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Monday, March 31, 2008

Thanks Nancy and Sabrina!

Your Birthdate: December 5

You have many talents, and you are great at sharing those talents with others.

Most people would be jealous of your clever intellect, but you're just too likeable to elicit jealousy.

Progressive and original, you're usually thinking up cutting edge ideas.

Quick witted and fast thinking, you have difficulty finding new challenges.

Your strength: Your superhuman brainpower

Your weakness: Your susceptibility to boredom

Your power color: Tangerine

Your power symbol: Ace

Your power month: May

Justalit'l Shasta gives me girls!

The black smirslet ewe lamb
Above and below are the Ag krunet ewe lamb. Thoughts on this one?

Shasta gave me two six pound ewe lambs this morning. a black smirslet ewe lamb and an Ag krunet ewe lamb. Her markings are interesting huh? Next up I would have to say would be Cori, but then again I was proven wrong yesterday :)

Total so far 5 ewe lambs, 1 ram lamb, all sets of twins from mature ewes!

Sunday, March 30, 2008

I spoke too soon

Well no matter how i think the lambing order will be, they always mix it up. I brought the girls in early today for their grain mix as I didn't want any lambs outside. I've been watching diligently all day and all night both from in the barn and in the pasture to watch the girls. I jugged Cori and Shasta just in case they'd lamb as their udders are tight and their back ends are swollen with tails sticking out.

As I was feeding the mixture in the tubs, Maya starts doing that labor thing like Lavender faked last week. I thought to myself "gee look, now its Maya giving me more halucinating images". I went to go in the house to tell Rayna that I think Maya is in labor and I go back out and there is a smirslet grey katmoget ewe lamb standing in the center of the pen with Maya cleaning her off!!! I quickly jug her and the babe and she lays down and I went to call Rayna to tell her about the ewe lamb and I walk back to the jug to see her literally cannonball this cute little black krunet ram lamb out! They seem to be much smaller than Chloe's twins but time will tell. I think Jazz is BB BB but it'd be a nice surprise if he was carrying moorit!

Photos perhaps tomorrow when they are dried off a bit! Lambing has come full force today! WOHOO!!

Christmas II has arrived at White Pine Shetlands!

Chloe was one of the first three ewes I thought would lamb. Shasta and Cori are the other ones....
Chloe and her twin EWE lambs out of Jazz, the 87% UK ram out of Jericho. These girls are 59% UK bloodlines.

Light Grey Katmoget ewe lamb. She has tight crimpy fleece!

Dark Grey katmoget ewe lamb. Possibly emsket? More wavy fleece but I've seen these fleeces crimp up as they mature.

Well................Now we wait for the next girl to go!! What a way to start off the season! Last year I had twin ewe lambs for my first lambing also! Is this a sign of tradition?! :)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

BOYS will be BOYS

PayDay the scurred boy. He's black....I'm guessing 'warm black" as his skin fleece is black.
Rolo with PayDay. Rolo keeps getting lighter. He was fawn for sure and is registered as such but perhaps he's going to be a mioget like his daddy Bourbon.
Heath the moorit. Boy the flash sure wrecks his color. He is the deepest colored moorit I've had to date (which is obviously not long, but most of my moorit girls are more red, versus mahogany)
Here is Barish the F1 Timothy. He has been rooing for weeks now and he looks ridiculous :) His horns are either super slow to grow or are Tea Cupped or scurred. Juliann, care to gander a guess yet?

Well i've found out I can no longer sit in the pen with the boys. I can only admire them over or through the fence. The "Napoleon complex" that all horned male shetlands have has started to get the better of them.

PayDay, Rolo and Jazz are all very friendly. Not obnoxious like the ewes are, but they are polite enough to come to the fence for scratching. Barish and Heath come up to eat out of my hand, but I don't normally have anything so they quickly back up. Hansel refuses to get close at all. That's ok! Different personalities.

I don't like to pet the boys too much, but I've learned if you only have two hands, only have two rams :) The one that gets left out bashes the five gallon pail you are sitting on, or worse, your leg. Even a friendly alpha drop to the floor by yours truly doesn't phase them, so I just dont' make it a habit to go into the pen anymore. At least not to sit down. They'll only get worse as they age. And these boys are only just going to be yearlings. Last year I sold Bourbon to Gail V. at about a yearling so I don't know how they'll mature past this time of year. Should be fun to see. Bourbon sure looked good!

Life and Death

There were three things I wanted to name this blog:
1. I'm done
2. Just my luck
3. What else

But I decided on this title after all my chores were done.

After my last post, I went outside to do evening chores. With my dad going from work right to bowling, I was in charge of all evening chores. What started out as routine ended in death.

Forty five minutes after I had last checked the goats in the barn I went in to give them their daily 'ration' of their feed/mineral. I noticed Krista had a head of a baby goat dangling from her behind. Upon further examination it had expired and was unable to get out due to both front feet being back, making natural kidding a big problem. Now Krista is an experience mom. She'd kidded 4 other years before kidding here. She's an old pro. Why this? Why now?

I called vet #1. Remember he's the one that doesn't return my calls. Figures he didn't answer, his wife did. I told her who i was and the situation ( i couldn't get my hands in to grab the leg) and her reply was ' well he's on another emergency call actually'. THAT WAS IT. I asked her 'well where? and how long will it be? who else can I call?" She didn't have answers. I nearly called her a name I only use in dog showing.

I called vet #2. He'd be right out (thank God!) What seemed like 72 hours later he appears, positions her back end up in the air, reaches in, grabs the legs and pulls the buckling out. He's not oversized, just a poor presentation. Another caramel, but a medium color, and another boy. I'm 0-2 on boys this year. I told him he had the hands of God. I sure couldn't get mine in there and he's about the same size as me!

After a long discussion with the vet over all my trials and tribulations with the goats, I thanked him and he thanked me (he should have for the 65 dollar emergency call plus 35 farm visit plus whatever it costs to pull the goat out in 7 seconds).

Now with a steaming head and mind, I walk out to feed the pregnant cows. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY out in the calving pasture is our eldest cow and matriarch of the herd (she's only eight) with a solid red heifer calf. Our first for the year!! And its my DAD's....guess I'll keep waiting.

