Monday, April 2, 2012

Interruptions

I've sat down to write this blog post at least five times if not more. Every time I sit down to write, something happens! To be honest, I was kind of afraid to try it again, lol. However, this is further than I've made it before, so I think we're doing good!

Things have been picking up around here. We currently have 7 kids on the bottle, 4 bucks and 3 does. Three are Sables, 4 are Saanens. All but two of the kids are available for sale, just FYI, lol. They are onery little jumping beans, and are fat sassy and healthy. We have all the kids on the bucket, which makes life a LOT easier. I don't know how you would use bottles to feed 7 kids all in one pen, lol.

We have two does in the kidding pen right now. The first one isn't due until the 10th, but I just went ahead and moved them over. I still need to get their dairy clips done, but I think I'll let this cold snap/storm system go through first. Frangelica was our last doe to kid, and I didn't have a chance to get her all clipped up. It's much easier to milk and get them cleaned up if they are clipped rather than all hairy, lol.

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Well, it is now three hours after I started this post, lol. Some days.... We had to go do chores before I was able to finish. Now the goats are milked, the kids are fed and hopefully all bedded down for the night. As I finish writing, I can't help but feel so blessed.... *sigh* hold that thought, the pasteurizer is buzzing at me.

....... so blessed to be listening to the rain hitting the windows outside. It's a sound we cherish around here. Coming from a part of the U.S. that generally doesn't worry about not enough rain, it still seems a little crazy to be so happy when it does rain here. But crazy or not the sound makes my heart happy, and I can't help praise our Lord for His provisions.