Catching up

Well it has been awhile since I really sat down and looked at what we have been up to.  Since the new fence and the goat barn were finished I don't have too many more big projects here this year.  We put off the garden this year because we have excavating to do and I didn't want my hard work in the garden to get ruined...plus I really didn't have time.  

In the last few weeks we have spent out time mowing grass, chasing the cow and calves, mowing grass, doing various cleaning projects in the house, mowing grass, homeschooling and mowing grass.  Do you get the idea that I mow a lot of grass...it just grows so darn fast.

I haven't talked about homeschooling on the blog before so for those of you that may not know we are a homeschooling family and we love it.  It is so great to have the kids home all day with me and to be able to see the light in their eyes when they finally figure something out that was difficult to learn.  This year has been a bit harder on them since the divorce and we have taken a step back from some things. I admit I was a bit of a taskmaster before this year...they had a full schedule every day but Friday.  This year we slacked off quite a bit since I had to be out of the house a lot more and now we are getting to the point where we really just need to get back to a normal schedule and buckle down.  You can imagine that the kids really don't want to do that.  They love the fun parts...but don't mention math.

Now you may be wondering why I had been chasing the calves.  Violet and the calves have been in the pasture behind the house for a few days now.  They ate most of the stuff in their old pasture and the electric was down so Sunday morning they decided to go visit the neighbor.  When I got home from church the neighbor came over to tell me they were behind the house.  So we went up with a bucket and walked them back home and put them in a new pasture thinking they would be fine.  The next morning the calves were out in the driveway and the puppies were barking like crazy...at 6am.  So I went out and put them back and checked the fence.  The electric was fine so I went back in the house to do the morning chores.  A few minutes later the puppies were barking again...because again they were out.  Over the next few days I chased those calves back in the fence at least 10 times.  Hopefully they got it out of their system and will stay in now.