Nope, we weren’t invaded by revolutationaries, nor did indians attack our living room.

We have a perky puppy that is feeling better after almost a week of being very sick and is making up for lost time.

We finally had to set up a barricade in the living room to have a little safe spot for the little rug rag to wreck havoc on her own!!!

Hard to believe that a 4 pound puppy can cause this much craziness! I haven’t had a pup around since Gypsy was a little rugrat 13 years ago! I forgot that puppies are like little spastic wind up toys that go and go and go and then conk out for a half hour to recharge and then are up and at em again. And little Evee is SO feeling better now.

I’m glad to report that she is FINALLY eating on her own. Consistantly. Last couple meals, no hesitation. That is a HUGE corner to turn on getting her back to normal. She’s still skinny, and we’re working on that, meals every 4 hours and kibble snacks available all the time. She’s drinking much better as well, more then just a little half hearted lick or two that she was doing before.

And she’s playing hard, and chasing the kitties and the ferrets and bothering Gypsy and chewing on stuff, anything, and just playing hardy with her toys and with us at any chance. She’s braving my super tall grass, and loves to go outside and wander about. She’s really getting better all the way around. Another few days and I suspect she’ll even be off the last of her meds to keep her system doing well. I am so relieved.

We had a little sale through our customer base, a sort of emergency fund for us and a great discount for our customers. We mentioned WHY we were doing this, not to whine or place any guilt, but to just share that it was a bit of a hardship we were dealing with. The vet bill was… well, you can only imagine. Suffice it to say, it was my lot rent… times 2! And we still have another visit and Gypsy’s issues to deal with.

But what I so cherished was all the nice and supportive notes that folks sent to us, just sweet thoughts and positive thinking, it was overwhelming at times. I wrote back and thanked folks and sent out pictures of Evee… and people are checking back in. I love dealing with all the people that come and buy our homeschool products and rocks and the music things. They are all SUPER special in our hearts and I really thank you all for helping us get through this little tough bit. And I know folks really loved that 30% off everything, really makes for a win win situation. I hope I don’t have to have such a thing again, but it’s very comforting to know that people love to help and care enough to not be upset or feel pressured at all. It was never our intent, and we didn’t receive a single email that was upset or felt awkward.

Puppy batteries running down…

Well, today is going to be yard day, so I should have some lovely shots and some updates on the newly emerging moby farm gardens! Can’t wait! It’s FINALLY not raining.. we’ve had SO MUCH rain!!!! My grass is like 12 inches tall! I need a cow or a sheep or something to crop it down. We’re going to bag it and compost the stuff, it’s so high. WIll be a good addition to the compost pile. Gonna weed and get down the last of my raised bed fabric as well.

I decided that I was going to put down some 5 year fabric. It’s the cheapest and lightest of the fabrics and I hope that it will give me a little time to get the dirt in the beds really good and weed free. Because I used screened topsoil last year (kind of a mistake) I have super weedy beds. We weeded and weeded and weeded, but still, it would get away from us and robbed some of the enjoyment factor.

I read a lot of folks that said it was a good idea for the first couple years to use the fabric and basically kill of the stray weeds and such, while adding good compost and building up your soil. The stuff will biodegrade, I made sure of that, so I think that it will be a good thing. I wanted to doing everything super simple, but weeding is just not a fun chore and I want to enjoy my beds, not feel that I’m loosing the battle.

So…. anyway… I’m almost done with my crazy week plus of bluegrass and sick dogs and the Opry and rain, rain, rain. Got one more gig on Saturday and then it’s a little time off from music… for a week or so. The weather is FINALLY starting to warm up enough that I can maybe get some more plants in the beds. Right now I only have onions and garlic and some cabbage seedlings that a rabbit has been working on. I may need to put up a little fence to stop him from killing them all.