The Cabin

Check out our Cabin video on You Tube!

https://youtu.be/NphVvWImmtk

To You Tube or Not To You Tube

I've been giving some thought recently to start putting videos on you tube. Haven't decided for sure yet. We will see.

New Life

It's been a long time since I've posted on the blog so thought I would do that today.

We have settled in to a new way of life here. Dewayne not working any more due to the damage to his knee 28 years ago and the severe arthritis that he has now, has changed things tremendously. We consider ourselves "retired" now. Dewayne just turned 50 last month and I will be 49 in December. We still have rabbits, we still have our two goats and we have Knox, our dog. We do not have chickens any more and really don't plan to get them any more. We don't see the reason to have them. We are on a limited budget and quite frankly, I want to buy food for me instead of animals. The rabbits are still frustrating at times. We downsized on them. We only have a few Cals left, a few Rex, a few White New Zealands and several Havanas. We decided to shift our focus on the rabbits from meat to fur. The Havanas are not letting us down right now. We can't seem to get the older Cals and NZ to breed but the Havanas have had a couple litters this year. We are keeping most of the babies to grow out as breeders and the ones that need to be culled will be for meat and fur. One thing about rabbits, they have awesome poop! At least that's something. With accepting the fact that they are still producing something (poop and fur) has helped. It's not so stressful when they won't breed. They will produce one way or the other.

We stay busy around here still. We have a lot of hobbies. We know we can make things to keep from getting cabin fever. We also are going to start being volunteers at Lincolns New Salem soon. I have a few clothing orders right now. I just finished a capote and I'm working on a frock for my dad. I also have an order for a boys shirt and pants that I will get to soon.

We enjoy having our grand kids on the weekends. We had them stay last weekend. They are getting so big it's scary. We have also found out that we will have a new gradbaby in 2018. We are so excited!

Our new way of life keeps us busy.........and happy and fulfilled.

Are you prepared?

We don't think of ourselves as "preppers". We have lived at the edge of a small town for almost 30 years. This town does not have a gas station any more, only a small convenience store. We have learned that when we go anywhere out of town, get what you need at that time. We don't make special trips. If we forgot something, it goes on the list for the next time we "go to town". When we get a lot of rain, we are not flooded where we are, but our routes to the nearest towns may be. We are on a limited income, so everything gets thought through before we go anywhere. I must admit, I get tired of thinking through every move, but it only makes sense to do that. Less gas money means more money in your pocket.We have a doctor appointment this week, so that means getting any groceries or anything else we need while we are out of town.
Although we are not preppers, we try to make sure we have what we need in case of emergency situations where we can't get anywhere. Always make sure you have the necessities: food, water, medications, etc. There may be a time when you can not get somewhere to get that stuff.

Rain!

Over the last few days we got some rain.....lots of rain. According to the rain gauge, yesterday was 1.7, day before was 1.6. That doesn't include the rains before that. We needed the rain so can't complain. At least we didn't have anything flooded out of the garden beds.

Easter Sunday

We went to my dad's house for Easter today. We had a very yummy meal and had a nice visit with dad. It has been about five years since I went "home". Unfortunately the only reason I hadn't was because of the house having had animals in it. I am allergic to dogs and cats. With fabric furniture and carpet, I would be miserable instantly when I went in. We used to go every Christmas Eve, but with the winter time and the house being hot and the windows closed, I had trouble breathing, my tongue would actually itch, my chest felt heavy and my face would itch.....all within moments of going in the house. No allergy pills would help. The only option was to not go at all.

Now that Dewayne is home all the time, we can go to dad's more often. We can go when it's nice out and the windows are open. Dad said he's going to change out the carpet soon too. He no longer has the animals in the house, so over time, the allergens hopefully will dissipate. I hadn't realized how much I missed being there. Looking forward to going more often.

We woke up to hail this morning. Of course the first thing to enter my mind was " that figures....there goes all the plants that we just put in."  Thankfully, the hail was only pea sized and it didn't last long. All of the plants are fine. Everything looks good.

We got the onions in yesterday and worked the ground for the spaghetti squash, melons and pumpkins to go in. Should be able to get them in tomorrow.