Joy in the journey - Its been such a long time

Friday, June 20, 2008

Its been such a long time

Its been a really long time since I updated my blog. I should catch ya'll up on whats going on around here. Lets see, I think I can sum it up in one word... RAIN! blech! TOO MUCH rain!

Anyway, we've already had triple our monthly average rainfall and passed our yearly rain fall by June.

We wade out each day to check the garden.
Yesterday I picked beans (yellow and green), carrots and onions. We are about to retill a portion of the garden that will be planted with pumpkins and Spaghetti squash. We have watermelons the size of half dollars growing in the melon patch...lots of them! YUM

We wade out each day to feed animals.
We never did get that Jersey I was hoping for, but God knows my desire and He'll provide at just the right time. We have Spring, the mama cow, Autumn, her calf, Josie and Harley the big ole pigs, Bella and Simba, the LGD's, bunches of chickens, Mia the dairy goat and her boyfriend Rue Paul, Two lop eared bunnies and two dutch bunnies and now.... 10 dutch bunny kits! They are 12 days old now and so incredibly cute!

We're picking blackberries as they're ready, but they dont seem to be all ripening at the same time, so each day the kids eat four or five of them.. we'll never get to USE them at this rate, but the kids do love them so.

I have a basement that has flooded more than a couple of times and will need to be really cleaned out, but I have NO motivation to take on such a project right now. I should say, it hasnt actually gotten to much of our 'stuff' its just been wet and we have boxes that have not been unpacked in 6mths time that really need to be sorted through and a garage sale held.

Its nearly fair time and we've hardly done anything to get ready for the fair, I dont know how thats going to come together and Im really frustrated with it all.

The children have horse camp later in July, I'll have 5 kids gone at one time, just me and the three littles home for the entire week!

I'll leave you with a bunny picture as I get off her to get something done around the house before we run our afternoon errands...

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Friday, June 27, 2008 - country life at last

Posted by Illoura

I just read thru your archives to see the story of how you got your place... it's so nice to see when someone's dreams come true, even with the inevitable frustrations.
I dont' know how you've accomplished all you have already, so it's impossible to see how that deadline for the fair has caused you to get overwhelmed (perhaps it's just a fleeting feeling?) What are the plans you made for the fair, and did you divide that goal into steps? That might help.
I have 10 acres and no fencing and no animals, but I've raised rabbits before and LOVED seeing your cute babies! Keep posting pics! LOL
I'm on the same journey as you are with the weight loss as well. I've decided to suppliment with MyAlli eventually, but first I'm doing a rehaul of all my menu plans so that we're eating healthier in general... it's been fun, actually - and being frugal is another topmost concern that goes hand in hand with healthier choices. I can't imagine trying to please the pallets of 10 kids at the same time, so I'm sure this is one area of challenge for you.
Thanks for sharing- and good luck!
-Illoura

Edited by Illoura on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 11:13

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