What Time Is It?

The clocks fell back an hour, but do you know who doesn't care about that? Animals! Teddy Bear woke me up at 5:50 this morning and all the livestock were carrying on at 5 this evening that they were starving. Ok, in truth, they had eaten the last of their hay earlier today, so maybe they were starving. 

All I know is switching the clocks is something I want to see end in my lifetime. I don't know what time it is, or which clock is correct, or what's going on. At least last week, I knew two of the three!

This week, we've got a couple of things planned like always. I'll share what I remember and go from there!

Tale of Two Sides (of the mouth)

Double feature to finish off this week. First, we traveled this morning to my oral surgeon for part 2 of 3 of my dental implant. Part 1 was three months ago with an extraction and bone graft. Today, well they implanted a metal screw into my jaw with a drill. Seriously!

On this model, it shows four different metal implants. The one by my pinky finger is exactly the one and location I got today

I don't do the sedation, so I got numbed to oblivion. It took right hours for the numbing to fade away. But here's the x-ray of my new gear

Yes, that's my mouth and you can see how much work I've already had done

But that was this morning. This evening though, I got to treat my mouth to delicious, mouth watering Akaushi steak. My favorite meat ever is my mom's prime rib, but this is second I believe. The charcuterie starter and hatch green Chile mac and cheese were good, too. In a tiny little town of Blanket, Texas, who knew?

Since this was the restaurant's very first day being open, and that we drove so far, the owner treated us to cheesecake for dessert. A perfect ending!

Every Two Weeks

For the past couple of months, our cell service has gone down in town every two weeks. As we use a cell based Internet, that means each time, we're pretty much off the grid. Usually, it only lasts a couple of hours. Today, well we're still waiting. 

I'm writing the blog in hopes to post eventually. I've noticed we get little blips where calls and messages come through. If I load up this in my queue, maybe it'll send out during one of those blips. This town has been crazy. You can't drink the water, if you happen to get water from the city. Cell service is spastic when there's a perfectly good tower in town. Electricity bills are always high. But yet, I still love it here. 

We've got water from our well. We can afford the electricity. And not being able to be reached is sometimes a good thing. Of course, this means I had plenty of time to clean today. Oh joy!

I got smart this time. I cleaned off the Mango fur from the chairs and put plastic covers on them!

Happy Halloween!

For the last day of October, I went as a sloth and Rob went as an employee. Meaning, while Rob had to make an appearance at his job in Austin, I took the opportunity to read and nap with the pups all around me. 

Don't fret, I did don my Halloween leggings and make an outing with Rob once he got home. It was just to the feed store, but at least it was something!

If you don't think cows are smart though, I can tell you differently. They now recognize the sound of our flatbed trailer and once we arrived home, they all were mooing like a Swiftie does whenever Taylor Swift makes an appearance. Who knew hay was so popular?

Chilly Monday

I'm not sure if it was the cold weather, the fact that Nutty is back loose in the pasture, or if it was because I neglected them last week, but my animals didn't want anything to do with me today. Normally they love for me to pet and love on them, but today, they gave me the cold shoulder. 

I try not to take it personally, but I do know I haven't spent as much time with them lately. They need brushing and treats. Don't we all?

Other than that, I've been a sloth today. All my indoor animals have taken turns sitting on my lap keeping it warm. I love all my fur babies!

Nutty is in rut. The boy is just insane!

That's A Wrap!

After many hours of practice, Rob and I completed our first play together! Several of our friends came to watch and everyone had a great time. Out of everything, I absolutely love the new friendships we've formed through this experience. 

Everyone said how great Rob was as the villain. Most completely didn't believe he's never acted before either. I'm so proud of him!

As for me, I got lots of compliments, but one touched me the most. She said I should have been on Broadway! I had never met this woman before, so it wasn't like I paid her for this compliment. I'm not Broadway material, but I'm thrilled with where I am now. 

After The Rain

After all the glorious rain, we were saddened to find one of Spice's does died. She was alive and well this morning, but by afternoon, she was gone. They both seemed so healthy and everyone is still healthy and well, but I guess these things happen. We're not going to do a necropsy although I know many would suggest that. Maybe they played too rough, maybe she drank some rainwater that made her sick, we truly don't know. 

It put a damper on my day, but unfortunately I can't dwell on that right now. Performances start tomorrow through Sunday, and then I can spend all the lost time with my animals. I love them all so much and have missed our last afternoons together this week!

To end with happier news for the weekend, Tootsie Roll had her first vet appointment (with us, not the breeder) and she's doing wonderfully. She weighed in at 24.9 pounds! To say she's a chunky monkey would not be exaggerating. But, this is just puppy weight and she is going to be a big girl. Not Reggie big, but she's probably going to be stockier than Teddy Bear!