Spring is coming and i'm still not ready!

Oliver and Mac

Zoe and Sadie

So many things flying through my fingers won't keep up with it :)

So the National Cardigan Welsh Corgi Specialty is coming up the middle of April. This will be Zoe's first show since the St Paul show in January. Her time has come to WIN. She and I spoke and discussed the 12 Reserve Winner's Bitch ribbons that hang on the wall. We need some Winner's Bitch ribbons now!! Ell will have her first show with her litter mate, Flash, at the National. I'm very excited to show with all the reputable, renowned, long time breeders in the club. I've been very blessed in the past year to have met many CWC breeders via email and our ShowCardi-L list. I've contacted most of them and hope that I"ll be able to find them in the crowd to introduce myself personally.

I'm pretty lucky!! This year I am road tripping most of the way with a friend from Iowa (share the gas expense), then staying with new friends (for free) in the trailer parking ON GROUNDS, and setting up for grooming with Ell's well known and well respected breeders at Pluperfect-Merrymoon-Puddleduck. I already have most of my nights booked with breeder's education, Annual Banquet, 'social hour', as well as getting to meet many of my dog's relatives and get to see the stud dog, Fudge, in person, as well as many other GREAT dogs. All the top dogs in the breed will be there, as well as first time puppies (My Ell included). I'm pretty pumped about being there to share in all the fun!! AND FOR SO LITTLE MONEY!

On our way home we are stopping at Gail Former's farm to see her sheep and set up, as well as the new lambs. It will be good to see Gail again. I always enjoy our time together. I learn so much!

I've started hallucinating.

Or my ewes are great actresses!!!

Lavender last night starting laying down, getting up and sniffing the ground, kicking her tummy, peeing a lot, tail out, and bleating ever so softly. I panicked, and was up every hour on the hour to check her. Yup, I definitely need a baby monitor. I was so confused as she didn't have an udder but thought maybe she was one of those ewes that didn't bag until she HAD the lambs. At any rate she still doesn't have any babies and I'm quite ticked off. I'm sure she is smug thinking ' YES! Chalk one more up for the girls!' The score must be Garrett 0, ewes 15. I'll never learn. I think I saw her high-five a couple of the girls on their way out to the pasture this I held the door open with one hand and a large mountain dew in the other hand.

Technically they are due at any time. I've been watching bellies and udders and back ends. Cori and Chloe are still the closest if I go only by udder size. MOST of the girls vulva's are getting quite fleshy but still the udders are not that big. At least a few weeks or more for them. Some of the yearling girls are so round that its difficult for them to lay down and rest comfortably. For both of our sakes I hope they all lamb soon. Then I can get back to full sleep. I walk around in a daze now.

Last week Taika the great escaper managed to OPEN the gate in their inside pen in the barn. They were maybe out for 2 hours total as I went to check them around 9pm. They (all 16 yearlings) had eaten an entire 50# bag of scratch feed (corn, oats, wheat) and 20# of oats from another container. The runny droppings are just plain gross. I haven't fed them ANY thing besides hay since then. AND i've finally learned to put that stuff immediately into the 55 gal plastic drums I have. They can't get into least I dont' think so.........

No calves to report either. I swear those AI heifers are going to POP at the seams pretty soon if they don't let those calves out.

How is the battle on your front?

Saturday, March 22, 2008

I really hate typing over something that I've already typed and then hit the wrong button and it vanishes forever. So I'm not going to do that :) I'll just say something new instead :)Here is Santa Maria's little girl i've 'coined' Tiny. She is itty bitty.

Momma and babe together....Tiny is just starting to 'popcorn' here
Here is Tiny a few days later resting under the heat lamp. Tonight when I was sitting in her jug with her and momma (and both were climbing all over me! Cute for Tiny, not so cute for Santa Maria) she got sleepy and decided to lay against me and take a nap. Talk about cute. When she woke up, she put her chin on my lap and looked at me and just stared. I'm not sure if that was a 'thank you for helping me get my mom back' or 'thanks for being so warm' or 'what in the heck are ya!! but i like ya!! :)

This is Nina 2 (for now). This was the only photo where she was looking at the camera....she's been running 100 mph around me in circles so I gave up :) Her eyes are NOT blue (not acceptable in Pygmies) but that is just from the flash on the camera.
This one is of Krista who is still 'in waiting'. I took 4 photos of her and on the final one she did this. I think it was a ' BLAH!! SEE LOOK!! I DID SOMETHING SILLY SO STOP TAKING PHOTOS!'

Monday, March 17, 2008

Ladies in waiting

Let's see more sheep, huh?
Jasmine, Moget Face, bred to Heath the moorit

Rachildas, bred to an F1 Orion son

PiLo the katmoget, bred to Forrest the gulmoget

Meleng, Shaela ewe, bred to Jazz the F1 Jericho

Lavender the dark fawn, bred to the F1 Jericho boy Jazz

These girls are all fatties. Ok. There. I said it. Well they are. But they have an excuse...they ARE pregnant! And by the looks of it they are all going to have some hefty twins (maybe trips?) All these girls are two years old or older so I'm hoping that they'll all twin. Some of them like Cori are so huge and have udders. Others have very swollen rear ends and some walk with their tails stuck straight out like they have sticks up their butts. All signs of labor, but alas, i'm probably just hallucinating huh? Or they are all trying to trick me. Last year I thought for sure Jasmine and Cleo were going to lamb weeks before they did. I did the calculations and they are due around the 26th of March, give or take a few days. So really within the next few days I could see some early girls. And I would think I would have to, with the way they plod along and moan and groan when they get up and lay down. I'm proud of 'ma boys' as they were quite from the gate last fall :)

This is Chloe a homozygous Katmoget bred to Jazz
Peep the musket from Gail Former, bred to Forrest the gulmoget

This is Cleo demonstrating how to pose for a proper neck scratch!

Cori, my shorest and smallest mature ewe, with the biggest udder and belly right now. She is bred to Jazz.

