I hope your luck turns and your days keep getting better 
ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal
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Loving the herd life
Hope your feeling better not worse today 
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elevan
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Thank you all for the hugs. I feel about the same today, so not worse which is good I guess. I'm trying not to take the medicine that they gave me since it knocked me out cold last night. I have stuff to do today despite the pain. I have eggs to clean (which always makes my back hurt for some reason so should be a load of fun today) and I have to bake for tomorrow's Farmer's Market since I took advance orders last week.
We had an awkward moment yesterday when the patrolman was taking down information and I had to correct him on the gender for K. He apologized but I told him that calling K a girl was a good thing since he's transgender but for legal purposes right now he must be listed as male.
DH's wound is already starting to heal, the staples just make it look worse. He's still having pain though which is completely understandable. Our family doctor ordered a CT Scan of his head as a precaution.
I sold my 3 Sicillian Buttercup hens this morning. They are pretty hens but they "scream" and to me it's much more annoying than the guineas. I had hoped that the lady would be taking the rooster that I want to sell too but no. He'll likely end up in the pot as I have way too many Buff Brahma roos and I want a diverse flock. Those Buff Brahma genetics come out strongly in the chicks even when they are mixed.
I feel about the same today, so not worse which is good I guess. I'm trying not to take the medicine that they gave me since it knocked me out cold last night. I have stuff to do today despite the pain. I have eggs to clean (which always makes my back hurt for some reason so should be a load of fun today) and I have to bake for tomorrow's Farmer's Market since I took advance orders last week.We had an awkward moment yesterday when the patrolman was taking down information and I had to correct him on the gender for K. He apologized but I told him that calling K a girl was a good thing since he's transgender but for legal purposes right now he must be listed as male.
DH's wound is already starting to heal, the staples just make it look worse. He's still having pain though which is completely understandable. Our family doctor ordered a CT Scan of his head as a precaution.
I sold my 3 Sicillian Buttercup hens this morning. They are pretty hens but they "scream" and to me it's much more annoying than the guineas. I had hoped that the lady would be taking the rooster that I want to sell too but no. He'll likely end up in the pot as I have way too many Buff Brahma roos and I want a diverse flock. Those Buff Brahma genetics come out strongly in the chicks even when they are mixed.
Vickir73
Ridin' The Range
Elevan, I hope your day gets better - it's good your pain is not worse. I have 2 children and 2 nephews. One of my nephews has Down's Syndrome. I hope that my two children and my other nephew are as brave and as proud as your son when he defended K the day someone makes a stupid comment about my nephew. (and I'm sure they will - in fact, one of the attorney's I worked for thought he was being funny when he asked me "Don't people with Down's stink?" - WTH???) IMHO it is not our place to judge anyone. Period. Especially about their appearances. We should judge each other by their heart and their actions. It falls under the "don't judge a book by their cover".
I think trouble does come in threes and I think the comment the person made about K is #1, your DH's accident (which I'm sure you love him dearly, but he is a man, so I'm gonna be surprised when the CT reveals he's got nothing inside his head is #2 and y'all's car accident is #3 so, hopefully, you are done with the bad things 
Can you get a bar stool to sit on when you wash eggs? Maybe that would help relieve the tension on your back?
I hope you have a great day!
I think trouble does come in threes and I think the comment the person made about K is #1, your DH's accident (which I'm sure you love him dearly, but he is a man, so I'm gonna be surprised when the CT reveals he's got nothing inside his head
is #2 and y'all's car accident is #3 so, hopefully, you are done with the bad things Can you get a bar stool to sit on when you wash eggs? Maybe that would help relieve the tension on your back?
I hope you have a great day!
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elevan
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I baked just enough to fill advance orders and have some extra to sell yesterday. Then I sold out within 30 minutes this morning. Word has been spreading that I offer good tasting gluten free products, so I'm being sought out at the market. That's a good thing though.
I put the egg washing off until this afternoon since my large egg order customer isn't coming until this evening. I used a stool but my back is still hurting.
I had a 15 yr old cousin babysit the boys while I was at the market and got a bad report on them. It's frustrating because I had to hire a babysitter because they were causing me to lose customers and annoying other vendors. I won't go into details but I can't have them at the market with me or I might go insane. They absolutely must be good for my cousin next week if she's to continue to watch them for me on Saturdays...so cross your fingers for me.
