I LOVE My Crappy Job... I Really, Really Do!

You can see the old outhouse and the former chicken coop-turned-cathouse in the background

So, what did you think my title meant?! Maybe you thought I was talking about my 8-5 office job where I was overworked and underpaid and had to deal with an egomaniac controlling freak of a boss everyday.... well, you had the underpaid part right! (And I've had my share of freak bosses in my life!!) But ya know what? I'll take this crappy job anyday over a stress-filled company job!!!

While we are building a loafing shed and larger pen for Stormy, the newest addition to our horse family, she is in a smallish pen which needs cleaned out every day, or at least every other day, or sometimes once a week.... well, you know what I mean. I've discovered it's best to stay on top of this task, or you are literally knee deep in you-know-what. Although I will give credit where credit is due, and the meadow larks do a marvelous job of breaking it all down. They are on it before it even hits the ground sometimes! Ok, maybe a slight exaggeration...

So, I decided to snap a few pictures of this glamorous job and share it with everyone. Since I decided to snap my pics before hubby left for work today, he felt bad and decided to do the nasty chore himself. Hmmm, that strategy worked quite well, maybe I should clean her pen everyday before he leaves for work....

Hey, good action shot here, could have used it for the last Sunday Stills challenge...

As you can see below, Stormy often likes to supervise the effort. She has to be one of the all around best supervisors I've ever had in my life. She knows that I'm here to do a job, and that I'll do it well because it's what I do, so she doesn't interfere and try to tell me a better way to get it done. No, as a matter of fact, sometimes she even obliges by adding to the surplus while I'm there so I can do my job as effectively as possible. She's just happy for the companionship, although she's always angling for a horsey treat, or a scritch behind the ears.

Shoveling the crap into the wheelbarrow, while Stormy supervises

So then, once all the crap is in the wheelbarrow, it needs to be dumped in the back 40 ~ this was especially fun on the really cold wind-chill days this past winter. Sometimes I just didn't make it all the way to the back of the pasture, because I knew if I got that far out, my frozen legs wouldn't get me all the way back up to the house! Once I dump it in several small piles, I usually rake it out, just so it will finish drying out and fertilize the soil quicker.

So I would say this task takes the place of the workouts I would do when I lived in the city -- the bike rides, the weight bench, the aerobics. Don't you think so??!

Well, enough for the computer today, it's 79 already and I'm heading outside to sit in the backyard for a spell, maybe even get a little sun! yippee!!

The back-40 trek

10 comments:

  1. Enjoyed getting a glimpse into your world. Great photos! :)

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  2. Stormy has the best job! Every body works and she is a lady of leisure. I hate poop patrol!

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  3. I love Stormy! And I'm sure Stormy appreciates all the clean-up! Looks like a quite a workout!

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  4. Hi I am demainca's sister! Wow I hate poop duty! Demainca was right she does have it nice! I actually don't mind picking up poop when it is cold and snowy outside, I HATE it when it is hot and stinky!!!!! Don't get me started about frozen water!

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  5. I agree with you! I love taking on my farm jobs, they make everything else worthwhile.

    Stormy is a very pretty horse.

    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

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  6. Hey girl, see you are now following me, thanks, when I have a quick second I put your blog with mine! Sometimes pictures of the ocean is overated...Your talking to a girl that was raised in So. CA. 4 miles from the beach, I much rather have the mountains and country, it's in my blood! My ex husband live in Kansas Frontnac??

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  7. Hi and welcome to Kansas! DH and I live in southeast Kansas. I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I am glad I did, I have really enjoyed reading about your move to Kansas and the rest of your blog. Great pictures!

    I owned my Shiloh since I was 13 years old. She was my first horse. She has passed away now but she was a special horse. We still have her now 18 year old daughter Lakota on the farm.

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  8. What a fantastic blog you have going here!! I love your uplifting take on life and I love your beautiful music (I soooo love Mustang Sally, brings back so many memorie's).
    I shovel horse poo as well.......for our organic garden here in Georgia.
    If you have a minute or two that you want to waste of your life, please drop by my blog for a little visit :)
    Take good care and.......

    Steady On
    Reggie Girl

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  9. I think this sort of work-out sounds much more interesting and effective than the gym. Thanks for sharing the great pictures!

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  10. Yikes, not sure I would trade city life for that duty. And horses scare the crap outta me.
    Great pix!

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