It Has Been Hectic

It seems life got away from me these past several months. I always intended to blog frequently, but as one can see, that has not happened.

Things are going well for us. We are enjoying the warm weather which arrived yesterday. I am not enjoying the mud, though, but one has to take the good with the bad.

The sheep are doing well. The beast, aka our old ram, is no longer with us. He was getting too big and aggressive to handle so he had to go. The new ram is very gentle with us and the ewes so he is looking promising.

We had him in with some of our smaller ewes during breeding season so we will know come spring whether he is a true keeper or not.

Since I last posted, we expanded our animals to include five pigs. We usually raise feeder pigs, so having pigs is not unusual. These ones we are hoping to breed as they are really nice looking pigs, and my husband figures we will see profits quicker from the pigs then the sheep.

In addition to the animals, I have been teaching myself to crochet. My hope is to one day use the wool from our flock for items we need around the house. Of course, this means I need to learn to clean, card, and spin wool! I am sure I can learn, though. If not, I can always send the wool away to be spun, and crochet it when it returns.

Other than that, we are preparing for Christmas, and expecting our first child in May. Life has giving us many blessings this year. May you all recieve blessings in your life.

God bless you, all.