Coffee anyone ?

[frustratedearthmother]

No cinnamon rolls? Just my luck, lol.

Woke up 7:30ish. First thing I do every morning is to look out the upstairs window towards the barn. What to my wondering eyes do appear? One of my moon-spotted Nubian does is at the buck's fence being a total hussy. Now, the Nubian buck on the other side of the fence would be glad to oblige her deepest desire, but he's not at liberty to do so. It's obvious they are in loooove and would like the privacy (or at least the opportunity) to take care of business. That's THEIR plan.

MY plan is to take this Nubian doe (Spot - original, huh) who is probably at least 34 inches tall - and take my Pygmy buck (Chester)who is maybe 18 inches tall on a good day - and blend 'em up! I want new Kinder babies and that's the formula. Here's hoping Chester is feeling his oats today!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Not going to try to catch up on this thread. I’ll just start from here. Hello all!

 

[Xerocles]

@Xerocles you might like to join us in a cup

Baymule, thank you for the invite, but today is a shining example. Up at 7, chores, cooked and wolfed down breakfast. Answered a couple of posts here, wrote a new question, and here it is nearly noon. I feel like such a slug! If I'm gonna get anything accomplished I gotta get my butt in gear. No time for coffee. Maybe when I have the experience you guys have, I will be able to manage my time better and relax for a second cup...but right now I feel like I am playing "catch-up" every day. But sincerely, thanks for thinking of me.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

hey y'all not much going on here going to the feed store for some chicken feed, dog and cat food. Can't seem to stop thinking about the goats but thats is what it is. i can't wait till we can have some again i been missing them alot lately regardless of how I been feel physically. i hope yall all have a great day gonna head out now see yall.

 

[thistlebloom]

I'll take another hot cup, thank you. Had chocolate peanut butter ice cream for breakfast and I'm chilled! (It was a selfless act, DH shouldn't be eating it and I needed room in the freezer) Late breakfast because I was cleaning the fridge, doing laundry, and reorganizing the laundry room. Hoping for a few more degrees of warmth before I tackle cleaning pens. It was 24 when i got up, looks like 31 now and we're going to get some sunshine again today, yay!

 

[Alaskan]

I find regional/ethnic heritage food interesting.

Like my spouse... spouse thinks life is potatoes, and usually mashed, white flour all the way, and wonder bread is great stuff. Loads of beans especially rice and beans. So red beans, and black beans.

Me... I was raised on cornbread, eggnoodles, very few beans (except for Kentucky wonder long beans, and butter beans), and potatoes were rare and usually served as tiny new potatoes, scalloped, or roasted. I was never in my life served wonder bread...all bread was cracked wheat, lots of seeds kind of breads.

So the family has grown used to me serving proper (to me) giblet filled cornbread dressing, with giblet gravy..... but they have spouse's fondness for mashed potatoes.

As we were discussing food today.... spouse actually asked why in the world would egg noodles be used for anything other than chicken noodle soup?

 

[Baymule]

Cornbread dressing and giblet gravy-YUM! Do you put boiled egg chunks in your giblet gravy? My Grandmother did, she was a great cook.

 

[Xerocles]

Cornbread dressing and giblet gravy-YUM! Do you put boiled egg chunks in your giblet gravy? My Grandmother did, she was a great cook.

I'm not much of a cook, but I do follow the rule book. It's right there in the Book of Rules for Grandma cooking. Rule number 37. Giblet gravy MUST have chopped boiled egg.

 

[Mini Horses]

My day started slow and ended well. Atfer morning chores, I made up my mind to work at the area I wanted to use for the younger goats, so finished the 4' panel on the one side as it had not been completed. Drug the board, cut it to length, loaded the now 4X7 piece onto the tractor and moved it. Leveraged into place and nailed.

Decided to house Romeo there to get the shelter for his area completed and moved. So, Attached (temporary) a cattle panel at interior divider of shed, hooked to the existing wooden slats and then a 8X10 dog panel onto front. Loaded hay & water and put the rampant buck in there. He paced and tried to get out of jail but, settled in an hour or so. Tomorrow I will finish the moveable shed and put it into the hot wired pen that is his. Then he can return there for The ??? winter ??? He is too much trouble to keep enclosed and I am going to send him on his way. Will list to sell. Nice full blood Saanen, just an escape artist and I'm tired of it. Made up my mind, Adios.

So, after his shed is done tomorrow, I can work a little fence movement for the now finished run-in and get the 5 younger does moved there. Opens space in the big goat shed for the older does. This will almost finish my "re-arranging" of the goats -- until kidding begins.

Noticed I was low, so jumped in the truck and went for a load of hay about 2. Holiday, etc., don't want to wait. Got back and unloaded, fed everyone, closed all the coops and called it a day. Finished just as dark began. Nice.

It's tough being home!!! This morning I kept checking the calendar to be sure wasn't supposed to "be" somewhere. Nope, I was ok. Tomorrow, will put the assembled material together to finish the portable shed. Most I've cut to size, drill battery is on charge.

 

[Alaskan]

Cornbread dressing and giblet gravy-YUM! Do you put boiled egg chunks in your giblet gravy? My Grandmother did, she was a great cook.

I'm not much of a cook, but I do follow the rule book. It's right there in the Book of Rules for Grandma cooking. Rule number 37. Giblet gravy MUST have chopped boiled egg.

Huh, nope, never any egg in the gravy.

Chopped up giblets and neck meat maybe, if you don't want all of that stuff in the cornbread dressing.

Don't even put boiled egg in the dressing. Egg goes in the cornbread, and then more egg over the broken up cornbread and other ingredients....but not boiled egg.

Interesting... what tradition does that come from?

My dad's mom was Texas hill country German.