the couch. 😄

I shifted gears back into project mode—only six weeks until my next market, so it’s go time. I worked on the jewelry box and two little wooden chairs—cleaning, gluing, sanding, sealing, scrubbing. Tested out two new paint colors on a jewelry box drawer front and posted for feedback.

After his nap, S geared up again and headed out to harrow the paddocks. B and Cooper arrived around 3, and we took advantage of the 15-degree weather for a ride—sun popping in and out between clouds.

Afterward, B trimmed Roo, Switch, and Bird while I went back to the garage. I even made a quick delivery—cold beer out to the gopher hunter in the ranger. 😄

Back to the chair project—I found a cute decoupage paper, cut and applied it… and immediately realized (again) that the black seat wasn’t doing it any favors. Off it came, rinse, reset. Lesson (re)learned.

B fed the horses, then she and Cooper headed home as we got supper going. Finally a proper BBQ night—no wind battles for once. S had hockey on, of course, while I worked on the blog posting yesterday and pulled the plants back in for the night. We wrestled Har's bed back together and she promptly hopped in skipping the bath first option.

Once most of the games wrapped up, we settled in with yogurt bowls and finished the season finale of Million Dollar Secret. Then rolled right into the finale of The Last Thing He Told Me.

TV off just after 11—perfect timing, as Shaina and Matt walked in from their trip east.

A full day—messy, productive, and kind of perfectly wrapped up in the end.