Well the past few days have been beautiful! The sun has been out most of the day, and I have been able to hang laundry out on the line. I always forget how much I love hanging clothes out until I do it. So, since the sun has been out lately, I have been taking advantage of drying our clothes for free. Plus, I am able to have a little quiet time with God. Yesterday, I was giving thanks to God that I had clothes to hang out to dry. I also gave thanks to God that I had 11 other people to be doing laundry for. I can not promise that tomorrow I will be as thrilled, but I was yesterday as well as today.
Today, we put up some wire to try to keep in the goats. We shall have to wait and see if it works. The fencing we bought needed to be a foot or two taller, but we needed to get something at the time. Oh well, live and learn right? Our next goat project will be to build a shelter for the goats and then a pen for the mamas and their babies when we breed them.
Tomorrow we are going to go and pick up some hay. Just a few bales for now until we are able to buy more. It seems like we are having to do quite a bit of buying a little here and there. Times are tough for so many people, and it just kills me. This is when I wish I was rich so I could help others in need, but we are not meant to be rich financially. We are rich in another way. God has blessed us with our beautiful children, and even though we have our rough times...I wouldn't trade any of it for anything! I will just keep trying to do God's will and help my husband and children reach Heaven.
God bless you all.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
August 18, 2011
I think that everyday I will post a little something just to keep the blog moving along.
I am sure I have mentioned it before, but Frugal Families is a wonderful board to belong to. There is a little fee of $10, but it is well worth it. Plus within reading a few threads you will have learned how to save more than the $10 you spent to join. Not to mention the fact that the women there are simply wonderful. They are encouraging and inspiring.
We now have some Oberhasli goats. They are just so beautiful and very loving. The family that we bought them from are also beautiful. Because of this wonderful family we now have fresh raw goat milk. What a blessing this has been for our family as we have several children that can not have any dairy from a cow. Although, I do enjoy raw cow milk it has been easier to take care of the goats. I think due to the fact that they are not as big as a dairy cow or eat as much plays into my way of thinking. Plus, I like having a smaller dairy animal since we have several small children. With a cow, although it would be tame, it could still accidentally hurt of one of the little ones more than a goat would.
Speaking of goats...it is time to milk.
God bless you all.
I am sure I have mentioned it before, but Frugal Families is a wonderful board to belong to. There is a little fee of $10, but it is well worth it. Plus within reading a few threads you will have learned how to save more than the $10 you spent to join. Not to mention the fact that the women there are simply wonderful. They are encouraging and inspiring.
We now have some Oberhasli goats. They are just so beautiful and very loving. The family that we bought them from are also beautiful. Because of this wonderful family we now have fresh raw goat milk. What a blessing this has been for our family as we have several children that can not have any dairy from a cow. Although, I do enjoy raw cow milk it has been easier to take care of the goats. I think due to the fact that they are not as big as a dairy cow or eat as much plays into my way of thinking. Plus, I like having a smaller dairy animal since we have several small children. With a cow, although it would be tame, it could still accidentally hurt of one of the little ones more than a goat would.
Speaking of goats...it is time to milk.
God bless you all.
New School Year
Well, it is that time of year of new books, pencils, paper, erasers, crayons, and the list goes on.
I must admit that I have an addiction to buying school supplies. I just can't help myself. Okay, I take that back. I can help myself, but I choose not to! So, this year I decided I would force myself not to purchase anything other than a math book. I can not believe it, but I actually did it! I am using up what I have and I have to say so far so good. This of course makes hubby happy, as he is well aware of my new book smell addiction.
I am printing out books from The Robinson Curriculum that I purchased many years ago. This is another little something that has hubby in a good mood. The only thing I will need to purchase later on this year will be more toner, but hubby is more than happy with that.
This year we have four children schooling, and it is going quite well. I really can not complain as the kids are working with me. We have decided to be more practical and simplify our homeschooling. So far so good. Now don't get me wrong I am perfectly aware that we will have our bad days, but making things simple, well it can only help. Instead of having four different History or Science books we are combining them into just one class for all of the children. No more of trying to do what the school district does. No sir, we are going to be a one room school house and we will have more learning going on.
There has been less fighting and distracting going on since we made this decision. Not to mention that it is easier on the younger children as well. We have five that are five down to 2.5 months. I wish I would have done this years ago instead of trying to have the kids doing everything and anything just because society said it was necessary. Ha! Homeschooling can be fun as well as educational!
May God bless you all.
I must admit that I have an addiction to buying school supplies. I just can't help myself. Okay, I take that back. I can help myself, but I choose not to! So, this year I decided I would force myself not to purchase anything other than a math book. I can not believe it, but I actually did it! I am using up what I have and I have to say so far so good. This of course makes hubby happy, as he is well aware of my new book smell addiction.
I am printing out books from The Robinson Curriculum that I purchased many years ago. This is another little something that has hubby in a good mood. The only thing I will need to purchase later on this year will be more toner, but hubby is more than happy with that.
This year we have four children schooling, and it is going quite well. I really can not complain as the kids are working with me. We have decided to be more practical and simplify our homeschooling. So far so good. Now don't get me wrong I am perfectly aware that we will have our bad days, but making things simple, well it can only help. Instead of having four different History or Science books we are combining them into just one class for all of the children. No more of trying to do what the school district does. No sir, we are going to be a one room school house and we will have more learning going on.
There has been less fighting and distracting going on since we made this decision. Not to mention that it is easier on the younger children as well. We have five that are five down to 2.5 months. I wish I would have done this years ago instead of trying to have the kids doing everything and anything just because society said it was necessary. Ha! Homeschooling can be fun as well as educational!
May God bless you all.
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