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I am getting stressed about tomorrow...
The plan is for me to go to Austin with Tim for the Sunset Valley Farmers Market for the first time. I haven't actually been there when my cheese was sold so it should be fun.
Then as soon as we get home, it will be time for the annual Fourth of July shindig. We usually invite any and everyone we know, put out flyers in feed stores, etc. This year we have been so busy with the new markets that we decided to go low key and we are only having about ten families besides us. Even then there has been no time to prepare the property so people get the true blue mess. (Still working on being OK with that.) IN fact Tim and I won't even have the time to worry about it as we will be getting home likely after company already arrives so too late to stress and holler "Pick up this! Mop that!".
It might just be the perfect way to have a party--arriving as a guest yourself!
Now I have to go hold Grace's hand. She is pacing and uber stressed. Her first horse, Biscuit, is not doing well. He has lost a lot of weight. The vet is coming this morning and if you could be thinking of Grace (and Biscuit) it would be appreciated.
Jul 3, 2009
Jul 2, 2009
Ugh. That time of month...chore charts
Didn't we just do this?
Oh yeah, we DID just do this! I forgot, we had to make some changes mid-month due to things not really working well.
Anyway here we are at the first of the month and it is time to change jobs. Except that I don't wanna. For the most part things have been working pretty well. So when Sara comes to me earnestly requesting to be moved because she has had the same job for four of the last six months I want to satisfy her request but when I look at things I really can't. If I move someone into her slot we will not only lose the efficiency that she has developed, we will also lose the efficiency we have gained in the other areas. And we have a general rule of thumb--you keep a job until you are 1)good at it and 2)no longer complain about it. We have two children who have not yet satisfied those requirements and it would not be fair for them to get out of them.
So things are largely staying as they are with a few minor changes. Grace had horses, hogs and herd health last month. These jobs are usually pretty short and simple and easy to finish in a timely fashion whereas the one who was in charge of the main areas of the house (Linnea) was drowning. So we took the bathrooms from Linnea and gave them to Grace. We took the rest of the "main areas" designation from 'Nea and gave it to Christin. We have putting away laundry to Linnea. The clothes drawers and such need some organizing and she is very good at that. Plus she finds it to be a self confidence booster to bring order to something. Perfect.
Unfortunately Sara has to stay where she is. But we did take one other job that has been burdening her and give it away so she seems somewhat relieved plus I think she appreciated knowing how much we depend upon her to keep things moving smoothly in the dairy.
Done. For now, at least.
Oh yeah, we DID just do this! I forgot, we had to make some changes mid-month due to things not really working well.
Anyway here we are at the first of the month and it is time to change jobs. Except that I don't wanna. For the most part things have been working pretty well. So when Sara comes to me earnestly requesting to be moved because she has had the same job for four of the last six months I want to satisfy her request but when I look at things I really can't. If I move someone into her slot we will not only lose the efficiency that she has developed, we will also lose the efficiency we have gained in the other areas. And we have a general rule of thumb--you keep a job until you are 1)good at it and 2)no longer complain about it. We have two children who have not yet satisfied those requirements and it would not be fair for them to get out of them.
So things are largely staying as they are with a few minor changes. Grace had horses, hogs and herd health last month. These jobs are usually pretty short and simple and easy to finish in a timely fashion whereas the one who was in charge of the main areas of the house (Linnea) was drowning. So we took the bathrooms from Linnea and gave them to Grace. We took the rest of the "main areas" designation from 'Nea and gave it to Christin. We have putting away laundry to Linnea. The clothes drawers and such need some organizing and she is very good at that. Plus she finds it to be a self confidence booster to bring order to something. Perfect.
Unfortunately Sara has to stay where she is. But we did take one other job that has been burdening her and give it away so she seems somewhat relieved plus I think she appreciated knowing how much we depend upon her to keep things moving smoothly in the dairy.
Done. For now, at least.
Jul 1, 2009
Rain!
Some weeks ago I was moaning and groaning about rain and the soggy state of Swede Farm.
I take it aaaaallllll back.
After that we didn't have any rain at all. And I wasn't complaining. I enjoyed the lack of mud and the nice clean udders that were showing up in the milkroom. The reduced laundry pile was great and not having to worry about the vans getting stuck in mud when we drove to the dairy to load up for market was nice as well. Not having to deal with the huge mosquitoes that we get out here in the woods was really, REALLY nice!
Then it got hotter. And drier. All that sand that we spread to aid in drainage during wet times mocked us, making it feel like another dust bowl. Keeping on top of filling animal waterers was a constant worry and the goat's hooves became so hard that trimming them called for power tools! I watched the corn get drier and drier and more and more brown and worried about the hay crop for local farmers.
Well...it has rained! And the forecast gives us up to a 30% chance of more rain pretty much every day this week! I hope it does rain. Every day.
But if I can put in an order with God...I'll take it in three or four even portions, of about an inch each, please.
I take it aaaaallllll back.
After that we didn't have any rain at all. And I wasn't complaining. I enjoyed the lack of mud and the nice clean udders that were showing up in the milkroom. The reduced laundry pile was great and not having to worry about the vans getting stuck in mud when we drove to the dairy to load up for market was nice as well. Not having to deal with the huge mosquitoes that we get out here in the woods was really, REALLY nice!
Then it got hotter. And drier. All that sand that we spread to aid in drainage during wet times mocked us, making it feel like another dust bowl. Keeping on top of filling animal waterers was a constant worry and the goat's hooves became so hard that trimming them called for power tools! I watched the corn get drier and drier and more and more brown and worried about the hay crop for local farmers.
Well...it has rained! And the forecast gives us up to a 30% chance of more rain pretty much every day this week! I hope it does rain. Every day.
But if I can put in an order with God...I'll take it in three or four even portions, of about an inch each, please.
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