Pearce Pastures: Where did I go?

[jodief100]

Power is back on!!! Got the heat cranking to get this house cozy again. Now for a thorough house cleaning (did I mention I love to clean-no joke, I love it!).

Would you like to come and visit? I have lots of cleaning that needs to be done. You woudl have a great time!

 

[Southern by choice]

Power is back on!!! Got the heat cranking to get this house cozy again. Now for a thorough house cleaning (did I mention I love to clean-no joke, I love it!).

Would you like to come and visit? I have lots of cleaning that needs to be done. You woudl have a great time!

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I use to love cleaning... making list doing weird OCD rituals with cleaning...now just tired of it! My family has ruined my OCD, and I don't enjoy it as much. Did move out washer/dryer yesterday, amazing how much dust and dirt gets under them. Gut cleaning fr today, have half the walls scrubbed down so far. It sure would help if EVERYONE would flippin get out of the room I'm cleaning!
Anytime you want a real challenge... head southeast! I'l feed ya real good!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

If I was headed that way, I be happy to scour I have had more than a few say that they way I clean reminds them of the character Monica from Friends. I can say I have daydreamed about cleaning a few of my family member's homes.

Waiting on family to arrive for Christmas dinner. I have been cooking since 8 this morning and they house is steamy with food. Maple glazed ham, turkey, yams, cranberry relish, gravy, stuffing, rolls, spinach and artichoke dip...I skipped breakfast and lunch to be making it up as soon as all 12 adults and 12 kids arrive.

While cooking, DH went out to feed the critters and open the barn back up after our little storm. The goats tiptoed out into the half inch of snow and then made a mad dash for their playground, like a bunch of little kids It was a hoot, watching them chase each other around, jump off and on their toy bridge. Great entertainment.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

While cooking, DH went out to feed the critters and open the barn back up after our little storm. The goats tiptoed out into the half inch of snow and then made a mad dash for their playground, like a bunch of little kids It was a hoot, watching them chase each other around, jump off and on their toy bridge. Great entertainment.

haha that's great.
btw I want to eat some of the food. Sounds good!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Good times here. The house was packed last night with happy, squealing cousins who haven't seen each other in awhile and all of my in-laws. Dinner was a hit and then we gave out early gifts. My kids had made birdhouses for all of the grandparents, each one a little different from the others. We ended the night with a parting gift for each family (a dozen fresh eggs ) and of course a trip to the barn for the nieces and nephews. Our one niece, in her pretty dress and shoes, is clearly cut out for farm life as she tromped through the goat berries, exclaiming how she just loved that goat (Lily). Then they collected eggs for us and begged their dad to move out here...I don't know why, but that made me kind of proud and satisfied. Same niece also kept asking her dad if she could have chickens---I wish he'd have said yes, because I would loved to have let her get some chicks from us.

After all we gone and the house picked up, we took out the egg turner from our incubator, candled the eggs one last time, and upped the humidity. Just a few more days and we should hopefully have some peepers. I still am not 100% sure I am seeing anything for sure, because the shells are too dark (especially the green ones, which surprised me because they seem pale but are impossibly dark. Almost all have a decent looking air cell and I could make out veins in a few, but no movement. I didn't look to long though because I am afraid to let them get cool.

Today, after we thoroughly relax, I will be heading out to do some goat maintenance (need to check my record book here in sec to see when the next CDTs are due on my does). Hooves, fecals, and louse checks, and then overall prebreeding checkup. We still have four weeks but I like to make sure a month before that there are no issues to address (too fat, too thin, health concerns, and etcetera). This will be our first time using our bucks Perseus and Zeus, second time for Apollo. I am excited to see what their kids look like. Apollo's babies, so far, have been all blue-eyed and either a cinnamon brown or light cream color. Zeus, who has red, white, and dark moonspotting, and Zeus, who is a tricolored buckskin type, I am hoping with give us some pretty doelings. I told the kids we could keep on doeling from this round, and I am really hoping on our Bluebell to be the one. She is our only NDGA/AGS registered doe and I would like to have another one.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Good times here. The house was packed last night with happy, squealing cousins who haven't seen each other in awhile and all of my in-laws. Dinner was a hit and then we gave out early gifts. My kids had made birdhouses for all of the grandparents, each one a little different from the others. We ended the night with a parting gift for each family (a dozen fresh eggs ) and of course a trip to the barn for the nieces and nephews. Our one niece, in her pretty dress and shoes, is clearly cut out for farm life as she tromped through the goat berries, exclaiming how she just loved that goat (Lily). Then they collected eggs for us and begged their dad to move out here...I don't know why, but that made me kind of proud and satisfied. Same niece also kept asking her dad if she could have chickens---I wish he'd have said yes, because I would loved to have let her get some chicks from us.

Too cool.

 

[Bridgemoof]

Sounds like a really nice family Christmas celebration!

 

[bonbean01]

Sounds great!!!! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Merry Christmas to you all too. Now for a quick mushy note and then a follow up on goats so as to diminish the gaggy-ness of what I am about to write. As this year is coming to a close, I have been reflecting on how fortunate I am. Yeah, there are those days and weeks and sometimes months when things might be a little less peachy but at the end of the day, it is trivial and fleeting, and I know I am blessed to live in the county I do, in the time that I do, with the family I have.

This is a busy season of my life and I have not had much time in the last few years for outings with friends and while I still talk to and love my friends dearly, many of whom are similarly in a busy season of their lives, there are few of them even who I can share my stories about giving goats and chickens and talk to about the endless entertainment my family gets from these dear critters of ours. So for that, I need to say thank you to you all so so very much and God Bless.

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh Pearce, how sweet. I know I have found myself caring about the people on here in a different way than the people I interact with daily. I so appreciate how you share a piece of your life with us Pearce, and from what I can tell you are certainly greatly cared about!

Blessings to you and your family. Have a wonderful holiday.