And so the "Busy Season" comes to a close here on the "farm". Our last goat kidded last Monday with a nine and a half pound buckling. I was at work when Abby finally managed to pull the kid out after two hours of working with the doe. Paladium was a first time freshener and she had been bred to our buck that has a history of throwing very large kids. (He has since gone off to the auction) Abby had called the vet after an hour of trying to get the kid out with no success. As is often the case here, the vet drove in the driveway just as Abby managed to get the head out. She delivered the kid the rest of the way as the vet was getting on her gear. I am so proud of Abby! She began this year's kidding season nervous and unsure of herself, and ended the season having managed to assist three does with no help from me or anyone else. She now has more confidence in her own abilities.
Hannah's Alpine, Venezuela, had twin bucklings but only one lived. She kidded about ten days early and we suspect that she was bred to the aforementioned buck when he jumped the fence. While Caracas is cute, with his front half Alpine and back half Oberhasli, he will be going to the auction in a few weeks.
We only had six female baby goats worth registering this year and one of those is already sold. Abby has two that she is keeping until the first few fairs to see how they place. I have three that I am keeping for the same reason. They all look really good at this point and it is just too close to call as to who is the better kid. Our theme for this year was presidents and first ladies so our registered does are named:
Abigail Adams
Louisa Adams
Lou Henry Hoover
Ladybird Johnson
Betty Ford
and
Dolly Madison
The presidents (who have/are gone to auction) were:
Lyndon Johnson
John Adams
J. Edgar Hoover
Ulysses Grant
George Washington
George Bush Jr.
Two of our bucklings were whethered for pets and were named for presidents who are still alive:
George Bush Sr. and
Jimmy Carter
All of the bucklings have been, or are being, shipped to the auction. While several were really good looking we already have two very nice bucks and don't need anymore. Abby has decided to sell her beloved Nite Lite. Nite Lite for the past two years has had some very difficult kiddings and really shouldn't be bred again. Abby has also decided that she simply doesn't have time for her cart goat, Jones, and he is also up for sale. She is hoping that between now and October someone will want them for backyard pets, otherwise they will need to go to auction. Abby has stated that she would rather pay for Nite Lite to be put down than for her to be sent to the auction and possibly be sold as meat.
The bees have been installed and seem to be content in their living quarters. Sometime next week I'll have to open up the hives and check to make sure all is going well. I am trying a new system this year for extraction and will be harvesting as the supers fill. I am hoping this will give me a continuous supply of honey, rather than a huge amount at one time. We shall see...
The chicks are growing quickly and are almost ready to be put out with the rest of the hens. The layers are producing well and we are collecting about four dozen eggs a day. I have several regular customers who purchase between two dozen and five dozen eggs per week, so the chickens are now paying for themselves.
So now we sit back and relax... yeah, right... "Fair Season" is just around the corner!
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
"Busy Season" Begins
We have developed names for the various "seasons" in our life here. There is Fair Season, which starts in early July and goes until the middle of October. Then there's the Holiday Season, spanning from mid November until the beginning of January. Homeschooling starts in early August and goes until mid May and kind of encompasses all the other seasons. Breeding season is from early October until early December, and mid February until mid April is the "Busy Season".
Busy Season kicks off with the 4-H Public Speaking Competition (this Friday, by the way!). The girls spend weeks (okay, days) preparing and practicing their speeches and presentations. We have made this competition part of our homeschool curriculum, starting with lessons in choosing a viable topic, researching, developing, and writing, and ending with their oral presentation before a panel of judges.
Quickly afterward "kidding season" starts. This year we have does bred to freshen on or around March 4th, 6th, 7th, 12th, and 24th. A few more are due to deliver in early April, for a total of ten bred does. This means a potential for twenty or more baby goats being born in about a forty-five day span of time! Thankfully this year I have only one 4-H'er who is a first timer in birthing goats, so my emergency calls should be light!
Then of course, there is preparing for tapping the Maple trees, collecting the sap, and the hours spent boiling it down to syrup. In that same vein is going over all the beekeeping equipment: fixing and repainting supers, and assembling frames of foundation for the new colonies due to arrive in late March. The baby chicks will be arriving in mid to late March this year.
In the middle of all this we have Nathalie's birthday and St. Patrick's Day. This year involves a major coming together of my parents, brothers, and sisters and their assorted families, in Connecticut. With some grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins thrown in, it'll be days of food and fun!
