Catch up - part 2

Mable

Richard the Lionheart 

On Sunday after church we headed off to Gunns Plains again to collect two more kids, goat kids. 

Meet Richard the Lionheart, named so because at only a day old he was showing the dog that he was boss, and sweet little Mable. The poor dog thinks they are dogs and is puzzled as to why they will not play with her.

We sold Kevin to a most lovely family up the road so we could get Mable and I bought Richard as well. Some girls like saving up to buy clothes, for me, a goat will do.

b. 22.08.13 Mable's mother is a Nubian x Tog

b. 24.08.2013 Richard's mother is a Saacen and a great dairy goat.

Mable has the most beautiful colourings and semi floppy ears.

Meeting and playing on Sunday.

Neville is now the big boy of the yard.

 

Catch up - Part 1

*DISCLAIMER - Aj has not proof read this hehe

Well, we are a bit of a sick household at the moment, well, the girls that is. The last few days have included exhaustion, lots of sleep and all that yuckiness stuff. Aj took Monday & Tuesday off work to take care of us and is back at school today. I feel blessed to have him in a job where he can take carers leave even if he still has to prepare his daily lessons. I have three kids asleep as I write this and I am enjoying a rest myself.



Last Thursday two year 12 students/bible study friends, the three younger kids and I went off to find snow. It was the day that Aj took his Outdoor Ed students off to Cradle Mountain. Find his story here.


We ended up at Cradle Mountain too but only to the visitor centre. You see the fuel light went on a couple of ks from the visitor centre. Queue the pushing of Mel's panic button. We are on gas and not many places in Tassie sell gas so we had JUST enough to make it but to Ulverstone. I pushed it to the back on my mind and we played enjoyed playing in the snow near a creek for about an hour. MissZ LOVED it. It was amazing to hear 'I want to go home' and then 'Look, look, snow!!! I love snow' just minutes after. I found out that you can roll snow but it doesn't roll easily into balls and it falls apart when you try and lift large rolls. MrW was very weary of the cold white stuff at first but soon enjoyed it after finding out you could throw it at people. Yes, a few snow ball fights were had. MissO hated it. She was cold and not her self. Maybe she had already started to feel sick and it didn't show up til the weekend.

We ate lunch in the cafe and headed back to Ulverstone. We made it to the fuel station on zero fuel in the tank. Ashlee said she thought we had been driving for about 5-6 ks on zero. I real God moment I believe. I really appreciated Kate and Ashlee joining me. I mean if it wasn't for them I would not have gone. The day included, adventure, laughter, and much happy chatting.

We made it back to town a few hours later than I thought so was grateful to friends for collecting MrT from school and allowing him to hang out with them for the afternoon.

A great day had by all.

Adding kidlets to the family farm

Today I collected two adorable kids from Mathom Goat Farm at Gunns Plains.

Meet Kevin and Neville (I wanted to name him Dave but it is my dad's and a friend's name and Aj suggested Neville instead). They are 4 and 3 weeks old and did I say how adorable they were?

They are living in the old chicken house for the time being and we will probably use it as their sleeping quarters as they get older. I am bottle feeding them twice a day and they are able to nibble on the grass and explore, under supervision :)

The dog is fascinated!!! They have four legs like her but make this strange bleating sound, hehe. The goats aren't scared of Essie too much, which is good, but they are wary.

This is my Koala softie. What do you think of my latest creation? I am so happy with how it turned out. It'll be up on the Etsy page tomorrow if all goes to plan. 

Smoothies...mmm...tonight's supper treat.

2 punnets of strawberries

2 pears

1 kiwi fruit

and 1 large orange

Refreshing and oh so good!

Happy Weekend All!!!

Update via photos

New shoes have been uploaded to Etsy. Find them here. Mention that you follow my blog and receive 20% off your purchase. I will have softies to add too but I am waiting on a delivery of eyes from a supplier.

Two of our Aracanas have started to lay. Lovely green coloured egg and look great mixed in with the others that we collect. Mr T took some different coloured eggs to school today for Show n Tell.

The weather has been crazy and wet. We received 58mm in the last 24hrs. Sorry about the bad photo, phone camera and through a window. The rain is more than welcome though as last summer was SO dry and the farmers were suffering.

I have just read this brilliant blog...someone who thinks like me :D yay!

Better be off. Don't forget that 20% off deal.

Etsy, Ideas and procrastinating

Gee I love Etsy! The customer service is excellent and even if you don't buy their products (like me today looking for wooden spools, stupid postage costs) they are happy to chat. I was able to find another listing for more spools making the postage justifiable.

How cool are these! Yep, thanks to a few pictures I am starting the Christmas craft list. I like making gifts to give as presents especially for those with everything. This is what I need the spools for. Yep, procrastination on all the other things I should be doing. I just can't find a rythme to life at the moment. I will start taking some VitD tablets tomorrow so we'll see what they do for me.

I have put together 3 softies in the last two days. A new design, a koala, and two boys. Will start on some girls tomorrow. I am waiting on eyes to arrive to finish them off. I'm also creating some more shoes. I am attending a market on the 7th of September in Wynyard and be be taking the softies there. I know I had said no to local markets but here is to sales and business exposure in a larger more touristy town.

Side note 1 (more procrastination):
I found this on Etsy today. The cost is to high at this time, but at least I know they are out there.

Side note 2 (even more procrastination):
I am thinking of painting one wall in our dinning room duck blue. All the walls in the dinning, kitchen and lounge are an aqua like colour at the moment and I want to change that to white. I think the duck egg will look bright and cheery with the white.

What are you up to this weekend? It is meant to be wet here so not much outdoor stuff for us as a family.