So much going on lately and so little time to blog, or shower, or sleep! whew! here goes, try to keep up 'cuz theres alot to blog and so little time to do it. i apologize in advance it gets a little confusing0just loop back around to the beginning and start reading again VERY SLOWLY and it should make sense-then email me and explain it to me =)
Since last blog, I have gotten my truck back,good as new for the low low price of $5,000! whoa! but thanks to GEICO I paid only $500. This still put us in a bad bind financially and we were scrambling this last week to pay rent 12 days late. Thankfully we did it! with no help from the in-laws and now we are working on the overdue electric bill. One thing at a time right? kids have all decided to go to mainstream public school so we are scrambling to get school clothes and supplies and,wow-why are we doing this again? I forget...
Our little "chancha" the pig is happy and getting fat and our "fatima" the nanny goat is producing much better and i have several regular customers now who say her milk and subsequent cheeses ar edelish! YAYA!! so very happy about that. We bred her last week, hopefully she will take we would like a couple "kids" by Christmas to expand the herd for Spring. All our first string layers are getting on board an dgiving us yummy large brown eggs everyday so I have picked up a couple more fresh egg accounts in town. The city folk just love our "farm fresh"-natural products and are buying them up like crazy. Rabbit poo fertilizer is selling for $2 per 1 gallon baggie. thats not too shabby since they poo that in an hour! LOL.. got 3 new rabbits pure breds, fertilizer bunnies-not meat.
Edd starts school again soon too so I will be all alone and not sure what to do with myself. I have joined our neighborhood community action group and am now in charge of vendors and entertainment for a huge fundraising concert we are planning for October. I am excited and have already booked an awesome band and several vendors. I hope we are able to raise the funds we need to continue supporting our community. I think I may return to school also or get a part time job in town to take up some tie and earn Christmas Money. I will keep you all posted on this though. I have so much now I don't know how I will manage it.
The Property is coming along nicely, the animals pens are moved to the back-later a privacy fence will hide them from view- and the garden has been successfully moved to the septic mound and is thriving again to my delight. We have grass, lush green healthy grass growing in all the areas we want it to and the flooding has been a minimal issue for a few weeks now . Edd and I are still clearing trees for fences and planning to continue to do so until we can fence the whole property in.
Took the kids to Itchetuknee springs to tube the river and had a blast for my Birthday! It was very nice to relax and forget about the farm and bills and stuff for a little while. Admittedly by 8pm though I was a bundle of nerves on the ride home,wondering if everything was fine.It was. We plan to go again to Ginny Springs next time. maybe even camp. Baby steps..LOL.. Internet and home phones have been shut off for about 2 weeks now. I am in a war with AT&T-1 I will inevitably lose but mut fihgt none the less. i suppose sometime later this month I will break down and pay them and re-establish service. For now I blog from the library, or as I am now, from McDonalds. it hasn't been as bad as I first expected-business has been a little more complicated to run but hey, nothing good is ever easy right? At least that's what the people who have internet at home have been saying...
Gotta run, animals need feeding and dinner is beckoning to be cooked and it's a 35 minute drive home. I will blog more as soon as I can and post pictures too. Learning to live in a house that is a constant 82 degrees(instead of my beloved 70),drive the speed limit always, and to shower with MOSTLY cold water(not my fave) has been interesting. not always pleasant or convenient but interesting and educational too. We are slowing down alot, and taking nothing for Granted anymore. Each day is precious, each meal the last, and every second we are together-a GIFT. I we have been cleaning with only all natural home mad eproducts and house smells great, and looks sparkling clean(until kids wake up that is) bathing with home made soap(when we use it) I know, more on that later-you REALLY don't need it everytime, and brushing you r teeth with home made toothpaste(bye bye crest) also very challenging at first but are now routine and normal for us. Building an outdoor shower and outhouse are in the works for the fall. Will post as we work on them.
Bye ya'll, more later.
Evy
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