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Ridgetop
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No lambs yet today. DS1 is going t Smart & Final for groceries (turkey on sale), and to Lowes for lumber so he and DS2 can build the shelving unit that will become the Barbie House. 2 shelf units 36" x 16" x 72". This is their joint gift to DGD1. DD1 is buying the materials. The advantage of using a shelf unit like this is that it can be repurposed for other storage when she outgrows her Barbies. The interior space between the shelves will be 15" high because Barbie and Joe are 12" dolls. They need to be able to enter the rooms. LOL It will be fun decorating the rooms and possibly making kitchen cabinets. I can't remember if there are any kitchen cabinets in the boxes from DD1's dollhouse. I can whip some up fairly quickly though. We replaced the fan in our bedroom and I saved the blades for that purpose. They are oak. I also have some metallic aluminum spray paint I used when I made DGD1's kitchen set that I can use on the appliances. They will look like stainless steel! LOL GI Joe is not only macho, handsome, and armed, he is also a good provider for Barbie and their large brood.
I am filling out the FSA loan application today. I need 3 years of production records on the sheep, money made (or lost), a listing of all classes I have taken in livestock, etc. This will require pulling out the 4-H record books and finding the seminars that I took the children to during the years. I also attended some on my own. Then I have to show all experience in livestock that qualifies me to become a "first time farmer". And then the normal loan app stuff - all property, debts, income, etc. etc. I do have the sheep production records, the weight charts, sales and purchases of all sheep, feed and equipment receipts, etc. I plan to flood the loan people with copies of everything so they can see that I keep extensive records. This will either influence them to my benefit, OR make them deny the loan outright due to the enormous amount of paperwork I submit! LOL If we can get a loan for the perimeter fencing it will be worth it. Maybe. The perimeter fencing is mainly what is holding us back from our move right now.
This FSA loan is different from the NRCS fencing grant where you front the fencing costs under rigorous rules, submit your plans for approval, sign a contract, and then receive partial reimbursement for the fencing costs after they inspect to see it is done the way they agreed on. That does not cover perimeter fencing, only the interior fencing for rotational grazing or watershed. The FSA loan is a one-year loan and I am not sure we will qualify since the FSA rep was not sure it was obtainable unless the property is paid off. One bright spot is that we are considered "Socially Disadvantaged" since DH is 80% military disabled vet, and I am a woman. We are racially incorrect being white, but I wonder if I could identify as a race that gets a more favorable social disadvantage and be sure of acceptance. If male athletes can do it, why couldn't I? I wonder why that would be considered ethnic appropriation while men "identifying as women" are applauded for breaking sports records in women's sports.
DDIL2 has taken Robert to stay with her folks until Tuesday. DS2 and DH are going to Nipomo tomorrow to get the 2 horses. DS1 and I will be on our own. Maybe I will thaw steak for dinner tomorrow. HEE HEE Robert had a major tantrum when DDIL2 took the car seat out to her car. He likes to sit in it in the house and pretend to drive. Then when she left he refused to come say goodbye to any of us. Instead he just waved from the doorway. LOL
I will take a break and make 3 batches of cookie dough. Then finish packig some of the open boxes in the LR. We need to move the packed boxes outside - keeping the under cover - until the horses are moved up here. Then a major cleanout of the trailer and start loading the boxes and equipment. We won't take any lambs to the auction until we get back from Texas.
Baymule, too bad you are sick because you could drive up to meet us and I would bring back a ewe lamb for you to start your experimental cross-breeding program. I have 6 3-month-old ewe lambs right now, and 7 (as of yesterday LOL) ewe lambs that will be 3-4 months in February. Put in your order. LOL
I am filling out the FSA loan application today. I need 3 years of production records on the sheep, money made (or lost), a listing of all classes I have taken in livestock, etc. This will require pulling out the 4-H record books and finding the seminars that I took the children to during the years. I also attended some on my own. Then I have to show all experience in livestock that qualifies me to become a "first time farmer". And then the normal loan app stuff - all property, debts, income, etc. etc. I do have the sheep production records, the weight charts, sales and purchases of all sheep, feed and equipment receipts, etc. I plan to flood the loan people with copies of everything so they can see that I keep extensive records. This will either influence them to my benefit, OR make them deny the loan outright due to the enormous amount of paperwork I submit! LOL If we can get a loan for the perimeter fencing it will be worth it. Maybe. The perimeter fencing is mainly what is holding us back from our move right now.
This FSA loan is different from the NRCS fencing grant where you front the fencing costs under rigorous rules, submit your plans for approval, sign a contract, and then receive partial reimbursement for the fencing costs after they inspect to see it is done the way they agreed on. That does not cover perimeter fencing, only the interior fencing for rotational grazing or watershed. The FSA loan is a one-year loan and I am not sure we will qualify since the FSA rep was not sure it was obtainable unless the property is paid off. One bright spot is that we are considered "Socially Disadvantaged" since DH is 80% military disabled vet, and I am a woman. We are racially incorrect being white, but I wonder if I could identify as a race that gets a more favorable social disadvantage and be sure of acceptance. If male athletes can do it, why couldn't I? I wonder why that would be considered ethnic appropriation while men "identifying as women" are applauded for breaking sports records in women's sports.
DDIL2 has taken Robert to stay with her folks until Tuesday. DS2 and DH are going to Nipomo tomorrow to get the 2 horses. DS1 and I will be on our own. Maybe I will thaw steak for dinner tomorrow. HEE HEE Robert had a major tantrum when DDIL2 took the car seat out to her car. He likes to sit in it in the house and pretend to drive. Then when she left he refused to come say goodbye to any of us. Instead he just waved from the doorway. LOL
I will take a break and make 3 batches of cookie dough. Then finish packig some of the open boxes in the LR. We need to move the packed boxes outside - keeping the under cover - until the horses are moved up here. Then a major cleanout of the trailer and start loading the boxes and equipment. We won't take any lambs to the auction until we get back from Texas.
Baymule, too bad you are sick because you could drive up to meet us and I would bring back a ewe lamb for you to start your experimental cross-breeding program. I have 6 3-month-old ewe lambs right now, and 7 (as of yesterday LOL) ewe lambs that will be 3-4 months in February. Put in your order. LOL