Doc’s Sunrise Rants

I spent 4 hours with the sheep, separating lambs to be butchered. 15 minutes were spent running the sheep through the chute and separating out the lambs, and 3 hours and 45 minutes were spent chasing the smallest of the lambs (half the size of the others) who squeezed out and ran off. I never did catch her. Poured the entire time, plus thunder and lightning. I swear, every time I got close enough to her to rope her, thunder would clap and she’s go racing off, usually after leaping at least 5′ in the air. If you’ve never seen a lamb “spring”, you can’t really imagine it. Those of you with sheep, you know what I’m talking about.

Tomorrow, “the guy who butchers” comes. I used to do it, but he only charges $30 and trust me, it’s worth every penny. The last time he was here, he was going on and on about the sausage his wife makes (with entrails) and said he was going to bring me some. That is making me a little anxious. He saved EVERYTHING that came out of the last sheep. Says his wife uses the intestines as casing - she washes them out with 7-UP.

My last three CSA customers of the year will be here tomorrow to help with the lamb wrangling and take home their shares. I’ll kind of miss having strangers show up and traipse all over my property, pretending to do chores that I’ll have to re-do later, and babble like lunatics about how “green” and “organic” they are. Spare me please. Just give me your money and STFU.

She washes them with 7-UP.

My daughter’s staph scare seems to over. On another note though, my neighbor died this week after being misdiagnosed with the swine flu, when he’d really had a heart attack. He went home to “rest” and died a couple days later of heart failure.

I’ve been perusing the other nablowrimo blogs that are fed from the main site. There’s always the hope that something exciting will tumble through. Seems like a giant volume, but it’s easy to skim. At least every other blog is just a word count analysis of the writer’s nanowrimo attempt. Half of the blogs left are food blogs. Boring. Then there are the bloggers I already read. They don’t count. What’s left is split between mommy bloggers and too few surprises.

This one caught my eye. Not because the content is great, but because it’s well put together.

And so, because I just plugged some strangers blog - I’m going to steal her meme.

Saturday Nine

1. What was your favorite subject in high school? All of them.

2. Do you watch reality shows? Which ones? Survivor, J and K + 8, Little People Big World, Little Couple, and anything Duggar. Sometimes I accidentally watch Biggest Loser.

3. What’s your favorite all time reality show? The season of Survivor with Rupert.

4. Do you feel “reality” shows are real or are they faked? The fake ones are faked.

5. What did you look like when you were a teenager? Like everyone else in 1977. Feathered bangs, puka shells, polyester, and platform shoes.

6. Whose advice do you listen to? My imaginary friends.

7. How often are you sick? I’ve been extremely healthy for the last year. Prior to that, an awful lot.

8. Do you like or dislike change? Strongly dislike. I get over it really fast though, so most people who know me would assume I roll with it. I just suffer silently.

9. How many times in your life have you had a broken heart? 247 times. Twice.