Our septic system was approved and inspected when it went in 29 years ago, and again when we hooked up a second septic tank (for the mobile home across the yard) in 1985. Now to find out if that qualifies us as currently approved. Or not.
We woke up to discover another bull calf in our pasture, and a couple of hours later Stupid Cow gave birth to a heifer. So the girl babies are still ahead by one. I’m very glad that Stupid Cow had her calf before Jim leaves for a five day training session, because, well, she lives…
Tempest’s story is up and running, though not without a couple of false starts. I’m still amazed I’m actually writing with only a couple weeks of worldbuilding and outlining under my belt! I got about 700 words into the second chapter on Monday but it felt sluggish. I re-read it and couldn’t see the problem….
One more calf yesterday; now we’re up to 14 out of the expected 18. We haven’t tagged this one yet, so don’t know which gender the cutie-pie is. With the 13 we were at 7 heifers and 6 bulls. Late last week (before my fight with the cow) I pulled a muscle or tendon in…
Calf number eleven is a bull calf and looks healthy. So far so good. At noon I bumped into a friend who is a realtor and picked his brain over our thoughts about fixing up the farmhouse. He says regulations have changed and that if we do ANYTHING to our house, even if we don’t…
There’s great post up at Kit Whitfield’s blog likening cover letters to editors to date pickups at a bar. Some of the parallels are truly hilarious, but on the other hand, they make a lot of sense as well. Go read it; it’s not long!
Something about me that you probably figured out if you’ve hung out here long: when the writing is going well I post about it a lot. When it isn’t–I just don’t post. Unless there’s a special tour going on or something! So, just to ‘fess up. Life seems to be complicated. (No *duh* eh?) When…
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Ooooh, that sounds MUCH better! {{{hugs}}}