I need your imagination quick!!!

We're getting a new buck and I need a name for him, but the word Lady has to be in it. Dave suggested Lady Killer, but that's almost too common.

So I need you guys out there in blogger land to use your imagination and find me a name.

Remember...it has to contain the word Lady.

Thanks

It's Official!!!!!!!

I HATE WINTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my, I never thought I'd say that. I love winter, but this year there is just something about lugging buckets and buckets of water to the barn that just fills me with dread. Ugh.... It wouldn't be half bad if the blasted goat wouldn't poop in her water, then I'd just be able to break the ice on the bucket, but no....Stockings just loves to poop in her water. The other ones don't. She needs to learn some manners.

This upcoming week is going to be very, very busy.

1. I have to make labels for soap and wrap some before Saturday.
2. I have to try and clean the house slightly since we have company coming
3. Tomorrow I HAVE to clean the closet of doom...hmmm might find a few skeletons to!
4. Clean the goat pens

Then sometime before Feb 12 we have to get the goat nursery ready.

Then sometime before spring we have to take apart the old pig pen and make a buck pen. Alternating days they go out is not working, especially when I have someone come and put the goats out while I'm not here. It works for me, but not for other people. The goats listen to me and Dave, but it's kinda like when kids have a substitute teacher, they don't listen. And this summer we are planning to go on a vacation for a few days to PEI.

We've also lost several bales of hay to mold in the little grey barn. So that means we need a new grey barn.

I'm also being tempted by the usual....VESEYS!! They are so evil!!!!!!!

It's like an addiction. Dang it!

So I guess that's it for now.

Have a Blessed Day

Lisa

OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't believe it! I just couldn't believe it!

I was so excited. I had set up my Etsy shop. I had two different kind of soaps to sell. I was stuck on how much shipping to charge. I looked and researched a lot of the other sellers of soaps. Most US sellers were charging around $3 shipping. Some Canadians were charging the same up to $5. Not bad. I looked at Canada Posts website and averaged it out the 6-7$ for 2 soaps in a tiny box for shipping.

So I figured $5 for just a bar in a padded envelope would be okay.

So yesterday I got my first order. I was soooo excited! I figured I'm on my way!! Woohooo!!!

I only had to send it to New Brunswick. I even included a little extra in it. I honestly didn't expect it to go over $4 for shipping. I mean come on! It's a padded envelope, not an oil tanker!

Dave called me after he went to the post office.

Here's the low down:

-parcel (with our business discount) $9.10

-Fuel Surcharge $ .66

-HST $ 1.27

For a grand total of.............................................$11.03

For Pete's sake! It would have been cheaper to drive there and personally deliver it to her!

I just want to thank Canada Post for busting my entrepreneurial bubble!

So my career on Etsy was very short lived.

How do they do it? Is it because we live on the far end of the east coast that it's so expensive?

I don't know, but I'm not a happy camper.

I do want to thank my one and only customer for having confidence in my product (you know who you are ;) )

Have a Blessed Evening

Lisa

Dehydrator

We got a dehydrator for Christmas.

I'm dying to use it.

But what should I put in it?

Any suggestions?

Not beef jerky yet. We need to get the meat sliced.

This summer I'll use it for my herbs...but not many herbs now.

So...I need suggestions...

What do you guys dry in the winter.

Have a Blessed Evening

Lisa

This and That

Sorry, couldn't think of a catchier title.

A Boy and his horse...I mean dog

Christmas is over, things are kinda settling back to normal. Well kinda. Some things are going on that I am not at liberty to discuss at the moment or I might never be able to divulge. Lets just say it's a very, very stressful time here and we are in need of all the prayers you can send our way.

Am I fat?

Strange thing happened this year at Christmas...I didn't fall into my usual depression. Weird. But nice. It might have something to do with the vitamin D pills I've been taking. Dunno.

We've gotten Stockings bred. We waited till the last minute for her, since she was still a tad small. But when she got the right weight, Tomi was more than willing to accommodate her.

