The word delight is defined as a verb, to please someone greatly or a noun to take great pleasure in. Doesn’t seem like it would be something that would take work, right? I mean, how often to you go to Disney and think about how much work it will be to have fun? Right? 🙂 …
Monthly Archives: January 2014
The Ranch
Well, we’ve started the blog for our ranch. 🙂 I’ll be moving all of my “homesteading” posts over there. So if you’re interested in the “Views from the farm” and updates on chicken and goats and so forth, you can join us there. 🙂 Eventually I hope to post tutorials on real food eating, cheese …
This n That
It’s the time of year for split fingers! Ouch!! I try to be consistent about wearing gloves when doing dishes and such, but I still end up washing my hands a lot (hello, diapers!). So I’ve been slathering on some Cetiphyl that I found in the cellar hoping that it would help. I think I …
The Name Game
As I mentioned the other day, Stu and I compiled a list of possible names for our lil operation here. Turns out he is not a big fan of the word “homestead” and I can see the point. But I was a little hesitant to use the word “farm” either since in my mind a …
A View from the Farm
Goats on the prowl! 🙂 If I were a dried up, crunchy leaf, I’d be REALLY scared right now! 😉
Springtime!!
Just kidding! It’s still January. 😉 But the day time weather has been really nice lately! Today I actually sat outside on a bench and soaked in a little sunshine with nary a jacket! Wow! It just “felt” springy. Minus the hurricane force winds that like to hang around when it’s really Spring. I’m always …
A Sunday Date
Last Sunday Stuart and I escaped from the land of being parents by ditching all our kids to go to church without them! 🙂 Stu’s mom was kind enough to hang out with them, so no worries, they weren’t on their own. 😉 At one point during the day Stuart said, “Who would have thought …
(Jeopardy Theme)
So Polka’s due date (or one possible one) was the 9th. For some reason the time of her actual breeding wasn’t solid so it could have been the 9th OR maybe the 14th. Hmmm… Well, the 9th has come and gone, and she doesn’t seem to be in any hurry. Though she seems rather large …
“Thanks for the hairbrush”
It may be somewhat ludicrous but Veggie Tales had a big part in my surviving college. 🙂 How, you may ask? Well because I already tend to take life too seriously. So it was nice when looming papers, projects, terrifying speeches and music rehearsals and performances could be lost in the silliness of these Bible …
Because it’s important to us
We are buying a whole grass feed Black Angus steer (he’ll look more like steak and such when we pick him up) and a 350lb organic pig… who will also not look like a pig when we pick her up. When Stu and I started listening to an audio book called “Salt, Sugar, Fat: How …