Star & Ringo on a date...

Star & Ringo went on a date today. I saw them mate once and she did the hutch back that, thing, thats a good sign.  Wont really know if shes bred til next month.  If shes bred then she'll kid around February 11, 2013.  I "plan" on breeding Tulip later this year.  Then I'll need to decided when to breed Cocoa. 

 There was lots of sniffing

 Some hollering

 Alittle goat playing

  More sniffing

Alittle munching in the hay...

 Some resting

and I got to watch all this from my front row seat, lol

* I'll keep ya posted on how the date went :)

Mika, Harley & A New Toy...

I'm having a nice slow, relaxing crochet day...  

Workin on some blankets and I made Mika & Harley a new kitty toy

 We dont wanna play right now mom...

 We just wanna stretch in the sun...

 and sleep the day away.

 Well... maybe we'll just play for a minute

 Ok, enough playtime... back to sleepin now

Hey mom... btw thanks for the new toy, we love it.

Also put a yummy beef stew in the crock this morning, then made cheese bread to go with. Links to recipes H-E-R-E

Today has been a great relaxing day. Now I'm gonna go put the goat boys in their pen then sit on the back porch and enjoy the cool evening.  

"First of the Month" Tulip, Star & 2012 Kids

 1st of the month and its time to link up with 

Murrieta 365: First of the Month - Round Two:

Subject: My Kinder Dairy Doe, Tulip

Tulips daughter Cocoa will be 4 months old on May 8.  

Then Stars son Boots (wether) will be 4 months old on May 12.

Heres Tulip & Star with their almost 4 month old kids, everyone is doin great, growing good... speaking of growing I need to trim hooves again (all 24... The Sweet Nasty Boys Too).  I'm still locking the kids up at night and milkin their mommas in the morning.  The kids still nurse on their mommas from time to time... I dont when I dont lock the kids up at night I dont get that much milk in the mornings... Stars lil boy will suck her dry, I'll get a few tiny squirts out of her.  Tulips daughter is not a pig like Stars son so I will get about a pint from her.  This morning I got almost a quart of milk... I guess the rainy days and the girls goin in & out of heat is messing up their milk production.  I have to say I'm ready to breed the girls again... but the plan is to wait til Dec. or close to it.  Alrighty... here some pics I took today when I let Tulip, Star, Cocoa & Boots out to free range in the main yard.

See ya next month :)

See my Life is not always perfect, lol

Dear World... I dont complain a lot and I have a really great life that I love but at times it gets really stressful and I dont talk about that much mostly I'm a go with the flow, think happy thoughts kinda girl.... Butterflies and Rainbows.  Not today........ well not right at this moment.  I was out doin barnyard chores when my honey walks out and says... our 15 yr old son is kicked off the bus for 5 days..... for smoking.  What The?!?!?  We dont allow our 15 yr. old son to smoke and he knows this.  He played with fire and just got burned... we try to teach out kids ‎ ALL decisions made in life have consequences...it's up to you to decide what consequences are worth living with. So since he decided to smoke on the bus and got busted... he not only hurt himself he hurt me........ I'm the one who has to drive him to school and pick him up for the next 5 days and this really ticks me off because there is no reason I should have to drive him to school when a perfectly good bus rides by our house... the school is about 15 minutes away.  My son does not realize yet that he just made my life sooooo much harder I already have to drive my brother (who lives with us) back and forth to his appointment/school and my daughter back and forth to work and she does not have set hours... they are all over the place so now I have to juggle all 3 of their driving needs, barnyard chores, house chores, my life...... ooo this is gonna be fun.   

Ps.  Hes grounded from his phone, computer, house phone, goin places or having friends over.

Was it worth it?  I think not.

Pss... If your a praying person... please say a short prayer for me and my family this morning we have to deal with a problem I'm not even gonna go there & talk about... it will be involving a court date, God knows what it is and its all in his hands.  

Psss... I love my son with all my heart (his older sister and younger brother too) and of course only want the best life for him.  Hes a good boy that just does stupid things... Hes learning life...... the hard way.

Thank ya.  

A Peek Into My Days...

You live in the world you create and I'm so happy with the one my honey & I have created. Every minute of the day is not perfect and thats ok, thats life...

See the boys off to school, drive daughter to work and brother to his appointments

 Milk Tulip and Star

 Feed/water all the barnyard animals

Give the 2 out of 6 kitties we kept theyre lil bowl of goat milk... they are so spoiled

Grab some breakfast

 Sometimes receive goodies from a wonderful friend

 Do alittle canning

and I try to put alittle crochet into my days

See whats down in the garden to pick for dinners

Cook my wonderful family dinner. We all sit around the table and enjoy it

 After dinner is barnyard chore time again... feed, water, collect eggs

Stop to enjoy the animals each and every day!

 Sit outside with my honey enjoyin the beauty of living in the country and counting my blessings

My Silkies...

I got this pair of Silkies in June 2011.  Heres their lil story: A new pair of silkies.  I've tried to hatch out chicks from them through the years but to me Silkie eggs are hard to hatch, I've never had much luck... I have hatch out a few mutt Silkies this past year, sold the last one that hatched it was a pretty young chick. The lil hen went broody in July so on the 29th I gave her 5 eggs (eggs from her & my Silver Polish), on Aug. 18 two of the five eggs hatched (other 3 egg didnt hatch)... they are not pure, I do plan on separating my Silkie Rooster & Hen and hatching out pure chicks one of these days... until then I'll hatch out cute mutts.  

 

I think its mad at momma, lol

Ringo & Peanut... Free Ranging

Life is still so busy here on Our Little Farm... garden is still goin great, human boys are back in school, daughter got a job that I take her to and pick her up from every day, brother has appointments that I take him to... I've got a  table full of tomatoes that need to be processes, then tomorrow I'm goin to a friends house to pick grapes to make jelly with but I want to stop in real fast and post about the boys... Ringo & Peanut.  You all know they have their own Buck House and lil yard to hang out in... they dont have a fenced in yard to munch in so I've started tying them off for a few hours in the main yard everyday and they are loving it, usually I'm out there with them the whole time or I might run in the house to do something real fast cause I do have to untangle them from time to time... but til I get a fenced off munching area this works for now :)

Ringo is 8 months old & Peanut is 5 months old

Happy Goats :)