Ha Ha.

Stockings pigging out on fir trees.

We are hoping that Febe has a girl, because we will be keeping her, so this poses a problem. We have to find an unrelated buck. I know some people inline breed, but that just gives me the creeps. Breeding daughter to father in my book is just wrong. I know, I know...it's just a goat. But still....

So I'm keeping my feelers out for a buck to replace Tomi and we'll sell Tomi to a good home.

Well that's it for now.

Have a Blessed Day

Lisa

The chicken rescue!

There is never a dull moment here, and the holidays are no exception. Just because it's Christmas or Boxing day doesn't mean things stop on the farm. And guess what....animals don't realize that it's a holiday either. Go figure?!

Boxing day was really nice out. It actually snowed here for Christmas. So Boxing Day showed up nice, warm, sunny and white! I was on my way back from the green bin when I heard a noise from the big wood pile.

I thought, "no way. It can't be a chicken. I haven't let the chickens loose in a week!" But it sounded like one of my hens.

I started looking around and sure enough, there stuck in the wood pile was a chicken! For Pete's Sake!

I told Dave "You've got to go rescue that hen! We need that hen! The way Tundra's been eating them everyone of them counts!"

Dave and his camera thingie, notice the amount of logs on top

So I remind him of the wonderful gift he bought himself a few months ago for Christmas. It was the perfect opportunity to use it. It's one of those little cameras on the end of a pipe thingie and it's even got a colour monitor thingie that you can watch. (I'm not electronically minded, ok?!)

We finally located the hen with Dave's camera thingie. That meant that Dave (my hero) had to move lots and lots of logs to get to the hen. Hubby was not impressed.

After what seemed like a lifetime, but I imagine was only 30 minutes he got a hold of her legs. There was one log left, but he couldn't move it without the tractor, and if he did move it, it would have squashed the hen. So ever so gently he started tugging on the hen because she was kinda wedged in those logs. Now I say gently, but those of you who have a hubby probably know that it wasn't too gently.

Tugging and pulling "gently", notice the logs all moved!

Finally out pops the hen! I was so happy! The hen was happy too. She didn't seem any worse for wear. My hero!

This photo says it all! You can all imagine what Dave said while holding the hen in this picture....

Friggen chicken!

And how was your Christmas!

Lisa

Winter Solstice Gathering

Ok, I know, I know...

I'm weird, I'm a bit strange. I know this and some people might question my beliefs, but on December 21st we were invited to a winter solstice gathering. Definately not your usual, normal Wesleyan church gathering.

We are devout Christians. So why on earth would we want to participate in a winter solstice/drumming gathering.

Well.... I like to try different things. I like to see how other people celebrate different things.

I have a strong belief in tolerance. As much as I wish we were all born again Christians, I know it's not going to happen. So we should learn about one another and each other's beliefs. Maybe, just maybe if everyone held to this way of thinking there would be a lot less wars.

Maybe, maybe not.

Having said all this, I would not have attended this gathering if I wasn't strong in my faith and Christian beliefs. It's so very easy to be swayed. I know some of my Christian friends will wonder if I've gone off the deep end.

Nope.

Me and hubby

We did find it was a bit strange at first...but we knew most of the people there. We got there a bit late because I was working that day. We had a bite to eat and listened to the music and the drumming. The drumming was very soothing. I know, when I say that people think "How on earth can drumming be soothing." But it really was. After a while we joined in. They had some spare drums.

This summer we'd like to host a drumming session in our backyard.

When we first got there I told one of the women that I had half jokingly told my work colleagues that I hoped that we didn't dance naked around a bonfire! She said, "Oh heavens no! Not this year. It's raining out. Maybe next year." Then she said, "Just kidding!"

Phew!

So...did I like this gathering? Yes! Did I find it a bit strange? mmmm yes. Would I go again? Oh Yes! Most definately. Am I crazy? Oh yeah. So what else is new.

Have a Blessed Evening and a Merry Christmas!

Lisa