The 4-H club starts to ramp up the fundraising with multiple Hot Dog Sales at Tractor Supply. As the weather warms up, the club plans more community service activities and hands-on educational programs. The 4-H Fair Association also requires more time as things begin to come together for the fair. The Southern New England Poultry Show and 4-H Goat Day take place too.
Then there's the garden and yard clean-up to get started. This year we have plans to fix field fences and add more pastures, as well as fixing and painting our wooden boundary fences. The patio, which has been in the works for three years now, has finally moved up to closer to the top of the list. The temporary horse barn will need to be taken down and replaced with a more permanent structure.
No wonder we call it the "Busy Season"!
Busy Season kicks off with the 4-H Public Speaking Competition (this Friday, by the way!). The girls spend weeks (okay, days) preparing and practicing their speeches and presentations. We have made this competition part of our homeschool curriculum, starting with lessons in choosing a viable topic, researching, developing, and writing, and ending with their oral presentation before a panel of judges.
Quickly afterward "kidding season" starts. This year we have does bred to freshen on or around March 4th, 6th, 7th, 12th, and 24th. A few more are due to deliver in early April, for a total of ten bred does. This means a potential for twenty or more baby goats being born in about a forty-five day span of time! Thankfully this year I have only one 4-H'er who is a first timer in birthing goats, so my emergency calls should be light!
Then of course, there is preparing for tapping the Maple trees, collecting the sap, and the hours spent boiling it down to syrup. In that same vein is going over all the beekeeping equipment: fixing and repainting supers, and assembling frames of foundation for the new colonies due to arrive in late March. The baby chicks will be arriving in mid to late March this year.
In the middle of all this we have Nathalie's birthday and St. Patrick's Day. This year involves a major coming together of my parents, brothers, and sisters and their assorted families, in Connecticut. With some grandparents and aunts, uncles and cousins thrown in, it'll be days of food and fun!
The 4-H club starts to ramp up the fundraising with multiple Hot Dog Sales at Tractor Supply. As the weather warms up, the club plans more community service activities and hands-on educational programs. The 4-H Fair Association also requires more time as things begin to come together for the fair. The Southern New England Poultry Show and 4-H Goat Day take place too.
Then there's the garden and yard clean-up to get started. This year we have plans to fix field fences and add more pastures, as well as fixing and painting our wooden boundary fences. The patio, which has been in the works for three years now, has finally moved up to closer to the top of the list. The temporary horse barn will need to be taken down and replaced with a more permanent structure.
No wonder we call it the "Busy Season"!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
May
A new month! And if the calendar is any indication, it will be a busy one! Sam has been working a crazy amount of overtime in the last two and a half weeks. It should all be coming to an end on Monday as the new recruits will be coming on-line. Sam figured that in the last 14 days he has been home about 34 hours total, and many of those were spent sleeping! I can tell you I am weary of being a single mom!
With the warmer weather finally arriving we have started digging the holes for the new fences. So far four have been installed and I only have one huge bruise on my hip from tripping and falling onto one of the cedar posts. The smaller bruises are on my fingers from forgetting to move them when using the post hole digger!
My bee hives have the first layer of supers on them. I am using all mediums or shallows this year. The hope is that I will be able to maneuver them on my own come harvest time. The deep supers just weighed way too much last year once they were filled with honey.
Only a few more baby goats left to sell. The first ones to be weaned will be leaving over the next two weeks to their various new homes. The chickens are now laying prolifically and we are nearing three dozen eggs per day. Now to find buyers for them all!
Fair season is just around the corner and we need to start looking for judges and deciding who will show which goats and chickens. We are starting to get the camper ready and the next really warm day we will air it out and scrub everything down. While we have eliminated a few fairs from our list, we have added some bigger ones that are further away from home. And we are even starting to think about next year's National Goat show which will be held in Louisville Kentucky!
With the warmer weather finally arriving we have started digging the holes for the new fences. So far four have been installed and I only have one huge bruise on my hip from tripping and falling onto one of the cedar posts. The smaller bruises are on my fingers from forgetting to move them when using the post hole digger!
My bee hives have the first layer of supers on them. I am using all mediums or shallows this year. The hope is that I will be able to maneuver them on my own come harvest time. The deep supers just weighed way too much last year once they were filled with honey.
