Hello 2017

First of all, happy new year! It would appear that I am not a very consistent blogger. I'm sorry for that. No, I really mean it. I really do wish I were more consistent but, in keeping with the theme of the blog, this is my life. However, I am trying to improve so please be patient. I am a work in progress.

Life has progressed, as it tends to, since I last signed on. The goat kids from the last post were sold. The mamas weren't. In fact, we have added another doe to our herd...

Meet Miss Beaux Jangles

...and sold off all of our boys. Since then I have been leasing bucks for breeding purposes. We had a beautiful group of 11 kids born last spring. It was fantastic! I was so proud of my girls! There were no complications and I only had to help one doe with an extra large buckling. Three out of my four does had triplets. My first freshener (that's what we call a doe who has never had kids) had twins. (Congrats Miss Beaux Jangles!) Between the four does we had six doelings and five bucklings in all. I definitely felt blessed.

We also gave up chickens in favor of ducks. The aerial predators here have a particular taste for chicken (and cats!) and took out our flock one at a time, leaving all the ducks behind. So, ducks it is. I don't mind, I always preferred the ducks anyway.

 I took a job at a day care to help make ends meet for a while until my husband got settled into his new job. Then we took on a babysitting job at home for a while. That's finished now and the only people kids I have to deal with are my own. I feel like my whole universe just sighed.

In February, just before the kidding season started, I hopped into our truck with all five of my people kids (some people call them children) and drove to Oregon to visit some family and friends. IT WAS AMAZING! Over the next few days I hope to make a post per day to relate some of the most important events of 2016, including more than one dedicated to our amazing vacation that I am still gushing over.