The news!

It's been a full few days down here on the homestead. On Saturday morning, we went to a local livestock auction with the folks that sold us our guardian puppies.  It was quite the experience. We explored the animals and junk for sale ahead of time. I held my number in apprehension. I missed a few items we wanted, purely because it took me awhile to begin understanding the auctioneer. We did get a few goodies and 3 chickens.The people we went with are big horse people. They showed us a beautiful small filly that was set go up for auction. I could tell she was such a good girl. Her eyes spoke to me. Although we had no intention of going home with any animals...most definitely not a horse. We couldn't help ourselves. I started waving my number around when she came to the stage. It has been my daughters dream to have a horse since she was 4 years old. She paid $215 for her new horse, all with her own money. Already they are so beautiful together, I feel sure we made the right decision. The day took much longer than expected. It was chaos when we finally got home. We had to muster a place for our new horse, introduce our new chickens to the group, change the kids, scarf a sandwich, just to jump back in the car, and head to town. We had made plans to hang out with a family at the Christmas parade. I had met this mom and her two sons at the local library. It actually seemed like we could be friends. We ran late, so we missed the parade, by minutes, but still met for pizza. They are very young but sweet. I think we will hang out again in the future. Tomorrow, the plan is to throw together some sort of structure for Lily, our new horse. Its raining tonight...hopefully she isn't too cold. Just in case you were wondering...no, we know nothing about horses. Absolutely nothing...no time like the present to learn quickly.