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May 13, 2008
Busy-Ness
Since you all know that I'm in the midst of baseball season, I know you understand my infrequent posts of late! Thought I'd catch you up a bit!
There are 2 more weeks of the official season before playoffs begin, and the younger boys will conclude their season at the end of May, while older son will begin playoffs at that time. Just a few games and practices to go between now and then. It's been lots of fun, the boys have improved bunches, but I will be glad for the break. A BIG highlight was 11 yo team's win against the previously undefeated "STORM" last Saturday. They lost their first 2 games, but this one was great, 11 to 6! Unfortunately, we've had lots of problems in the league with coaches and parents behaving badly, and one acted up at this game. I halfway thought it was intentional, to shake our kids, but regardless, it's been unfortunate to have this kind of activity.
On the range, here, we had 5 chicks hatch and live, unfortunately the mother hens are pecking some of the offspring and we've lost 3 others. The duck eggs didn't hatch, and were beginning to look dark. One broke the other day, and I heard dd making awful retching sounds. DH gave one to the pig...you know it's bad when the pig gags...he still ate the rotten egg, mind you, but it did take him aback!
Chloe, the female pig, is bigger and bigger, still no piglets. The turkeys are looking good! The puppies are playful. And the goats are adapting to their smaller area, as we cut them back a tinge to add to garden space. I now have 1/8 of an acre, approximately, to plant when we get finished re-fencing and rototilling.
The winds are fierce, and the welcome cool before the big heat of the summer is tempered by the excessive dust. The temperatures will soar soon enough, but the wind is a pain when you're trying to get garden prep done. Dusty ears attest to that. That, and the garbage spread across the lawn in the early morning hours. You should know something is up when the dogs don't make an appearance when dh leaves for work. Oh, well! Those winds did send a yucky haze packing, and we'll be prepared with jackets for the next couple of evenings' ball games.
Other than that, I'm working on winding up the year in "official" schooling, beginning to gather materials for the next, and looking forward to a season of not running 5 to 6 days out of the week!
Blessings from the Ranch! |
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May 13, 2008 - Always busy...