ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[autumnprairie]

HIGH FIVE to y'all! Why did I pose the pink question?

Well...

My 7 year old boy, K's favorite color is pink. And I see nothing wrong with letting him express himself by wearing it....at home or at school if he likes. No frills or dresses and if the clothes were any other color they would be for boys or girls. But my boy is extremely happy wearing pink and playing construction with his bulldozers.

Color is color and has no gender unless we add one to it.

I totally agree. society has set these horrible standards that need to be absolved

 

[elevan]

I've spent most of today working on my incubator. Took a while to figure out the wiring. Then I ran into a problem. The thermostat that I purchased is 240 volt...and my house is wired 120. So, after blowing breakers left and right my brother informed me that the problem was the thermostat. So I have to call around tomorrow to try to find one. I went several places tonight to try to find what I needed with no luck...and if one more person had told me that I should just go to TSC and buy chicks then I might have hit them.

 

[elevan]

Found a thermostat and the local lumber yard is holding it for me until I pick it up later. I plan to finish up the incubator today. I'll take pics and post them here for y'all.

My mind is in dinner mode right now. I have Mushroom Swiss steak in the crock pot, pie crusts blind baked and now I have to make the lemon filling and whip up some egg whites. Think I'll make some biscuits too. I've got to boil some eggs for deviled eggs.

Tomorrow, I'm gonna make some "Unfried" Chicken.

I even cultured some sour cream and have it resting right now. That is for Wednesday's dinner... enchiladas.

 

[redtailgal]

I'll be there about 6 oclock.

 

[elevan]

Hmmm...Pie...

 

[redtailgal]

you evil woman.

 

[elevan]

It's gonna be goooodddd. I taste as I cook, so I know all parts of this are yummy yummy.

 

[elevan]

Boys (goats) about gave me a heart attack!

I went into the backyard with the boys (human) and wondered why the horses were going crazy and the boy goats were screaming. I walked to the fence that separates the backyard from the big field and thought...man it looks like the boy goats are on the wrong side of the fence. Crud! They ARE on the wrong side of the fence.

I ran around to where they are to find one of our outside dogs keeping them confined to a corner of his area. Barney is in need of a BIG TREAT! He's a sweet dog who can barely see and he loves the goats. He'll regularly lie on his side of the fence with a goat on the other. But this is the first time that he's ever herded goats!

I got them back into the field and gave Barney some love. Good dog. Bad goats.

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Boys (goats) about gave me a heart attack!

I went into the backyard with the boys (human) and wondered why the horses were going crazy and the boy goats were screaming. I walked to the fence that separates the backyard from the big field and thought...man it looks like the boy goats are on the wrong side of the fence. Crud! They ARE on the wrong side of the fence.

I ran around to where they are to find one of our outside dogs keeping them confined to a corner of his area. Barney is in need of a BIG TREAT! He's a sweet dog who can barely see and he loves the goats. He'll regularly lie on his side of the fence with a goat on the other. But this is the first time that he's ever herded goats!

I got them back into the field and gave Barney some love. Good dog. Bad goats.

Bravo Barney! Bravo!

 

[elevan]

K found my sour cream that was culturing and thought it was a milkshake and took a drink and then was shocked by the taste and spilled it all over the place!

Started over with a new batch and hid it in the cabinet this time. Needless to say, K did not get a piece of pie tonight for that stunt.