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So, I am trying my luck at posting a button for a homesteader link-up started at the Prairie Homestead, introduced to me by Pantry Paratus. So, how did I do?
So many things to consider these days: what to spend our hard earned cash on: the Daily Deal solar kit I saw on Amazon, a new french door to replace the 30 yr old aluminum slider that is drafting into our mud room, nearly freezing the apples stored within, stocking up on cheese culture from Hoeggers Supply. I did finally order Fresh, the movie, as it is half price right now and I am planning a screening for those in the know or interested in the organic/sustainable/non-GMO food movement.
As for what is going on concretely, literally, here...we are purging the house to get decorated for Christmas and have torn out about 8 more feet of carpet from the living room, so our concrete floor is now about 1/4 of the house and I continue to collect throw rugs. We decided to spend at least one night doing some sort of craft or game and tonight, we made a wreath and a swag with snippings from our tree which is spruce and gives me hives for a few hours. Unfortunately, we spent about an hour trying to get the fishing line to flow freely off the spool. I would love to take one to work but we can't have any real greenery at the nursing home.
I made more bread tonight: EVOO, sundried tomatoes and fresh garlic slices kneaded into it. They got a little brown on top on account of the fishing line fiasco. But they will eat just fine. Kids and Rob are bugging me to slice into a loaf as we are finishing the last tape of Anne of Avonlea. I had to have the kids watch a classic like that...next I will hit them with My Fair Lady!
We have a busy week of basketball and cheerleading practice and games, a concert for the Rotary meeting, a VFW Junior Girls party and the adult one the next night. We may go to the Yaak to try to get at least one cow home (the heifer). She will have to behave in the trailer if we do decide to go the the VFW party just to conserve on gas as it is on the way home!
Our two cows at home are now up in the barnyard and eating readily from the feeder and are back to bellowing if we are late in catering to their every whim! They are back to their usual slumber spot under the tall ponderosa uphill in the corner of the barnyard--after we drove them home from the neighbors which I think I wrote about last blog. Now that Rob is on the mend from his shoulder surgery, he is able to fix fence as needed and check up on the kids chores more.
We are hoping for a mini getaway at least overnight before the goats freshen again, maybe just to Bonners Ferry to stay at the casino, swim, buffet, and visit Rob's goddaughter that has a new baby and is home from her husband's base in Hawaii while he is in Afghanistan.
We did re-home our mini horse a few months ago, got all the puppies adopted out and added 5 chickens from the neighbor who was getting rid of her birds after a coop attack. We need to get a few more ducks again and get meat chicks on the spring...the freezer is empty of our last bunch. We are set on trying Freedom Rangers this year. All we need after that is a few good barn cats. Rob will ask our shelter what they have in outdoor ONLY cats.
Well, better get to slicing some bread for the restless natives...No time for pics this time:(
Will try to get some Christmas photos up next time around.
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