The new office/store was delivered last Thursday. It was amazing watching 2 young men haul that 40 foot building in, and maneuver it around with a Mule forklift.
Now for the hard part, getting it finished inside. Mike one of our volunteers has already volunteered to put in the electricity next week. We want to get air conditioning in ASAP, so the inside will be comfortable for anyone working in there. One of the next things will be to get it insulated inside, so the walls can go up. There's a local guy that sprays in foam, he won't be a volunteer, BUT, it will be worth not having to deal with stuffing insulation in between the studs in long sleeve shirts because of the fiber glass. I may be dating myself, maybe they don't still use fiber glass, but I remember that stuff as being nasty to work with. We had wanted to use paneling, but after pricing it, and having one of our volunteers say sheet rock isn't difficult to put up, we're going to sheet rock and paint.
John and Suzanne went to town yesterday, had to get supplies for Mike's electrical work this week. They came home with a vanity and mirror for the bathroom......!! The selling factor was it was on sale and they didn't want to miss out....... LOL Suzanne already has her office space planned, she actually has office furniture in storage and is anxious to put it to use.
Haven't heard when her mobile home will be delivered, everything has been done that can be done, just waiting for it to show up and get hooked up. Since we aren't doing tours until September, hopefully we'll be able to concentrate on getting both buildings up and running this summer.
All the donkeys are doing good. Muchacho has settled in like he's been here forever. Everyone that meets him falls in love with his personality. His open sores are healing up nicely and he's looking real good.........well as good as he'll ever look.
Dan the farrier was here Thursday. Muchacho was not impressed with having his feet done and let Dan know in no uncertain terms that his feet were private property. Dan puts a strap on uncooperative donkeys and they usually end up throwing themselves on the ground, so he trims them while they are down. He didn't want to do that with Muchacho, because we don't know how healthy he is. He seemed to be really healthy throughout the trimming of all 4 feet, and gave Dan quite a workout.
The 1st time Dan did Justice was a wrestling match and Justice ended up on the ground with me sitting on his neck so he couldn't get up. The next time he fussed but was much better. Thursday he was just fine, no problem. Same with Beefy, the first couple of times he was pretty sure he didn't want his feet trimmed. But they figure out pretty quick, Dan isn't going to steal their feet and will give them back when he gets done. And of course cookies help too........LOL
The mesquite bean season is just about here. The beans haven't started falling, but they have ripened and the donkeys know it. Yesterday was the first day we noticed them with their heads up in the trees. At least the ones tall enough to reach the beans. The little minis have to stand around and hopefully find dropped beans on the ground, from their taller "friends".
Fly masks have been being lost quite often lately. We knew we had 3 or 4 on the property and hadn't been able to find them. Our great grandson Hunter came to visit for a few days and his dad JR came yesterday to take him home today. They went out on a search mission yesterday afternoon and came in with 7 masks and a polo wrap. WOW!
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