Only a few more baby goats left to sell. The first ones to be weaned will be leaving over the next two weeks to their various new homes. The chickens are now laying prolifically and we are nearing three dozen eggs per day. Now to find buyers for them all!
Fair season is just around the corner and we need to start looking for judges and deciding who will show which goats and chickens. We are starting to get the camper ready and the next really warm day we will air it out and scrub everything down. While we have eliminated a few fairs from our list, we have added some bigger ones that are further away from home. And we are even starting to think about next year's National Goat show which will be held in Louisville Kentucky!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Something Has to Give
On our evening out last night, Sam and I discussed a lot of things. One of the things we talked about was the girls' involvment in Girl Scouts.
At the moment only Hannah and Samantha are active members. Rachel dropped girl scouts in the beginning of the school year when it became apparent to all of us that she was really struggling to keep up with her peers, despite her leaders and my own attempts to make things easier. Nathalie also dropped it in the beginning of the year when her troop decided to meet on Sundays. Abby dropped her troop when their meetings also began to meet on Sundays or Wednesdays, in direct conflict to church services.
Hannah has only been able to maintain her troop attendance through the generosity of her leaders. They coordinated pick-up and drop-off between them for her. Samantha's get staken to her meetings by the school bus, and I am an assistant leader , so she has been able to keep with her troop too.
In our disucssion last night, it became obvious to both Sam and I that something had to give and that thing would be girl scouts. Between my new job, his new job, the cost of everything, and the busy-ness that comes with animals, we simply can't "do it all". We will finish out the year until June; just 5 more meetings, really. There are other things that are on the chopping block as well, but we will see how things shake out after June.
At the moment only Hannah and Samantha are active members. Rachel dropped girl scouts in the beginning of the school year when it became apparent to all of us that she was really struggling to keep up with her peers, despite her leaders and my own attempts to make things easier. Nathalie also dropped it in the beginning of the year when her troop decided to meet on Sundays. Abby dropped her troop when their meetings also began to meet on Sundays or Wednesdays, in direct conflict to church services.
Hannah has only been able to maintain her troop attendance through the generosity of her leaders. They coordinated pick-up and drop-off between them for her. Samantha's get staken to her meetings by the school bus, and I am an assistant leader , so she has been able to keep with her troop too.
In our disucssion last night, it became obvious to both Sam and I that something had to give and that thing would be girl scouts. Between my new job, his new job, the cost of everything, and the busy-ness that comes with animals, we simply can't "do it all". We will finish out the year until June; just 5 more meetings, really. There are other things that are on the chopping block as well, but we will see how things shake out after June.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Crazy Day
Today is going to be crazy. Not that it makes it any different from any other day here. Just that today, I can just look at my calendar and know before the day begins that it will be crazy.
8AM 2 Kids on bus
1 van picked up by FFA to drive 14 FFA teens to airport.
8:30AM Start 3 girls on schoolwork.
Fold Laundry
Clean bathrooms since it was Samantha's job yesterday and well, she's not exactly great at the job yet and dysentery isn't in my schedule.
9AM Sam arrives home from work
I leave for grocery store, bank, post office, and wherever else.
11:30 Back home, unload car.
Check that girls are actually doing schoolwork.
Noon Lunch
Sam leaves for work
12:30 When van gets back take out 2 back seats.
2PM Drive Abby and 3 goats to friend's house. She is making a nativity scene Christmas card and wants to borrow some goats for it.
2:30 Put 2 back seats back in the van
Drive to Lebanon Community center to pick up 13 girl scouts and drive them to field trip.
5PM Drive home. Take 2 seats back out of van. Go and pick up Abby and goats.
6PM Make and eat dinner (most likely sandwiches)
7PM check schoolwork and plan tomorrow's schedule.
7:30 Rachel and Samantha to bed
8PM fall asleep on couch waiting for Sam to get home.
Stuff that won't get done:
Tea with missionaries at church
Ledyard Fair Wrap-up Meeting
4-H Leaders meeting
8AM 2 Kids on bus
1 van picked up by FFA to drive 14 FFA teens to airport.
8:30AM Start 3 girls on schoolwork.
Fold Laundry
Clean bathrooms since it was Samantha's job yesterday and well, she's not exactly great at the job yet and dysentery isn't in my schedule.
9AM Sam arrives home from work
I leave for grocery store, bank, post office, and wherever else.
11:30 Back home, unload car.
Check that girls are actually doing schoolwork.
