Ahhh.... Christmas is almost here. The tree is finally up, thanks to Kelsee and Lucas, most of the shopping is done but still needs wrapped. I need some little helper elves to do these things! We are on our way back from visiting family in Tennesee and we had a good time. Now back to work and I can't wait to get back to my soap making! I have some cherry-almond goat's milk curing at home that smells divine! Ready to get some citronella and orange, and some other done. I am truly soap obsessed! I'm going to have to think about shelving for it to cure on as it is all over the house. I have been finding ways to make pretty swirls in it and I'm ready to try a few. Well back to this long long drive.

Have a great Christmas!

Lisa

Busy TImes

I am so disgusted that I have not had the time to set up my Christmas tree. I love Christmas season but this is the busiest time of the year. Finals are happening, every animal pen gets winterized, and the garden needs prepared for winter. I wish I was more organized and had everything done before Thanksgiving. I had to cut myself off of soaping for 2 weeks to get my final paper and projects done. Finally I am done. YooHoo! Christmas shopping tomorrow and them I will decorate. I am going to have to leave up the tree until February to get enough enjoyment out of it. LOL! Well we have been working hard and trying to get a little extra Christmas money so right now we have no time. So I have to get fact to the grind. Merry Christmas everyone! Please remember to think about others more than yourself and you are sure to have a great Christmas.

Lisa

New Beginnings.

I everyone. I kind of took over this blog as Kelsee wasn't using it anyway. Well, we haven't been on in a while, you know....busy, busy. A whole lot of things have been happening! I have started working on my masters degree in nursing. We have just created a new website for our kinders! We are so excited. We are learning to make home-made soaps including goat's milk. Today my mother and I made Strawberries and Cream soap and Oatmeal and Honey. Thanks for the help mom! I can't wait to cut it tomorrow. We also have 2 does due on the 11th. Sara Rabbit is so huge! She had triplets last and it is exciting to see what we are going to get, and I want more milk for soap! On another note, Kelsee got engaged in August and will be moving on in her life...Sniff, sniff. I have so enjoyed being her mother. She has truly been a blessing to me and her dad. God smiled on us the day she was born. Well I have to get back to work. I plan to use this blog site to talk about all the things we are doing to get more self reliant. I want to produce most of out families' food ourself on our little plot.

Have a good night! Lisa

Pray for You

This is a hilarious song! Everyone should watch it. It's so something I would do.

Must Watch This!

Here I have a very, very, very, interesting song to watch. It will be worth your time!

Let me know what you think of it.

I'm thinking mix of Prince, Michael Jackson, and Sesame Street....
It is darn catchy.

Baby Goats

Well we had baby goats last week, just now have time to show off some pictures. 5 does kidded.

We had a bunch of babies reserved but as life goes we had 2 girls and 6 boys. No one wants boys as much. We had another girl born dead which was very tramatic, but momma and twin brother pulled through okay after some medicine. Now to find home for all these bouncing baby boys.

Here are some pictures of the cuteness!

Boy

This guy was born on Halloween and has a hilarious personality. We named him Jack Skellington, off of Nightmare Before Christmas.

This guy is soooo cute! I want to keep him!

Same Girl

Cutie Boy. I think we are keeping him! We wanted a girl, but instead momma had triplet boys!

There are more babies but I don't have any decent pictures of the others. I will have to get some! I love having baby goats running around, they are so funny, running and bucking. They have such personalities, and so cute I just want to snuggle them. Baby animals are the best! But man do they grow up so fast. Makes me sad. Within a couple weeks they aren't little babies anymore. Even though they are always my 'babies.' lol

Christmas Presents

Dad is still debating. Now listening to:

Animal - Neon Trees

Another catchy song! It mentions cannibals, making it awesome. ;)

Well Christmas is quickly approaching.

I'll just say it now I'm a scrouge. I don't like Christmas music, I don't have any traditions, or really get excited about the holidays. I mean I like presents, and I like looking at a Christmas tree, but I don' really get in the holiday spirit. My dad doesn't either so I get it from him. One thing I do love is giving presents. I love, love picking gifts out for people and making them happy. Especialy since I work full time and have lots of money, I go crazy. Which is funny cause I hate shopping. I just enjoy putting the thought into making people smile.

Well I had an unexpected abundance of money last weekend and I was at the biggest mall I've ever seen. So of course I had to find some presents.

My best friend Alyssa loves shiny silver bling bling, the uglier the better to her. She loves having a different purse to match everything too. Her birthday is on Christmas so of course she gets double the presents and I can get her the coolest things ever.

I found a huge shiny designer purse with a black and silver flower on it. Then I got her some big black and sliver earrings. She absolutely loves penquins so I got her three awesome pairs of penquin socks. She loves CD's. So to give it a personal touch I spent today downloading a bunch of our favorite songs, and I will burn her a CD, and decorate it all beautiful. So now I have a purse full of her favorite things. I hope she likes it. :)

The worst part about Christmas is I hate waiting to give people their gifts. I'm so impatient about it. I'm terrible.

Her family is obsessed with dogs, they enjoy doing family things, and they have a golden retriever so I got her little sisters and mom Golden-Opoly. I think they will really like it.

My mom wants a kindle, but I don't think she would really use it. So thats a maybe.
I'm getting her some chicken border for our kitchen she has wanted for a long time, and I bunch of other little thins she has wanted.

My dad. No clue. He hates gifts. lol

Then there is my boyfriend. I swear he is the hardest people ever to get things for. We have been together nearly 3 years and I still don't have any ideas. He says he wants old episodes of his favorite old TV shows. But he always gets that from everyone. I want something that takes some thought.

His Ipod Touch has been a litte wacko lately and isn't working great so I think I might get him a new one packed with his and my ;) favorite music. They even have free engraving right now. But I don't want to get him one if his is working. So I will have to see if his is actually alive or not. I think he figured out my plotting thought and threatened me that I better not get him one. haha. Too bad.

Then a project I started last year. I'm hand blowing out eggs when everyone is asleep and I'm making my own really cute ornamates with press ons for my mom and his mom. You know how hard it is to poke a tiny hole in an egg then blow the yolk out, then decorate them and thread it without breaking the egg. I think I bust more than I make. Oh well. My darn chickens stopped laying too, so I might just have to buy me some eggs. We'll see.

So if anyone has present ideas for a hard to buy for guy like me know!