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I only made one batch of goat milk soap and it was from some frozen colostrum I had and it messed up somehow. Smelled horrible and turned orange. I have been advised against freezing it in the future.

I'm not sure what I did to myself this morning while doing my chores, but it was bad. I know I had to fight with the goat about 4 times because I didn't noticed I had tied her up too close to things she could tangle herself up with, but I didn't think I was that soft. I'm hurting something...

I'm searching for something I know I can handle to do, with 167.67, which is my share of an insurance policy my grandfather paid into. Not to support me, exactly, but just to have an extra source of money I can keep separate from my other money. But its fine if I can't......I might just buy a...

I wouldn't for sure burn pine or cedar. I have burned a lot of other woods, but I use a potbelly and a boxwood, so its not like the smell or smoke gets in the house. I am late splitting a lot of my cut logs and some of them are really hard. I think I might one day set up a log splitter Its...

Reminds me of a story I heard once, but the opposite was true.....instead of going to the cold, she went to the heat....the desert and wanted to leave, but her mother wrote her and said,"Bloom where you planted," and she began to learn all about the area, in ways I cannot possibly recall. If...

We had an accidental free range session yesterday. Either I or one of the girls must have left the gate unlocked and by the time we realized it, the yard was full of birds. DS caught a lot of them, but I don't care for his method. It involves chasing and nets. Mine involves feed and outsmarting.

Well, in the meantime, I have to watch my animals walking and scratching mud. I live in a flood zone. My soil is very heavy clay, with almost no sand, so it doesn't drain well. I don't break the glass, I only bury it, as deep as I can and the resulting mud is a place that is suddenly dry.

I try to cut down on what becomes my garbage. I have certain cheap plastic containers I buy at one of our local grocery stores, and I decided to keep only those and I bagged all the rest to clean up my 'Tupperware' cabinet some. I'm bringing everything else to the recycle bin. I regularly...

I called Friday at the old nsg home I worked at in the 90's, but the DON was already gone and is supposed to call me tomorrow. But I did touch base with the one I left in April and they can use a few nurses. If I don't get welcomed with open arms by tomorrow at the old place, I'm just gong to...

I have been out of paper towels for about 3 weeks now and using flour sack fabric, which I cut each towel into 4, to make it about the size of a paper towel. The stuff I don't want to use these towels on....if its too filthy or greasy, I use newspaper. I recycle all cans and plastic and...

Good morning. I'm up first, as usual. Got my new thermal coffee pot yesterday and it should be just about done making my first pot of coffee. I warmed up the pot with hot water, before I brewed. I hope I have a few more sunny days to work with, but I need to get into homeschooling...

I don't know, first off if we can necessarily blame a dog or cat for our entire yard, house and animals suddenly getting a flea problem. Its possible, but it could just be a coincidence. I like to give the benefit of a doubt. Fact is both homes now have a problem to deal with. In my case, I...

I didn't cry yesterday. It was my 30th wedding anniversary. I had planned on marking the occasion, with something I thought I needed to do, but upon thinking about it, I really didn't think going to Church and crying for an hour, to get something out of my system, had any guarantee of actually...

Nice to have friends everywhere. I can probably go on a vacation, almost anywhere in the US, and in some cases, Australia and the UK and someone will be willing to have a sit down with me. Well, same here......if you plan on seeing what a bayou looks like, just let me know and I'll start the...

I tried to give DH our fridge and buy myself a new one, which would have been a gas fridge, but he bought himself one, on credit, along with everything else he wanted, new. He paid for it too, because he had to do without with the $400/month note he fixed for himself. My fridge is about 20...

I'm from the very deep south. I've only seen snow about 7 times in my entire 50 years on this planet. The coldest I've ever experienced in my life was 10F in 1989. The bayou actually froze.....everything froze. I had dealings with horses in my childhood, but Momma never let me just go off...

Those little voices that whisper in our ideas and put us on the right track......I guess they are our guardian angels. Well, mine gave me a little idea today right after I had finished feeding all the animals and soaking the corn I will be giving in 4 days. I was just looking at all the mess...

Oh my!!!! No way, no way, no way..... If this doesn't kill you, you will emerge from it, with so much determination and fresh ideas. Have a huge garage sale to offload and just get an RV if this is what you up against.

Oh my......this is terrible. Under the circumstances, I'd have to bid my time, and plan an escape and just make the best of it. Maybe just stow your stuff in some rooms and live in the kitchen and living rooms and keep a candle heater in the bathroom and just use a bedwarmer at night. I...

Pull it out!!! If the chimney is in good condition, most of your problem is already solved. Look.....when we set up our current burning location, it was with our 2nd boxwood stove and the absolute cheapest thing we bought was the stove. It costed us a lot to get the house set up to...