Noon Lunch
Sam leaves for work
12:30 When van gets back take out 2 back seats.
2PM Drive Abby and 3 goats to friend's house. She is making a nativity scene Christmas card and wants to borrow some goats for it.
2:30 Put 2 back seats back in the van
Drive to Lebanon Community center to pick up 13 girl scouts and drive them to field trip.
5PM Drive home. Take 2 seats back out of van. Go and pick up Abby and goats.
6PM Make and eat dinner (most likely sandwiches)
7PM check schoolwork and plan tomorrow's schedule.
7:30 Rachel and Samantha to bed
8PM fall asleep on couch waiting for Sam to get home.
Stuff that won't get done:
Tea with missionaries at church
Ledyard Fair Wrap-up Meeting
4-H Leaders meeting
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Busy Day
This morning is the PPT for Rachel at the elementary school. This evening is the "Open House" at the school. We have overdue books at the library and I need to go to the bank. All of these buildings are in the same area on the opposite side of town from our house- 12 miles one way.
Of course, the PPT is at 10AM. The library doesn't open until 1PM. The Open House is at 6:30PM. The bank closes at 4PM. So I will do the PPT and the bank, and later do the library and the Open House. For a grand total of about 48 miles!
I also need to put the bee escapes on my hives today. (Somehow, I don't think I will get to it today.) It's time to harvest honey! I have decided that I will take all the honey from my weakest hive and let it die off. I will try and get my strongest hive to survive the winter. Hopefully, I should be able to get about 50 pounds of honey from the hives this weekend.
On another note:
My brother Andrew is getting married! We are so thrilled. We really like Lauren. I have no idea what to get them for a wedding gift and I have less than a month to figure it out. Any and all suggestions for a gift for a couple who rent a home, are locovores, enjoy art, both work, and have a dog and a cat, would be most welcome. Maybe I'll give them a vat of honey and a dozen eggs...
Of course, the PPT is at 10AM. The library doesn't open until 1PM. The Open House is at 6:30PM. The bank closes at 4PM. So I will do the PPT and the bank, and later do the library and the Open House. For a grand total of about 48 miles!
I also need to put the bee escapes on my hives today. (Somehow, I don't think I will get to it today.) It's time to harvest honey! I have decided that I will take all the honey from my weakest hive and let it die off. I will try and get my strongest hive to survive the winter. Hopefully, I should be able to get about 50 pounds of honey from the hives this weekend.
On another note:
My brother Andrew is getting married! We are so thrilled. We really like Lauren. I have no idea what to get them for a wedding gift and I have less than a month to figure it out. Any and all suggestions for a gift for a couple who rent a home, are locovores, enjoy art, both work, and have a dog and a cat, would be most welcome. Maybe I'll give them a vat of honey and a dozen eggs...
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Busy, Busy
We have managed to squeak in a few school lessons in between, visits to Meme's house, fixing the broken van (twice!), clipping a cow (still one more left to clip!), working on fair exhibits, catching a bee swarm, and visiting other 4H fairs to get ideas.
Rachel is enjoying her math curriculum. She likes watching the instructor on the DVD's. Then the lessons are gone over again by me. She spends the next few days doing the worksheets and working with the manipulatives. There is a lot of review and repitition with this curriculum. Just goes to show how her brain works, since she has yet to realize that the work isn't anything new each day.
Samantha is doing the Math lessons too. On the same level as Rachel but since the levels are called Greek alphabet letters, neither realizes that they are both doing grade 2 work.
Abby's new science and algebra curriculum have arrived. Her history and Latin should be here shortly. She is finishing up her science textbook from 8th grade this summer before we start on the Biology.
Nathalie is devouring all books put in front of her and has recently discovered my old Nancy Drews. She loved the Boxcar Children books and says the Nancy Drew books are just a more grown up version. I think she has read nearly 50 of them so far.
Hannah is spending her summer researching things to teach Rachel and Samantha. She just finished learning all about frogs. Her frog exhibit at the 4H fair took two blue ribbons and one red ribbon. Rachel and Samantha love following her around at the library helping her find books to read to them.
Fair season is quickly gearing up. Starting with the Chester Fair (Aug 22-24) we will have 6 fairs in 6 weekends! We then get a week off before we go to Portland Fair. Of course, just to make things interesting that weekend, my brother has decided to get married on that Sunday!
