Pioneer Woman at Heart

To take over the goats or not to.  That is the possibility over the next 2 years.  Daughter is talking about moving out after she graduates (and go off to college) and won't be able to take the goats with her.  If she leaves them, I would have to take over all duties that she took care of. Which is everything - all goat care, milking, and soap making.  I was simply the goat milker back-up.  And of course, watered them during the school year when needed. This is only a "possibility" as I have a very large garden to plant, weed, harvest and stock up with.  Not to mention chicken duties, splitting wood and so forth.   And then there is possible employment outside of the home, and my freelance work inside the home.  And "Big Boy" is another element to the decision.  I'm not sure if I can handle his smell and attend his care.  And lastly, there is the issue of never leaving to travel anywhere, and being tied down to the homes...

W e ran into "s nags" with the goat fencing.  We could not drive t-posts , due to cement around the found ation, so we nailed up 2 x4 's against the barn and then ran the fencing out.  However, once we started getting on a "roll" we ran into needing another tool . My 16 year-old finished put ting up some last boards, to keep the stalls baby s afe, and started moving her supplies last night.  She finally finished about 9:00pm.   Do you see that little gal on the outside of the pen?  That little escape artist got throug h the boards.  My daughter had to go back out after dinner, and put metal f encing all around the stall.  We still need to board up the "birthing " stall that is on t he very right, and then the outside (temporary) fencing (back of the stall).  Thank goodness the barn has a small a nimal door that slides , that we took advantage of, and the fencing will be direct ly on the outside of that door. After that we have a ...

This male cardinal was singing his heart out last night.  My older brother stopped in for a visit, and gifted us wood and fencing, and we were still all standing out side.  My 11 year-old daughter encourage d me to run in and gra b my camera.  B irds are th e most difficult animal for me to photograph.  They are there on e s econd, and gone the ne xt.  However, I got lucky this time.  What a beautiful sound he made too. We may have a change of plans today.  Hubby got called into work for a  repair, sometime arou nd 4-5am.  He's still not back home, so I best get started on plan B.   The weather is even better today than yesterday.  However, like most days in our state, we'll probably be back to colder da ys soon.  It 's a good day to wash the kids be dding and put it on the line.  Not to menti on, air out the house. I'm not drinking a green veggie smoothie drink, that contains spirulina, and blue green algae...

Conversation between me and hubby: "Uh, honey? Did you know you can use a zucchini stalk like a recorder? You know like an instrument?" (Me) "Honey, you are just not normal." (hubby sighs and lowers his head with a smile, shaking his head from side to side) Crazy as it sounds, it's true.  If you still have zucchini in your garden give this a try.  According to this page in my book Log Cabin Cooking, Pioneer recipes and Food Lore" you can.  It's a ramble kind of day today.  Grab a cup of tea or coffee for this one. Yesterday I changed up my day.  I actually cooked dinner.  The family is so used to seeing me standing at the stove canning, or out in the garden.  I was not driving out for supplies, so I surfed the net for recipes.  Allrecipes is always a nice one.  I can search for recipes by the ingredients I have. I made Cheesy Sausage Zucchini Casserole , but changed some of the ingredients - used cream cheese and cottage cheese ...

The opposite side of this barn (same end) has roofing missing from the tornado winds that came through about 2 years ago.  

After a long debate, I decided to simply use my vintage serving tray for what it was intended for.  I considered adding a ribbon to hang it for a magnetic board (to hold photos), but did not.  It will come in handy this summer when I take iced tea out to the porch.