Thursday Morning Thoughts

I'm sick again this week.  No fun but it's what happens when the kids first go back to school.  All those germs LOL.  Anyway so I was here thinking just about everything and about mistakes I am making or have made on this new blog.  But I realized  that right now there isn't much of a following if anyone at all reads so a few learning mistakes will be ok.  I'm also thinking of other content I could put on our farm blog.  It's a slow time of year right now for us since I'm not able to do a fall garden and the chickens aren't doing much.  Ours aren't even molting yet.  Once we start the move I can blog about the new coop being built, moving the chickens, building the farm, the deconstruction of the other house on the property and planned improvements.  But for now it's spirit week and new recipes.  Going to make banana bread this evening plus the school spirit shirts for tomorrow.  Need to start more homemade bread for sandwiches since the last loaf went bad.  We didn't eat many sandwiches this week.  Fed it to the chickens.  My youngest is watching Little Einstein's talking to the TV, and I am writing this blog.  I'm working on another blanket project, I have four going right now but this new one has to be done by the end of October so it gets priority.  Once the shirts get done I will post pictures of them.

Pretty eggs

I thought I would post a farm related post since I haven't done that in awhile.  And seeing the variety of our eggs really cheers me up.  We have quite the colorful collection of layers. We get light brown, brown, white, blue/green, and brown speckled. Oh it's so fun to go collecting. We get 17-18 eggs a day. And no we can't keep up on eating them. We give away a lot of eggs each week to coworkers, church and friends.  It's a wonderful blessing to share with others.

Crazy hair day

Today was crazy hair day at school.  The kids and I had a lot of fun doing their hair this morning.  Of course my oldest came home with her hair down :( but she brought everything back with her.  My son wanted a mohawk but he just had such thick hair it was just super spiky.  Spirit week has been a lot of fun.  This is the first time my kids have gotten to participate but they are getting into the spirit.

And of course the baby couldn't be left out :).  She naturally wakes up with crazy hair.

Spirit week at school

So I'm filling my days being crafty while we wait on the bank. Last night I made the kids shirts for color wars. It was fun and they loved them. My son's class had blue and my daughter's class had green.  I made both shirts for about $15 with supplies left over for more projects. 

Apprasial ordered

So we are finally moving forward with the purchase of the farm.  We ordered and paid for the appraisal on Friday.  So fingers crossed it all comes back good and we don't have to renegotiate a new price due to a low appraisal.  If all goes well we should be moving sometime in October.  Or at least that is my suspicion.  Meanwhile I need to start looking for boxes again and decluttering the house.  Taking a load to the goodwill tomorrow and hope to pick up some free boxes if I can find any on craigslist tonight or in the morning. 

On an animal related note we have decided to hold off for one year before adding any cows or pigs to the farm.  We are going to get our debt out of the way so we can free up the money we need for the livestock trailer and things of that nature.  It should take 12 months if I can keep us on track.  Then it will be gung ho!  So in the meantime you can follow on our chicken, gardening and cooking adventures.  Also my creative adventures :). 

Started a new blanket tonight that is for a wedding gift at the end of October.  I will post pictures once it is finished.  I finished my 2 blankets for nieces in Oregon a few weeks ago.  I will post pictures of my projects tomorrow.  All good things in our life right now.

Fresh homemade bread

Weekly? Why yes I think I should and can. I found a great recipe on Pinterest and have made it three times. Each time getting better. I'm so happy with how it turned out. I'm also enjoying not needing the store as much. Getting to what our goals our. Cooking from scratch, not a box. Cooking at home and not needing the grocery store. Here is the link to the recipe and a picture of my most recent loaf.

hiccups

Buying property or a house isn't what it used to be before 2008.  There are so many more hoops to jump through.  We are teetering on the edge of losing the property which to be honest has me down in the dumps :(.  But we have a plan B which will have us out of debt in 18 months so I guess that will work too.  Right now I am working on Christmas gifts (crochet afghans) and trying not to worry.  September is a busy month with birthdays so hopefully that will help keep me distracted.  Pray that we get an answer one way or the other tomorrow.  I will for sure try to post when I know something.  If we don't move be watching for posts about a fall garden going in and trying to get us going in that direction.