Thanks to Darwin Barton

I love being the boss but sometimes it’s really frustrating not knowing everything I need to know to choose the right solutions for this business. I really worry that my lack of technology knowledge is holding us back and that I should think about taking some classes I local community college to make sure I more up to speed. Not too long ago I went to t1.xo and I feel like I have a much better understanding of what all goes into the technology behind a small business and what it would take for us to say, upgrade our website or get faster Internet all over the office. I’m still a little blurry on what VoIP is and exactly what it takes to design a websiteand get it live online but at the end of the day I can always call my IT consultant to ask specific questions and I feel like things will work out how they are supposed to as long as I try to stay involved as much as I can.

As much as I hate to admit it, it has become almost impossible to find some of the things from a few years ago.  Things like a GOOD yomega yoyo, shoe laces that last more than a month, a metal slinky that actually does what it’s supposed to, a decent pan to cook cakes or bread in, and MANY other things!

God Bless!

Or not!!!!  But I am sure that other people could benefit from having a golf gps watch. I would think that it would be WONDERFUL for joggers and walkers, as well as bicyclists and many more!  But then again, what do I know?

In other news, we had another little girl hit the ground to join our goat herd yesterday.  We now have 3 boys and two girls, with more on the way!

God Bless!

….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!