KitKat my fawn katmoget from last year. She is bred to Heath for hopefully some soft dark moorits or kats

I really have had it with the local vets around here. Ever since I'd had the goats and sheep I have had to literally bribe, drag or drug the vets to even consider coming out there. And yet on days I don't need them I see them in their trusty pick up trucks driving all over this county.

Their fear of the unknown or fear of these species or me has got to quit. Isn't it their job to help??!! Isn't that what I pay them for? Its not like i DON"T pay?

When I had a goat the first year having kidding problems I called 12 vets in FIVE counties to try to have them come out. Goats are on the bottom of the totem pole in case anyone is wondering.

Today, a simple blood draw for mineral testing in the goats. All they do is prick the vein in the neck with a needle and collect blood for a red top and a purple top. I called the closest large animal vet. Their test tubes expired in 1997. They don't know what to tell me. UGH

I call my equine vet who by the way told me that she'd help me with the goats and sheep. After she got married she's been acting strange and has all kinds of excuses why not to come out. Last time it was 'geez Garrett I just don't know what to do with those animals....its been 10 years since i've dealt with sheep or goats". Well honey read up! She's lost my equine support at this point. Today she said she had a posse meeting an hour away and "can't" tonight. Isn't that was EMERGENCY rates are for as well as farm visit fees???? She said she's booked all day tomorrow as well. Give me a break!

The third vet has refused to return my phone calls, will not answer the phone, is never in the vet office when I stop in or call, and yet I see him driving all over the place. He is the one who has been doing large animal (cattle, horses, GOATS and SHEEP, swine and poultry) for over 30 years!!!

I'm about ready to post their names all over the internet and newspapers as incompitent vets and that no one should use them and give a list of reasons why.

They are vets, they, like doctors are on call at all times, emergency or not, especially if i'm willing to PAY for that extra.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Supper Time!

My Altenburg Trumpeters are seen feeding here at their supper time. These are all birds that are F1-F4 bred down from imports. Only three domestic birds were introduced for colors a few generations ago and they were only around 20 years old or so since they were imported. The breed fortunately hasn't changed much in past 50 years. Thankfully, the 'trumpeting' voice has been retained and refined. This is what they are known for, as well as a multitude of colors. Its true they kind of look like barn pigeons, but in all reality, they are a voice breed, not known for their fancy ornaments like other trumpeter breeds, which unfortunately, the voice has all but been lost.

I took over 100 photos today (I took the Nancy K. way of farming)(always camera ready for that perfect photo) and have lots to blog about! I sat with the girls tonight and most of them came up for their scratches. I think not only are they more' lovey' at this late pregnancy, but they also cannot get to their itches under the wool. Buttons nearly fell over when I was scratching her brisket. Maya nearly knocked me over when she found out I not only scratch necks and chins but I also scratch the spine and ribs LOL. They were too funny.

I started feeding the 'maternity' mix that Cynthia whipped up. I has Beet Pulp as the main ingredient and the mixture is stirred up good and then soaked in warm water for an hour. it has other things like oats, soybeans, kelp, mineral, vitamins and DE blended in. Kind of a 'forced' feeding of minerals. No worries about over feeding. I weighed all girls and the ratio of what to feed was based on how big they were. WOW are there some hefty girls! 100 pounds or more for some, and wow are they i suppose if i were a lady I wouldn't want to be called any name but skinny.........but let's just say these girls haven't missed many meals :) They are so pregnant they cannot run down the snow packed trail that leads to their 'new' spot where the hay is fed is morning. They are getting pretty smart....scanning the pasture to see where they be any 'non white' lumps. Hey I guess they didn't survive awful conditions on the Shetland Isles on luck :)

This is also my 2nd favorite time of the year (lambing is first, breeding groups 3rd) when they have their full fleece in. They all look so regal (and they KNOW it too!). The day of shearing they all seem so embarrassed and man do they look TINY! I was thinking tonight while getting overrun with the selfish girls wanting scratches, that some of the girls are looking so BIG and so much FLEECE. Then realized that I still own the smallest sheep breed and I should be lucky I don't have Suffolk or some other huge breed.

I tried getting photos of the baby goats but geez those two girls are FAST! They were either running around and jumping off of their mom's backs or standing at my feet waiting to have their tiny backs scratched. They are too cute.

We also moved cattle to their calving pen. Not many, as the AI'ed girls didn't seem to take very well this year. I was using old semen (from the 70's) on many of them so wasn't thinking it'd all be vital. So there will be more due the end of April and May, instead of March like most years.

Photos to come of all of this. PROMISE!

Friday, March 14, 2008

Successful Update!

Went out to do evening chores and saw that the little girl was nursing, and Santa Maria was licking and calling for her. THANK GOODNESS!! And thanks Santa Maria for being such a good mom! :)

Under the Old Oak Tree

After my emotional morning, I had to go sit with the mature girls. Watching them be gluttons and eat as fast as their mouths can move, somehow gives me a feeling of comfort? :)

Just sitting and waiting for them to come close to say hi, or to see if there is more food magically appearing in my hand, seems to pick my spirits up. I realize death is a part of life, and both are a part of farming. I've grown up having to deal with it since I can remember. Most of the time it gets better with age, sometimes it doesn't.

While sitting there watching the vacuuming up of the grass hay by the mature girls, I was able to see some of them had obvious udders. I could SEE them. Even with their full fleeces. The one with the largest udder is Cori, a soft black primitive, double coated girl that is bred to Jazz. I think the fleece type from the single x primitive will hopefully give me a nice soft intermediate fleece to work with. I tend to favor the intermediate but again, realize there is place for all fleece types. Cori at age 5 had a micron of 24, so soft indeed! Again I must wait to see the results of this years' fleece samples. I'm excited to say the least!

Sunday we will be moving cows to their calving pen and adding loads of round straw bales for them to lay on, as well as getting the jugs ready for the girls. Tomorrow i speak at a Horticulture Day two of the four sessions about pruning. I normally go to LEARN things but I guess this year they wanted me to teach. I think there are a hundred people more wise and more experienced than I to talk about this subject but I guess they will not change their mind...

