Daisy thought, since no-one else on the Farmy was making New Years resolutions through some kind of lack of resolve, that she would. She also wanted to remind me that should I promise to give her four alfalfa cubes as a treat every day for the rest of her life then I should remember that if you make a resolution you should make sure that you follow through FOREVER! So make sure it is a little promise that you can keep. If I fail one day that is OK ,as I can always give her double the next day. I said Thank You, this was good advice.
2012 will bring a new addition to the Farmy and Daisy has promised that she will not be mean to Sheila the Babe and the Pigs, who will be coming to play in the spring. Though she is a little concerned that her paddling pool is going into the pigs backyard. 
She had it first she says. But you are too big for it now Daisy. I told her. And the pigs need somewhere to wallow. They are very clean animals, they will not poop in the pool like some cows we know. Pigs will poop very neatly in a designated toilet corner. So, now Daisy is considering pooping on the compost heap down by the creek, if I would be kind enough to leave the gates open for her. Though she could open them herself if she were allowed to, don’t you know. I sense an ulterior motive in visiting the unfenced creek. But she really is too big for the toddlers paddling pool now.
She told me very seriously that she has resolved to stop jumping fences and if she happens to jump one by mistake, she will not go into the garage and have a conversation with the little VW, then Poop on its fender just because she is bigger. I said thank you. We would appreciate that too.
You are not a baby anymore Daisy.
She has promised me very sincerely that in 2012 she will not laugh at TonTon anymore when he is catching his frisbee. After all the wee doggie is happy with the frisbee. 
She promises she will allow Hairy Maclairy at least 2 minutes of chomping time, before she smashes him in the head with her considerably larger skull. Head-butts are not nice Daisy. But what is he doing in her room anyway, she says. Shouldn’t he be back out with the sheep. Mama is better now!
She will not promise but she will try very hard to stop bawling and mooing Loudly EVERY single time a truck or UPS van comes up the drive. But they might be bringing her something special and she just wants to make sure that they know where she is. She says. She likes packages. They are tasty. 
She has promised to stop trying to chew the pom poms on C’s hat. Even though they are silly green pompoms that hang below her shoulders because her hattie has ear flaps and was a gift from beautiful daughter when she visited Thailand. And you should always wear your presents. Even if they have unfortunate colour combinations and pompoms!
The gates. Well this is a sticky area. Opening the latches or plain bashing open John’s gates is very naughty. Yes, well she has conceded that this is a problem but she cannot promise anything. And also she will try very hard to resist turning the barn lights on and off in the night just for fun. 
The cats have asked that she will not lick little kitties anymore especially when they are sitting on top of the fences minding their own business-es. But they need mohawks, Daisy said. No they don’t, they don’t need mohawks Daisy. But I love the little kitties Miss C.
I know you do little Moo.
I tried to get Daisy to wipe her mouth and tidy up before her Happy New Year photo. But she said Don’t we love her whether her face is clean or not and I said Of course we do.
Happy New Year from the FARMY!!
c
PS . All the photos except the last one were not taken today. They are from Daisys photo album and have been on the pages one time or another. I hope you HAD a great New Years or will HAVE a great New Years! Don’t you love this international life we lead! celi
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82 responses to “Daisy’s list of New Years Resolutions”
Thanks for a great first year with your blog – I hope you, your man, your kids and your creatures have a great New Year.
And for you too Roger, out there by the sea!.. c
Love the pics – thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing Daisy’s photo album. She was sooo cute as a baby! And the pics with the kitties, prescious!
So wonderful to see more of your animal family! Always makes me smile :). Happy New Year to all of you!
A most enjoyable post. Daisy is better at being realistic about resolutions than I have been over the years.
Happy New Year to you and all on the Farmy. 🙂
Gosh Celi, your little zoo are the cutest group of animals ever. I love every picture, especially Daisy as a baby. Love the frisby pic with Ton Ton. So adorable! Such a happy pup.
Hi Geni, It does feel like a zoo sometimes! c
Daisy, Daisy,
you bossy little bovine.
All your little antics,
Simply churn you into divine.
She certainly is practising her divine Look! .. c
Lovely Daisy! But I read next post too! Be a nice girl… 🙂
Thank you dear Cecilia, photographs are amazing, with my love, nia
Lovely to see you nia, have a great day today.. c
Great photos of Daisy, who is now happily the background on my laptop. 😉
Daisy was the cutest baby! Hope she can stick to her resolutions as we will all be following along watching closely.
Happy New Year to you all on the farmy – I am looking forward to a wonderful year ahead with you all.
🙂 Mandy xo
We are going to have a great year Mandy. You will too I am sure! c
Lots of love + sunshine to you Celi, and to John, and everyone on the Farmy. Your photos are great – I especially love the one of TonTon! Made me laugh out loud!
Hi Mel and thank you! c
I do not know how I missed this post!
You always bring a big smile to my face in the morning – I simply LOVE your life there and that you share it with us! And the photos – the PHOTOS!!
Our only neighbors here are cows. We don’t have a lot of cow experience. But there’s a red Angus that my youngest daughter nicknamed ‘Bullcow’ because of his missing parts 😉 BOOLcow is what she called him, and he comes to that name. Big horns too, that he swings back and forth trying to evict the ever-present cloud of flies that drill his hide 😦 Nothing we can do – I asked our sweet old Japanese neighbor man if he sprayed for bugs – that there are even natural sprays. He doesn’t. That’s that. He loves Boolcow, and keeps him as a pet while the rest go to market.
Boolcow LOVES ti leaves! Before our neighbor reinforced our field fence with a 5-strand barbed wire fence of his own, Boolcow and all his companions would lean over the field fence and nip our 3′ spider lilies down to nubs. Now we have to reach over two fences to feed him ti leaves, but he is ever grateful – always licks our hands and comes when called like a big dog. He loves our hound dog as well – they used to lick one another through the fence, but can’t anymore due to the 2nd fence.
Anyhow – thanks for this sweet post! Happy New Year to you and all creatures, great and small.
That is fantastic, i love your description of the cow, you know that eating garlic helps with the flies, maybe you could feed him a few garlic cloves and onions when he comes barreling across the field. Yhough i don’t want to get you in trouble. (he will smell garlicky) John get so mad at those flies that he goes out in the field and hits them off Daisy ith a fly swat!! (which looks kind of amusing) It is the big horse flies that i cannot get rid of! I hate them. Love to Boolcow! c