Cows for Sale!

To start off this entry, I would like to put up some more cute pictures of Rua :)

Here she is smiling :)

And the day this was taken, we both had a lazy afternoon....i was sitting in the chair reading in the sun and she fell asleep underneath it....then i fell asleep in the chair hehe. I love lazy afternoons when it's sunny!
So Jenny, Lena, and I went to a cow auction yesterday! It was interesting for about the first hour or 2...then I started to get bored haha...we stayed for almost 3 hours i think! But, these are some of the holding pens waiting for the cows to be brought into the auction building.

Here is a sea of Angus beef. mmmmm. hehe. Black cows like these ones are what we get angus steaks from! Jenny says she doesn't think there is much difference between these cows and any other ones, but if you ask an angus farmer he could tell you ha.

This is what the auction looked like from inside. The people on top were the people who kept track of who wants what, and called out the prices and stuff...i could barely understand what they were saying most of the time! I put a video in of one of them calling out the prices...and he was doing it slowly....see if you can figure it out!

Another thing I learned was the difference between a steer and a bull...it's not too pleasant guys, sorry....but a steer is a male cow who has had a ring (a very tight ring) put around his umm...balls. and they fall off. so....a steer is basically a neutered bull!

I also have some sad news to report...Bulgy...the cow with star gazers disease died the other day :( he was doing so much better! and then the other day he started to et worse and he wouldn't get up....and it was very sad :( he was a good little calf!

Lena is leaving today! :( she was nice and I liked having her here. And she has confidence in me driving on the wrong side of the road haha. 2 of Jenny's kids are also coming up this weekend, so that should be fun.

Oh yea...so i'm pretty sure i'm going to buy that car! woo! Jenny took me out driving in it today...like on actual roads! i was a little nervous, but it wasn't that bad. I think i'll get used to it quickly...just need to learn about intersection etiquette and stuff like that. it's not bad remembering to be on the left hand side of the road if there are lines painted on it...i just have to keep thinking i'm driving in the passing lane or something! and something i thought a little funny...Jenny asked me if i've ever driven and automatic car before (because this one is)...i just thought it was funny because back home you'd usually have to ask if someone has ever driven a standard because most cars are automatics back home!

anyways...hope all is well back home, i miss everyone, and rua says hi :) (and no i still don't know what i'm doing with her)

Here is just a funny pic of an unhappy looking cow squished between the rest of them!