autumnprairie
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I am so glad you had a great trip
Pearce Pastures: Where did I go?
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Four Winds Ranch
Loving the herd life
Thats awesome you all had so much fun!!!!!
I love fishing too!!
I love fishing too!!
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Morning all! 
Quick update while I wait on babies to get here (Bluebell is looking to be in early labor). 
Got up at 4:30 with DH, before he left for work, to go scrape out the freezer so the contents would go out with the trash this morning. I had been smelling something foul in the barn for a few days, and thought it was a dead mouse or something but couldn't find it. Then I came out to feed the critters Monday morning and saw a ton of flies sitting on the freezer door, like they were begging me to open it for them, and it was then I realized the freezer was not humming. Cracked the door a teeny bit.... BLECH!!!!!! Found out that the GFI the freezer was plugged into had trip the circuit, ohhhh, probably at least a week ago and all of the meat had rotted.
Luckily, there was just 23 chickens in it and not the quarter of beef we have coming next week.
I just got off the phone with the electric company to see if they might do us a favor. Mom and Dad's cat has been up a tree for 3 days now and mom is really upset and talking about trying to put an extension ladder up the tree and trying to get her down. Yeah, not safe and I don't think we could reach her even with that. Soooo called the Fire Department and left a message (I want to see if they have a fee or would even be willing to help) but then though, hey, the electric trucks are always up and down my road anyway. They are calling their dispatch and going to get back with me in a bit on whether or not they can help. I hope someone can. Kitty is WAY up there and we thought once she got thirsty or hungry, she would make her way down but 3 days is long enough.
DH is loving his job already. We are not sure what his hours will be exactly yet but he is liking getting up and having somewhere to go and actually do something instead of schoolwork to do. I am just thrilled that we will have a paycheck at the start of July.
And the kids are great. Ben is getting ready for the fair and is busy reading about and collecting bugs. Elliott is losing his first tooth and has informed that the tooth fairy will bring him $1.01 for it (not clue where he got that strange amount). Julia is busy mommying all of the animals.
Talk to you soon (hopefully with baby goat news).
Quick update while I wait on babies to get here (Bluebell is looking to be in early labor). Got up at 4:30 with DH, before he left for work, to go scrape out the freezer so the contents would go out with the trash this morning. I had been smelling something foul in the barn for a few days, and thought it was a dead mouse or something but couldn't find it. Then I came out to feed the critters Monday morning and saw a ton of flies sitting on the freezer door, like they were begging me to open it for them, and it was then I realized the freezer was not humming. Cracked the door a teeny bit.... BLECH!!!!!! Found out that the GFI the freezer was plugged into had trip the circuit, ohhhh, probably at least a week ago and all of the meat had rotted.
Luckily, there was just 23 chickens in it and not the quarter of beef we have coming next week.I just got off the phone with the electric company to see if they might do us a favor. Mom and Dad's cat has been up a tree for 3 days now and mom is really upset and talking about trying to put an extension ladder up the tree and trying to get her down. Yeah, not safe and I don't think we could reach her even with that. Soooo called the Fire Department and left a message (I want to see if they have a fee or would even be willing to help) but then though, hey, the electric trucks are always up and down my road anyway. They are calling their dispatch and going to get back with me in a bit on whether or not they can help. I hope someone can. Kitty is WAY up there and we thought once she got thirsty or hungry, she would make her way down but 3 days is long enough.
DH is loving his job already. We are not sure what his hours will be exactly yet but he is liking getting up and having somewhere to go and actually do something instead of schoolwork to do. I am just thrilled that we will have a paycheck at the start of July.
And the kids are great. Ben is getting ready for the fair and is busy reading about and collecting bugs. Elliott is losing his first tooth and has informed that the tooth fairy will bring him $1.01 for it (not clue where he got that strange amount). Julia is busy mommying all of the animals.
Talk to you soon (hopefully with baby goat news).
Four Winds Ranch
Loving the herd life
Eeeewwwwwwe!!!! I know all too well about freezers when they stop working!!!
Last summer we went on holiday for 3 weeks and when we got home we discovered a horrid smell, that we couldn't place! Yep the freezer!!!!
Only ours was in the house and it had 3 whole lambs, and a llama in it for sale! 
Needless to say we didn't make a whole lot off meat last year!
I know all too well about freezers when they stop working!!!Last summer we went on holiday for 3 weeks and when we got home we discovered a horrid smell, that we couldn't place! Yep the freezer!!!!
Only ours was in the house and it had 3 whole lambs, and a llama in it for sale! Needless to say we didn't make a whole lot off meat last year! 
OneFineAcre
Herd Master
Never have a freezer on a GFI.
I too found out the hard way.
I too found out the hard way.
BrownSheep
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Been there. Irrigation flooded the basement, this happens often, tripped the circuit and left a nasty surprise.
jodief100
True BYH Addict
What a pain! Good luck with babies!!!!!
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Wow, guess I have been a bit absent in my BYH journal. 
Just been a busy year. Trying to find balance of "me time" and manage 3 kids, farm, home, job is sometimes not much of a balance.
Ah well.
Just been a busy year. Trying to find balance of "me time" and manage 3 kids, farm, home, job is sometimes not much of a balance.
Ah well.
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Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
I have had a year ....and it isn't over yet! 
Hi all! I am trying to get back online here more. It is just a busy busy time in life.
We bought a new piece of property, seriously one street over from where we are now. It is back to back with my parents home, and is going to give us more space to expand and sprawl. So the short version of the chaos---bought the land, got a contractor, picked out a barn plan, bought house plans, made a bajillion decsions about the property lay out and house plans and barn plans, packed up as much junk as we could and put the house up for sale, and NOW we are on the cusp of the next phase: selling our home and moving into my parents basement while the new house is being built.
It will be interesting for sure, living with my mother, as a grown woman with her hubs and 3 kids and 100 some animals. But she has a decent basement and it is only for a short while.
....and it isn't over yet! Hi all! I am trying to get back online here more. It is just a busy busy time in life.
We bought a new piece of property, seriously one street over from where we are now. It is back to back with my parents home, and is going to give us more space to expand and sprawl. So the short version of the chaos---bought the land, got a contractor, picked out a barn plan, bought house plans, made a bajillion decsions about the property lay out and house plans and barn plans, packed up as much junk as we could and put the house up for sale, and NOW we are on the cusp of the next phase: selling our home and moving into my parents basement while the new house is being built.
It will be interesting for sure, living with my mother, as a grown woman with her hubs and 3 kids and 100 some animals. But she has a decent basement and it is only for a short while.
OneFineAcre
Herd Master
I have had a year
Hi all! I am trying to get back online here more. It is just a busy busy time in life.
We bought a new piece of property, seriously one street over from where we are now. It is back to back with my parents home, and is going to give us more space to expand and sprawl. So the short version of the chaos---bought the land, got a contractor, picked out a barn plan, bought house plans, made a bajillion decsions about the property lay out and house plans and barn plans, packed up as much junk as we could and put the house up for sale, and NOW we are on the cusp of the next phase: selling our home and moving into my parents basement while the new house is being built.
It will be interesting for sure, living with my mother, as a grown woman with her hubs and 3 kids and 100 some animals. But she has a decent basement and it is only for a short while.
I moved too. But, I didn't take the sensible course. We bought the new house and still have the old one. Hopefully will have all of the work finished by next week to put the old one on the market.
Glad to see you back
