Doody Duty

I originally started writing this blog to sort of make fun of myself in that I am not outdoorsy (I think in a previous post I mentioned the coaster I have that says “I’m outdoorsy in that I like drinking on patios…” and I don’t really do yardwork. Not that I can’t, I just don’t have a green thumb and it’s not my favorite thing to do. And now we have over 5 acres of land that needs to be maintained. (Can’t wait for our greenhouse to be built next spring, stay tuned!!)

My husband has been gone for over a week and he is the one who usually does doody duty…We had five dogs (instead of just our two) at our home recently when we had family visiting and that is a lot of poop! Therefore, my decision to actually do the doody duty was based on the large collection of doody in the dog yard and to avoid the horrified expression on my husband’s face when he gets home from his trip. Yes, I can do ranch chores, I just do them the Poshranch way.

I originally was going to name this blog post ‘Pickin’ up Poo at the Poshranch’, but decided to go with the above title instead. Just prior to my decision to pick up poo, I had received and tried on my new shoes I ordered from Freebird (www.freebirdstores.com). Love their shoes!! I wanted to wear them around the house a little bit to break them in; and make sure I could walk on the heel a bit higher than my norm…See shoes below.

Any Sex and the City fans out there? Remember that scene when Carrie saw those awesome shoes in the window? THAT is how I feel about new shoes, pretty much always. Those of you who know me well, know how much I love shoes. I’m too old to wear some of the shoes that I used to wear, but they live in my shoe museum, in my closet. I will never get rid of them. Once when I went to Vegas for a vacation, I actually took pictures of cool shoes because I was going to make a shoe collage for my wall. Well, that never happened, but I still have the pictures of really cool shoes! (somewhere…). Forgive me for being tangential…

I only had a few minutes to do the doody duty before I had to run to a meeting, so…..I decided to just wear what I had on: My work clothes and my new shoes….to pick up poo. Lots and lots of poo.

So, I went outside, in the howling wind (yes, I know, winter wind will be really, really bad), and picked up poo, in my work clothes and my new shoes. I delicately walked around the yard with my tools…didn’t want to poo-up my new shoes! And you’ll be happy to know that I did not soil the shoes. They are still poo-free!

In the wind…

And I probably picked up 200 pieces of poo. Yeah, yeah, I’m not the best housekeeper and my husband has been gone, remember? And our dog yard is tiny so the poo piles prolifically….

Now that’s what I call Pickin’ up poo: Poshranch style!

Thanks for reading!

Until next time….