Finally bought a new keyboard!




Posting just about anywhere has been very light since we figured not many people would want to deal with reading things written without benefitofaspacebarorpunctuation.

We're done with the farmer's market, and are still a bit weirded out at the sight of a barn with only a dozen chickens pecking around, but that will be remedied soon enough as we have 200 chicks arrive on November 12th. Tomorrow we are headed out to MBFarview Farn, where we've been before to buy chickens, this time to buy a new goat (or two). We're fed up with the whole pure bred/show genetics and all the associated problems we've had, so we're mixing up our goat gene pool with some Nubian/Oberhasli does. They are bred to an Ober buck, so our herd will eventually be dropping 50%Togg/12.5%Nubian/37.5% Ober kids. :) We're hoping it leads to a vigorous herd of healthy, rather self-sufficient milkers (and some surprising looking offspring!).

In the meantime, Gi turned the corner and now (mostly) loves school, and Carolina has turned into a world class crawler with 1.5 teeth and a ton of motivation to start walking sooner then later.

I spent the week before our first craft show sewing into the wee hours of the night and we had a good time - I didn't sell as much as I had hoped, but as E reminded me, selling three "big" things (a medium size quilt, extra large pillow, and a scarf) is just as good as selling a ton of little knick knacks, money wise. Since this was an unjuried fall festival, I think I'll have better results at my next one, which is purely a craft show. A lot of people just came out to this last one to eat, hang out on the beach, and listen to the bands. Sales aside, it was great to see that everyone loved my work, and the scarves were a huge hit. I need to pick up a mirror at the salvage store this weekend, since everyone was trying them on in the shop window. Two out of my three sales were with credit cards, and it worked out fine (I'm using Propay) so it definitely paid off to have that capability. I was definitely burnt out on sewing, and haven't so much as touched my machine this week, but I'm starting to get my groove back. I have a mermaid quilt I want to finish, and am going to make some more scarves, coasters, and a few table runners for the next show (several people asked if I made table runners at this last show).

I'll be back with pics of our newest goat soon :)

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Posted: Fri - October 17, 2008 at 05:11 PM        

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