Retirement So Far - Life is Good

So far I've been very busy during these first couple of weeks as a "retired" person.  I've put in a couple of applications at veterinarian offices nearby.  I'm hoping to be able to work close to home and am open to whatever God may surprise me with.  I need to find a little something to feed all of our critters and pay taxes going forward.  So glad that my husband is supportive.

Alex, Ellen, Me, Cathy, Traci & Karen

I got to go camping at one of my favorite places, McCulley Farms, with my buddy Cathy for New Years.  It rained and got pretty darned cold, but we still had a relaxing and fun time.  Our other friends, Mike and Traci Woodard were there as well and we met a new lady that Traci met on line.  Ellen May is taking a ride about with her cute little Arab mare for a couple of months.

Traci, Karen, Alex, Me and Cathy

This past week was spent starting on my list of chores that I want to accomplish while I'm currently not working.  Unfortunately, I discovered a pretty big leak and mold in our large back storage room.  I've spent days cleaning that room up; threw away 5 extra large bags of junk and wet papers, pictures, etc and also was able to bag up 5 bags of good items for donation.  Took in lots of books to my favorite bookshop and got $48 in credit.  The next step is to get some roofing repair estimates and some sheet rock repair estimates.  OUCH!  Not the way I was hoping to spend my savings.

Life is certainly less stressful already.  I have enjoyed spending more time with the horses, working in their horse pen and just set up their new round bale slow feeder net.  I hope it will save us some money on hay as our girls waste a lot.  The net is supposed to cut out the waste completely.  I'm hoping it will be a good solution for us.  I just have to make sure that the older mare, Dixie, gets enough to eat.  She is not used to using a slow feeder net.

The girls try out the new hay net

I also fixed up an easy peasy nesting box out of a plastic bin thanks to another blogger's suggestion, and now my two little free range chickens are laying their eggs where I can find them now.  YAY!

The rain was threatening today, so instead of loading up for a ride, I went for a walk with Cathy and her mini mule Luna.  Her little mule pulls already pulls a cart, but we thought it would be a good idea for Cathy to get her used to more traffic and we certainly could use the exercise ourselves.  :-)

A little video of our walkabout