Omgoodness. What a day!! Y'all know I have to trailer a horse into town every day now for the carriage company, so was up early feeding and doing chores. Brought horse to town, did yardwork until it was time to get him, went back to town, picked him up, picked feed up, came home and took care of Pat and put the feed in the barrels. Daughter got home from school and promptly disappeared. I thought nothing of it, because she roams around quite often (she's 12). I'm with the farrier, getting Beau's shoes reset, and it's getting late. Still no daughter. Hubby got worried and took off in the pasture to look for her. There's over 400 acres out here, pasture, woods and even some swampy creeks. Hubby calls, saying bring the tractor, I'm stuck! (In a 4 x 4). I jump on the old blue tractor and beebop out there, get chains hitched, and I promptly get stuck myself. The mud is a very sticky thick gumbo mud, and it filled the gaps between the treads of the tractor and made them look like racing slicks. Mom calls and says daughter was home, told her our situatuon, so she and the farrier come bumbling out on the mule (we call ours a chuck wagon). Farrier sees situation and goes back after the brand spanking new, plastic still on the seats, $170,000 John Deere. Then he calls and asks how to start it (oh Lord...). In his defense, that tractor has a hydrostatic transmission, so it is a bit different. ANYWAY, we finally all get outta the mud, and I finally got to feed Cinnamon. That gal has done some serious shopping! ! pH still way high, hooha pink, but more relaxed in the back. Pics tomorrow, I was just too tired tonight. Chewed out daughter for scaring us all half to death. She says she got lost and bogged down herself in the mud. Lordy, Lordy. I'm aging before my time!!
