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 :)

Ally Cats 6 Weeks Old Kittens...

Soooo I never got around to posting about Ally Cats kittens born on 6/21/12... sad, I know, lol.  But heres a few pics of the lil cuties.  They are 6 weeks old this week and I'm trying to find homes for them... so far no luck.  There are 5 girls & 1 boy :)

I Love Them All!

The Buck House...

Honey was on vacation this week so we got a lot of stuff done in the barnyard that has needed to be done for while now. One of the things that got done was the Buck House for Ringo & Peanut, we covered it with cedar slabs, it looks so great and smells good too.

This bundle of cedar slabs was just $20.00

We put a window in the back and on one of the sides... we'll cover it for winter.  I love peeking in the window to see what the boys are doin, lol. 

  One side

The other side

The front

 The back... I love it! 

 My honey even made a cute lil flower box for the window

 Inside... they have plenty of room.  We do still need to cover some of the bigger cracks.

 The boys are happy :)

One of these days I'll have some of the main yard fenced off for their munching area... but for now Ijust let them out everyday while I'm out there giving everyone fresh water, then when I'm done I'll sit under the shade of a tree and watch the boys munch a bit longer before I walk then back to their pen... takin time to stop & smell the roses  goat poop, lol

A Buck In Rut...

My dear sweet 7 month old Ringo is in his 1st rut. Boy is he funny & NASTY, lol  He loves all of us here on Our Little Farm alittle too much these days. I'm pretty sure Star is in heat... she sure has been cryin lately.  I dont plan on any breeding goin on til Nov./Dec. Now my Bucks and Does are not in the same area so they are not around each other and as of this week we've made it were the Does arent even by the Bucks pen, they cant come in the chicken area which is right by the Bucks pen, I plan on posting about this when I have time... busy, busy, busy.  Here is some really great information on Bucks "Keeping A Buck &Weather"

Thank ya, Thank ya Very Much, lol  

Video of Ringo smelling my daughter through the fence... she was scared he was gonna bite here, hes not gonna bite her, he just wants to smell her so he can............ well, ya get the picture, lol