And he is a whopper. Number one is a bouncing baby boy of ELEVEN pounds! He was born today just before noon and is already walking everywhere and knows where the food spigot is and is partaking heartily. Pictures tomorrow when he is all clean and pretty.

Oh my gosh, it was *77 degrees* out today! It is hard to believe that less than two weeks ago it didn't get above 20 degrees for four days and I spent the weekend hauling and chopping water for the animals ( Read more... )

Actually it has warmed back up again. Would have been too cold to type earlier. The darn furnace went kaput yesterday, of course it did, it got down to ZERO last night. Good news is that we were able to get someone out at 9:30 this morning to fix it. With an added bonus that it was a fairly simple, not horrendously expensive repair. They guy ( Read more... )

We have a completed barn! Well all the hard parts anyway. We got the roof on our barn this weekend. Extremely stressful, but it looks gorgeous. We have a 12'x24' by 18' high rough sawn oak barn with a 45 degree metal roof. The roof was the toughest part. My sweetie did the hardest part, he was the one actually on the roof screwing down the ( Read more... )

But I am sure he will get the job done. I mean really, what can you say about a guy that pisses all over himself, has blood running down his forehead AND is absolutely convinced he is the sexiest thing on the planet ( Read more... )

As of September 29th we are the happy and proud owners of only ONE house!!! Thanks be to any deity who cares to listen or take credit. Yes, the old house finally sold, and at about the price we wanted for it, although there were some really scary moments before we got there, including having to fire our realtor. Was not fun ( Read more... )

Still stressed. Still too much to do and too few brain cells, but I am coping better now. Have been staying at the new house since Thursday night, it is heavenly. Can't really say "quiet & peaceful" cuz we've got the owls hooting, the whip-poor-wills singing, bugs buzzing, but not people noises. It is very peaceful to me. And a bonus, most of ( Read more... )

Some wonderful things have been happening. Our one goat kidded about 3 weeks ago, everything went just fine and Brigid is as cute and sweet as can be. Still waiting on the other doe to kid, she looks like she is ready to explode. We also go our bees mid-April. Hived them without incident and have done the required checks of them and they seem ( Read more... )

That was the sound of my life exploding even more. I've composed LJ after LJ in my head the last few months, unfortunately, they all stayed in my head. I kept saying, "but I am too busy". Boy, I had *no idea* what I was talking about. Life is due to get *even more* complex and hectic. The extreme Readers Digest Condensed version; Four months ago ( Read more... )

To all I wish a blessed New Year, filled with health, prosperity, joy and all the happiness you can stand!