I just took some pain killers and a muscle relaxer for my back so I'll probably pass out soon.
I put the egg washing off until this afternoon since my large egg order customer isn't coming until this evening. I used a stool but my back is still hurting.
I had a 15 yr old cousin babysit the boys while I was at the market and got a bad report on them. It's frustrating because I had to hire a babysitter because they were causing me to lose customers and annoying other vendors. I won't go into details but I can't have them at the market with me or I might go insane. They absolutely must be good for my cousin next week if she's to continue to watch them for me on Saturdays...so cross your fingers for me.
I just took some pain killers and a muscle relaxer for my back so I'll probably pass out soon.
(at selling out fast)
autumnprairie
Owned by the Rotten Heifers
on the success at the market wish you all the success every weekend. that your back is still hurting and the boys not being as good as they need to be. that the boys are better next week- Thread starter
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elevan
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I have tomatillos starting to form and my herbs are loving this weather. We're overcast right now so it's not getting scorching hot but is staying comfortable. Got my first 2 tomatoes off the vine yesterday evening.
3 customers coming this afternoon for eggs. 2 of them regulars and 1 of them new.
I have too many duck drakes at the moment. I have to decide whether to rehome them or to process them. I've never eaten duck meat, so there lies my quandary. I'm sure I could find a buyer for the meat if I didn't like it (we have 4 drakes that need to go).
I also see that I absolutely must build a duck coop. They are making such a mess of the little coop that they are in! I'll have to build them a dirt floor coop with wire under the dirt to protect them.
Which of course means that my back had better get better quickly. It's feeling a little better today but then I took a muscle relaxer yesterday afternoon. I don't know why they say I can take one every 8 hours because 1 will last me for about 24 hours. And it makes me sleep within about 30 minutes and I cannot wake up for several hours. If I took 3 a day as prescribed I'd be in a constant coma! Don't want that.
I have to say that I'm loving my new website. It's brought me a ton of exposure and several new customers already. That combined with my Facebook fan page and I'm being kept quite busy. If you haven't made a website and FB page for your farm yet (if you sell anything), then I highly recommend it.
Next week at the market they are having a canned food drive to benefit the local food pantry. When someone brings a can they get entered into a drawing to win a gift basket of market goodies. They of course ask vendors to contribute those goodies. I'm thinking of putting together a sampler pack for it. The last time they did this I gave a jar of jam, but I really want to show all that I offer and get the word out there.
I'm working on some new flavors for my (Fruit) Chia Muffins / Bread. I've been doing Banana Chia but strawberry and blueberry would probably be nice too. I also believe that I've perfected a recipe for gluten free sandwich bread that has a nice rise and a good crumb, so I'm excited to offer it next weekend too. And flavored bagels! Until now I've been offering plain, so we're excited for the flavored bagels.
You might be wondering "why gluten free"? Well, I'll be honest and say that no one in my family has a sensitivity (yet). But I know from experience that the more you are exposed to something the more likely that you are to develop an allergy to it. This happened to me with peanuts. I used to eat peanuts and peanut butter all the time and then I started having an itching in my throat every time I ate them. Eventually I had trouble breathing when I ate them. Now I cannot eat them at all or I'll end up in the ER or worse. Wheat (and corn for that matter) are in almost all of our foodstuff. Even soy sauce contains it! So we mix things up here and have some gluten free stuff. But if you've ever eaten some of the stuff at the store you know it can taste pretty bad. So I started experimenting and found out the scientific rules of why things work (or not) when you're baking gluten free and started baking. The result was a wonderful bagel and muffin that sells out quickly at the market.
Enough about food. Though I could talk food all day
We're doing Boingo's curve (blood sugar testing) today. As soon as he smelled the alcohol pad he was ready to run as he knew what was coming. I hate poking him for the blood test but it has to be done and it's easier (and cheaper) at home than at the vet. He was 291 this morning. We'll test again at noon and at 4pm. Then I'll call the vet in the morning and give him the results. He'll then have me adjust Boingo's insulin accordingly. We already raised it 1 unit this morning due to his urine glucose which was 1%.
