Paige Is Here!

Hello my friends. How are you tonight? We woke up this morning to find Ebony, our milk cow, grazing in our backyard. Aaron and Jordan worked together to get her back in the pens. Thankfully, the main gate was standing wide open, but the bull decided to stay put! Ebony got into the chicken food. Her stomach looked full and hard. We don't think it's bloat. Two of her quarters had mastitis. We took care of her and we have an appointment with the vet in the morning.

Aaron and I plan on (Lord willing) singing in the East Mountain Community Choir which performs Handel's Messiah each Christmas season. We had an appointment with the director to have him listen to Aaron and give him pointers. They are holding solo auditions this Sunday and Aaron was hoping to audition.

We left straight from there to take Jordan to his violin lesson and also for me to teach a voice lesson.

We met Nathan at Smith's so we could ride together to karate. When we arrived there for the first class, guess who was there??? PAIGE!!!! We were so excited to see her! Paige was in karate before we were. Her family homeschools and decided to take a sabbatical, hop in a travel trailer, homeschool, and tour the United States for a year. Paige and her sister flew in yesterday and Paige was able to come to class. She is such a sweet and special young lady. I just love her to pieces! She holds a special place in my heart! It was so wonderful to see her again, even if it was only for an hour! We miss her so much!

We came home and the boys went out and fed and watered all the animals. When they went to shut off the water, they noticed a chicken floating in the water. The boys brought her in the house, wrapped her in a towel, and got out my handy-dandy blow dryer! Note to self and anyone else reading...if you have animals on a farm, you MUST have a good blow dryer! Aaron has been gently warming her up and drying her off. She twitches twice, then breathes once. She's still breathing on her own. We are holding out hope that she will pull through. We will keep you posted how things turn out. By the way, Aaron just informed me that he can now be added to the ranks of mouth-to-beak resuscitation! YUCK!!!

I'm tired. I'm headed to bed. Love to all and God bless!