The TV is off, only one light is on, and the only noise is the sound of my keyboard clicking away. Funny how amongst the every day you think to yourself that you would enjoy some peace & quiet...but now that I have it...I miss the noise! Noise...it's what means my family is home...we're happy...we're doing things together...we're ridiculously busy...but we're all here...together.
I miss 'em like crazy!
Meantime, back at the farm...
We have sold Anabelle's kids (goats). They will be leaving on July 6th. We're gonna miss having Tom & Jerry around. They are so stinkin' cute!! But, that's the way a farm works. You breed, sell, & use profit to put back into the farm to keep it rollin'.
My mom just gave us all her chickens yesterday! Woo-Hoo! So we now have 8 new hens and another rooster.
Still no ducks just yet. We're having to use the house we planned on using for the ducks to house the mama hen that adopted the 19 chicks we hatched out. They all survived, however Annabelle stomped one to death last week.
Dixie had her puppies last week. 7 of them! They are 10 days old now & I'm ready for them to be gone. They're in my laundry room until their eyes & ears open up & then we're booting them out. We're planning on going on vacation to New Braunsfels in a few weeks for 4 days so we need to get it done soon so they can be out for someone to pet sit for us. Although I hope to have them all sold by the time we go on vacation. Any takers??
Vacation...such an exciting word!! We got our reservations made yesterday! Last weekend on our way back from Dallas, Linds & I stopped at the outlet mall in Hillsboro. Their deal was, spend "X" amount of dollars & get 2 free tickets to Schlitterbahn. Done! Justin will need back to school clothes...I can easily do that! So, we hooked him up with school clothes & got ourselves two free tickets! Listen to this...are you listening...retail value of his clothes was $670...I paid $237!!! So that determined our vacation plans...we're going to New Braunsfels & staying at a cabin for 4 days. Sunday when we arrive we're just gonna relax & swim where we're staying...Monday we're going to Schlitterbahn for the day...Tuesday we're floating the river 1/2 the day & fishing 1/2 the day, & Wednesday we'll chill before packing up & leaving. We're planning on hitting the outlet malls in San Marcos on the way home to finish Justin's school clothes shopping. Can't wait!
In the mean time, we're gonna have a house full of family this week. Tomorrow night when Linds comes home she is so excited that she'll be bringing her niece & nephew home with her! Then on Tuesday her mom, and possibly her sister & other niece, will be coming up as well. They'll all be here through Thursday & then we have to get the house ready to host a Thirty-One party http://www.mythirtyone.com/shop/catalog.aspx?eventId=E1900775&from=DIRECTLINK&verify=true on Friday night. We're looking forward to spending time with everyone and having them here to relax for a few days. Who knows...we might even get the pool set up Monday night!
Hope you're enjoying your summer...noise, busyness, chaos, sunburns, vacations, laughter, & all!! It means you're with family...blood related or not!
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