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Nov. 7, 2009

I guess shes still pouting

Well today I had to put the udder support on Tisha so Tasha would quit nursing. She has pouted at me all day. LOL

I dont exactly have it on there perfect cause I cant hardly figure it out. But it'll do the job I guess.
Today I let the Buffs out of the hutch and into the coop with the others and already the oldest hen attacked one. She just might be chicken soup one day if she keeps this up! She got really close to her jugular vein and she is really weak and cant walk. I will check on her again in the morning. I hope she is not paralyzed.
I was able to gather another mess of radishes today.

Tonight we had deer minute steaks, mashed sweet potatoes, new potatoes, green beans, butterbeans, corn and some radishes. Yummie!
Now Im full as a tick.
They started on our deck today and will finish hopefully Monday. Right now we are just getting the bottom put on. Ill post pictures of the progress when its done.
Well gotta go clean the kitchen and start getting church clothes ready for tomorrow.

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Nov. 6, 2009

Not a wasted day afterall

Today we had a review day because they were suppose to come start our back deck. But come to find out, the guy that was suppose to do it had to go pick up his little boy from school because he got sick. Oh well, sick children are alot more important than my deck. I hope he gets better soon. It was not a wasted day, we had review and then I went to town and we picked up some sweet potatoes, pumpkin and some peanuts from a farmers market. Right now we are enjoying parched peanuts. Yummie

Just checked on my blogs, and together I have had almost 1,000 visitors this month. Wow! Word really does get out. This is not just in the US, this is from other continents as well. Thanks for all the readers.

I hope Im helping all the readers out there somewhere. Just leave me a note and let me know.

You know, if the Lord doesn't come back soon, we may be seeing some pretty rough changes in our country that we are not use to. I never thought my kids would see these things come to pass, much less me. If we teach our children how to handle these situations in a Godly manner, I know that we will be ok.We just put our trust in Jesus and we will be fine.We have to prepare ourselves and our children for these changes.
We won our Allstar game last night. 16-6. Now we have ended the season with 7-0 wins. Yea!
I missed Tishas heat cycle and will have to wait for 3 weeks then plan it.
Hubby had to use my truck today so I couldnt take her. Today just wasnt a good day to go.
For those of you who do not like to run to the dr. everytime we get a cold, I have a few home remedies that are tried and true in my house.
Upper Respritory problems or acute bronchitis:
1 cup boiling water
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp red pepper (optional especially for children recipe)
2 tbsp honey
1 cup apple cider vinegar (white will be fine)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp ginger
Put all ingredients in a jar, close, shake, and take 2 tbsp. 3 times a day.
Sinus infection or stuffy nose:
2 drops garlic oil in water in a nasal spray bottle. Spray liberally during day.
I hope these help your family as they help us.
Well its getting late and my eyes are getting tired so Im gonna retire for the night.

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Nov. 5, 2009

TIme is just slipping by

It seems like time is just slipping away from us. Its already Nov. I have been busy. We have had a good year in football. Our team is the 2009 Undefeated Peewee Champions. Yea. This is a picture of homecoming.

This is the night of the awards ceremony and Dakota getting his trophy.
He made the Allstar team and tonight is their last game of the year. He is so excited.
This is Dallas at one of the games keeping his eye on the cheerleaders. Ha!

One night at the games, Dakota is playing his heart out, Im fighting the wind, umbrella and video camera, while Dallas is getting sugar from a girl!!! How funny!
We had a great Halloween. We dont do all the scary stuff for Halloween because that is of Satan and we dont participate. Remember this is just my conviction. If we do anything, we do it with the church and if they dress up its nothing scary or evil. I did let them carve a happy pumpkin for the sake of carving one. Then I used it later for muffins and pie.

I did take them to a festival at another church where some of their friends go and of course they had to engage in a game of football.

We had a Christian Magician at our church. I know what your thinking, "black magic". No, this is a christian illusionist who uses this to teach the kids the gospel on their level and catch their attention. He will tell you its not magic. He gave his testimony and we actually had some kids accept Christ this night. Our church was packed with kids and we had Trunk or Treat last. It was awesome. You should have seen some of the things he and his wife makes with balloons. They made a 3D cross.

The leaves and trees are looking so beautiful here. We have been able to get some projects done around the house. We finally got the driveway rocked and smoothed out and a few other places too. We got our big burn pile pushed up to nearly nothing to burn and working on two other big brush piles to get ready to burn. We will do this a little at a time until our whole 22 acres is like we want it. With all the dump trucks and dozers out here, do you honestly think I could keep the boys attention in school? Tomorrow we will be having someone start building our back deck for us, finally. These projects have been a long time coming. And we are so proud.
The boys got some money to spend one day and here is Dallas having a hard time picking out what he wanted.
Dakota already had his mind made up what he wanted. He wanted some pants, since hes cleaned out his closet and took out all the things that are too small for him.
I had to find a different method to get Tashas horn buds off. It may take a while and she dont like it, but it had to be done and shell have no pain this way.

