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Lamb Chop ATE the daisy chain !!

8/8/2011

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Well, if there is a phenomena called de- ja- vous, I had it today ! This morning as the alarm clock went off like Big Ben on a good day, I went to turn over and respond to our early morning wake up call…(actually, truth be told,.. adopt optimum position for Greg’s pre dawn back scratch !!) and I got the first stabbing pains of yet another pinched nerve issue in my lower back !! DOH !! I’ll be a really good girl and I’m going to ask for a new back for Christmas! I don’t know what or how I’ve messed up this time but I know I’ve done whatever I’ve done VERY well.
Since I haven’t graced the barn with my presence today, no one raised Old Glory and my decidedly worn Union Jack and any comments reflecting today’s activities are all going to be second hand…but I will do my best to try to record  memorable moments as honestly as artistic interpretation and fading memory allows
 We have a very very major announcement!!!!!. Lesley and Derek honoured our farm by selecting Gentle Giant Meadows ranch to become engaged. Right out there in the Amigos pasture, watched by Daisy, Lamb Chop and Macho Derek took the traditional route to asking for lesleys hand in marriage. I’m not sure that I would have gone down on one knee in the three Amigo zone but you know what they say..”love is blind” and I have never seen a couple (except for us, smile) so compatible and happy together. We wish you a long and happy life together and hope that all your hopes and dreams come true….but sorry, NO, you can’t have hol-ley the calf!!!!
We don’t have Lesley with us this evening, she earned a few days of R and R and is currently enjoying the company of some friends in Tacoma where she was going to announce their engagement to some friends. Fortunately we still have Derek here to enthusiastically appreciate Greg’s homemade pizza and my home grown rhubarb crumble.
Nara and Azam apparently enjoyed the chicken pizza, it’s a wild guess but when Nara said that it was GREAT compared to New York pizza, I reckon it was a compliment!!

Due to popular request from the Woofers (I will be requesting a psychiatric evaluation of them all!) the team went to work cross fencing in Lady and Quests pasture. Truth be told, those big horses could render all that new fencing into spaghetti squash pulp with one major Lady stomp….but they amuse us by staying on the right side of the wire. Nara and Azam really helped with the bovine activities and Nara will I guess be measuring her biceps and abs after trying her hand using the post pounder. Azam got up close and personal milking Molly Moo, well done Azam.
Well, Greg has posted some photographs and time is rolling on to 7.30am, time to go. I am going to go down to work today, hopefully yesterdays enforced “rest” will have been beneficial.
Take care, keep us in your prayers, keep safe, M
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mum j says
8/8/2011 01:38:17 am

great news i am so haPPY FOR LESLIE and derek, such a great couple. hope you are better maureen. loves 2 all mum j.

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Mom K
8/8/2011 07:35:57 am

WOW! I put a comment up this morning and it somehow disappeared so here I go again...HOORAY! I have been holding it in for almost a week and I can finally talk about it, though I may have dropped a hint or two (as did Mom E). Anyway, we as well as all of our friends and family are delighted at this news and have enjoyede watching this couple grow together. We look forward to their future together with us and, unfortunately, as I am looking at my calendar I am realizing that their future is not long at the farm and know they will miss it greatly. But lots of great memories are saved for posterity right here. Seriously, wonderful, wonderful news. Couldn't be happier. Love to L&D, and everyone else.

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Mom E
8/8/2011 09:58:28 am

FINALLY...can I have an Amen!
Congratulations to Derek & Lesley : )

Maureen, hope your back feels better.

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Mom S
8/8/2011 03:01:50 pm

WllI guess love can be found in many places. Congratulations and let it a long and happy life together. Well I was busy all day with therapy and yearly check up for cancer. Also trying to balance my checking account for the past two months. I hope to finish tomorrow. Also I still have to finish washing up the furniture before I put it back where it belongs. They cleaned my carpet on Friday, and they were to come at 9:00 and didn't show up until after I left at 10:45, so it wasn't dry when I got home. So I worked Saturday and did some. I didn't do much on Sunday. I try not to do any physical labor on that day. It is a day of rest. So once again congratulations. Mom

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Meredyth
8/17/2011 02:36:07 am

YAY! So happy that the news can be spread far and wide now. Lesley and Derek fit perfectly together and I am so excited for them to start this new chapter! Can't wait to see them to celebrate, but know that they will miss the farm dearly.

Maureen, thank you very much for keeping us posted on all of their adventures this summer!

-Meredyth

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