Finished!

It took most of the day, but Phil finished the metal building. Good for him, and for us.

Then he went to pick up Shadow, who was fixed today. Let the male dogs come, now; there's nothing for them here!

My day was a discombobulated Monday. Late Saturday evening, I was getting some trays down to make pizza, and accidentally nudged a pile of bowls, which fell onto the counter and shattered. The ceramic shards didn't cut anyone, but it took me until this morning to finish wiping, vacuuming, mopping, and shaking the shards.

The older boys had walkie-talkies and spent most of the day hiding around the metal building, saying inane secret communications. It's nice to see them playing so cheerily. We started school around 8pm, and they focused well (though we didn't get quite all the subjects covered!).

Phil moved the cows. He is thrilled with the improvements on the neighbor's land. We started grazing there a year ago, and though there are enough weeds to require some mowing as the cows move off a section, overall, the grass has thick stalks (a sign of better nutrients), and when Phil took a stem to chew, he was surprised to find that it was sweet.