[Hilarysmum]

In preparation for my Parisian friends visit this week I vacuumed and polished the oak floor, dusted everywhere, cleaned the windows, washed and ironed the curtains and sofa covers.  All back and looking lovely.  Door banged open in marched Digby, followed by dog, both had been paddling in the pond.  On the way to his sofa Digby cleaned himself on the dresser leaving mud everywhere.  Postman drov past open door, dust from bone dry road sending a light covering of dust everywhere, then a chicken marched in and !"£"  on the floor.  At which point my friend from Paris arrived looking elegant, chic and clean.  C'est la vie and I wouldnt change a thing 

[lucyandrew]

that is great and makes me realise why I love this lifestyle.

I knew i was a farmer when...

i go out through the front door and i have a trail of animals following me including 6 chickens and 10 lambs. This is the life! 

[mab]

It's OK when they follow you on the way out - mine tend to follow me on the way in though. 

I broke with tradition on easter Sunday though - I mopped the kitchen floor for the 1st time in 2 years - it's amazingly clean now, though the mop could stand up in the bucket after the first pass. 

mab

[shearling]

Turned the AGA off for the summer and so will not have the excuse anymore.  Know your are farmer when you sit on a train and spot the ewe due to lamb. are sitting as the passenger in the car and when in slow traffic compare their (in any fields) soil/animals/weeds with yours... Forget where you put your shoes but instinctively know were your wellies are.

[McRennet]

I have only just seen this and it is by far the best thing I have read in a long time. Will email it to the OH as soon as I am done trying to by a book called 'diseases of the goat' and a hand milker for the goatling who doesnt want to share her milk. Soo selfish of her 

I decided that enough was enough and washed my coat and jeans after I popped into the bank this week and no-one wanted to stand very close to me in the queue. You know how these things are, just quickly pop to the bank, i'll only be 5 minutes....

However when I came to put my stuff in the machine I had god knows how many off-cuts of twine from penning up kidding goats, 2 pritchard teats, my trusty pen-knife that I have permanently borrowed from the OH (needs sharpening though..) and and ear tag.

I can see how the OH finds it hard to resist me. 

[sabrina]

Love this, now I can say I am normal !!!