Rainy Days

Fall rainy days are the best. I feel like starting a fire and curling up with the kiddos for a movie day complete with popcorn and whatever junk food I can scrounge up. I still may do that later as of now I need to convince myself to go outside and take care of a few chores that need to be done rain or shine. We have been having such a great year in the garden on zucchini and squash I should go pick some and start my freezing preparations. Yes it's that time of the year when you can't afford to not be busy. There is wood to get, apples to pick, veggies to take care of and the animals need to have their pens winterized. Well the goats anyways. They decided to knock down a wall of their shelter, guess they wanted more room. Rainy days seem to remind me of all the things I need to wrap up before the frost and first snowfall.

BzzAgent and Influenster

I have joined both of these sites to see what they have to offer and review some products. I'm still new and getting used to both of these sites. So far I like the BzzAgent surveys because my score is affected immediately but so far Influenster is lacking to me. I have completed many reviews and badges and yet my score is still 0 on everything. I hope to see that improve in the near future so I can really get involved in these websites. Though maybe I need to figure out how to expand my blog to actually have followers. I'm pretty much talking to myself right now. I will keep writing and reviewing and hope for the best.

Gearing up for hunting season

Not everyone agrees with hunting, but around here it's a big deal. My husband works in construction so he gets laid off in the winter. We need the deer and elk we harvest to make it through the winter. It's organic meat and we eat it all, nothing goes to waste. We steak out and grind the rest into sausage or burger to give us lots of ways to eat it. Archery starts this weekend and while I have a bow I and I do practice I am nervous to try and pull back with a deer in front of me. Have to try though or I will never know if I can do it. What I am the most looking forward to is rifle. We just ordered a new .50 cal CVA Optima muzzleloader and this year should be interesting. I am learning everything I can about muzzleloaders. There is a lot of info out there. I think I am sold on white hots though. We shot pyrodex this weekend and I couldn't believe how much residue was in the barrel.

This was the first deer I ever shot. He is a respectable 4 point buck. This was last year.

My husband's biggest buck. He shot him in the 2012 season. Nice 6 point though he didn't score to high. 

So like I said in the beginning, not everyone agrees with hunting, to those I hope you can see that it helps people like me get through the months of winter when we don't have much income coming in. The deer above fed our family and my husband even used the hyde to make leather. Out of that leather he makes bags, leggings and various other crafts. This year his plan is to take a deer with a traditional bow he made. He worked very hard on making sure the bow had enough power to not just wound the deer. I am very proud of him. For all of you gearing up for this season may you be accurate and swift. God Bless

Some of our farm animals

RIP Randy, he was my husbands best bud and packed his gear across the Bob Marshall Wilderness. He just got old but had a very fulfilling life.

This is Bayou, she now lives with my brother who also has goats. He had a little male he wanted to get rid of and was looking for a female so we swapped kids. She is a fat little goat now. 

 Every spring is baby time here on the River bottom, These were some chicks we ordered from Cackle Hatchery

 My buddy Aldo who we got from the local humane society. He is a love bug and a digger!

 Miss Browning in all her glory. We got her from my sister who had to move. She is a sweety!

 Royal Palm turkey's. They were still young in this photo and hung around in a bog group together.

 Khaki Campbell and and Indian runner. Great little ducks

 Toulouse Geese going for a swim. They sure get noisy.

Pigeon and Big Dog hanging out in the yard. We name all our chickens around here.

My life

I am a 25 years old, married and a mother of 2 little boys. I live on a small farm with chickens, goats and 2 big ol black dogs named Aldo and Browning. It's never boring around here and there is always something to do. I can't wait to share about the animals and the shenanigans of my sons.