B is already getting into trouble today. It's disappointing because yesterday was the last day of the week by their reward schedule and both kids missed out on their reward. We have a calendar and each day the kids get either a happy or a sad face. If they get all week then they get a reward that they picked out. B is going for a hat and has missed it every week for the past 3 weeks. K is currently going for a Tinkerbell pillow and had 6 smileys until s/he blew it yesterday.
Wow, I'm still so tired from taking that muscle relaxer yesterday afternoon at 3. I could go back to sleep and sleep all day if I didn't have customers coming later.
Ok, I'm just rambling now to stay awake....
3 customers coming this afternoon for eggs. 2 of them regulars and 1 of them new.
I have too many duck drakes at the moment. I have to decide whether to rehome them or to process them. I've never eaten duck meat, so there lies my quandary. I'm sure I could find a buyer for the meat if I didn't like it (we have 4 drakes that need to go).
I also see that I absolutely must build a duck coop. They are making such a mess of the little coop that they are in! I'll have to build them a dirt floor coop with wire under the dirt to protect them.
Which of course means that my back had better get better quickly. It's feeling a little better today but then I took a muscle relaxer yesterday afternoon. I don't know why they say I can take one every 8 hours because 1 will last me for about 24 hours. And it makes me sleep within about 30 minutes and I cannot wake up for several hours. If I took 3 a day as prescribed I'd be in a constant coma! Don't want that.
I have to say that I'm loving my new website. It's brought me a ton of exposure and several new customers already. That combined with my Facebook fan page and I'm being kept quite busy. If you haven't made a website and FB page for your farm yet (if you sell anything), then I highly recommend it.
Next week at the market they are having a canned food drive to benefit the local food pantry. When someone brings a can they get entered into a drawing to win a gift basket of market goodies. They of course ask vendors to contribute those goodies. I'm thinking of putting together a sampler pack for it. The last time they did this I gave a jar of jam, but I really want to show all that I offer and get the word out there.
I'm working on some new flavors for my (Fruit) Chia Muffins / Bread. I've been doing Banana Chia but strawberry and blueberry would probably be nice too. I also believe that I've perfected a recipe for gluten free sandwich bread that has a nice rise and a good crumb, so I'm excited to offer it next weekend too. And flavored bagels! Until now I've been offering plain, so we're excited for the flavored bagels.
You might be wondering "why gluten free"? Well, I'll be honest and say that no one in my family has a sensitivity (yet). But I know from experience that the more you are exposed to something the more likely that you are to develop an allergy to it. This happened to me with peanuts. I used to eat peanuts and peanut butter all the time and then I started having an itching in my throat every time I ate them. Eventually I had trouble breathing when I ate them. Now I cannot eat them at all or I'll end up in the ER or worse. Wheat (and corn for that matter) are in almost all of our foodstuff. Even soy sauce contains it! So we mix things up here and have some gluten free stuff. But if you've ever eaten some of the stuff at the store you know it can taste pretty bad. So I started experimenting and found out the scientific rules of why things work (or not) when you're baking gluten free and started baking. The result was a wonderful bagel and muffin that sells out quickly at the market.
Enough about food. Though I could talk food all day
We're doing Boingo's curve (blood sugar testing) today. As soon as he smelled the alcohol pad he was ready to run as he knew what was coming. I hate poking him for the blood test but it has to be done and it's easier (and cheaper) at home than at the vet. He was 291 this morning. We'll test again at noon and at 4pm. Then I'll call the vet in the morning and give him the results. He'll then have me adjust Boingo's insulin accordingly. We already raised it 1 unit this morning due to his urine glucose which was 1%.
B is already getting into trouble today. It's disappointing because yesterday was the last day of the week by their reward schedule and both kids missed out on their reward. We have a calendar and each day the kids get either a happy
or a sad face. If they get all week then they get a reward that they picked out. B is going for a hat and has missed it every week for the past 3 weeks. K is currently going for a Tinkerbell pillow and had 6 smileys until s/he blew it yesterday.Wow, I'm still so tired from taking that muscle relaxer yesterday afternoon at 3. I could go back to sleep and sleep all day if I didn't have customers coming later.
Ok, I'm just rambling now to stay awake....
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elevan
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Wow. I just took a call from a customer who bought my Banana Chia Muffins (gluten free) at the Mt. Gilead Farmer's Market. She was so excited when she told me that they were the best thing she's ever eaten. And if you know gluten free then you know that it can be hard to find good tasting stuff. That call made my day!
