Ah, thanks, Sis!
Passed the kiddos off the yesterday and I miss them children already! Got a chance to see my DD's brand new (to her) Suburban. OMG - that's a whole lotta car...2 DVD players and all the "stuff'" you can think of... Her car had over 150k miles and due to a previous accident wouldn't hold an alignment and she was constantly having to replace tires - so....it made sense. THEN - her SO decided that they needed a truck too - so he's the proud new owner of a Nissan Frontier, lol. He had a great trade in so ended up financing less than 10K.
Poor DH - he's the only one still driving an old piecer car...his car had 131K on it and he drives sometimes 200+ miles a day. I felt so sorry for him, lol. Sooooo, on the way home from dropping off those kiddos we went right through the heart of downtown Houston - car lots EVERYWHERE.... and we just happened to stop at one of 'em - just to look, of course.
We did a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad thing! But, it was pre-owned, and it's a hybrid and it's the cutest little thing you ever saw and they had a wonderful sale for New Year's day. DH is now the proud owner of a new (to him) hybrid. Now - I've gotta say that I don't want to hear the words 'new car' for at least 10 more years! UGH...my savings account took a big fat hit and I want to let it recover now...a nice looong recovery.
I'll help the bank account a little bit tomorrow cuz at least 3 goats are going to another home. YEA! I neeeeeeds to cut down on mouths around here. This will get my goat herd down close to 20 or so, and that's pretty good. And, I'm gonna turn out a bunch more chickens so that they don't have to live on purely on purchased feed. Kinda rough this time of year, but it'll help more come spring. But, even free-ranging during the winter will help cut down on the feed bill somewhat. Chickens eat more than goats, I think, lol.
I'm on grocery shopping hiatus too. Pantry is well-stocked and I'm NOT buying nuttin' else for at least a month. Maybe more... Need to rotate the stock and this is the best way. AND, everytime a seed catalog comes in I'm drooling over all the fresh veggie pictures. I want my spring/summer garden right now!
Shouldn't complain though, cuz I've got tons of cabbage in the winter garden right now. Thank goodness I didn't plant more. I've got about 10 big heads of round cabbage (I don't 'member which variety) and another 6 or so kinda cone shaped cabbage, maybe 8 savoy cabbage and some kale, carrots, turnips, parsley and collards too. It's allll doing great! I've made Kimchi outta the Napa cabbage a couple times already, but I needa do something with the regular cabbage. I'll probably make some sauerkraut with some of it. Guess we better just get started eating it too.
Found a broody hen and kicked that crazy chick OFFA that nest. I do not want any more chickens right now....stoopid chicken. I even tossed al the eggs. I know, I know - cruel, huh?
Okie dokie - gotta get out there and shut off the water and get everybody ready for some winter tonight. I'm about over this winter stuff too!
Hope all of ya'll who are REALLY getting winter stay warm and dry!
I'm gonna miss 'em. But, Ive been putting off everything that I intended to get done over the break....so I needa get busy! I've got 4 days to get it all done. Tomorrow will be mostly used up getting them back home.