Rachel is enjoying her math curriculum. She likes watching the instructor on the DVD's. Then the lessons are gone over again by me. She spends the next few days doing the worksheets and working with the manipulatives. There is a lot of review and repitition with this curriculum. Just goes to show how her brain works, since she has yet to realize that the work isn't anything new each day.
Samantha is doing the Math lessons too. On the same level as Rachel but since the levels are called Greek alphabet letters, neither realizes that they are both doing grade 2 work.
Abby's new science and algebra curriculum have arrived. Her history and Latin should be here shortly. She is finishing up her science textbook from 8th grade this summer before we start on the Biology.
Nathalie is devouring all books put in front of her and has recently discovered my old Nancy Drews. She loved the Boxcar Children books and says the Nancy Drew books are just a more grown up version. I think she has read nearly 50 of them so far.
Hannah is spending her summer researching things to teach Rachel and Samantha. She just finished learning all about frogs. Her frog exhibit at the 4H fair took two blue ribbons and one red ribbon. Rachel and Samantha love following her around at the library helping her find books to read to them.
Fair season is quickly gearing up. Starting with the Chester Fair (Aug 22-24) we will have 6 fairs in 6 weekends! We then get a week off before we go to Portland Fair. Of course, just to make things interesting that weekend, my brother has decided to get married on that Sunday!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
My Calendar
I have a huge wipe-off calendar hanging in my "office". Around this time of the month I wipe off the first three weeks and write in the next three. I am always amazed that when I do this. Two days ago I had very little written in on it. I was thinking the month of May would be calm. HAHAHA! Not so much!
In the next two weeks alone, I have two 4H related meetings, three children have doctor's appointments, and two children have orthodontist appointments. All five girls have girl scout meetings. The Saturdays are filled with activities for Girl scouts, 4H'ers and church functions.
My Nathalie is such a sweetheart. She figured out (math in the real world!) how much it costs in gas for her to be driven to girl scouts when Sam isn't home so I have to drive the van. We happen to live as far from the center of town as it is physically possible. Every one of my girls' meetings take place in buildings that are at least 10 miles one way. And most happen at times which require that I drop the child off, go home and return later to pick up. Forty miles of driving at 12 miles to the gallon (in the van) with gas at $3.65 per gallon! Nathalie has only two more meetings before they are done for the year, so she has offered to pay for the gas out of her babysitting money.
I have to find something really special for Abby, Hannah, and Samantha's girl scout leader. She has volunteered to drive the girls to meetings and events so many times! The girls wouldn't have been able to attend a lot of the events had it not been for her willingness to go out of her way.
And Rachel's leader reads my blog so I should probably say something nice about her too.... I am just teasing! She lets Rachel come to her house on girl scout meeting day so I don't have to drive Rachel to the meeting, back home and then back to pick her up again. She even feeds the child! It also helps that Rachel and her daughter are best buddies. You know, that whole socialization thing...
THANK YOU GIRL SCOUT LEADERS!!!!!!!
In the next two weeks alone, I have two 4H related meetings, three children have doctor's appointments, and two children have orthodontist appointments. All five girls have girl scout meetings. The Saturdays are filled with activities for Girl scouts, 4H'ers and church functions.
My Nathalie is such a sweetheart. She figured out (math in the real world!) how much it costs in gas for her to be driven to girl scouts when Sam isn't home so I have to drive the van. We happen to live as far from the center of town as it is physically possible. Every one of my girls' meetings take place in buildings that are at least 10 miles one way. And most happen at times which require that I drop the child off, go home and return later to pick up. Forty miles of driving at 12 miles to the gallon (in the van) with gas at $3.65 per gallon! Nathalie has only two more meetings before they are done for the year, so she has offered to pay for the gas out of her babysitting money.
I have to find something really special for Abby, Hannah, and Samantha's girl scout leader. She has volunteered to drive the girls to meetings and events so many times! The girls wouldn't have been able to attend a lot of the events had it not been for her willingness to go out of her way.
And Rachel's leader reads my blog so I should probably say something nice about her too.... I am just teasing! She lets Rachel come to her house on girl scout meeting day so I don't have to drive Rachel to the meeting, back home and then back to pick her up again. She even feeds the child! It also helps that Rachel and her daughter are best buddies. You know, that whole socialization thing...
THANK YOU GIRL SCOUT LEADERS!!!!!!!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Busy Week
We cleaned the schoolroom yesterday. It only took 3 HOURS!!! Apparently when mom says, "Pick up the schoolroom," the children hear, "Throw everything that is on the floor into the closet and everything that is on your desk, shove onto your shelf." We even washed the window, the screen and the curtains!
