Pop Pop has taken Harvey back home. His dad is going through more chemo and radiation treatments as his cancer has came back. This time in his liver. His mom had transferd to VA with her job but is moving back to NC this weekend to make things easier for the family. Her company is wonderful about working with her. William is helping them move so that leaves the animals and I to ourselves this weekend. So far we are enjoying the peace and quiet. Bella and Rusty are being excellent guardian dogs by letting me know if anything moves outside that is not suppose to. Tinker and Tramp are guarding the goats so all is well. I have gotten floors, swept and mopped, rugs vacuumed, laundry caught up, kitchen and diningroom cleaned, and now getting ready to start on livingroom. Tomorrow I will tackle our bedroom. It is where everything seems to get dumped if you don't know where to put it. Trying to clean out cabinets, drawers, closets, and get rid of stuff. The rain we are again having will keep outside chores on hold except feedings so hopefully I will accomplish a lot inside.
I am sorry I ask you to watch Wife Swap. Ang is a sweet, kind, Christian lady but she didn't come off very well that way in the show. I was disappointed in the way she talked to the other wife and husband when they all met at the end. I am sure they edit and make things more dramatic but Ang shouldn't have said she was taking nothing back from the experience when the other wife cried and talked about how much she loved Ang's children and was going to change things when she got back home.
Trees and flowers are blooming away even with the cold nights around. Guess spring is going to make her appearance afterall. Have a blessed day!
A couple in their 60's, a 1940's army building turned into a 3 bedroom cottage, 2.5 acres, vegetable and herbal gardens, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, Great Pyrenees, rescue dogs and cats, living as simple and frugal as possible. That is what you will find written about here. Thank you for stopping by. Share anything you like and ask any questions you wish!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Homemaker Ang on Wife Swap Show!
I don't usually watch these shows but tonight on ABC Wife Swap a fellow blogger and family will be on the show. Ang lives on a 40 acre farm and until a few months ago they lived completely off grid. No electric, no bathroom, cooking and heating with wood. Getting ice from the lake to use in their icebox. Homemaker Ang is a wonderful, sweet, Christian lady that handles more in a day than most of us do in a week. So tonight at 8PM EST tune in and see our blog neighbor and family change lives for a few days.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Still Here
Sorry I haven't been posting. Trying to get seedlings started, get the seedlings that have grown transplanted to bigger pots, hand turning over 200 eggs in our big old incubator 3 times a day, starting to sell Bella's puppies, the flock swap, making soaps and getting ready for the craft fair at the end of month, keeping up with grandson Harvey, and the normal day to day things I have sadly been too lazy to post. Have goat baby photos and puppy photos I will post tomorrow (can't find camera) and some cute stories to share about grandson and some of the animals. Hope everyone had a blessed Saint Patrick's Day and I promise to do better about posting as I really have been popping in to see what you guys have been up to each night before I fall asleep on the sofa before going to bed. :)
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Sun is Shining!!!
The rain is finally over for a few days and I am getting plants started while the sun shines. The greenhouse is all ready for seedlings as soon as it warms up enough. I do take the seedlings to the greenhouse during the day and then carry them all back inside. For Valentines Day I got a mini greenhouse that is inside where we are starting the seedlings. I have a tray of herbs and a tray of tomatoes ready to be moved into bigger pots and I have tons of seeds I need to get started. Now that kidding season is over I can devote more time to starting seedlings. But since its suppose to be in the 60's the next few days I have lots to get done outside. I think I love the winter so well is I get a little break from so many things pulling me in different directions. Spring brings lots more things to get done and there is not much time to rock by the fire, relax, and read a book. Oh well, I have next winter to look forward to.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Tarragon and Nettles
Buttons had twin bucklings this morning. Mom and babies are doing great. Tarragon (because he is already a terror) and Nettles (don't touch me!) act more like 3 or 4 days old kids instead of a few hours old. They are nursing great, running, hiding from mom and not answering her cries, chasing a rooster, just things newborn kids don't usually do. They are such fun to watch. Basil (Lil Vicki's baby) is doing some better. She is starting to be a mommy to him but now he doesn't want her. Yesterday he nursed easy but today not so well. I spend time every couple hours trying to get him to nurse. He is one stubborn little buckling. Kidding season is over this year and we ended up with 4 boys and 1 girl. The girl (Rosemary) will become part of our dairy herd and the boys will be sold at 3 months of age.... no matter how attached I am! LOL
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