Being a true farmer is the pits sometimes. Your income is based on what you produced, not a side hobby or side business. If you lose an animal, its lost profit. That animal is to be revenue to purchase other things such as minerals, feed, or other breeding stock.

My goats have been an emotional part of my year. Today Santa Maria, one of my originals, proven mother, ferocious protector, had twins. I found both of them OUT of the jug that she was sharing with Pinta. I KNEW i need to seperate them but didn't have one single thing to seperate them with. not even plywood or anything.

The buck was a gorgeous dark caramel color, the girl, a black agouti. They were out of Solar who carried the dark caramel gene (its highly sought after in the show pygmy world).

To give you an idea of our jugs. There are three permanent jugs. All are made of hog panels and are on a 6" high elevated area from the regular loafing area of the barn. The panels are secured along the bottom with 1"x2"'s and are about 8' x 10'. Each pen is then able to be divided again as needed into two 4'x5' pens. I normally have all goats kid in the 4'x5' and then as they get older, allow them to mingle with the other small jug and therefore making the pen 8'x10' again.

The gates all are about 2" further out from the elevated area due to the frame they are built on. SOMEHOW or SOMEONE (Pinta) pushed that bugger down and he was found dead stuck upside down in the 2" area with one leg on the jug floor seemingly trying to get back up.

The girl was pushed out in a tiny area that was not secured down. The mom (Santa Maria) was standing next to her on the other side of the fence calling for her and the baby girl was SCREAMING she was so hungry. I put her in the pen and SM wouldn't even look at her. I moved them to their own jug, new straw, heat lamp and all and she would not look at her. I rubbed that little boy down for 15 minutes pleading for him to 'come to' as some pigeons, piglets and kids do....even though they 'look' dead and are frozen, they still come back to life. God's little miracles. This wasn't working. And the girl was still hungry.

I ran to the house and made up some colostrum specifically for goats and brought the nutri-drench just incase. I have a kid/lamb nipple that screws onto a pop bottle. Well she latched on to that bottle and sucked away until her belly was nearly bursting. Good. Now she has something in her. I hope she gets hungry enough to latch onto mom. SM is normally a great mom and I hope that she realizes who she is as I rubbed the placenta all over her again......then again goats aren't known for reasoning or thinking too hard :)

I'll keep you posted. I am attaching a photo of the DEAD kid and the live one to show you how tiny they are and the color of the buckling. I again am sorry if anyone is offended but its part of farming. OK so the photo isn't true color b.c. there is a heat lamp AND flash and it looks like straw color.

Hopefully my two registered does, Sharon and Krista are able to 'adopt' the little girl if SM keeps ignoring her. so far she isn't mean, she does call to it but she doesn't go and lick it off like she should be.

...............time will tell...............

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Fleece samples ready to go!

I tried to be a big creative and move the color spectrum from white thru grays and muskets to moorits to blacks and back again. Call me crazy.

All 31 samples are headed to Texas A & M tomorrow. For under 40 dollars I get to know all the ewes on my farm. Not a bad investment!! Plus since I've been doing it since my first lambs this will be their third test. I can see if anything has changed over their three fleeces and see if there was stress, or other things that contributed to their changes, if any.

I was SO pleasantly surprised to see some GORGEOUS tiny UK type crimp on some of the Sandstone granddaughters. His line is known for not having much crimp until almost 10-11 months old, which is where these girls are. I'm VERY excited about them. Some of the Minwawe bloodlines (hey Peeps listen up) are also very crimpy and i'm very excited about them as well.

Unfortuantely some of the girls feel coarser, but then again I won't know for sure until I get the micron reports back. Time will tell who stays and goes. Something has to give as I'll have lambs that will replace their moms or other ewes in the flock this fall. 30 is probably my maximum ewe level for the time being so I'd say 7-8 ewes will need to be moved out to accomodate the potential ewe lambs that will be staying here. So many plans, so little time!

I noticed several of the girls had a definite rise line in their fleeces, while others did not. Hopefully I can get the shearer out here sometime in April or hopefully before.

SPRING has finally arrived here

I think I can watch the snow melt its going that fast. I'd say we lost over a foot in the past 48 hours. Yesterday morning I could not see a little spruce tree. Today I can see its lowest branch. the afternoon rain I think helped a bit, or the fact that it hasn't dipped below 32 for this long.

my spring came this afternoon!
Pinta had a single white caramel doeling. Her father is Caspian, the buck I got from WA state (see Michelle it IS possible to get animals to and from the west coast.....) She looks exactly like Nina did, the 3rd original goat on my farm. I had Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. They all had the same father, but Nina had a different mom (the mother to Pinta and Santa Maria's mom) Makes sense? Good. Caspian was a light caramel.
This little girl has no brown tone to her due to her mother's 'off' color and not recognized color. This little cutie couldn't have come at a better time. After some emotional losses in the goats, I think I have a handle on it and its good to see a healthy jumping little girl. Pinta surprised me with just baby after twinning the past 3 years. I think its because she's kinda hefty :) But I still love her!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

BFL ewe lambs

Isn't it interesting to see two very related ewe lambs with two very different looks? Callaway is the finer boned, lighter build, shorter fleeced girl, Kershope is the huge beast with the longer fleece. They are related quite heavily and haven't figured out the inbreeding coefficient, but they are quite line bred similiarly. And yet they are quite different in appearance.

They are by far my most friendly ewe lambs from last year (also included is the white shetland girl, Rahu) and they all come and stand at my side and look up at me longingly. They don't want to be pet, but are waiting to see when the oat and alfalfa pellet pail will magically appear.

These two girls are so laid back, mellow and carefree....well except when its supper time, then they push and shove to the feed! There will be room this fall for a few more BFLs. I have two natural colored ewes from Brenda on hold until after lambs are weaned and i'm hoping to get a white ram that carries natural color, as well as another white ewe lamb or two. That should make a good start to the BFL group, and I'm hoping to take several of the shetland ewes that might micron too high to 'fix' and put them in with the BFL to get some mules next year. Time will tell.