Gordon came over yesterday afternoon with Grace. He helped Sam replace the tie rod end on his car and then helped Sam to check to see if his truck is repairable. The jury is still out on the truck. Grace and the girls had a blast playing until the sun set. We have had the BEST weather for our vacation week. The kids have been outside from dawn to dusk nearly every night.
This morning I am going over to disbud Bridget's goat. Then Sam and I are heading to Lowes to price the shelving we are looking at for the mudroom. Later today I need to light my smoker and check on my bees. Hannah has a girl scout sleepover tonight at the campground. Then tomorrow is the 4H Camp Clean-up project.
It has been a busy week.
Gordon came over yesterday afternoon with Grace. He helped Sam replace the tie rod end on his car and then helped Sam to check to see if his truck is repairable. The jury is still out on the truck. Grace and the girls had a blast playing until the sun set. We have had the BEST weather for our vacation week. The kids have been outside from dawn to dusk nearly every night.
This morning I am going over to disbud Bridget's goat. Then Sam and I are heading to Lowes to price the shelving we are looking at for the mudroom. Later today I need to light my smoker and check on my bees. Hannah has a girl scout sleepover tonight at the campground. Then tomorrow is the 4H Camp Clean-up project.
It has been a busy week.
Monday, March 10, 2008
My Life
No sign of kidds yet. Margie looks like she is about to explode though. Knowing our track record, it's probably two huge bucks that will require me getting involved....
Very busy week this week:
I have one goat who is due to kidd today.
Another due on the 16th and third and fourth due on the 30th and April 2nd.
I have 26 three week old chicks living in my playroom.
I have another 25 one day old chicks arriving on the 31st.
I have a half finished mudroom that I can't use because it still needs a floor and a ceiling, never mind the cabinets and hooks that need to be installed.
Because of previous statement, all boots, coats, milking equipment, bee equipment, camping equipment, etc. is piled in the playroom and stacked on my sewing area.
One of the dogs had to be moved to inside the barn since her outside area is literally under 1 foot of water. Thankfully the waters have receded enough to put her back in her pen.
I have 20,000 bees and 2 queens arriving on April 12th and my hive supplies order is backordered!
I have 30 gallons of sap being stored in our camper (hey, I am just glad it's not in my playroom!) that need to be processed into syrup.
I still have five families worth of girl scout cookies (about 200 boxes!) sitting in my living room, that haven't been picked up. I guess I'll be kind and bring them to the meeting this week.
All 5 girls have girl scout meetings this week, none of them on the same day.
Nathalie starts her CPR/first aid course on Wednesday.
I have a dentist appointment for a cavity.
4H meeting is on Tuesday.
A meeting at school about Rachel on Thursday,
and Nathalie's birthday party sleepover on Friday night.
I am not even thinking about Saturday's schedule; it requires two of me and teleportation.
Very busy week this week:
I have one goat who is due to kidd today.
Another due on the 16th and third and fourth due on the 30th and April 2nd.
I have 26 three week old chicks living in my playroom.
I have another 25 one day old chicks arriving on the 31st.
I have a half finished mudroom that I can't use because it still needs a floor and a ceiling, never mind the cabinets and hooks that need to be installed.
Because of previous statement, all boots, coats, milking equipment, bee equipment, camping equipment, etc. is piled in the playroom and stacked on my sewing area.
One of the dogs had to be moved to inside the barn since her outside area is literally under 1 foot of water. Thankfully the waters have receded enough to put her back in her pen.
I have 20,000 bees and 2 queens arriving on April 12th and my hive supplies order is backordered!
I have 30 gallons of sap being stored in our camper (hey, I am just glad it's not in my playroom!) that need to be processed into syrup.
I still have five families worth of girl scout cookies (about 200 boxes!) sitting in my living room, that haven't been picked up. I guess I'll be kind and bring them to the meeting this week.
All 5 girls have girl scout meetings this week, none of them on the same day.
Nathalie starts her CPR/first aid course on Wednesday.
I have a dentist appointment for a cavity.
4H meeting is on Tuesday.
A meeting at school about Rachel on Thursday,
and Nathalie's birthday party sleepover on Friday night.
I am not even thinking about Saturday's schedule; it requires two of me and teleportation.
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