Up at 7:30 a.m.
On my way down stairs, stop at kitchen and put on kettle.
Go down another flight and let Bella out.
Bring Bella in and crate her. Let the others out.
Get fire going in furnace. If it is cold over night, then I let the furnace go all night, if not, I let it go out and re-kindle it in the morning.
Once fire is going I get breakfast ready for dogs - kibble, joint formula powder, canned salmon for everyone, plus pills for Bridget and Crystal. I bring in the border collies and the old dogs and feed them all in their crates.
I run upstairs while they are eating and grind the coffee beans, re-boil the kettle and make the coffee. While the coffee steeps in the French press, I go back downstairs and let the border collies and old dogs out. Bella has to wait until the others are ready to come in. I go back upstairs and pour my first cup of coffee while the dogs do their thing outside. After about 15 minutes I let them all back in, into their crates, then let Bella out. Then I let my dogs out of their crates and they can go wherever they want in the house. Bella has a ball outside that she absolutely loves to play with, so I go back upstairs to enjoy my coffee and watch Bella playing with her ball. I get my oatmeal on to cook, fire up the computer then go into the library to watch one of my lectures on the brain.
The lectures are 1/2 hour each which is just enough time to finish my coffee and eat my porridge. Then it's have a shower, bring Bella back in, let the others out, and I go out to feed and water the sheep. When that is done the dogs are ready to come back in and Bella goes back out. She stays out until I am ready to go out again. I take her for a run up in the paddocks out back. She gets good exercise bounding through the snow, sniffing at absolutely everything and wearing herself out. When she is good and tired I come back, put her back in the hosue, and repeat the whole thing with the border collies. By the time they are ready to come back in it is time for me to check the sheep, give them more hay and water if need be, then prepare something for supper. In between all that, I do laundry, clean the kitchen, vacuum up dog fur, bottle mincemeat, pay bills, return phonecalls, etc. Yesterday I cleaned snow and ice off of the roof of the canvas garage, cleaned up the yard after the dogs, filled the bird feeders, bottled the mincemeat, ran up to Lois' place to leave a card, and went to get the mail (3km each way). It doesn't seem like I get much accomplished, but I feel like I am constantly moving! Right now the border collies are outside and Bella is in the living room playing with a squeaky ball.
Ok, time to get outside and tend to the sheep.
By the way, does anyone know what this is? There is nothing on the bottle other than the lable. It is a corked bottle with the cork dipped in plastic or something. I don't know if the little dangly thing is a strawberry or a bunch of grapes. It looks more like a strawberry. I tried to google it but came up with nothing.
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