ohiofarmgirl
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yay! i'm glad everyone made it! i think i love your uncle! whoooot!
glenolam's madness - April passed away
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glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
Ha - he's the buck master of the family (or he likes to think so). He even squirted me while trying to squirt my cousin - I ended up with a long milk stream right across my boob like I was lactating or something! I had to go and wipe my top off so it didn't look like I was nursing my own infant.
He showed up about 3 hours early along with three huge loins maranating. Then left abrubptly for no reason at all later in the night.
Big G called him Sunday night to make sure he was OK and he said he knew he ought to leave at that moment or it was going to get really ugly...and I'm not talking fighting...
My family has all sorts of crazies.
I'll be posting pictures later on - I have some awesome ones of the tent and disco ball. And of the massive 20ft tall fire "the men" created. Seems they felt better tossing about 8 pallets on the fire at one time
Why not, right?
He showed up about 3 hours early along with three huge loins maranating. Then left abrubptly for no reason at all later in the night.
Big G called him Sunday night to make sure he was OK and he said he knew he ought to leave at that moment or it was going to get really ugly...and I'm not talking fighting...
My family has all sorts of crazies.
I'll be posting pictures later on - I have some awesome ones of the tent and disco ball. And of the massive 20ft tall fire "the men" created. Seems they felt better tossing about 8 pallets on the fire at one time
Why not, right?
Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
I thought I smelled smoke!!! Glad it was as fun as you'd hoped. I can't welcome you to 30 since I've been there and gone......
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glenolam
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My little g "graduated" from kindergarten today! The last official day is the 17th, but this morning was the big show. The 3 classes have been practicing their songs for weeks and little g sang some parts to me over the last few days but I never expected him to sing let alone stand up with the rest of the students.
In preschool they'd have end of the year celebrations to "move" the 3yr old class to the 4 yr old class and the 4 yr class to kindergarten. Each year since little g started preschool he's sung his little heart out at practices, but the moment the line walked into the room and he saw all the parents in the room he'd ball up into the fetal position and refuse to walk into the room. Over the years we've come to expect that from him and this celebration was the exception I guess. Big G and the 2 grandmothers couldn't make it and figured he'd probably just refuse to come out anyway so they weren't upset. I went and took Big G's grandfather (who little g thinks of as his own grandfather) just for moral support and boy did we get a show!
First all kids marched out to yankee doodle. little g waved his flag with all his might and stomped his feet and marched up onto the bleachers. Then came the "A is for Apple" song where they showed their sign language skills follwed by "She'll be coming around the Mountain". OMG that was so cute! The kids toot tooted and whoa backed and even chopped a rooster's head off!
little g had spotted me in the crowed and had this huge old smile on his face as he sang "And we'll chop the rooster's head off when she comes...CHOP CHOP" All I could think of was that he had told all his friends about Joey and the meat birds that did a funny dance when we chopped their heads off!
They ended the performance with "Love Grows" which was another sign language song and he nailed it. He kept looking at me and smiling basically telling me HA! SEE! I can do it!
I had to fight back the tears several times and was glad I remembered the camera!
Here's one picture I took with my cell phone so I could send it to Big G...little g is the one all the way to the left in the blue and black striped shirt. Once I get back into our routine (I'm still on VACATION MODE) I'll put more up
In preschool they'd have end of the year celebrations to "move" the 3yr old class to the 4 yr old class and the 4 yr class to kindergarten. Each year since little g started preschool he's sung his little heart out at practices, but the moment the line walked into the room and he saw all the parents in the room he'd ball up into the fetal position and refuse to walk into the room. Over the years we've come to expect that from him and this celebration was the exception I guess. Big G and the 2 grandmothers couldn't make it and figured he'd probably just refuse to come out anyway so they weren't upset. I went and took Big G's grandfather (who little g thinks of as his own grandfather) just for moral support and boy did we get a show!
First all kids marched out to yankee doodle. little g waved his flag with all his might and stomped his feet and marched up onto the bleachers. Then came the "A is for Apple" song where they showed their sign language skills follwed by "She'll be coming around the Mountain". OMG that was so cute! The kids toot tooted and whoa backed and even chopped a rooster's head off!
little g had spotted me in the crowed and had this huge old smile on his face as he sang "And we'll chop the rooster's head off when she comes...CHOP CHOP" All I could think of was that he had told all his friends about Joey and the meat birds that did a funny dance when we chopped their heads off!
They ended the performance with "Love Grows" which was another sign language song and he nailed it. He kept looking at me and smiling basically telling me HA! SEE! I can do it!
I had to fight back the tears several times and was glad I remembered the camera!
Here's one picture I took with my cell phone so I could send it to Big G...little g is the one all the way to the left in the blue and black striped shirt. Once I get back into our routine (I'm still on VACATION MODE) I'll put more up
savingdogs
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Awwww, he is growing up mom.
