….another busy, busy week that just got busier today….

Animals are doing fine.  Have two sets of twins on the ground….3 boys…one girl out of that bunch….had one stillborn the day before yesterday, I think it was….Mama is getting back to herself, though, so that is good.  Started milking again the day before yesterday.  No more milk from the store, more than likely, at almost $4.50 per gallon!

Have a blessed week!

…commute, but I don’t have to do much teleconferencing, which is a GOOD thing!  Being able to telecommute allows me to do the things I need to do here at home and work at my own leisure.

Speaking of my own leisure and being able to do what I need to here at home because I AM able to telecommute, our two sets of twin goats are doing good!  The weather has warmed up to wonderful early Spring-like temperatures, so we haven’t had to worry about them being too cold.  They have all been out testing out their legs by bounding around the pen the last couple of days.  Next week, they should all be out quite a bit more and exploring the world more!

Have a BLESSED evening!

Guest post from: Kent Lara

This morning I had one of those days on the way out the door to work. I spilled my coffee on my shirt, This of course was after I had set the home security system. I ran back in the house ( I was already running late) to change shirts. I quickly grabbed another shirt and the alarm started going off. I had forgotten to turn off the alarm! Then, the security company gave me a ring on the home phone. Would you believe that I couldn’t find our cordless headset to answer the phone and give the password. I listened really hard and tried to find the headset, but each time that I got closer, it just sounded more muffled. I knew that it was going to be best for me to ring work and let them know that I was going to be running late. My boss was not happy with me at all because I was missing an important staff meeting. About fifteen minutes later, the police showed up. I had to explain to them what happened and run and grab my driver’s license to show them I was who I said that I was. After the left, I hopped in the car, five minutes into the drive, I realized that I had forgotten my purse. There was no turning back, I just went to work without a purse today.

Part of what fills some of my days at this point in time is a time consuming task of putting together some surprise gifts for a few people by transferring pictures and slides onto the computer and then putting them on a disk.  I think it would be really cool to be able to do a video with all of these old slides and such and then just post it on one of our websites and then the people with the right log-in information could easily download videos whenever it was good for them.  Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to make them into videos at this point, so they are just being put onto disks for these people that will run on a DVD player or a computer.  So far, these disks have been a BIG hit with the family!

Blessings in ABUNDANCE!

Though I have sometimes had a thought flash across my mind that said it would be nice to have a set or two of Black diamond earrings, the honest truth of the matter is that I have NO need for such things at this point.  And there is really NO point in having fine things like that, if they are just going to sit in a jewelry box and collect dust.  Therefore, I am trying to get my husband to focus on anniversary gifts that are of MUCH more use to me than earrings and necklaces and such.  There is quite a list of “little” things that we need or want for the animals, or for the house.  I keep telling him that functional is MUCH better than pretty….or something that I will never use.

God Bless!

…several people that have had a need for herniated disc surgery, or will possibly have a need.  Thankfully, I am not one of these.

Another day here at the farm, but it started out like a Monday.  Was going to take the car in for tires and an oil change tomorrow, but yesterday, we came up with a flat, so we changed those plans to today.  The hubby made sure our son got to school on time this morning, even though he worked nights last night, and then we came home and went to put some air in the flat tire to get me to town in the car…and the tire wouldn’t hold air.  So we ended up changing to the spare doughnut, which WILL be disappearing and having an actual tire replace it before Summer!  The doughnut was low on air, so the hubby ran it down to the local tire shop and put some air in it and I took it to town and he went to bed.  My 9A.M. appointment for the car ended up being more like a 9:45A.M. appointment, and I had another appointment 2 miles away at 10 A.M.  Thankfully, I was able to catch a ride down to it and back to the tire shop afterwards.  Brought the car home after a couple of other stops and laid down with the hubby for a couple of hours before I had to go get our son from school.  Then it was the regular dinner, chores, get the hubby out the door to work and the son to bed routine.

Now all is quiet, except for the tapping of the keyboard, and the blowing of the wind outside.

How was your day?

God Bless!

As I went about my chores this morning and taking a few goats down to the sale this morning, I had no use for citizen watches on my wrist to get in the way.  I have basically given up on watches several years ago, as I could never seem to keep a band on one for very long.  I have gotten pretty good at estimating the time by the sun’s position….and my goats are REALLY good at telling me when it’s getting close to dinner time.  Now if only they would tell me when they are going to have their kids that I wanted a week ago….

Blessings in ABUNDANCE in this new year!

I hate to say it, but I gave up on wearing a wrist watch YEARS ago!  I have had numerous ones over the years, but I always had the same problem with all of them…..I couldn’t keep bands on them.  I finally got tired of spending $10 per band (at least!) every time I needed to put a new band on my watch, and stowed the watches away.  Every once in a while, though, I’ll go to a website or a store and take a gander at what watches are available.  I don’t think I have ever been to tacticalwatch.com for Luminox navy seal watches, but I am sure that someone out there has.

You all have a VERY BLESSED week!

With the coming of the new year, we are looking for ways to save even more.  I’m not normally one to shop at Office Depot, but I have found some GOOD 2012 office depot coupons on the website that I use where they donate a few cents to my favorite charity every time I search for something on the internet or use their portal to do my on-line shopping! We really don’t buy that much on-line, but if we do, you can bet that we will be using the site that donates to our favorite charity. A few cents here and a few cents there REALLY add up, in the long run!

Have a BLESSED week!

There are many things that come to mind when I saw this prompt for Sunday Scribblings this morning.  Now, I realize that this prompt was actually for a couple of weeks ago, but I think it’s still a good prompt to help with subject matter for my entry this morning.

Do you have joy in your life?  What brings you joy?  What do you have in YOUR life that other people would sacrifice almost anything in order to obtain it because, to them, it would be a source of joy?  These are some serious questions, to some people.  To others that are wrapped up too tightly in this chaotic world of instant everything and tighter schedules and more to do than ever before seen in history, these questions are just an annoyance….something to not even bother with taking the time to stop and think about.  Today, I challenge you to stop….and think….about the day…about these questions….about what REALLY brings you joy in your everyday life.

Have you stopped to smell the roses lately?  Did you stop and breathe deep and long of their fragrance?

Have you stopped and looked skyward, and noticed the geese migrating South for the Winter?  Do you take the time to comprehend that they fly hundreds, and sometimes THOUSANDS of miles, during their migration?  And that YOU can watch them and at least partially predict the kind of weather you will be having for the next few weeks?

Have you stopped and pulled the dry, dead leaves out of your flower bed lately?  You MIGHT be surprised to see one of the first signs of Spring coming, if you find tiny, new growth underneath all of that dead stuff.

Have you stopped on a brisk morning to realize that the cloud of breath that you just exhaled is given to you by the Lord God Almighty, Creator of Heaven, Earth and ALL things?

Have you breathed deeply on a clear, crisp morning in the mountains and caught the faint scent of the pine trees wafting through the air?

Have you stopped and looked at your child lately and realized that that rebellious, hard-headed teenager is YOUR baby and that NO ONE can change that?

Have you woken up next to your partner and been truly thankful for the gift of love and that your partner was put in your life for a reason?

There are many, many things that you can be thankful.  Sometimes, it’s just hard to stop and see the trees when you’re in the forest.

Have a VERY blessed week!