I had to use an elasterator bander to put bands on them to cut off the circulation so they will just come off. Then we will go and burn the tips again. Some times not matter how hard you try they will still occasionally be that one that will still grow them. I am having to put a udder support on Tisha because she is not concerned about weaning the baby. But it looks kind of funny when you see a goat about the same size as Momma kneeling down to take a drink> LOL Well see how this works and maybe we will get the milk. Cocoa was the first to go into heat so I took her and had her bred. We should know something in a few weeks if she "took" or not. I hope so. She really needs to have a baby. Tisha is in now, and I cant take her right yet cause we have so much going on at home that I cant get away so I may have to wait til next month. We will still build another kid stall to let the babies in at night.
School is still going great except Dakota has made a few bad grades on tests. One was a History Exam. He was having a bad day and just couldnt remember some answers. I have to be tough on them. Just because we homeschool doesnt mean I give out answers, I will not cheat my children of an education. I will help them anyway I can, but they have to use their brain too, cause mines about wore out. LOL I will give him his phone back when he pulls those grades up. Not until. Momma has spoken and it will be so. LOL.Dallas loves to color and draw. He will be starting Karate soon. He is so excited.
We won our Football Allstar game tonight. Now big boy is 7-0 for the season. He earned us a trip to Pizza Hut afterwards. Yea! Daddy was so glad to finally get to see him play since he was out of town all season and didnt get to see any of his games. Granny and Poppa and Scarlett was also there. He played his heart out, while we cheered our lungs out.Ha!
Now it is hunting season. My house has guns ready and hunting clothes ready. Dakota has already shot one, a 7 pt buck but they couldnt find it that evening, so first thing next morning they went looking for it but coyotes had found it. He just brought the horns back as a trophy. We are getting the freezer ready for deer.
One day Dallas and I made pear jelly. Dallas loved squishing the juice out of the pears.
Our Nov. issue of Homesteadernews is out, so be sure to stop by and read my article. Just go to homesteadernews.com and click on the Homeschool tab. There is my article. Be sure to read all articles if possible.
Well as for me I gotta go hit the hay it has been a busy day and more busy tomorrow.

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Oct. 21, 2009

Homeopathic Medicine for Flu Like Symptoms

A little bit of information. If you would rather find a natural alternative for the cold and flu season instead of depending on chemical medicines, I can direct you to a great website to read all about it.
http://children.boironusa.com/freesample
They have homeopathic remedies for colds, flu and coughs. You can go to this website and request a free sample. I got mine today and it is a good free sample, worth requesting.
They also request other bloggers to help spread the word by posting it on your blog. It would be worth a try since their are no side effects and its all natural.

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Oct. 21, 2009

Little Changeroonie on the Boys

Surprised the boys this morning and made them go down and do chores with me this morning. Ha! Usually, we get up, get ready, eat breakfast and they start school while I go do everything. This morning, we came back in, freshened up, and then ate breakfast. It worked out fine.
We had an awesome time with my mother Friday. She fixed us some homemade chilli and some cornbread and then a chocolate cake. yummy!!!
Then we went shopping. We went to a new thrift store. I got some great outfits to wear to church since Im outgrowing all my others. That may be why Im growing out of everything. Too much chocolate cake. HUM!
Then Saturday night we had a hayride and chilli supper at a church members house. Had a great time again. He has a 150 ft. zip cord that is so much fun and yes I went down it. Awesome.
Sunday had a wonderful time at church and in the Lord. Had to take a nap though, the weekend just wore me out.
Monday, I called a work day We had to dig up the sweet potatoes. We didnt get much. It just rained so much. But oh, I fixed some for lunch and they tasted so good. I canned 8 qts this morning. I can use these for pies and to fry some up. UMUM Good! Today Im going to cut a pumpkin up and can some of that too. We like sweet potatoe pies and pumpkin pies. We will save the seeds for next year and grow some of our own. I will just have to break down and buy some sweet potatoes from someone selling some. We also harvested some radishes. Dallas keeps trying to eat them all. We mulched what stuff is left out in the garden. We cleaned out from underneath the house. The boys picked up sticks an threw them onto the burn pile we had pushed up. Missed some good photo ops due to batteries ran down in camera. Im lost without my camera. Cocoa was hanging close by and I think she was picking up some too. ha! They would throw a few sticks on the pile and Dixie would go get it and take it back out and put it where she wanted it. It was just too funny. She had a good day working too.
Yesterday, I didnt feel good at all. Had to lay back down and restart my day. After some rest we cleaned up a little and I cooked supper.
Then we had to go to Dakota's ballgame. He made several tackles. I lost count cause I was screaming too loud. Go Big Orange. 14-0. Thats my boy.

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