Greeeeennnn acres is the place to be....Farmmm Livving is the life for me

Yes its a long title but Im so enjoying this. I mean 0530 comes really early most mornings but hey I was a Marine once right. Anyway we have 6 does and 3 billies in our Goat herd. Most the town finds it amusing. No one has complained about them yet. I think we will be fine. Not sure the billy goats were they age that they stated cause one of them already went into Rut. Although my book does say that they can go into Rut as early as two months, I just didn't think they were even a month old yet. But you know people make mistakes. Anyway, so we have the goats.

We also got 28 chickens delivered in a cardboard box last Friday afternoon. We are now down to 26, but hey I only ordered 25 so we are ahead of the game. They are doing quite well also but that chicken coop needs to get put up soon cause I am pretty sure they will out grow the brooder box that I have make shifted for them, pretty soon.

The kids are doing great, we have some basketball practice started, great grades and even went to an assembly today for veterans at the high school.

Well I am off to bed as 0530 comes really early and the goats get mad when I don't milk them. Fortunatelly only milking two right now.

Birthdays, goats and remodels

Whew, its been a bit but we have been working hard. First off, we have painted, layed flooring, fixed walls, installed a new front door, replaced toilets andjust overhauled most of the house. We are working on getting everything tightened up before the cold sets in. As of right now we do not have a working heater but we have purchased one and are just looking for someone to install it.

After all that inside work we have also set up our first paddock for our Goats. We got 6 does yesterday and got them all set up in the paddock. Ryan will be building some goat houses today as well as working on the chicken coop. We rented a post hole digger but it was not our best investment. It took alot of work to run and thinking we should have rented a bigger one.

As for everything else, work is going well, school for RYan and I is going okay and the kids are doing absolutelly wonderful here.

Well I am off to breakfast with my birthday boy, Ryan. Happy birthday babe, love you.

Right where I am supposed to be

Today had beautiful weather. We opened all the windows. Ryan finished up the front porch so the kids can just bound down the steps to get on the bus and not break anything. I watered the trees. The kids helped pick up the front yard so that it is looking pretty again.

I did have to take a nap. I have fibromyalgia, but as a friend has told me, I will not let that label me. It was just a tough morning. Yet here I sit at 10:58 pm writing my blog because I took a nap earlier today.

We also sealed the bedroom floor so that we can move our bed in there sometime soon. I don't want to share a room with the kids too much longer.

I spoke with my mom tonight and talked about paths and lessons. I was telling her how funny it was that I am right back where I started 7 years ago when I got out of the military yet I have grown. Seven years ago I drove into town with just Alexis and Cj plus a carload of junk. We stayed with my dad while Ryan and I were dating. Although difficult to date as single parents we worked on it for a bit. Since then we have moved around Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Florida. It has been quite the learning experience but I am sure that the plan was to go and grow, which we have both done.

Mud, baseball and family

Today we got alot done on the house. The first thing we did was burn off the pile of stuff that we tore/took out of the house. It has burned most of the day but the yard will look very nice once its all cleared out. It already look 100 times better because it was about 6 foot high and 7 foot wide pile.

Next Ryan moved the steps on the front deck from the side of the deck to straight out front and centered on the door. This will be helpful for when the kids start school because the bus picks them up right out front. This way they can just walk right out the front door, down the steps and out to the bus. Soon we will have a gate and small bridge over the ditch for them.

My friend Lu came out today and helped us out with some work in the house. We sanded walls where we had taped and mudded. We also filled in tons of nail holes. Then we pulled out hardware from old drapes and blindes. The kids also pulled out carpet staples.

The greatest joy of my day was actually laundry. I washed it all then hung it out to dry. It was a great day for drying, sun and a breeze. So the clothes all dried in about 45 minutes, which is just as fast as my dryer. I was AMAZED. We have now decided that we will dry all our clothing outside during the warmer months. I cant wait to see the cost efficiancy of it.

We are also working on some child retraining as the enviroment is completelly different and the entertainments that they had in the city is not there. So they tend to get into mischief because of having idle hands. Today was better until the evening when they had some free time. They are testing boundaries. So the boundaries just need to be tightened until the training is set forth.

Our dog Nemo also got to play outside off leash. He enjoyed fetching the ball that my DD was hitting with the bat. Its so fun to play baseball with a dog. :D Dad and I even got in on a couple hits while she pitched us a few balls. She has a great arm.

Blessings