We had a wild day yesterday....my goats have never gotten out of the fence before. Well, yesterday I came home from homeschool co-op and BOTH does were in my house!!! The guard llama was running frantic circles around the house because his girls were locked in. The dog was barking and I'm not sure if it was at the goats or at me, but he was in the house too. So I'm praying all the way up the walk "please not in the house, please not in the house" but of course they were. They must've been in here for a while because they had laid down a Batman poop screen everywhere. And danced around in it. And peed on the couch. And had a little party with the half full cups of cocoa off the counter (and broke one of the teacups.) And pulled a knob off the cabinet. It was unbelievable....and more unbelievable I didn't cry! I just went and got a steam cleaner and the mop and a lot of bleach and started in. Boy is my house looking better today! And in the middle of all that my girlfriend called and asked if I wanted a bummer calf that needed more care than she (who has pneumonia or something close) could give. My husband is gone on a business trip so I had a friend come over and sit with the kids while I went to bring Ernie (his twin brother is Bert) home. The kids were all excited and so I told them "this is Ernie, but you can call him Hamburger!" We'll see if he lives. So when we finished dinner at 8 O'CLOCK!!! we were all very ready for bed. Anyway, I thought you all could get a chuckle at my expense this morning! Have a great day! Cara

-- Cara Dailey (daileyd@agalis.net), April 24, 2002

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Hysterical. I am in awe. You win. LOL.

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), April 24, 2002.

Thanks for sharing that one. How funny and you didn't even cry. I can just picture all those little raisins leaving a little trail all over the house. Oh My. And peeing on the couch. OH MY!

-- Marilyn in CO (www.tomeatbeef@aol.com), April 24, 2002.

Cara, I do believe I would have cried, then got down to cleaning, but I definitely would have cried first. Fiona the Naughty Nubian is always trying to get into the house but she's never quite made it. The closest she's ever gotten is into the root cellar where she took one bite out of about 20 potatoes.

Today's a better day, isn't it?? (grin)

Stacy in NY

-- Stacy (KincoraFarm@aol.com), April 24, 2002.

The JOYS of farm life. When my friends look at me and say boy Susan with all those animals isn't it a lot of work. I usually tel them ihey are less work than the children. But I had a similar incident last summer. Goat, llamas, and horses all escaped. Horses got into the barn and ate and stomped all the chicken food and feeders. Goat got into the house but got out again. LOL Poop everywhere and let me tell you those little suckers roll pretty far on a hard wood floor.

You gotta love it though. Life sure is never dull!

-- Susan in MN (nanaboo@paulbunyan.net), April 24, 2002.

OK girls I'm laughing so hard I can' see the puter keys all I can think of is the little ball rolling all over the floor. hehehehe Wish someone was there with a camera to take a picture hubby won't ever believe it all even the didn't cry part. Proud of you guess that shows them women don't allways resort to crying, just dig in and go. Sally

-- (mallardhen67@hotmail.com), April 24, 2002.

Wow Cara! YOu are the woman of the day for sure! Pee'd on the couch?! Yuck! YOu poor thing! Thanks for sharing and making me have the funniest mental pictures of the whole thing! Gotta laugh at the disasters around the farm when they are just a poopy mess and no one hurt! I once had a flock of baby chicks get in the house, but no way is that close to your mess. Double yuck! Hope your day is better today! You can for sure say that you have spring cleaned now!!!!!

-- Nan (davidl41@ipa.net), April 24, 2002.

What I can't believe, is that all of you have such responsible animals! I would never trust mine with a keys to the house!!! Thanks for the chuckles! Jan

-- Jan in CO (Janice12@aol.com), April 24, 2002.

That's the first time I burst out laughing from reading anything on the computer!!! My DH just asked me , from the other room, what was so funny. I was laughing so hard I couldn't stand it!!! Thanks so much for sharing. I've learned from raising 4 kids and 100's of animals, crying just makes your eyes puffy!! Have a good one.

Cindy

-- Cindy (ilovecajun@aol.com), April 24, 2002.

How do they get into the house !! Show them the bathroom door for next time. I have never shown mine how to turn the door knob. Don't lock our doors either. Figure if anyone robs our house they will feel so sorry for us they will leave us things and not take anything !! plus I'm sure the big Rottie is a good alarm too. ? Yep....I would change the locks...and ground them all !!!! and show them the big soup pot !!! Hope you have a better day today !!

-- Helena (windyacs/@npacc.net), April 25, 2002.

I'm glad you all got some chuckles out of our nuttiness! Yesterday was a fine day. Hamburger is still kicking, but he sure is a sickly little thing. As to how they got in, our house is somewhere around 100 years old....no foundation, and heading off toward the river on one corner. What this all means is that nothing latches. Including the front door. We are becoming door stop connoseurs, just to keep the open doors open and the closed doors closed. Soooo...usually I just turn the key and leave it in the lock but of course, I didn't. What is more mystifying is how they opened the gate that I have trouble with! Oh well, it's entertaining to say the least. You all have a great day! Cara in OR

-- Cara Dailey (daileyd@agalis.net), April 25, 2002.