Julie, the Goat Herder!

Busy day today!   Had an appointment in Marshfield, so Greg had to open the store.  I didn't get in there until noon, but then had to leave at 3 so I could get home to make an AWESOME spaghetti dinner for tonight!   Not only does dinner have meatballs (homemade), but also Italian sausage and, just for Greg, I added a pork hock to it!!!!  

When I left Marshfield, as I had groceries, I stopped at home first.  Of course, Rudy was out of the pen!  She's just a little escape artist and is the most "athletic" of all the goats!  As I was putting the groceries away, I let Maddie out and then went to get Rudy back in the goat pen.   She did NOT want to go back in the pen!   Most times, they're still afraid of Maddie, even though she doesn't bother them.  Well, this time, Rudy let Maddie right up next to her and even though it appeared she wanted to "butt" Maddie, she just stood there with the other goats watching from the other side of the fence.  Maddie and Rudy ended up with their noses together and turned their heads in a way that it almost looked like they were hugging!  It was SO cute!   As much of a pain in the butt they can be, it's really great to have them!  

I went to the store and got a lot of things done that I've been wanting to do -- straightening the back rooms -- so I was happy.  I came back home 3 hours later, only to find ALL FOUR goats outside their pen happily munching on our TREES!   I wouldn't mind so much if they munched on all the weeds in our yard, but to be munching on our trees is just too much!    As I pulled into the driveway, they ran towards the barn, and then I honked at them and they were standing at the door to the barn.

Course, I still have to get them in the barn and in their pen!  Minor details, right?   They started to munch on the weeds around the barn, and of course, I couldn't tell them to stop!  Anything that's going to get rid of the weeds is a good thing, right?   After 30 minutes, it was time to go in.  I finally got them in the barn so they could climb into their pen and it was time to get dinner going!  

I got dinner going and made the meatballs and fried the sausage and got the pork hock boiling, so all's good!