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Students don't realize that the teachers love snow days more than they do. We had hurricane days in Florida. When I lived in Pa and worked as a sub, I got up and dressed every morning that I heard the snow plows on the road. 'Cause somebody who lived out on the dirt roads would call off. I hated...

You can use enamel ware pots as well as ss or glass. Since supplies are hard to find here in Belize, I had to make do with what I could get. I use a little plastic "trash can" for milking. Pour it into my ss stockpot with a lid while I do the other girls. For a filter I use a wire mesh strainer...

I sent the photos but haven't heard back from him yet. I'm really curious about how they keep the milk products cold. I'm a wimp. We have solar and I have a regular refrigerator and a little freezer, washing machine. I use the microwave, crockpot, ice cream maker and other appliances. This time...

Where does the time go? There never is time enough to get everything done. I've not been home much this week so when I was there I had to rush to get the basic chores done. Tuesday I went to a US Embassy meeting. My intent was to turn in my social security paperwork. Yes, I am that old. When you...

Nothing cuter than a goat kid. I could (and have) spend hours watching them play. My twin boys went to their new home today.:hit I hope they do me proud.

It's been a hectic couple of weeks. First issue was a sick baby goat. Scours but still eating, standing all by himself away from the others. Took him to the vet. She wormed him and said to try to get a sample poo. So the next day we kept him on the patio for almost 5 hours waiting for the...

There are very few medications for goats available. His diet has not changed. I did bring in a variety of branches and bushes. I don't know what they are but they all ate the same things. He could have eaten more of something than the other kids did. He may have eaten more grain than the others...

Now he just stands or lays down in the shade. I haven't seen him chewing his cud (may have missed it). When I go out there, he just hugs me. I don't know what to give him. I have kefir and vitamin C. Would that help? What could be the causes?

-One of the twin bucks has very dark, tarry sometimes runny, sometimes dog log style poop. He is eating and nursing fine. Last night his ears felt a bit cooler than the other kids. Not as perky as usual but up and about. Any clue what may be causing this? Other 3 kids are fine. He quit eating...

Marl is powdered limestone. It can be as hard as solid rock or just a soupy mess. Kind of like cement. In the real dry season, the marl dust just covers everything. In the rainy season, it is a mess like ceramic slip. But the paved (gravel/tar) roads are sometimes worse with potholes. There is...

The rain just won't stop. Yes, we need it. Yes, it has been gentle rains and not storms. Yes, my fruit trees love it. But, the goats hate it. The roads all are a mess. Both marl and paved roads are full of pot holes and slop. The travel trailer gets real small with both dogs inside. Don't even...

Wow. Thanks Straw. I'm going to check into that here. I saw loose minerals posted on the price list as well as cattle feed at the Feed store. The guy already thinks I'm nuts trying to find goat food.

Stay strong. Don't give in to Scottie! They seem to be able to find our weak spot.:/

Come down for a vacation. The country is so varied, mountains, rivers, flat land, islands (cayes). I only wish I had moved here years ago before I got old. :old

Will the sun ever shine again? This is the 4th day in a row of overcast or overcast with rain. We need the rain but so many days in a row makes a mess of the marl roads. You would think you were driving on ice. Not good for solar power either. We've had to run the generator a lot because we...

Weather in Belize is nice this time of year but the sun can still be brutal. It's been getting down in the 60's at night and in the 80's during the day. We have to let the pot licker dog in at night or she shivers and snores all night. This dog, who is dark brown with blond streaks, can lay in...

I put some into the feed bags. It kills off the weevils and other insects. I was just reading about feeding it to the animals as an wormicide. I'm about to run out of Hoegers Herbal Wormer and it is on back order. Then it takes over a month to get it here. I was going to order some and have it...

Can you stick one of the kiko kids in your suitcase? I'd show you around Belize. :fl

Phew! I'm exhausted. Yesterday I was out of it, major headache, eyes hurt so I could hardly blink, everything hurt. Thank You Fruta Bomba. They were spraying for 2 days. I get sick every time they do a major spray. Probably the combination of herbicide and insecticides. And then there were...

I call those lovely goat episodes a "rodeo day". When I have an appointment or need to be somewhere it always happens. Or I forget I have a pot on the stove and go out "for just a minute" and someone escapes. I really applaud you and the other young people who are raising children and animals...