Grrrrrr........

What was that goat thinking as she contentedly chewed up my book? Was she thinking "What a great story!" Or was she thinking "What weird things people read about." All I can say is that at least she didn't eat the middle of the book. Oddly enough she stopped eating at the page I had just finished reading. Unfortunatly she also ate the last ten pages as well as the first twenty. Crazy goat! Do I go around eating your alfalfa? Until I do could you please leave my book alone.

All right. Now that I've ranted about the book-eating goat I'll answer the question that I'm sure some of you (including my Dad) are asking yourselves. Why was my book any where where a goat could get it.
Well.... it was a beautiful sunny day so Emma and I decided that instead of reading in the comforts of the living room,we would go outside to read. So we grabbed our cloaks (we like to wear our cloaks when we read Tolkien), went to our favorite "reading tree" and got ready to read. The goats however had a different schedule for the day. So after chasing the run-away goats through barbed wire, thorn bushes, and brambles, Emma and I finally went back to our book 45 minutes later. Only to find that some of the goats had been there in our absence. And had enjoyed a little nibble of my book. Thank you very little!
So now if you happen to pick up my copy of "The Hobbit" you will start where Bilbo realizes who Gandalf is, and you will end at the place where Bilbo is leaving the Lonely Mountain.
There is never a dull moment on the farm. :)

Woohoo!!Yeah!!

One of our goats had twin bucklings. :) They are SO cute! One is a cream color and the other one is black and white. The white and black one reminds me of a oreo cookie. And boy are they loud. Maa,maa,maa!!!  The  cream colored one is 4 lbs and the oreo looking one is 3 lbs. Aren't they cute!?!

"Where's my dinner?"

"I  weigh a whooping 4 pounds!"

"And I am 3 pounds of pure cuteness!"

                                           

Chores

Beginning of the month = different chores. Some times we switch chores every other month,some times we keep our chores for several months. Some times only a few of us change chores while every one else keeps the chores that they had. This month almost every one changed jobs. We also have partners to take care of. And we have "after meal jobs". Which are, as their name implies, jobs that we do after each meal.
So as of tomorrow morning I have herd health as my chore, washing dishes as my after meal job, and Noah as my partner. Oh boy! :)

Now I remember :)

The other New Years goal/job that I couldn't remember was learning how to play the Piano. I know that I will not be a perfect piano player in one year, but I hope to play well enough to be able to play Christmas hymns  in December. :)

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!! I remember what I was doing a year ago today. I wonder what I'll be doing on this day a year from now. You never know.  :) What I do know is that before then there are a lot of things that I want to accomplish and do. I have a new years resolution list, a new years list of goals for myself, and a  list of dresses that I want to make in the next year. So which list shall I start with? Lets start with the resolutions.

New Years Resolutions

1~ Read the Bible every day.
2~ Brush my teeth every day (I know, that sounds weird ).

Goals/ jobs for the new year

1~Clean out the storage shed behind the house.
2~ And there was some thing else that goes under this category, I just can't remember it.

And last but not least, the list of dresses that I want to make this year

Susan's red battle dress from "Prince Caspian".
Eowyn's green dress (aka the stable dress).
Susan's purple traveling dress from "Prince Caspian".
Eowyn's shield maiden dress.

Hmmmm. Does any one notice a general theme here? ;)
Oh yeah. And the dresses that I have to make this year.

Linnea' ball gown.
Sara's ball gown.
Grace's ball gown AND camp dress.
My camp dress/ ball gown.

Yet another themed sewing list. :)

So there's my list of things that I've set for my self to do in the coming year. But all that sewing will have to wait 'till the sewing/storage room is cleaned out and organized. So do I have any volunteers? ;)