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Is DS12 still homeschooled? I've thought about 4H but it's a little... not real farmers around here. I'm having budget issues myself... DH got a new job and makes more $$ which is awesome except I'm now spending more $$. Working on that!

Glad to hear you're healthier! Hope it stays that way!
 

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Cold. As usual, lol. Been lots of snow, then rain, and ice and then it gets warm and we get icy mud. It's been fairly unpleasant. I started taking vitamin D and b12 hoping to stay less miserable this winter.

I still want to move. DH still doesn't!
 

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Is DS12 still homeschooled? I've thought about 4H but it's a little... not real farmers around here. I'm having budget issues myself... DH got a new job and makes more $$ which is awesome except I'm now spending more $$. Working on that!

Glad to hear you're healthier! Hope it stays that way!

Still homeschooled! Still failing every. single. class. Unschooling sounds sooooo tempting. I told DS12 no livestock entries for the fair! I'm not supervising him supervising a lamb for 4 days! But I did find the fair has a section for pocket pets, etc, and he can enter his hermit crab and habitat in that class. He can do cat too. Not sure how well a one-eyed cat will fare on a show bench, but, LOL whatever! He's doing sewing projects, houseplants, and depending how green his thumb is he might have a couple dozen flower / vegetable / herb entries.
 

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Yeah I don't blame you with the livestock! It's a lot of work! My issue is more paranoia about exposure to who knows what. I know some of the people who show and I don't really want my animals near their animals, lol

Yeah unschooling sounds good! I'm kind of eclectic with some unschooling... but I can't unschool math. Just can't. Lol
 

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Then show in market class so you're not bringing an animal home! ;) and sanitize your boots and gear! ewwww. Yes, biosecurity is definitely a concern!!
 

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Ohh makes sense. My sheep would fail miserably at the market class! Lol 3 of them have been shown in 4H... I dont know what they have for classes even, I just go to the fair to look at the animals!
 

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Thanks! Hopefully gardening goes well for us this year. Just got my seed catalogs! Fedco and Baker Creek are the only ones I get. 90% of my seeds come from Fedco, love them.

When I was pregnant with DD2 I lost my taste for chicken, haven't eaten it since. Now I've lost my taste for pork (helpful, for a pig farmer). Since beef is so expensive and we do not have enough land to raise a steer, I'm practically vegetarian at the moment. So I'd better have some luck gardening! DH didn't get a deer this year either, which was a bummer.
 
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