On the kid front, all the kids are doing great! This shot of Promise captures a rare moment of inactivity. They are tough to photograph as they are so so fast, all my pics come out blurry. But, I can report that they have all had their first hoof trimmings, FAMACHA checks (all 5s still, yay!) and Persy’s boy bits have fallen off (he was banded a few weeks ago) so he’s officially a wether now. Hope and Persy have been being fed well and they are just about as big as Promise now, go Nola! They are all growing strong, swift and unbelievably cute. It’s a wonder I can get anything done around here at all.
Other very exciting news is that my house got a redo! My dear friends Kirah, Kathleen and Eileen came up for a girls weekend at the end of June, for what I thought was a weekend of thrift store shopping, cooking and wine drinking, and they totally surprised me by making over my house. I met them in Boston on a Wednesday for a Red Sox game, then we went up to Rockport for a lobster dinner. We came back up to VT on Thursday, and I had to work on Friday. While I was at work, they got to work. They took every single thing out of my kitchen, cleaned the floor, walls, shelves, cabinets, appliances, everything. Then they painted all my cupboards, and washed the windows. When I got home from work, it was like a new kitchen! They reorganized my pantry and cupboards, it was amazing to come home to that. Then they continued all weekend, for 3 full days, they steam cleaned, they rearranged furniture, washed walls and windows, rehung my artwork, a total redo. They inspired my neighbor Aaron to finally come fix my dishwasher too, I’ve been waiting for that for over a year. They even manifested a new red couch!
This was a huge, huge, huge gift! My kitchen is tiny, and it was gross, filthy, greasy, mismatched cabinets, ugly, ugly wallpaper. Now it’s clean and bright and cheery, and it helps me be motivated enough to cook decent meals for myself, which is big stuff for me. I can’t thank you ladies enough!
Lastly, the Tour de Fleece started last weekend. The TDF is a spin along that goes along with the Tour de France bike race….spinners from all over form teams and spin every day that the bikers race, that’s 21 days of spinning. Over on ravelry, the Gilead Fiber Farm group has formed Team Tallulah, and we’re all spinning like mad. I managed to spin up 16 ounces of fiber during the first week, in between working, and caring for animals :)