Snakes and Toads...

Well, I can say I've officially encountered a Western Rattlesnake.  Yup!  It was around two feet long and too young for a rattle.  The scariest part is that I have no idea how close my hand ever got to that snake.  I was moving the black plastic tarps we are using to control some areas of weeds and  I turned around to grab another and there it was!  That was the end of moving tarps for the day.  On a less dangerous note, I found a Western Toad.  Unfortunately I had no success in capturing it. 

We are currently in the process of renovating the trailer for me to live in while I go to school.  It is looking better, still wishing I had a barn to live in....oh well.  Dad is going to hopefully get the water heater hooked up this week, so there will finally be hot water in the closet that is called a shower.  I'm going to make an oak pull-out cutting board for the trailer to have a little more counter space.  Mom is painting of the 1970s infested wallpaper...I can't say the color is much better. 

After the wedding we will finish the pump house...hopefully no one gets hurt on that venture and I'm pretty sure that is why we are waiting until after the wedding.  It would be bad if any of us got laid up in a hospital before that major event of the year.

Next minor two projects for me are a chicken coop and a dog run.  I'm hoping to take the majority of my animals with me while I'm in school.  But like the pump house these projects have to wait until after the wedding.

Thursday we are going back up with plans of hooking up the water heater, tilling the garden, planting some sunflower and pumpkin seeds (just to see what happens), beginning the never ending task of weedwacking, and working on the road.  Ummm, that's just one day...want to take bets on how much actually gets done?