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Published On: Dec 02, 2007 10:32 AM
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Published On: Dec 02, 2007 10:32 AM
First Snow of the Season
The first snow started falling here after
midnight, and it's been slow and steady since. The roads are still warm enough
that the snow isn't sticking, so hopefully that will continue. I don't mind
cold, snow, or ice - as long as I don't have to drive in it!
On the farm, things are settling in. E sold a truckload of chickens to the butcher yesterday, and we're still selling chooks live from the farm every few days. He'll bring the rest of the old hens down this week and then we'll move all our young girls out to pasture for a few days and he can clean and air out the barn before winter settles in for good. The two baby pigs I got E for his birthday are growing like weeds, and Roko (E ended up named him after an All Blacks player, Rokothoko or something) doesn't even seem to have noticed that he was castrated a few days ago, though I think his stitches are itchy. I like this "new" livestock vet we used - they were easy to work with and affordable. We'll bring Lucretia there for an US when Guy the buck seems to have hit adulthood - he's still quite the little boy, tagging along after her all day long, but definitely not with romance in mind.
I'm going to make christmas cookies every few days and freeze them uncooked so I can just do a baking marathon the first few days of winter break - that'll also spread out the dish-washing. Rugelach, gingerbread, mini loaf pans of double chocolate brownies.... still deciding what else. We're going to set up our christmas tree today when Gi gets up from her nap and E finally gets up after a VERY long night of partying with his friends after a wedding. I think once she goes down I'll try to get my lesson plans out of the way so they're not hanging over my head this evening... maybe we can even start rounding up our christmas gifts later tonight. I'll update this post with pics once E is awake enough to bring me the camera.
On the farm, things are settling in. E sold a truckload of chickens to the butcher yesterday, and we're still selling chooks live from the farm every few days. He'll bring the rest of the old hens down this week and then we'll move all our young girls out to pasture for a few days and he can clean and air out the barn before winter settles in for good. The two baby pigs I got E for his birthday are growing like weeds, and Roko (E ended up named him after an All Blacks player, Rokothoko or something) doesn't even seem to have noticed that he was castrated a few days ago, though I think his stitches are itchy. I like this "new" livestock vet we used - they were easy to work with and affordable. We'll bring Lucretia there for an US when Guy the buck seems to have hit adulthood - he's still quite the little boy, tagging along after her all day long, but definitely not with romance in mind.
I'm going to make christmas cookies every few days and freeze them uncooked so I can just do a baking marathon the first few days of winter break - that'll also spread out the dish-washing. Rugelach, gingerbread, mini loaf pans of double chocolate brownies.... still deciding what else. We're going to set up our christmas tree today when Gi gets up from her nap and E finally gets up after a VERY long night of partying with his friends after a wedding. I think once she goes down I'll try to get my lesson plans out of the way so they're not hanging over my head this evening... maybe we can even start rounding up our christmas gifts later tonight. I'll update this post with pics once E is awake enough to bring me the camera.
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Posted: Sun - December 2, 2007 at 10:31 AM