nov 26 2022

a lot going on..... black friday  may define shopping, but to us it is pull together enough staff to care for all the animals over the winter.. both. the service dog operation here at crazy acres, but the hay supply over at meridith farm for the rescue horses and donkeys there... 

you normal people don't reqalize. animals are a 365 days a year and very nearly 24 hour days-- there is no let up-- well---there may be a few moments when ther is a break... but at any moment that can change to immediate demand stop everything and do something you had not planned to do. THINK BLIZZARD  AND SNOW --- WHERE ARE  ALL THE SHOVELS???  IS THERE DIESEL IN. THE TRACTOR ( AND DOES THE HEATER WORK???). there has to be someone here at crazy. acres to deal wiht the possibility of immediate demand.... haley  was "IT" for thanksgiving....and i thank her- i just cannot deal-- a skeleton crew is all that is needed.... to do "warm.. feed... water.." and send up alarms if needed... IT GOT DONE... SO FAR... 

i think. "hay". and driving to get 75 bales at a time is about all i can do--- but someone has to unload it ----so the trailer is empty for the next load....meridith is using 7 or 8 bales a day and we--2 or 3-- any way you look at it that is more than one trip a week..  we could order it from the grain store... but that is more  $ per bale- so even with the price of gas... judy and i trundle back and forth...

our  purple frying pan count for last week was just over 100 people smilers-- the biggest being the assisted living where the crowd was about 30 but as i finished babbling funny stories about an hour later....we had more like 50 in just that one spot... 

sneezing has slowed up both judy and i..  judy's nose... my back---but we are both better... i have learned to grab the wall if a sneeze is coming on...  it works.. looks odd... but what the heck.. too late to worry about looks.

DUNKIN DONUTS HAS A BACON LITTLE BAG SNACK--- THIS IS A BAD THING.

hay or shaving s. the quantityis massive