April 13 2003 Newsletter

		April 13, 2003 The house is finally finished enough that we are living in it! We have electricity! It is amazing. I have never been so thrilled to simply plug something into a wall outlet! We still have to finish the trim, the deck, and the rock siding, but now that we have running water . . . and WARM water for the shower, and a closet with shelves and places to hang stuff, it’s plenty finished to call it “home”. Just in time for foal watch. And a great spring-cleaning “Moving Sale” – check out our “Moving Sale” page and make an offer! It all has to go! I want to introduce you to our cat, Chester. We just got some pictures back, and I just have to share them with you! Somebody dropped this cat off at the neighbor’s place and he was living in the culvert right by the road. He’s such a character we just had to take him even before we were quite ready to take care of a cat (Our property is pretty far off the main road so he is a lot safer at our place!), but we are very glad we did. This cat thinks he’s a dog (he can’t get enough loving and petting), he thinks he’s a parrot (He likes to sit on Bob’s shoulder like a bird), he thinks he’s a mountain lion (what a fierce hunter), and sometimes he thinks he’s a mink coat (check out the picture – he loves just hanging all over people like this!). He doesn’t know a stranger, and if you don’t watch out, he will leap on your back or shoulders without any warning. He has startled more than a few visitors! I was also surprised to find this picture of Missie and Sierra in the last batch of pictures. I don’t remember taking it . . . I don’t remember these two ever being this close without pinned ears! This must have been one of those rare moments from the weeks they were stuck with each other.

April 13, 2003

The house is finally finished enough that we are living in it! We have electricity! It is amazing. I have never been so thrilled to simply plug something into a wall outlet! We still have to finish the trim, the deck, and the rock siding, but now that we have running water . . . and WARM water for the shower, and a closet with shelves and places to hang stuff, it’s plenty finished to call it “home”. Just in time for foal watch. And a great spring-cleaning “Moving Sale” – check out our “Moving Sale” page and make an offer! It all has to go!

I want to introduce you to our cat, Chester. We just got some pictures back, and I just have to share them with you! Somebody dropped this cat off at the neighbor’s place and he was living in the culvert right by the road. He’s such a character we just had to take him even before we were quite ready to take care of a cat (Our property is pretty far off the main road so he is a lot safer at our place!), but we are very glad we did. This cat thinks he’s a dog (he can’t get enough loving and petting), he thinks he’s a parrot (He likes to sit on Bob’s shoulder like a bird), he thinks he’s a mountain lion (what a fierce hunter), and sometimes he thinks he’s a mink coat (check out the picture – he loves just hanging all over people like this!). He doesn’t know a stranger, and if you don’t watch out, he will leap on your back or shoulders without any warning. He has startled more than a few visitors!

I was also surprised to find this picture of Missie and Sierra in the last batch of pictures. I don’t remember taking it . . . I don’t remember these two ever being this close without pinned ears! This must have been one of those rare moments from the weeks they were stuck with each other.