Morning Everyone!  My dear sweet husband is on vacation this week so I guess that means I am on "vacation" as well!  LOL!  Although we are not going anywhere, it is a working vacation.  He took the time off so he could work around the homestead and get some more done on my Cottage House and get our garden in.

We had a busy day here at the homestead yesterday!  We were outside nearly all day and evening.  The day started with my dh going and getting the lawn tractor tires all sealed up so that "I" could mow our huge lawn (approx. 6.75acres around the house).  Oh I can't tell you how much better the place looks as it was our first mowing of the season and it was quite tall!

We also got our chickens moved into the old chicken coop (on Sun.) as we needed the kennel panels they had to expand our goat space.  I have 2 new Nubian goats coming soon, so we had to swap pens around and enlarge the goat pen.  One is the mamma to the doe I got last year.  I was very blessed for the owners to give her to me.  She is freshened so I will have to milk her.  I am very nervous about that as I have not milked for years!  LOL!  :-)  My dh also has to figure out how to build me a milk stand out of "scraps" we have here, as well as a milking shelter.  I also have a kid doe coming from the same people, this Nubian doe kid is black and white.  She will be my first black one.  My dh and I are partial to the brown Nubians.  I am very excited to be getting the milk for our family.  I am definately going to be making soap to sell!  My dh is also wanting me to make cheese........but I now how much work that is.  LOL!  :-)

Love,

Carrie

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