Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[frustratedearthmother]

Hope you don't get the bad stuff that went through LA today....major tornado producer.

Good that your plug for the TiVo came in and it's working well. It's like you said - you can live without it - but it's nice to have.

 

[Mike CHS]

There was some tornado activity east and south of us but we got a bunch of wind and several inches of rain.

 

[Bruce]

The TV is showing an almost solid red radar map and it looks like @AmberLops is right in the middle of it.

I hope she's OK, hasn't been posting for a time now.

 

[Baymule]

We were supposed to get rain, but we just got sprinkles. It is cold, 81* yesterday, high of 49* today, 28* tonight. We had a week of lovely weather, so not complaining.

 

[Mike CHS]

It was warm enough today that I could have worn shorts if it wasn't for the wind that started early in the day. It started pouring down around sunset for a couple of hours but no idea how much. Teresa had some hay delivered yesterday which is a good thing since we had so much rain that our friends big tractor would have made a mess getting out into the fields.

The cows are about ready to be processed but I need to build a catch chute down at the other end of our paddocks. They follow me anywhere I go as long as I have a bucket so they are easy to move around. The neighbor that sells us hay raises cattle and estimated the smokey one is around 1200 pounds and the Angus is over 1000 pounds so we will process one and take the other to the market even though it's low now.

Teresa got her sleep study results. They didn't find any issues so we have eliminated several things and found nothing new.
She does occasionally have some odd things happen when her sugar levels get off so they are pointing to that more than anything. She is border line diabetic but she usually keeps her diet under control but every once in awhile some food will cause an unexpected spike so we will watch that better from here on.

 

[farmerjan]

How long will it take you to get an appt at the butcher? I think cattle will start to creep up a bit after the new year. Here we are looking at Feb-March for better prices we hope. Many of the markets will operate this week, a few only through maybe Wednesday, then shut down for the holiday. The first sale after Christmas the cull cows usually do good since most plants are looking to get back up and running and will need cattle to kill.
If your markets are anything like ours, kill the smokey and sell the black. The weight will hurt the smokey as well as the color, 1200 is a tough size for some of the buyers to fit into a group to ship. A 1000 lb angus can slide into a group of 9 wts... and of course, black is more in demand here. I think that your markets are similar there.

 

[Mike CHS]

Our markets are similar. Our butcher usually gets us in within a week or so of when we call but this time of year that also depends on how many deer he is working with. He has multiple work areas and freezers so he isn't as restricted as some. As a backup there is a bigger operation a little further away.

 

[Baymule]

I book our slaughter dates months ahead. It's crazy. There are several producers of grass fed beef and one has a restaurant in town. They serve hamburgers and have a meat market.

There is nothing that can beat home grown beef.

I hope Teresa feels better and can get things under better control.

 

[Mike CHS]

I hope Teresa feels better and can get things under better control.

Thanks for caring. She is feeling good and it seems that any problems she has had is all blood sugar level related. She has changed the night time diet some which helps.

I take her to Nashville Thursday week to catch her first flight enroute to Reno to see all of the kids so all problems go away then.

 

[Baymule]

I know Teresa will enjoy that. Maybe one day you can find someone to watch the farm for a few days so that the two of you can go somewhere together. We are Blessed to have our neighbor, Robert that takes care of the animals for us on our VERY occasional trip away from home. LOL But I get the feeling that you have done your travels and your Utopia is right where you are.