I always cry when little kids sing at stuff like that, even if they are not my kids. I'm weird that way.
Kindergarden is a rite-of-passage though.
And I personally love that they teach the kids sign language.
*signs thank you*
I always cry when little kids sing at stuff like that, even if they are not my kids. I'm weird that way.
Kindergarden is a rite-of-passage though.
And I personally love that they teach the kids sign language.
*signs thank you*
AL
Almost Self-Reliant
What a great little program! I love watching little kids on stage, you always always get a show (whether it is the planned one or not LOL )
Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
Congrats to Little G!!!! Kindergarten graduation is a BIG DEAL!!!!
The ceremony sounds adorable
The ceremony sounds adorable
TanksHill
Super Self-Sufficient
My Sophia was promoted from Kindergarten today as well. That and I had a 5Th grade graduation right after. It's been a busy day!!
congrats!!!
g
congrats!!!
g
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glenolam
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AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH
I need to just keep calm and breathe.
I've been busy picking up the peices left over from the bash and doing this and doing that....
And noticed that April, one of the nubian does, still just doesn't look right. She's lame in her back legs - not to the point where she can't stand, she can still walk, move, get up, get down, etc, but she walks and moves as if she's tired.
And she's got some bald spots on her top line - when I googled all of this it came up with White Muscle Disease, which is more commonly seen in kids at or after birth. It can happen in adults, but itsn't really common. So, non-procrastinator me heads out to the feed stores to buy the selenium/vitamin e paste.
Everyone is out of it.
So, in the store I see this stuff called Selenium and Vitamin E crumbles for horses. Huh, I say. Huh.... why not?
So I buy it, bring it home and take the scooper and scooped about 4 or 5 scoops into the mineral feeders. The goats go nuts.
I "spoiled" April and scoop fed her 2 scoop fulls.
Today, I call the vet and order BoSe. I ask about the crumbles for horses and the office worker said she probably would use the stuff since goats and horses are 2 different types of animals and there would be no way of knowing how much the goats are getting. She said the goat's rumens would probably break down the crumbles before it helped (this part is what is making me think I haven't doomed my entire herd). She also said that you can also over dose on the BoSe stuff, so you'd have to really know how much they're injesting to make sure they're not having too much (and this part freaks me out now).
So, I research the stuff a little more, as well as selenium/vitamin e deficiency in goats. Toxicity also pops up along with how much selenium goats actually need.....3 ppm.
What do I do? I google the label off the crumbles I fed the girls and what does it say? 70 ppm...... 70 ppm.
I've killed them I just know.
Big G offered to call up gramps and have him go check on everyone, but I told him not to. I sure wouldn't want an 84 yr old checking in on 9 dead goats.
I told Big G not to fuss around and go straight home when he's done with work. I'd go myself, but I'm too scared and I'm trying not to freak out.
It's not working.
I need to just keep calm and breathe.
I've been busy picking up the peices left over from the bash and doing this and doing that....
And noticed that April, one of the nubian does, still just doesn't look right. She's lame in her back legs - not to the point where she can't stand, she can still walk, move, get up, get down, etc, but she walks and moves as if she's tired.
And she's got some bald spots on her top line - when I googled all of this it came up with White Muscle Disease, which is more commonly seen in kids at or after birth. It can happen in adults, but itsn't really common. So, non-procrastinator me heads out to the feed stores to buy the selenium/vitamin e paste.
Everyone is out of it.
So, in the store I see this stuff called Selenium and Vitamin E crumbles for horses. Huh, I say. Huh.... why not?
So I buy it, bring it home and take the scooper and scooped about 4 or 5 scoops into the mineral feeders. The goats go nuts.
I "spoiled" April and scoop fed her 2 scoop fulls.
Today, I call the vet and order BoSe. I ask about the crumbles for horses and the office worker said she probably would use the stuff since goats and horses are 2 different types of animals and there would be no way of knowing how much the goats are getting. She said the goat's rumens would probably break down the crumbles before it helped (this part is what is making me think I haven't doomed my entire herd). She also said that you can also over dose on the BoSe stuff, so you'd have to really know how much they're injesting to make sure they're not having too much (and this part freaks me out now).
So, I research the stuff a little more, as well as selenium/vitamin e deficiency in goats. Toxicity also pops up along with how much selenium goats actually need.....3 ppm.
What do I do? I google the label off the crumbles I fed the girls and what does it say? 70 ppm...... 70 ppm.
I've killed them I just know.
Big G offered to call up gramps and have him go check on everyone, but I told him not to. I sure wouldn't want an 84 yr old checking in on 9 dead goats.
I told Big G not to fuss around and go straight home when he's done with work. I'd go myself, but I'm too scared and I'm trying not to freak out.
It's not working.