After our first significant snowfall (4" wohoo!) last night, and a long morning of cleaning up the wet heavy stuff. I got home to a gorgeous blue sky and lots of warmth coming from the sunshine. Although it only reads 19 degrees currently on the thermometer, I was out in a t shirt and pants, and a hat sitting on a log in the mature ewes pen. Lots of scratches later, I wanted to get some photos of the girls and I had to wait patiently for them to lose interest in me.

Those photos will come in the next blog or two.

This one is for the boys!

Remember Jazz? Well we fondly refer to him here as Mr Jazz Hands. Don't ask me why, but it stuck. He sure is looking like Mr. Universe huh? His lamb fleece tests were AFD 19.8, SD 4.4, CV 22.2, and %>thirty on .9! Yes POINT NINE!! I'm really excited to see what his yearling fleece will be tested at. The entire group (all 37 animals) will be having a fleece sample sent to Texas A & M. I've normally gone through Yocum but don't have THAT much extra money to have them tested. The down side is I'll have to wait at least a month through Texas to get the results back. I wish they'd be like Yocum and send them via email...

I digress.

The second photo is of most of the other boys. Clockwise from the top left is Hansel, Heath, PayDay and Rolo. Barish was standing under foot when I was taking all the photos. He's not pushy or rude but stands and waits to be paid attention to. The camera can't get far enough away from his nose!

Again these boys lamb fleeces tested as follows:
Rolo: AFD 21.9, SD 6.7 , CV 30.6 %> thirty 12.1
Heath: AFD 22.4, SD 5.9 , CV 26.3, %>thirty 8.5
PadDay: AFD 23.3, SD 8.8 , CV 37.8, %>thirty 17.5
Barish: AFD 24.5, SD 6.4, CV 26.1, %> thirty 15.6
Hansel: AFD 27.8 , SD 10.3, CV 37.1, %> thrity 34.0

Jazz will more than likely stay here indefinetly, unless by chance there is a ram lamb that comes along with a better test and look to him :) Barish will probably go as I am AI'ing several more ewes to Timothy this fall, and he is a 1/2 poll. PayDay's fleece is exquisite (there i finally used the word) and if he isn't sold as a ram, I'll probably keep him as a whether as his fleece is amazing, even though the micron is a tad high. Heath is not NASSA registered so he will hopefully go to a fiber flock, and Rolo I'm undecided about. I may keep him around because I love his length of fleece, his presence (like Jazz's) and his color keeps getting lighter at the skin. Hansel will more than likely be going to the butcher when he gets big enough. Not only is he the meaniest and biggest boy of the group, but his fleece isn't what I am looking for in my Shetlands. he also still doesn't like me, no matter how many treats I try to persuade him with!

Of course all of this could change depending on what I raise for lambs this year. These boys are not the largest but then again I have to remember they are only 9 or 10 months old and still have a long ways to go to grow up and be big boys :)

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Growing up

Just a few days over 5 months old. Her first show will be the national towards the end of April. I don't know if we are ready for that, but it will be an experience nonetheless! Isn't she looking STUNNING!? *sigh* my little girl is growing up! :)

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Midwestern Bio-Ag

This is a great company for those who wish to "go organic" or all natural.

I am not certified organic, I'm not certified natural, because we have in the past used conventional fertilizers on our fields. But I can tell you that all of my animals are fed feeds that are as natural as can be, are not fed hormones or injected with such things. I can tell you where they came from and what they've eaten.

I digress.

So when I got my first sheep from Cynthia Allen in Cazenovia, Wisconsin, I decided that if what works for her, would work for me, and why change what the sheep are used to?

Last thursday as I was at the closest MidWest Bio-Ag dealer, we were discussing how to fertilize my fields and pastures the clean and organic way, and how it will overall affect my feed and animals in a positive way. I'm hooked! Last fall we had taken feed and soil samples. While some of the numbers were well within what I thought was in our soil and feed, other numbers scared me. We were quite deficient in certain minerals!

So this is why I feed ALL of the things free choice:

1. Sea Kelp. Not only is it good for them, its good for all livestock and the manufacturers are taking wind of it by increasing the prices by nearly 25% in the past year. They are now $42 a 50# bag and I know that with my 45 animals eating it, they've gone through about 12 bags in the past year, give or take a little that was spilled and swept up.

2. Redmond Sea Salt. Another free choice, single ingredient. They go through this mostly in the fall for some reason. It tends to collect moisture from time to time, so just check it and replace as necessary. I'm so impressed with this product and how well they eat it. I'll write the story on it from the back of the bag;

" Many years ago when the mountains were being formed, near what is now known as Redmond, Utah, there existed a body of seawater. Over time it dried up and captured within the crystallization of the salt the wholesome minerals, which were in that pristine, unpolluted ocean. This ancient sea salt deposit was then buried under layers of sediment protecting it from modern man-made pollutions.

Redmond minerals simply takes this natural mineral sea salt, crushes and screens it to size, and makes it available as the best livestock salt on the market today. It is available in seven screen sizes as well as in a pressed block mineral salt lick.

Many producers report that when livestock are given this natural mineral, they refuse to eat other salts. They also report other benefits to their animals from feeding this natural mineral salt."

3. Sheep Mineral (from Midwest Bio Ag) The minerals in this mix are quite nice, and again fed free choice and as a single ingredient (are you counting tubs? we are up to three so far)
Calcium around 12%, Phosphorus at 6%, Magnesium 1%, Potassium 1%, Iron, Iodine, Manganese, Selenium, Sulfur, Zinc, Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E are all in this great bag of mineral. The sheep and goats are all feed this free choice and again it depends on the time of year that they eat it. They all seem to know when they need something.

4. Diatomaceous Earth (DE) blended with Di-Cal, Vitamin A and D, and Dynamin. This concoction is a 2:1:1:1/2 blend of DE, Di-Cal, Dynamin and Vit A & D respectively. Each component does something in its own way to help the sheep. Most notably the DE is a parasite controller, either dusted on or fed. Its not the greatest tasting, so its blended with better tasting ingredients. The Dynamin can be googled to all of the great reasons to feed it. All natural again.

