Blackie: "You want to do WHAT?"

Well you know Blackie dear, my goal has always been to milk you ...we would really like to have some of your wonderful milk....well and you're gonna have a baby soon so that does mean ..umm....MILK......well if Clover  & Suzanne http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2008/08/27/the-taming-of-clover-or-how-i-took-the-tears-out-of-milking/   can do it...so can we....you will cooperate won't you?

Blackie:....."um, well see"......

So my hubby will be home in a few days  and well we need to talk....I have been thinking...I know exactly what he will say...OH NO she's been thinking again...we are in trouble now....by I have been thinking so here goes...

my animal goals for 2009

1. I want to milk the goats...we have 4 of them....and well lets face it milk isn't getting cheaper at the stores.....and we have four count them 1...2...3...4....goaties that we could be milking.....we can at least TRY can't we..
2. So goal # 2 means at least a wall of some sort to block the wind so we can milk....we have enough scrap materials to do that around here.....and D & I can manage that.
3. We need a bigger hot wire box....just gotta find some $ for that.
4. I want the chicken co-op FINISHED...my goal is before spring actually gets here...I want to work on it while hubby is home at Christmas......this spring I want certain children to paint it.
5. I want to get enough chickens in the spring to = at least  a dozen chickens...right now we have 8 chickens.
6. I'd love to have more gunieas..but how do I keep them from being dog\coyote  food...this is a struggle....any suggestions????

my farm\garden goals

1. To plant a successful garden but NOT on a BIG scale...hubb always want to do it BIG...I can't handle it that big...besides the water bill it is just too much to keep up with & the weeds take it over....I want small & managable this year......I have a plan in my head...I'm actually going to map it out on paper soon.
2. I want to plant a couple more trees.....just a few....we won't go into why .

my home\house goals

1. To pay off\down cc bills
2. To not aquire anymore debt.
3. To build up an emergency fund.
4. To buy a new freezer....with CASH $$$
5. To connect electricity to the shed
6. To sort through & clean out a bunch of junk.
7. To cook more from scratch...and not eat out unless it is a special occasion...which I am already implementing!!
8. To get healthy, buy exercising more.

One last thing before I close for today...

WOW menus REALLY work....I have always struggled with making a menu & incorporating it, but out of NEED(hubb is coming home, we CAN'T afford to eat out AT ALL while he is here & so I planned every meal until he goes back to work) I did this the other day  and so far it is working wonderfully  and there has been no need to run back to the store (because I  forgot this or that)   I worked out the grocery list to go with the menu before I shopped the other day....this WILL continue....I'm keeping a shopping list in the kitchen so I can write things down as needed....it helps.

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