The kids, Dexter and I are headed to the Coast tomorrow. I have been frantically cleaning and packing and generally getting my life organized to live out of a suitcase for the next 10 days. This is my first time flying with the kids as we normally drive. Not this year, no sir, I refuse to drive! So I will attempt to get myself, two kids and a chihuahua onto a plane and not rip all my hair out in between take off and landing. Thank goodness the flight is only an hour and a half!
So I don't know how much posting I will do while I'm away but you can be sure that you'll hear about it when I get back. Big plans! My friend K and I are spending all of Saturday together getting pedicures, having sushi and enjoying a few beverages! Sunday... well Sunday I turn the BIG 3-oh and I'm hoping, because I will be surrounding myself with family and friends, that I won't be one big blubbering, snotty, crying mess! I'll keep you posted...
Anyway I have a floor to wash and packing to finish! 6am is going to come bright and early! Toodles!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Remember when...
Remember when you were a kid and the simple things were the most fun?
My kids sat up on the top of the hay bale playing for nearly two hours this afternoon while I worked on the fence. Why is it that when we grow up we forget about the simple things?
My kids sat up on the top of the hay bale playing for nearly two hours this afternoon while I worked on the fence. Why is it that when we grow up we forget about the simple things?
Easter on the farm
The kids woke me up at 6:55 this morning to inform me that the Easter Bunny had indeed stopped at our house while they were sleeping. We donned our winter coats and boots(still pretty nippy in the morning) and headed outside to see what the Rabbit himself had left.
After all the goodies were found we set to making Hot Cross Buns. I've never made them so we were all looking forward to seeing how they turned out.
The kids with their gardening kits that the Easter Bunny left for them. They were busy planting pumpkin and sunflower seeds that had come in the kits after they helped with the buns.
Pretty yummy!
I'd say the buns were a success! F liked them anyway. S "wasn't hungry." Big surprise. He'd eaten half a pound of chocolate by 9am.
Hope you have a wonderful Easter! We are off to deliver some Hot Cross Buns and Easter goodies to our neighbor.
After all the goodies were found we set to making Hot Cross Buns. I've never made them so we were all looking forward to seeing how they turned out.
The kids with their gardening kits that the Easter Bunny left for them. They were busy planting pumpkin and sunflower seeds that had come in the kits after they helped with the buns.
Pretty yummy!
I'd say the buns were a success! F liked them anyway. S "wasn't hungry." Big surprise. He'd eaten half a pound of chocolate by 9am.
Hope you have a wonderful Easter! We are off to deliver some Hot Cross Buns and Easter goodies to our neighbor.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Who's yer Daddy?
My friend K has been asking for a picture of 'Joe.' Joe is my neighbor's dog up the hill and Bjorn's Daddy. His is the big white thing in the picture looking for some ear scratching from F. The collie is Fly who is a super sweet boy and the more likely father seeing as Bjorn is 95% black but Fly is 'fixed.'
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
Do you see the family resemblance?
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
Do you see the family resemblance?
Thursday, April 21, 2011
An Easter Chick
Back in early March my daughter F brought home a note from her teacher requesting $3 to help pay for the cost of making Easter Chicks. At the time I was thinking that $3 had better make one heck of an Easter Chick!
F brought her little project home today that she has been diligently working on almost every day since then. It's positively adorable!
If I don't talk to you before then, have a Happy Easter!
F brought her little project home today that she has been diligently working on almost every day since then. It's positively adorable!
If I don't talk to you before then, have a Happy Easter!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Maya Milk Maid
Last night I checked on Beauty after I put the kids to bed. She wasn't looking so good. She did just drop a dead calf on Sunday after all. I climbed through the fence and quietly walked up to her to check to see how full her udders were. They were full but not hot or hard so that made me feel a bit better. But being the suck that I am and having experienced first hand what it feels like to be engorged after having a baby, I decided to see if I could relieve some of the pressure off the poor girl. I was hoping too that if I was able to empty her bag a bit it might stimulate her to uterus to contract and expel anything that might still be in there.
My first attempt at getting anything to come out was fruitless. She was such a good girl though, just standing there pleading with me with those big brown eyes that I help a girl out. I'm so glad that I became a mom before deciding to get into this otherwise I'd probably be clueless. I ran into the house and got a bucket of nice warm water and a rag and ran back. I rubbed her down with the cloth and then set to work again. It was fairly dark at this point and I was concentrating more on whether she was planning on kicking me rather than whether there was any milk coming out. I looked down and saw milk all over her leg. Success! I milked her only to the point that I had given her some relief and lessened a lump that I had felt. I don't want her to make more milk I just want her to be comfortable. But if I wasn't leaving for the island next week I probably would keep going with it.
My neighbor has a couple of calves that we might see if she will surrogate. I don't know if she will but it's worth a try anyway.
So that's my milking story. I milked a cow for the first time in my life and managed to not get a hoof in the forehead!
My first attempt at getting anything to come out was fruitless. She was such a good girl though, just standing there pleading with me with those big brown eyes that I help a girl out. I'm so glad that I became a mom before deciding to get into this otherwise I'd probably be clueless. I ran into the house and got a bucket of nice warm water and a rag and ran back. I rubbed her down with the cloth and then set to work again. It was fairly dark at this point and I was concentrating more on whether she was planning on kicking me rather than whether there was any milk coming out. I looked down and saw milk all over her leg. Success! I milked her only to the point that I had given her some relief and lessened a lump that I had felt. I don't want her to make more milk I just want her to be comfortable. But if I wasn't leaving for the island next week I probably would keep going with it.
My neighbor has a couple of calves that we might see if she will surrogate. I don't know if she will but it's worth a try anyway.
So that's my milking story. I milked a cow for the first time in my life and managed to not get a hoof in the forehead!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
One is the loneliest number
Bjorn is all by himself with the big dogs. The last three girls went to a home for dogs to wait for their forever homes. He seems a little lost and sad. Poor boy. But he is a surprisingly mellow dog when he isn't with a bunch of crazy girl puppies!
Isn't he a sweet and adorable boy? I think so. Clearly I didn't stand a chance!
Isn't he a sweet and adorable boy? I think so. Clearly I didn't stand a chance!
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