5. My newest tub is a midwest bioAg "SK Blend" for animals on pasture. Its a blended mixture of 50% salt, 45% sea kelp and is a great replacement for the Redmond Salt if unavailable. I figured I'd try a different salt approach that added in the Kelp (they eat the whole bin of kelp somedays...thought the salt would slow them down). Rather than replace the salt, I figured I'd just add another bin and they seem fairly keen to the idea. This blend has selenium, magnesium, sulfur, sodium.

When the animals are accustomed to being fed a certain way, I do not have to worry about the soil or feed being 'lacking' in any way, as for the most part the free choice minerals will help to balance the need. Of course there is no better way than amending the soil.

As a nutrionist, you realize that ruminants can only digest around 30% of what they need through free choice minerals, versus 80% from the hay/grass/pasture. its always better to have the minerals and vitamins in the feeds you are feeding, but if you can't, the free choice is better than hoping and guessing. And if they don't eat it, they either don't need it, or don't know what to do with it. Try adding some of these things to your loafing area and see how your sheep enjoy them :)

Monday, March 3, 2008

My garden

Eat your heart out Michelle! LOL

I saw a post of Michelle at Boulderneigh's newly weeded and planted veggie garden. WOW is all I could muster. In the photo here you will see my tomato stakes in the background, with my apple tree to the left. In front is the obvious 8 ft tall snow pile. Talk about your insulation :)

Spoiled Sheep

We finally were able to secure 30 more round bales of mostly grass hay. The yearling girls have been seperated from the mature ewes to give them a little extra boost with some oats and beet bulp and such, while they don't have to fend off the big girls. That leaves 16 in one pen, 15 in another and the 6 boys that I have left.

Feeding the 'new' hay to the goats proved futile. They still haven't touched it and its day three. I have been feeding each twosome (I seperated all my goats into pairs) some goat chow to help with the crappier feed, but they refuse to eat the grass. I think they are spoiled.

The adult ewes were brought into the barn to feed and although they didn't appear to LIKE the new hay, they all had mouths full, even while they were baaaaing and complaining. They know better than to pass up any kind of food right?

The yearlings were all quite upset by this and as of 6am this morning they still hadn't eaten any of the hay. When I let them outside for the day I brought their hay from last night outside and they ate it, probably because they were so hungy, but the goats still won't touch it.

I think I"ve created monsters..........

Saturday, March 1, 2008

No Puppies :(

Maggie is milking it for belly scratches from my sister and my mom.

Maggie was ultrasounded this past friday for the second time. Last week, they thought they saw 2-4 sacs but couldn't see any movements or heartbeats. This week they saw nothing and heard nothing. I'm not completely surprised. Maggie had a prolonged heat cycle and didn't come up in Progesterone until after two weeks (typically 5-7 days after initial discharges start). There is no shipping via UPS for Perham on a saturday or sunday, and the vet clinic is closed wednesdays, saturdays and sundays. As the stud dog breeder said, she isn't surprised either with all the walls we had to climb over to get the semen to me, get her inseminated and then get her inseminated on the right days. I'm bummed, but not sad. Its one less thing to have to worry about.

I haven't emailed the potential puppy buyers yet. I'm quite bummed. I had a really GREAT group of people lined up for the puppies and they would have made amazing homes for these puppies. They did their research and they really like the breeding, better than any others that were on the ground or in the planning stages. That makes me feel good that people agreed with my breeding choices and especially that they made it so hard to pick just 6-8 great homes.

On the downside I was hoping to keep a boy and a girl from this litter. Its not everyday that someone offers you a bitch to use for a breeding. Maggie will be going home on Monday where she will be Steve's lap dog again and they will try for a litter of red pups on her next heat cycle which will be sometime in June or July.

I cannot complain though. With two amazing girls to show now (Zoe and Ell) I am sitting pretty good for the future and I don't think anyone can stand in my way with two great girls like this :) I'm still really lucky!

Sale sheep - updated 6/20/17

With a potential move (again) I am decreasing my flock numbers. These are the sheep I have available as of this time. There may be a few mor...


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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

ViewPad 10pro a Dual-OS interface | ViewPad 10pro

Get ViewPad 10pro, Get The Windows and Android OS Tablet

ViewPad 10pro | Dual OS - Get confused for choosing Android or Windows-based tablets? Now you can get both at ViewPad 10pro. This VewPad tablet not only have two OS, ViewPad 10pro is also the first tablet which is armed the latest 1.5 GHz Atom processor Z670 from Intel. Designed specifically for tablet PCs, this new processor will minimize power consumption and enables the design of products that are smaller and thinner.

"We listened to (desire) of our consumers. We make a dual-OS interface in ViewPad 10pro as fast and as intuitive as possible. In addition, we also partnered with CPU industry leaders, Intel, to bring innovation and new designs," said Vice President of Business Development ViewSonic, Michael Holstein.

ViewPad carrying Gingerbread Android 2.3 platform that runs as an application on the Windows 7 operating system. Users only need to tap on the Android icon on the screen to switch to Gingerbread OS.

ViewSonic provides two configuration options for this innovative tablet.Windows 7 Professional platform and Android 2.3 with a 32GB capacity that is valued approximately USD699, or Windows 7 Premium platform and Android 2.3 with 16GB capacity and is estimated to be priced at USD599.

Not yet exactly clear when these tablets will go on sale. However, some sources mention that ViewSonic will begin selling ViewPad 10pro late August.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Windows Phone 7 | WP7 | Windows 7 Phone Released 1 September

Windows Phone 7 Released 1 September

Dwellarticles | Windows Phone 7 - The presence of a new update of Windows Phone 7, Mango version, reportedly still not resolved by Microsoft. A lot of rumors circulating it around the release date of Windows Phone 7 this.

Windows 7 Phone Mango is reportedly been released on a limited basis since three weeks ago and some vendors have done tests on the handset. This means that in the near Mango was able to attend, the fastest at 1 September.

Although it comes too late and was impressed mysterious, Mango is not too carry a very significant update. Some observers even disappointed with this version of Mango because it is far from what is expected.

This news is quite surprising, considering that Nokia also be releasing their first Windows mobile phone and will most likely be present in October. The phone is named Sea Ray then it should begin release with Mango. Although Nokia will likely get a specialized version intended for lower middle-class users, this update is itself named Tango.

