Daily Adventures

      Laughable moments come and go. These "moments" are not funny as they are happening. From experience, I can testify that my epic fails are your entertainment for the day. Life of the party I am not, but I would like to provide with some insight and funny moments from my house to yours...




        The small branch (creek) was frozen over this morning, so dipping water for the goats was virtually impossible. I tried to bust through the ice and BEHOLD I broke the ice and fell through. The freezing water was beyond cold. I had ignored my husband's request to wear my muck boots and had regular house shoes on. My stubborn self continued with chores and about froze to death. 

   



          Last week, I decided to clean coops by myself. What was I thinking? I cannot work the gate and electric fence alone. Installing the wire had been my bright idea but I did not leave a space to roll the wheelbarrow over. Instead, it takes two people to lift it over the wire. Simply turn it off you say?  Yeah, I didn't think about that either. Dumb moments happen to everyone. It has been my week to fail miserably. The wheelbarrow was overly full and I thought I could lift it as a solo act. As it turns out, I cannot lift it once it's full. The bottom of it touched the wire which resulted in me getting shocked. I dumped all the contents every where and had to clean it back up. I was a giant heap of chicken mess as I walked back up to the hour. After two very long hot showers, the smell was finally gone. Nothing smells worse than chicken coop poop. Rest easy though. It was a lesson learned. 

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