Twisted Tasks and Television Timeouts

I twisted my ankle Saturday night when I was shampooing the rug.  Somehow I twisted it in the exertion.In spite of the ankle we set up the bed, cinder blocks for support--in place of a bed frame.

Monday I wrapped my foot and watched TV all day. I am annoyed because I still have so much to do. Every morning I write the day's tasks on the white board in my hall, and then those  tasks dog me all day.

Tuesday  I finished priming the bathroom walls.

Yesterday I rested my ankle.. Today I want to clear the front porch---we'll see how that goes.

Dad is busy finishing up the Shumway corral that we started building a few years ago. He comes in two or three times a day, hot and tired, to rest in the coolness of the house. I tell him not to work so hard, but he says it isn't work. It's fun. He has 3 posts left to dig and has begun erecting the chute. He plans to use it as the loading corral when we separate the calves come September and again in January when we take them to Billings to sell.

The hay is loaded and stacked and the fields are clear. Dad is elated to think he can finally irrigate the hay fields and get the second crop growing/going! We got 175 of those large bales off the first cutting. That should feed the cows for 6 months..

Everything takes longer than you want it to take. But slowly and surely we are making progress, both inside and out. We will take a break next week when Richard gets here and go to Yellowstone for the day. That should be fun!