Someday Farm, yup someday it will all be just the way i want it..........

[goatgurl]

well, did youall miss me? i missed chatting with you. hope all has been well. did you ever have one of those weeks?? a thunderstorm blew thru and knocked a limb down which in turn messed up the satellite which messed up the computer and of course it takes an act of congress to get someone out to fix it. after that the deck belt broke on the ridding lawnmower and that had to be taken to town to be fixed. and let me tell you they are proud of not only the belt but their ability to fix it. i use my lawnmower as a teeny tiny tractor to pull and haul things around the farm and i couldn't even do that while it was at the dr's . goats are all well, even stinky ole' choco who was no worse for wear after the pepper incident. and DenimDeb the fact that he is already in full rut is what saved his hide. i don't think i could stand the smell of cooking him much less eat him right now. the animals are all saying we are in for a hard winter, early rut, chickens have molted early, hair sheep putting on heavy coat. glad I've already ordered propane, got a pre-buy price of $1.89 gal which still is high but not as much as the $4.89 a gallon they wanted last winter when i ran out. got a bigger tank this year so other than a leak or something happening i won't be running out.

 

[Denim Deb]

I'm glad I got my wood for the winter.

 

[goatgurl]

i guess this should go under the heading of what i did to save or make money today. well i tried to upload pictures but it wouldn't work so i'll just tell youall instead. a young man by the name of thicket came to live here today. he is about an 8 month old angus/jersey steer that i traded two of my western saddles for. and we are both happy with the deal, the folks who got the saddles have good safe trail saddles to ride and i andhave a short puggie steer to raise for beef to butcher next fall. yea!!!!
granddaughter & spouse came by today for a visit. she's is 21 and he's 22. i can honestly say that i was never that young and dumb, i couldn't have been or i wouldn't have lived thru it. and now they who don't know how to take care of themselves are going to be presenting me with a great grandbaby in march sometime. Heaven help us all. they didn't come to visit per say they wanted to borrow $40.00 till next Friday. i want to be glad, i really do but I'm finding it hard knowing they have no sense of responsibility, i wanted to say "hey guys this isn't a puppy, its a lifetime commitment. @DenimDeb this is where the pillow over the face while screaming comes into play.

 

[Denim Deb]

And sometimes they just don't seem to grow out of that.

 

[goatgurl]

i know.

 

[goatgurl]

I've been fighting a cold for the last few days, really miserable with that my head feels like a water balloon and i hate running a fever. finally a little better today.
best news I've had today... i don't have to babysit my grandbird. my dd & sil are going to Louisiana on vacation and she has an African grey parrot. ok he is kind of cute but not that cute and my emma tries to eat him every time they come to visit. she just doesn't want that bird in her house thank you. I'm just as glad he isn't coming.
thicket, the steer is settling in well. he already starts hollering when he sees me outside. going to keep him in his pen for a couple more days to get use to everything and then turn him out with the sheep and see how that goes.
going to take younger sis to town today, hope we don't stay forever. got some peppers to put up this evening so we'll see how that goes. youall have a blessed day

 

[goatgurl]

not much going on here right now. still fighting this stupid head cold and don't have the energy to whip a cat so i am basically being a lazy bum. never realized how bad daytime tv is till now. i don't have cable so i just get a few channels and the only thing worth watching at all is pbs and there isn't much on there either. music for me, just to have some noise in the house.

 

[Denim Deb]

I don't think any TV is any good anymore. I rarely watch anything, though hubby has the TV on almost all the time that he's home. I basically ignore it.

 

[goatgurl]

road trip. details tomorrow

 

[goatgurl]

ok, so I'm slow i admit it freely. went to the land of oz and brought home a new baby boy. meet Benton or baby ben as i call him. he is a Maremma lgd who has come to see if he can be of help to Katie when it comes to keeping critters away from here.