Today when I work up, I felt like a had a ton of bricks weighing me down. I am not down in the dumps so it must be the exhaustion of the week catching up with me. It has been a crazy past week with doctor visits and 1400 miles put on the car in three days. I did the morning chores and got the kids ready to go pick up Mariah's friend for Sunday School. Emmy's was not a happy camper so we left before the main church service which didn't hurt any of the children's feelings. I really enjoyed the class I teach during Sunday School; it is the babies up to age 3. Fun and to make it better my nephew is in the class so I get lots of Auntie slobbery kisses. Stopped at the store and the were clearing out there greenhouse so three more tomato plants and another set of onions, all for $3 dollars. I promised to make cookies this afternoon for the Cookie Monsters in this house so after getting the kids settled and bottle feeding lambs I started baking. That is when the feeling of being physically drained and emotionally wiped hit me again. Luckily I have dinner in the crockpot that my mom had made when she kept the kids while we were gone last week.
I thought maybe working in the garden would help so in between rain showers I went out and weeded and planted the tomatoes and onions I brought home today. The corn is growing. I weeded around in it for awhile and then decided I didn't want to anymore. So I snapped some pics for you to enjoy...
Our first green tomato, grow little one
Our first strawberry turning red, it is mine, I have dibs on this one
With all the rain and I mean rain, the river is on flood watch currently and the weather has been cool, the lettuce, onions, cauliflower, broccoli and other cool weather crops are thriving
Huey is now out of the house and in with two ducks learning how to be waterfowl, I have given up on Fish and Game so I believe he is here to stay or to be released when he/she is older
The Royal Palm turkeys are growing, really growing lately and they love to gobble when they see any of us or think they are being neglected because we haven't brought them they treats for the day
The meat chickens are getting huge also, they are 10 days old and are the size of my fist. It is amazing to me how big they are getting, I really want to get them out on the pasture but the weather has not been cooperative
This last pic is of the neighbor's pasture across the street where the sheep will go eventually. First they have to get bigger. The oldest two are doing excellent but the baby is struggling. We have him in a dog carrier in the laundry room so he is not being headbutted and can be bottle feed five times a day. My very good friend who truly cares about animals and is as crazy as me came up last night at 10:30 to bring goat colostrum that she had. It did seem to help him and he woke me up at 4 am crying to eat. I dragged myself out of bed and thought I thought these days were behind me.
What I hope to learn today is to cut myself some slack and just relax. The weeds will be there tomorrow along with the laundry, dishes and everything else that is on my to-do list.
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