Once again, much has happened since our last post. My excuse this time will have to be that I am finally feeling human again after suffering from walking pnuemonia for nearly two whole weeks (several of the little boys also suffered, but mine was the most severe. bleh!)
Anyhow, during the last few weeks we have had two new baby boys, mini-nubians, born to Sugar. We have decided to leave them with their mother and they are quite adorable.
We also had linear appraisals done on our goats, and they all did pretty well. I don’t know any exact numbers, but I think Andrina got the highest score and Sam scored highest for the Alpines.
In other news, we have been selling soap at the local farmer’s market and really enjoying it (not to mention selling a fair amount).
On another note, (and this has absolutely nothing to do with goats) a few of us went to see Prince Caspian yesterday and really enjoyed it. I especially liked the themes of faith and trust which were illustrated in it, though I didn’t really like the Caspian/Susan romance. The trees were pretty neat there at the end though.
Finally, we got our new memory verse for the month at church this morning. It is 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” Therefore, go out and eat things that are healthy for you body. Like Goat Milk!
That ends my ramblings for the day. For some reason pictures aren’t currently loading to the blog. I’m not really sure why that is, but will try to figure it out.
I hope everyone has a lovely Sunday worshiping our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
Lots of News
May 15, 2008
Wow! It’s been almost a month since I last wrote! Sorry about that everybody!
What all has gone on in the last month . . .
We’ve sold four baby and two adult goats. Jupiter and Capella, North Star’s twins, are together in a great home in Texas. Penelope, Piper’s spotted doe kid, went to a loving family in Kansas. Spur, one of Andrina’s buck kids, has taken a position as future herd sire on a friends farm. And last but not least, two of our adult bucks, Bond and Trooper, moved to a dairy where their services were desperately needed.
We discovered an owl nest in the hollow of our big cottonwood tree, and it has been great fun watching the babies grow and jump from the nest and such.
Due to the excess of milk we are currently experiencing, we have been making lots and lots of soap. Recently we tried taking it to a local farmer’s market and did really well! So far we have tried, I believe, five different scents including Lemongrass-Mint, Pearberry, and Ginger Pear. We also made some bath salts in lavendar scent and lemon scent. I attempted to make a handmilled rose-water but failed miserably. From now on I plan to leave the soap-making in more capable hands…
The last couple of days have found most people working on cleaning up storm damage in the goat pens. It was a lot of work, but worth it and the goat pens now look lovely.
The chicks born last month are doing well, all except for the ones which the dog ate, and are growing very large indeed.
In other news, some of the family went to a Goat Field day at Langston University last month where they gleaned quite a bit of useful information. Mommy in particular came away with all sorts of new marketing ideas and has been working on implementing them.
I guess that’s all for now, but I’ll be trying to post more in the near future. If you’ve read this, please leave a comment to let us know your here!