Update Mango brings all kinds of important functions, including multitasking. And will make WP7 much more competitive against Android and IOS. This includes the second-generation devices that come from major makers, the hardware must also take a big leap.

Unfortunately there has been no comment from Microsoft itself on being circulating the news

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Working Out: It’s Hard

Recently, I decided I needed to start going to the gym again.  So, my friend Leann and I have been doing a Zumba class every week in addition to working out in a non-class format.
Let me tell you, one zumba class a week is almost more than I can handle.  The following is a play-by-play of my experience in the class from start to finish:
1)      Warm-up
-          Crazy hyped-up instructor with a smile as wide as Joker from Batman steps onto the raised platform thing at the front of the room
-          She plays some upbeat tune, and we start out marching – this, I can handle.  They should really have a class called “March Your Way to a Size 2” cuz I could totally get down with that.
-          OUT OF NOWHERE, with no gentle transition whatsoever, we go from basic steps like marching and tapping our feet in front of us to booty-popping and jumping around shimmying anything that wiggles.  The instructor does this in a manner that can only be described as “violent.”  She is thrusting her hips/chest/ass to such an insane degree that I start to wonder if she’s a Zumba robot (or Zumbot, if you will) programmed to be able to do these moves for hours without fainting.

2)      Fast, fast, fast, fast, slow
-          Zumbot plays a series of fast songs and then says something like, “I’ll give you guys a break” and plays a slower one.
-          During the fast songs, I pretty much want to drop to the floor, crawl out of the room, and go vomit somewhere.  Doing the moves accurately is no longer an option for me.  For example, if I’m supposed to put my hands above my head, I’m really only managing to flail some limp wrists around near my chest like a retarded T-Rex.
-          The slow song “breaks” are deceptive.  Yes, the tempo is slower, but the moves are the same as in the fast songs, and I still want to go puke and pass out in a corner.  Most of the time, I take it upon myself to take an actual break during these songs and kind of hide behind the other victims, moving a limb every so often so it looks like I’m still trying.

3)      That one great song
-          Inevitably, in every class, one song comes on that I absolutely love, and I find the strength to get really into it and dance like crazy.
-          I am so freaking stupid for doing this.
-          About halfway through the awesome song, I can’t breathe.  I start thinking things like, “If I die on the spot, will my family receive some sort of award in my honor for bravery on the aerobics floor?” and “Can my face eventually explode if it gets too red?”

4)      Getting through
-          During the second half of the class, I’m forced to stop and evaluate my survival options:
-          Can I get away with a 15 minute water break?
-          Would anyone notice next time if I had ice packs taped underneath my clothes?
-          Can I pay that woman on the weight machines to point a fan at me during class?
-          If I were a Zumbot, where would my power source be, and how the fuck do you turn it off?

5)      Cool-down
-          This might be my least favorite part.
-          When I’m done being tortured, I would really like to just collapse for a while, but no, we have to f-ing cool down.  Well, let me just say this: cool downs do not cool me down at all.  It’s basically continuing to dance, slightly slower, with stretching thrown in.  My idea of finishing a workout does not involve continuing to move.  Ideally, it would involve diving into a freezing pool and having a hot guy feed me ice cream while I float around.
-          After the cool down is over, everyone claps for the instructor like “Oh yeah, that was great, thanks so much for ruining my life and also I might never walk again, hooray!”   Honestly, I don’t really have the energy to beat my hands together after an hour like that.

So, there you have it.  You may be thinking, “Why are you still doing it if you feel this way?”  Well … good question.  Although, I’m definitely losing weight, so I figure it must be helping.  Seriously, though, the only thing that keeps me going is having a friend there to suffer with.  I’ve attempted Zumba on my own and usually end up quitting after about 15 minutes.

If you guys also Zumba it up (or participate in any intense workout class), how do YOU make it through?


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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Random Goods~Random Grab Bags!

Whoo-Hoo! I am offering something new. I have never done this before, but I am pretty excited about it! I am offering mystery grab bags at crazy low prices! I am just extremely overstocked and I would like to make room for new stuff AND room in my house. Seriously I AM OVERSTOCKED and somewhat insane.....

Here is the deal: I am offering TEN random vintage kids books for a measly $12.50 AND reduced shipping costs. ALSO, I am offering FOUR vintage cookbooks for $8.50 AND reduced shipping costs as well!

These are not going to be crummy books with ripped pages...noooo, they are going to be books that at one time were listed in my shop. Some may or may not be ex library, (I do list those in my shop), however, most will not be ex library. Hardcover, softcover...50s, 60s, 70s and 80s...who knows? Part of the fun. And with these kind of prices you can't go wrong!

MYSTERY COOKBOOK GRAB BAG!!!!  4 Books for only $8.50

MYSTERY KIDS BOOK GRAB BAG !!!! 10 Books for only $12.50

****Also, important~ Both of my shops will be on vacation from June 17th until the end of the month****

Follow me on Tumblr and Instagram @Randomgoodsvintage for updates and sneak peeks of listings...and a whole bunch of other fun stuff.  Heading to Chicago, Detroit and Canada! I'm sure I will be full of fun stories upon my return. Can't go on a road trip with kids to Detroit and not have fun stories!

What's new on your planet? Vacation plans? Do tell!

Sunday, June 1, 2014

What to wear?

     Just returned from a weekend of dress shopping. My family and I are headed (road trip style) from here, Florida, all the way to Detroit. My husband's nephew is getting married, but since I also have tons of my dad's artwork in storage up there, we are road tripping since we will have to rent a trailer on the way back to carry back all the goods.

     So, about this has been over 20 years since I attended a wedding up north. Yes, many here in Florida, but a whole 20+ years for a northern wedding. The last time I attended a wedding up north, I remember having to wear pantyhose with my dress. Well, I don't want to ever wear pantyhose again! I live in Florida for crissakes. So I purposely purchased an ankle length dress so I could avoid the hosiery debacle. I later found out that no one up north wears pantyhose anymore! No one sent me the memo! The funny thing is that the dress I purchased needs to be hemmed up anyways. Why is that funny? Its funny because I have never had to have ANYTHING ever hemmed shorter in length! I am just shy of 6 feet tall, I have always had to have everything lengthened! This dress is crazy long! So I have to have this thing shortened, and I am thinking now that I am free of the hosiery torture, I may have this dress shortened party length! Free at last, free at last!!!

