I have two quarts of cream sitting in the butter churn waiting for it to get to about 62 degrees. As soon as it does, I’ll start churning. If all goes well, I’ll have my first butter. It’s about freaking time I
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I feel like I’ve been incredibly lazy lately. Not so sure if that’s true or not. What I do know is that I’m milking way too many animals. I’ve tentatively put two of the goats up for sale. Not sure if I’ll
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Finally! I can say Thank God it’s Friday and really, it’s Friday for me, I don’t have to go to work Saturday *or* Sunday!!!!! I am now working Monday through Friday. Happy dance!!!! Things have been rough at MM, but I’m dealing
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Essentially doing nothing, I guess, or so it seems. Of course, Saturday was spent working and was extremely frustrating. Not looking forward to going to work today because Sunday was the general manager’s last day and they do not yet have a
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I did … and it went well. I’m so stupid sometimes.
I was late going out to milk this morning. It’s my day off and I was moving slowly. I finished the goats and then got Gwen up and was just finishing up her two rear quarters when I heard one of the
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Socks, one of our first time home-bred does, had her babies yesterday. She did a wonderful job and is a fantastic mother. She had a buck and a doe (I think!). We set them aside in a small pen for the night,
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I think I got it … I finally made the break-through at MM. I got A LOT done yesterday and I still got out at 3:30. If I was a dishonest employee, I could have stayed later and “milked” the clock, but
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The time change so screws me up, especially the “spring forward” time change. I don’t like my sleep messed with. I’m running on two nights of bad sleep and I’m cranky. It doesn’t help that my barefoot farrier, my soon-to-be-former barefoot farrier
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I’ve dove head first into soap making. Yep, I’ve talked about it and talked about it and researched and researched and researched and now I’m going to get my ass butt in gear and get it done. It’s a perfect time to
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