Painting and Stall Scouring

It's been a very busy 2 days.  Mom has been painting like crazy and the living room, library area, office area and master bedroom have all been painted.    There is still a lot of house left to paint but we can work away on all the remaining rooms over time once we get moved in.

We had a hot but productive day yesterday with the help of BFF Heather.   We stripped the stalls in the barn and then took down the large pasture fencing at our little farm.   The fields look "naked" without the fencing!   Having an extra set of hands was a huge help and saved a lot of extra miles on my feet walking around taking all the fencing insulators out of the fencing.   Thank you Heather...it was a nice work day with you and the chocolate was perfect!  :-)

My Dad has also been very busy!   He has taken down 3 strands of wire off the front pasture at the farm.  The old owners had sheep and horses in the front pasture and all the fencing is falling down and coming unwound.    He put on several miles today as he walked the fence line 3 times to unstring and wind up the wire.   Wire is all gone and now tomorrow we can string the new fencing so that my girls will have a safe and secure pasture for arrival this week.   Dad even worked through the rain today outside to get the job done.   He also took down the cattle stocks at the back of the 40 acres of pasture.    We won't be needing cattle stocks and since they are not in good shape it will be nice to have the area cleaned up so it can be farmed.

Seriously, DH and I have no idea what we would have done this past 2 weeks without the help of my parents.   It's been so amazing having them working side by side both DH and I...really a great time in my life.

Chris and I scoured the stalls in the barn.   Chris ran the pressure washer and I was the labourer on the end of the scouring brush.   I don't need P90X this week!    What a total body work out.   I don't think the stalls have been washed once since the day they were installed.   DH actually thought they had painted the bottom 2 boards black; not realizing that they were just so coated in horse poo that they were no longer wood coloured!   They were very gross but now they are washed, scrubbed with disinfectant and rinsed.   Fans are running full blast overnight to help dry the place out.   It looks fantastic and it never ceases to amaze me how a little elbow grease can make such a difference.

We also had our first farmer drop by asking about renting our land.