Anyway, Ulric is looking really good. His ears are healing up nicely. I'd say he lost less than 1/4 of his ears, so it almost gives him an odd Netherland Dwarf look.
Ulysses got the brunt of the damage. He lost about 1/3 of each ear, and his are still raw in places, but he is healing. Poor guy, lost his ears, blind in one eye, and he's a meat breed to boot. Glad he's staying here though. I hope he makes a good breeder. Maybe the does will like his rugged good looks?
We ran to Brainerd tonight for some shopping. One of the kids needed art supplies for a school project and we did some other shopping as long as we were in town. We got some goldfish for Minnow (the turtle), some yarn and crochet hooks for the kids to learn to make things, and of course we checked out the seed selection too! Tonight we added Short 'n Sweet carrots, Big Kahuna beans, Goldrush beans, Heavy Hitter beans, Bistro corn salad, Blue Fescue ornamental grass, and Goblin Gaillardia to our collection. The kids were excited to pick out seeds and took it as a challenge to find ones we don't already have.
I managed to get the bookshelf back in order today. The kids like to just toss books back or stack them flat on the shelves instead of putting them away properly. In cleaning it off I found a few extra books we don't want or need, so we're officially back on Amazon selling some stuff. Two of the books are up on Amazon, and I still have three more that aren't going on Amazon but might end up on eBay or just donated to the local library. I had to ask my husband how in the world we ended up with a copy of "Microsoft Excel For Government Use Only" the user guide. Copyright in it is 1993-1994, so it's pretty old. I guess we can't sell it, so I'm setting it aside for future projects that require paper. Maybe something using cut out words from a book, or paper mache, or decoupage, or something else. Who knows. I'm sure it'll be useful at some point.
I also came across an old hardcover book titled The Summer House by Clarence Jonk. The inside is signed by him and dated March 25, 1951, Stillwater, Minn (which happens to be his hometown - I looked him up). I have no idea what it's worth, but probably not much. He's not a prominent author it seems, so perhaps this one will go to the library, or I could see if the historical society would have any use for it. Maybe eBay. The last book is one of those cheap romance novels. It must have come from my mother-in-law's old collection because I certainly don't read that kind of book. That one is headed either to the local library or the art bin for scrap paper with the Excel manual.
Tony has challenged me to teach myself to crochet a scarf. Since my grandmother only showed me how to make pot holders before her Alzheimer's took her mind too far away to teach me any more, and I am unable to read crochet patterns, I will have to figure it out on my own. I have a pretty good idea of how to do it (in my own way, not necessarily how it's supposed to be done), so I think I will give it a shot with the new skein of yarn I just picked up. It's a really pretty variegated skein with shades of brown. It reminds me of a calico cat.