Hey, I am back. I bet you were all on pins and needles, just dying to find out how we did at the Centre County Extravaganza goat show this past Memorial weekend, right?
So Friday morning I wake up and started my normal everyday chores of milking, feeding, and watering the goats and such. Vince promised [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 21, 2008
A quick update…
Ok, so we are off to a goat show this weekend. For some reason I was thinking of taking only a couple of goats. My husband says “let’s take a bunch”. So I now have 16 goats to “show clip” and trim their hooves up, wash them, clean the ears and all other little crevices [...]
May 19, 2008
Italian Kids vs American Kids
American kids: Move out when they’re 18 with the full support of their parents.
Italian kids: Move out when they’re 28, having saved enough money for a house, and are two weeks away from getting married….unless there’s room in the basement for the newlyweds.
American kids: When their Mom visits them, she brings a Bundt cake, and [...]
May 8, 2008
The Determined Flatlander
Many people ask me how I do it. There isn’t a trick to running this farm. Just hard work and determination. That’s what it takes; un-wavering determination to run this place. If you know me, you know I’ve got it. My husband sometimes calls it bull headedness or stubbornness but whatever you call it, I [...]
May 4, 2008
Bada Bing’s Bad Week
So it’s Wednesday at midnight. I am exhausted. Last round of milk is in the pasteurizer. It finally buzzes meaning it is done and I can now go to bed. Thank God, I just want to go to sleep. I spent the day cleaning, doing laundry, and making soap.
I unplug the pasteurizer, take off the [...]
