So busy and hard to get on the site to post but got a minute now.
Update on hay situation....we put down just a few acres and got 30 large round bales....we have tons in the barns so not putting anymore fields down. That leaves like 60 acres of hay to reseed and will do a fall cutting hopefully. Got the baler fixed...UGH....something always breaks and alot of work to fix the stupid equipment.
Soap sales thru the roof. Trying to figure a way to make the soap biz easier...more streamlined. But in the end it is just me making soap and I make it to midnight sometimes..HA HA...just alot of work but I like it.
Got the pool clear finally. Had enough with it so I took a water sample to the store and they fixed me. $60 later I have a crystal clear pool now..HA HA....Nicole and I to swim a bit now....at least there is tons of sun finally.
Big T-storm last night but sunny now.
When it dries out today I have to mow the world!!! The rain is making it impossible to keep weeds and grass at bay but that is OK...go with the flow right?
Alot of work for nothing........I wrangled all the baby goats and put them in the side pasture with their own barn. Getting ready to take to auction. Kept my 4 nice does for replacement in the herd, the rest in the other pasture. Most were super easy to catch and move and then there was the 10 pain in the butts....even 4-5 month old bucks are super strong..LOL and catching them was a pain!!! But I got everyone separated, all done great......and I leave up to the house and look down about 1 hr. later, and all mommas and babies were together again. I forgot to secure the gate. YUP--all that hard work to separate meant nothing...LOL---so alot of work for nothing! Decided to just leave them alone for a bit. Tony can't take them to auction for 2 weeks the way his work falls, so not bothering again! Worst part was Nicole the whole time (while helping me, ugh) kept saying she was hot and wanted to go back up to the house..LOL.....so hard to do longer work jobs with a 4 year old at the barns. But she is learning well and knows more about farm animals than most adults right now. So that is good!
Almost bought a horse the other day. Yea, want one real bad. Want to ride again, but with Nicole being so little not the right time. I have no time. BUT as soon as she is in "real" school I will have 5 days per week to ride. Yup, I need "my time" and it will be coming with the school year. So she has 1 more year of pre-school and then onto the "real school" time and then I will buy a horse or 2. Right now it would be a pasture ornament and don't want to do that...if I buy one I must have time to ride! So holding off but it sure was fun to check out that horse! Getting that itch to buy..HA HA HA
Farmer markets doing very well. Dad did just over $700 and Tony did $1400 on Saturday. Banking tons of money this season. Need to save up big money for a new truck. (Of course all that isn't profit..lol...alot of expense in there) but doing very well so the economy didn't seem to hit the markets much. So happy about that.
What else?
Hmm...got to trim goat hooves soon.
Got to get in the fields and do some maintenance work on produce crops.
Corn growing well! They love the rains!
Got to get my kitchen and pantry organized. Need to get that done but no time to really get the house worked on. Just working to keep up with farming and markets and such right now. Love my new pantry but have to use it..HA HA
Supposed to go to Mom and Dads today to goof off at the lake and bring Dad soap refill for sales, eggs to sell etc. for Tuesday market....but have to stay home and make soap...>Will go tomorrow to reload him for Tues and Thurs sales. No time today. Have to work and get ahead. So will make soap today til the afternoon then Nicole and I will swim awhile. She is good at playing by herself so I can get work done but then I have to give her some time also....so play this afternoon we will.....somewhere between the tons of mowing I have to do..HA HA
Tony (TODAY) starts his normal work week again. Yup, his company is back to their regular schedule starting today.....YEAH!!! So no more unemployment checks and hopefully no more mandatory overtime etc. He only works 3 days this week to put everyone back on their standard schedules. So that is good for him. 3 --12 hr. days is enough...haha---but he will then start his 4 day schedule. Good thing is now I can try to schedule my camping vacations.
Since I know his working days now I think we will go to the river for a few days and veg out. Got my camper back the other day. All warranty work so no money...WEE....love that. Get something fixed with no payment. Gotta be happy!
This post is taking a long time to write. Working on soap in between typing...so gotta go. Need to concentrate on work.
Nicole is in my soap room with me and we are chatting and she is telling me that she is "frustrated" with having to work so much. She said she is 4 years old and should play, not work....Hmmm....maybe she is right. All work and no play--you know. And I told her she doesn't know what frustration is yet anyway..HA HA...at least not the meaning of the word.
So gotta get moving and get soaps done and eggs done and go outside and do some playtime with Nicole. By the way, her conversations are insane sometimes..HA HA...4 year olds sure come up with some crazy talk..HA HA
had more SS stuff to talk but can't right now---bye!
off I go.....see ya'll later
