Goat mayhem, RIP my oven

Mayhem in the goat barn with the arrival of Mikey, the rented Boer stud man. Our very own stud man, Johnny Cash (pictured right, with Lucille) is not ready for action. Even when Roger, Jack and Rico are trying to instruct him, he just doesn't seem to understand. We can only hope that he will mature in time for next year's duties.

Mikey was a very polite young man riding in the back of the Kia for 10 miles or so. They say he is quite the talker, but he did not have much to say on the way here.

He is staying with us as long as necessary. Within minutes of his arrival he was sniffing the air and looking for the ladies. Pretty sure he will be ready for action whenever the girls get over their initial shock of "new man in the house". Big Jack (above photo) appears equally stunned.

My latest chapter in the continuing Appliance Nightmares, is that the Maytag oven died completely a few months ago. Over the last couple of years, it had a few mini-strokes that rendered most of the keypad unusable, and then the big one hit and nothing at all worked except for the obnoxious blue clock that could not be adjusted.

Now all of the kitchen appliances that were only installed in 2010 have been replaced. The only 2 that were still in working order were a very old microwave, and the Thermador cooktop that I trash-picked from someone's kitchen rehab. Appliance guy told me they only make them to last 7 years... Hmmm...

No more Maytags for me.

New GE Profile oven coming Saturday. Let's hope it has a longer life than its predecessor.