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On my second cup of coffee. It’s been WINDY here! A friend loaned me an outdoor propane burner so I can do some canning outside. There is a microwave over my stove with only 13” of clearance, so no canning. I got the burner put together, propane bottle filled and the wind is crazy. I’ll rig up...

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Tornadoes waltz across Texas too. Plus hurricanes spin off tornadoes. One in northeast Texas some years back stayed on the ground over 40 miles, cutting a wide path of destruction. Mostly in rural areas, it even picked up cattle and dropped them in other pastures.

Rabbit ears with aluminum foil outriggers !!!!

Coffee is ready! Going for second cup. Long list on my to-do list.

Finished my second cup of coffee. Many things on my to-do list. Time to get dressed and get started!

Ewe lambs aren’t weaned yet. But I no problem. There is a half hog panel across each side. So neither side can run through. In the middle field, I have 2 pens. The hay bale is set at the end of the dividing fence. Both sides can access the hay.

When you look in the mirror and think, this ain’t gonna get any better…..

I use my son’s 100 HP Kubota tractor. My Kubota is only 23 HP and can’t pick up round bales.

Ridgetop and her husband spent the night Monday night. They left the next morning to go to Cleveland to pick up their tractor. It’s finally ready! We went out to eat and had a good visit. I took them to Crockett to a real good Mexican restaurant. Their menu is 4 pages, front and back. When we...

I weaned 3 lambs yesterday, 1 ram and 2 wethers. They joined the other 4 already weaned. They cried pitifully all day. Ewenique cried back at them and tried to get as close as possible. The white wether is hers and the black and white spotted ram. The solid black ram belongs to Jet and she’s...

Trailer wiring…. When I was living at my son’s house, I had kept a small flock of my sheep. They had lambs. He and I both kept our trailers at the back of the 1 acre field. Weather got hot, dogs dug holes under the trailers. Lambs joined the dogs. I’d go out and call them, dogs and lambs boiled...

I drank my 2 cups of coffee, it’s still dark outside. I guess I could finish folding and put away the clothes on the sofa. I have to get chores done early so I can get to church on time. I teach children’s class, ages 3 to 12. Usually 4-6 kids, once 10 kids. Small church, a BIG Sunday is 60-ish...

I left yesterday morning at 4:50. Got to auction at 7:43, got in line to checkin. Guess who pulled up right behind me? Ridgetop, her husband and their son! She called and said, “Is that you in the grey truck and red trailer?” 😃😃😃 They got checked in and backed up to unload. I got out of my...

I’ve got to catch up! Friday my sheep moving didn’t go as planned. I wanted 2 ewe lambs from the front field. To do that, I have to pen the flock, roll out wire from driveway gate to the pen gate. I put feed in the working chute. I use gates to block off driveway and run them across the...

I have a Food Saver, everything is vacuumed sealed. Love that thing!

My car is black, covered in mud or dust depending on weather. Once when I was in Walmart, it rained really hard. When I came out, it had quit raining. I walked past my car 3 times. Didn’t recognize it because it was clean.

When I go to Walmart, I always park on the far right of the parking lot, last 2 rows. That way I don’t wander the parking lot looking for a little black car. Ever notice no matter what you drive, or what color, that suddenly it’s like everyone else has a car that same color? Silver and white...

Whew! I got them all processed yesterday except for grinding up 10 pounds that I’ll do today. I finished up at 8:00 last night. My back was sore from standing all day. Between my shoulders was sore from working them over all day. Ok this morning. I’ve processed 26 chickens so far, total of 152...

Yesterday I slaughtered 16 chickens. The chicken plucker is so awesome. It sure saved me tons of work. In seconds it did what would take me 20 minutes to do. It hooks up to a water hose, spins around, tumbles the chicken and those rubber fingers take the feathers off. The feathers go down a...