Let It Snow

No not real snow, we're tired of that stuff. In fact, we've had a spurt of warm nice days, which has gotten everyone feeling good. Even the ponies, who are running and bucking with spring fever. We just hope it lasts.

My little pony seems to think these warm days mean it's time to shed the heavy winter coat. When he grows his winter fur, he looks more like a polar bear than a pony. And when he sheds it, it looks like it's snowed in the barn.

Why We Watch the Super Bowl

There's really only one reason why we watch the Super Bowl, unless the Steelers are playing, and that's for the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This year's is by far the sweetest commercial they've made. The snowball fight year was great, the streaker one was hilarious, but how do you top a newborn Clydesdale foal?!

Simply adorable. Congratulations on another home run, Budweiser. (Should I have said 'touchdown'?)

Which Bud commercial is your favorite?

Wine Bottle Terrarium

So it's winter. Which means the only things to do once it gets dark (at like 4) are watch TV and drink wine. It's a good thing I love both of those activities. But instead of just recycling those bottles (I don't have THAT many, just to clarify) why not upcycle them?

I saw on Facebook an article about a man who's been keeping a terrarium for 40 years without any maintenance! I thought this was super cool and now I want to replicate it. In miniature version.

I only have the bottle right now, but I think today I'll stop by a nursery for the soil and little plants. I'll keep you updated on how it works out!

If you're interested in this project also, I found a great website on how to make your own bottle terrarium.

Does anyone have a terrarium already?

This guy is awesome. I want his terrarium.

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!