January Day

Four years ago, my friend Meredith and I decided we needed a holiday in January since there's a holiday in every month from October to April. New Years doesn't count because you spend all of December waiting for that day. January is such a cold and quiet month, it'd help to have something to look forward to--get out of those winter blues. Our solution: January Day.

Toy Boxes

We've caught the piglets gnawing away on the wooden stall siding like little beavers. Our friend who raises pigs told us that the piglets need to chew on stuff, and that's why they've been doing that. He suggested giving them cardboard boxes to play with. I had no idea how much fun the hamlets would have!

Once they've fully ripped it to shreds, it gets ignored. But throw a fresh box in and they pounce like lions!

TICKS!

Ticks are disgusting. I'm not normally squeamish about bugs, but ticks freak me out. It's probably because they're little disgusting vampires who stick their heads under your skin and drink your blood. GROSS.

Alexa and I took the dogs for a nice long walk through the woods since we had such great weather this weekend. I needed writing inspiration and I couldn't sit still inside any longer. Our dogs had fun splashing through the creek and climbing on things, and we got plenty of cool pictures. I love walking through the woods. Until we got home.

Good Clean Fun

This weekend was perfect. We had excellent, warm weather (60 degrees!) and no rain. Everything was still mucky and muddy though because all the snow melted. So what do you do with all the mud on the farm? Go riding of course!

Magic Fish

My fish has the power of resurrection. Either that or it's just really lazy. It scares me every time I see this; it floats around upside-down at the top of the tank. I keep thinking "Oh my god I killed another one!" and just as I reach for the net to scoop it out and send it down the toilet, it flips upright and swims away.

What the heck, fish? It's only the chubby one, too. The other slim goldfish don't do that, they swim normally. I think the fat one needs to take swim breaks and just drifts along with the filter current every now and then.

Does anyone know why it does that?? Do you have a lazy fat goldfish?

Celebrity Look-Alikes

Everyone loves comparing people they know to celebrities, claiming they could be twins, or siblings, or even stunt doubles (I want one). And I'm proud to admit I'm in that group of people. I have the perfect celebrity match!

Thanks!

Just wanted to say thanks to all my readers, new and old, for taking the time to check out Suburban Hoofbeats. I started this a year ago and if I didn't have amazing readers like you, I wouldn't have lasted this long. Sorry I havn't posted much lately (the farm gets quiet and sleepy in the winter time) but I'm still trying to update frequently for you! If there's anything you'd like to me to talk about, or anything you'd like to see more of, just leave a comment and I'll do my best.

Thanks again, guys!

It looks just like Wilma!

Snow Fish

Our fish tank evaporates water super fast because it's in the same room as the woodstove, and the filter splashes water into the tank like Niagra if it's not completely full. But we can't just throw more in because our well-water has phosphates in it or something that cause algea blooms to explode overnight. Then our tank looks sickly green and gross. We have to add store water by the gallon and that gets ridiculous.

Happy 2013!