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Month: April 2016

Time Well Spent 

Time Well Spent 

I have started packing the house which is extremely stressful, I took this opportunity to learn something new.  I have started knitting!  I started with a hat then for my next project I decided on some nice relaxing…lace.  Right, so a giant lace blanket may not have been the most appropriate stress relief.  I have ripped out the same row twice now so I moved onto working on the fabric basket tutorial to take a break.  This basket is turning…

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Lambless

Lambless

Well it finally happened my girls went back to he farm until we move. Ewestace and Lamb Chop were getting big and we leave Tuesday for Florida. Jeff and I decided it be easiest if they went back now. I am sure hey will be fine but I got aweful E attached to having my little lambs in the garage. 

Eat Your Wheaties!

Eat Your Wheaties!

Gus and Olive start sheep camp again today at Cherry Hill Training Center.  When Jeff fed Gus his breakfast I heard him pronounce to Gus “Eat up you, got to perform well today!”  Without even thinking I walked into the room and spoke up for Gus “Dad I don’t perform sheep herding, it’s a way of life.”  After Gus and I straightened out Jeff’s line of thought I realized he didn’t say anything to Olive.  I have decided this means one…

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Slippery Slopes

Slippery Slopes

Last night I made a vat of Chicken Chile Verde, which made enough for dinner as well as to can 8 pints.  I love having canned dinners in the fridge for nights that I don’t want to cook.  This is a recipe I have never canned before so I won’t post the recipe to can just yet (I want to make sure it does’t kill anyone first ;).  Today I went to a knitting class that was delightful.  I decided…

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Wood Stove

Wood Stove

Our new farmhouse has a wood stove in the house which we are super excited about.  I was supposed to be researching how to replace the bricks inside the stove when I found these super cute wood stove steamers.  They have steamers in cast iron and so many different styles and shapes you can get yours here or here.  I most definitely will need one of these!   Please note this post contains links to affiliates.  I make a small commission on the…

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Family Time

Family Time

April is a month of many birthdays in the Cacia family, my own birthday as well as both my father and mother in-laws birthdays.  Yesterday we celebrated another birthday by going to Painting With A Twist with friends and family.  We just happened to be painting one of my favorites flowers the daffodil.  They make it very easy for everyone to follow along and paint their canvas perfectly.  Katie was our instructor this time and she did a wonderful job!…

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Squeaky clean

Squeaky clean

I have been making soap for our home for about a year now, today I tried a new recipe.  I used almond milk instead of water, we will see how this turns out in about 4-6 weeks.  For those of you who have never made soap this is how I do it (I am not a soap expert but it gets us clean).  First I measure out all the ingredients by weight in plastic cups. The next step is to…

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Spring Time Busy

Spring Time Busy

We have been busy here with spring time, not only do we have the two bottle lambs but we also brought all the rabbits home this last weekend.  I love having my bunnies back home where I can spoil them and love on them.  One of our adult breeders Sly got to retire and went to a wonderful pet home.  Sly will have other rabbits to be around as well as cats, I am so happy he went to such…

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