Its the middle of November already, what?! Well, on the bright side, that means our big ultrasound is on Monday!! I cannot believe I am halfway through this pregnancy already, its crazy! Once I got through that first trimester, time just started flying by. And with the holidays coming up...and everything that comes with that, before we know it, we'll be in the middle of January. So much going on between now and then. We still have to finish up harvest, plenty to do there. All the first crop soybeans are in...working on doublecrop soybeans now. Not this weekend though..its raining and dreary today. Then there's still corn to shell...then it'll be time to get dry cows. For my non-farmer readers...when a dairy cow is about 2 months out from calving or "freshening" as dairy people call it, they will stop milking her. Gives her body a chance to rest, and focus on growing her calf and also they don't make as much milk after a certain point anyway. So, the local dairy farm that we raise replacement heifers for is a seasonal dairy. Which means that they breed all of their cows within about a one month window so that they will all freshen at the same time. So, come December, they dry everybody off and stop milking entirely until about mid-February. Well, when they dry everyone off, we get about half those cows...called..you guessed it dry cows! :) So in mid-December we usually get about an extra 100 or so animals on our farm...in addition to the about 120 heifers (which have also been bred and will freshen in February or March as well) that we already have. So in other words...winter is a busy time for us.
So Kelly and his brother are having a "guys night" tonight...they are off to their cousin's bachelor party. Which means, the pets and I have the house to ourselves! The house is clean, the laundry is in process, and I have a night of doing whatever I want ahead of me. I considered renting myself a chick flick to watch...might still do that...the night is young :) I really need to work on the farmbooks...that is a chore that never ends, for sure. This morning I dropped Kelly off at his brother's (who lives a whole minute away...really, he lives across the road from our farm) and got to meet their sweet little new puppy. Tragically, their dog of 4 years, Maggie (who looked just like our Henry only grey instead of red) died suddenly last week. I won't get into the details, as its quite sad..but basically it was a complete freak accident that no one could have anticipated. We will all miss her so much, she was a sweetheart of a dog and certainly part of the family. I know B&C (the brother and his new wife) were absolutely heartbroken to lose her. They have another dog as well, Shadow, who was very used to having Maggie around and seemed quite lonely as well, so earlier this week they went to the local pound and picked out a new little puppy friend for Shadow. She is very similar to Maggie (and therefore Henry), except she is a darker grey. She's the tiniest little thing and just adorable! Reminds me of Henry when he was a puppy :) They named her Maddie...it will be such fun to watch her grow into a dog. Hopefully when Henry is all better (he was hit by a car in early October...I'm not sure if I mentioned that, did I?) and able to play with her, they will get along. I think they will. But Henry is still on "house rest" until about March or April, so she'll be a lot bigger by then...better for playing :)
Here's Maggie and Henry a few years ago...Maggie is the grey one, Henry is red. They look like they're related, don't they? She'll be missed :(
Well, look what happens when I have no interruptions...I write a novel! LOL! I know by tomorrow, I will be missing Kelly like crazy, but if I'm honest, I have to admit that its sort of nice to have an evening to myself :)
I will be sure to post pictures on Monday of our little one!!
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