Transplanted City Girl
• Thursday, April 13, 2006 - A little Introduction
I grew up outside Philadelphia, on three acres with a dog or two and a
couple cats. Thankfully, God blessed me with a wise mother who
determined that not only would her children know the etiquette required
for city life, but that we would have the skills to survive whereever
God placed us. So when I married the young man I had met through
a pen-pal ad in Countryside magazine years before and moved to his
family home in Colorado, I was kind of prepared for my new life.
Not so much prepared as able to adapt.
I love it here. Sure I knew how to can and sew and cook, but they
weren't so neccesary before. Now I spend my days feeding, making
cheese, milking and caring for my wonderful flock of kid goats.
While we are currently living on my father-in-laws farm, we are waiting
for a nice homestead to show up, with the hope and prayer we can manage
to continue on our debt-free life. My husband and I own all the
goats, which currently consists of three milking does, three billys and
six kids. We also have the small but growing cattle herd: 1 grown
cow, 1 bull, 1 year-old heifer and a bull calf. We are waiting on
the arrival of another calf, but are not sure when it will come.
We don't have a phone right now, but I'm finding I don't miss it.
It's amazing how many of the "basic" needs of life we can do without,
as long as we have our God and those we love. True, I don't have
my beloved "birth" family with me, but just knowing that they're out
there and thinking about me makes it great. What would be awful
is if we didn't get along. I have the greatest family ever!
I've
been married for 6 months now, and pregnant for almost as long. I
want to be the best wife and mother I can be.
A few
things I'd like to learn more about: soapmaking, harness goats,
cheesemaking, and great ideas for what to do with excess goat
milk. Oh, and any recipe ideas for varying the diet of a strictly
meat-and potato guy. I could REALLY use those! Might I add
that the meat cannot be cooked in a pot: baked is ok but grilled is
better.
And for those of you who are visiting now that
I've quit Xanga, be very sure to leave a comment, say hello and let me
know how everything is going!
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• Thursday, April 13, 2006 - Just seeing if this really works