Happy New Year! I seriously think it is going to take awhile to get used to it being January already, let alone getting used to 2013. I worked on New Year's Eve day, and we stayed home and watched a movie that night and were in bed by 11. Not much ringing in of the new year for us! We did spend some time with my brother's family on New Year's Day so it sort of seemed like a holiday.
I had my checkup with my back doctor on the 4th. He said my x-rays looked good and that I could start weaning out of the brace which I had already started, but no, I can't haul feed buckets yet. Yes, I asked that specific question. No heavy lifting for six months. By then I will be so wimpy that I won't be able to lift even if I want to! I need to start some exercises to get some strength back, and I need to get out of that brace by the time we go on our trip in February.
Today we vaccinated, branded and re-tagged our heifer calves. We had 119 to do (59 of ours and 60 of the neighbor's). Thank goodness we had our A-team to help; R and our friend and bovine expert, Roger. The process went relatively smoothly. but I find I'm not as much help as I used to be...sigh. The local vet and her team are pretty efficient and a good bunch of people to work with. They have a young Brazilian man working with them. He thought it was too cold to be working cattle. We politely informed him that it was a nice day and at least 15 degrees warmer than when we did it last year. R and I each got five heifers. He thinks he picked the best five after running them all through the chute. Only time will tell.
I hope the new year is good for all of you.....and for us!
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