Our goose is cooked and other adventures

I am starting to feel like I live on a farm. It is getting crazy here the animals out number us like 2 to 1. But it has been a fun adventure so if anyone else has some animals they are trying to get rid of for FREE let us know.

So this last week we celebrated Matt's first birthday. It is hard to believe that it was one year ago that we were on our way to the hospital and this beautiful blue eyed boy was born. He has been a real blessing in our home and we are so grateful to have him.

But just like last year -the day I went into labor with Matt-we had a goat go into labor on his birthday. Unfortunately, the baby goat only lived for 1 day. So we had to say goodbye.

Then on Sunday when we came home from church our neighbor's dog had maimed the one goose that we had left to the point that it was blinded and probably not going to live very long. So we decided to butcher the goose. So last night for dinner we had roast goose. It was quite the experience. I tried a little but had a real hard time eating it-even though it also meant that Monday morning I wasn't awakened to a goose honking in response to the peacock. Speaking of which-has anyone ever had roasted peacock?

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J said…

Just thinking of eating a goose that had been in my yard the day previous would be enough to make me sick. I don't blame you for not having the appetite for it.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Speedy Gonzales and the Black Stretchy Pants

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Finally some pictures

Hooray we have new windows! The installers left this morning and we now have 5 beautiful vinyl windows and one of them is a bay window. We are taking advantage of the tax credit for energy efficient windows and hoping that we can stay a little warmer this winter. So all day yesterday we had no windows in our house and at the end of the day our house was full of flies. Thank goodness that global warming has taken a vacation in CA because it has been a burning 75 degrees the last 2 weeks. Of course it happens to be the weeks that my kids are in swimming lessons so they have been freezing. Yesterday one of Daves work colleagues came by to look at our goats. Seeing that we know nothing about them except what I have found googling, this guy is a definite expert. He told we should butcher them soon or sale them as they are ready. If it was a matter of me being ready they would have been butchered 2 weeks after we got them. They have been a real pain in the neck. I have gotten used ...

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