Life on the farm

Sometimes I wish my life on the farm was like they portray farm life in the movies.  Everything is wonderful, the crops come up every year without fail, chickens lay tons of eggs, cows (or goats in my case) give gallons and gallons of milk and life is good!!

BUT reality is that you have a hawk that decides to attack your chicken pen the first thing Saturday morning. And God Bless your rooster for protecting his flock!!  I shot my gun a couple of times to scare the hawk away.  The rooster survived - but has battle wounds to show for his efforts.  And, for some reason, I have a chicken or a couple of chickens that have taken to killing all the baby chickens that I bought back in August - that's about $125 down the drain.  Almost every morning or two, I find bodies.  So disheartening.  And to add insult to injury, they aren't laying eggs.

Last night I went out to feed the goats and noticed one of the younger goats had some type of "discharge" on her rear end.  Upon closer examination, it was blood.  Yep, looks like she had a miscarriage.  I really didn't want her bred but the buck figured out how to jump fences and he breeds whoever gets in his way.

So today I want to go to one of those storybook farms!!  LOL!!  I am just fustrated and I know it will get better. Sometimes life on the farm isn't always that much fun!

Black Friday

I can't imagine getting up at 3 or 4 in the morning to go to Walmart or Target to fight the crowds for whatever gadget is the latest rage. I was still asleep at the time.

Holidays take on a whole new meaning when you have a member of your family in the military.  The best present is just being able to give them a hug and say I love you to them in person.  Nothing better in the whole wide world and you can't buy that on any Walmart shelf!

I watched the news last night in disbelief as I saw people fighting (yes, fighting) over some item.   My first thought was that on December 26 that item will be returned.  My second thought was that was probably put on their credit card because they probably couldn't afford it.   I can't help but think have we forgotten the true meaning of Christmas?

Since my son joined the Navy, the holidays have taken on a whole new meaning for me.  Ask any military family what they want for Christmas and you will get the same answer - they want their child home.  Some will get their wish, many won't.

Our First Big Snowfall

This wasn't a major snowstorm.  I think we got maybe a 1/4 inch of snow.  But, it looked so pretty outside that I decided to turn on our Christmas lights. This is a tree out by our front porch. NOW I am in the mood for Christmas!    And the snow is still on the ground.  The other snow we had was gone by mid-morning.

Family

I have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!  My son, the sailor, came home unexpectedly for Thanksgiving.  What a welcome surprise!!  My family will be together for Thanksgiving!!  It just doesn't get any better than that!!  To most of you, this is an usual (and probably dreaded) event BUT when you are a military family, any time you get to spend with your loved ones is special!!  So, to all the military familes - God Bless you all this Holiday season and may He watch over you and keep you in His loving arms.  Happy Thanksgiving!

A Dusting of snow!

Well, it wasn't much - just a light dusting and it will probably be gone when the sun comes up.  So don't get out your sleds or skis just yet.  I think Mother Nature is just giving us a "preview" of Winter.  If this is all we are going to get - GREAT!!  But I have a feeling, we are going to get a lot more.  Oh well, not much we can do about that!

New Girl in Town

A new girl on the block and she is only 6 and 1/2 weeks old!  Her name is Niki and she is a German Shepherd/Rottweiler mix - such a big responsible for such a little puppy!!  Needless to say, our two Shih Tzus, Ella and Choo, are not TOO thrilled with their new "sister"!   But I am guessing in time they all will be good friends.

Milk-less in Ohio

Even though I am "enjoying" my break from the twice daily chore of milking the goats, I am so missing the rewards of milking the goats.  I guess you can't have one without the other!  I so did enjoy the goat's milk yogurt and cheese.  But, I am also enjoying having more "free" to get other things done - like HOUSECLEANING.  Yikes!!  I hate to admit it, but this house is in need of a serious housecleaning - now where is that MAID????  Oops, I forgot . . .  I am the maid!!  Oh well, it will get done, slowly but surely.

So for the time being, I will have to "endure" store bought yogurt and cheese.  I know . . . life is rough!