This is the top of this dress, yea safe black, but trust me, a whole lot of boob cleavage is showing on this puppy. So I am going to spice it up with some kick as vintage jewelry....on the hunt this week!

Wait until you see how long this dress is:

Again, I am freakishly tall and this dress is a good 10 inches past my ankle! Who the hell is this dress made for? (husbands closet in the back with dirty closes thrown on the floor. His closet still looks better than mine!)

     We were shopping, at a mall, sorry to say. Being my height, big boobs etc, its not like I can just pick some cute number of the thrift store rack! But I got this from JC Penney and I figure, that IF I had to shop at a department store, it was the best one that I wanted to support. This dress was $100. Even though it was more than I wanted to pay for something that I would wear one time, it still was a fair price compared to other dresses I saw. However, apparently it was on sale, unbeknownst to me, and it rang up for $39.99! AND here is the bonus part: The cool young man who rung me up, told me to download a coupon on my phone for an additional 15% off! So, I only paid $34 for this dress! Seriously thrilled.

     I was shopping with my son, because I also had to buy him some clothes for the wedding. My daughter has about 10 dresses to choose from in her closet, but my son lives in tee shirts and khaki shorts. He was lecturing me the whole time about how I better save my receipt because I should buy something at the thrift store instead, and I shouldn't support all of these big box stores, because it goes against everything we believe in....secondhand is better for the environment, and spending this money on a new dress is wasteful...etc etc...Yep, my 10 year old was schooling me. And he was right. But then again, he just thinks that I can easily find something at a thrift store to fit my frame...but he really liked the dress I purchased and we agreed that JC Penney was an good place to support.

   Now I would like to leave you with a plethora of vintage wares to enjoy!

By the way, I have noticed that any ad with men in pants...well, their legs are apparently made of wood. No knees. They have stiff straight legs in every pant ad, even the kids....

Back with pointy boobs were all the rage!

I need those. Sometimes my husband snores. Seriously, I would totally wear those!

I think my mom had one of these. This doesn't work, but the 64 page exercise book and the 68- page diet book included does work. The suit is just for humiliation.

Really? REALLY? At least there is a warning about the white one and swimming.....

If the silver sauna suit doesn't work out for you, there is always "Air Jeans"

"Your legal high" is apparently wearing seashells on your ears. I think I will just stick to illegal highs.

Bob Ross in his modeling days. Its a war! The Whitey tighties versus The Bob Ross Bandits!

Id wear these jeans. The one on the girl with the yellow shirt, those appear to be the most flattering. Yea, I'd wear those!

It IS always fun to dress alike! That's why I purchased my husband the same black dress that I'm wearing to the wedding. He ain't falling for it though. I showed him this ad to try to convince him that is was okay, but he is holding firm, so I think I may have to return that second dress:-(

How come I never find cool shit like this at thrift stores?

And I definitely never find stuff like this at thrift stores! Seriously, its a practical idea, how come they don't make them anymore! I'd wrangle up seagulls at the beach, and force these contraptions on them!

Well that is all for now, I hope you enjoyed these vintage ads as much as I do! I am seriously addicted to them! Next vintage ad gallery, I will be featuring food! Yes, food! I think they are the best!

Last week of school for my kids this week and it is crazy hectic as always! I will be at school for some reason or another every day! Saturday, someone better have the margaritas ready and chilled!!

What's new in your world?


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More about Epic 7.2

New (poke) loots - Idk why but the 2nd one looks like Yu-gi-ho! head.
Staged *new pet* Ice Queen

Staged Gnoll
Devil Girl

New Deco stuffs that really looks stupid -imo-
Staged angel...

In the Korean Test Server there's a new R7 cloak ( hallelujah!)

 Witch Quest Dungeon Video

Some info:

Boss Cards:
  • Boss cards are cards that enable its character to increase stats. In order to acquire a boss cards, players must have interest on hunting boss monster.
  • There are total of 27 different Boss Cards.
  •  A boss monster card is impossible to summon and enhance. It can only be equipped through a belt slot that increases avatar's abilities. Boss Monster Card is also superior rather than a normal creature cards.

Hidden Dungeon Weapons:
  • There are additional weapons made especially for gamers exploring the Hidden Dungeons. In acquiring them, players have the chance to collect better items. What's more, Rappelz also have the Ergon Ratos Set. This is a powerful magical outfit set with 3 kind of gear like Armor, Gloves, and Boots. Experience a mysterious ancient magic power with this Magical Set!
  • Players can only get this set at the Dungeon of Espoir.
Creature Farm:
  • The Creature Farm is located at the Front side of Rondo Southgate. It is a consignment system for users who have numerous creatures. Players can now drop off their creature to Sonya, the owner of the farm, by using cash items. These items can vary in the form of potions, gears, and empty creature cards. In addition, this farm manages and helps the creatures to level up for a certain period of time.

  • Players can leave their creature card at NPC for their creature
  • to level up.
  • Only 1 creature is available for each character.
  • Players will have to pay in advance to buy a creature farm pass
  • for them to leave their creature at farm.
  • Creature left in the farm will level up automatically.
  • Creature with animal crackers will levelup faster in the farm.
  • The animal cracker is only available to use when leaving the
  • creature.
  • Different grade, evolution grade, and enchanted level would need
  • different creature farm pass.
  • The creature left in the farm's level will not exceed the character
  • level.
  • The maximum growth level is 100
  • Players can leave their creature at the farm for 3 to 7 days

 Belt System

  • The This new patch has added more slots to RZ’s belt system. A card that can be equipped in each slot. This means greater chances of skill improvement and aggression. Slots 1-3 can be be opened by using a Belt Enhancing Kit while slots 4-5 can only be opened with the Special Belt Enhancing Kit.

All the pictures were taken from the Rappelz forum. I really dont know exacly who posted them.
If you would like some credit for this pictures, please contact me to shadowheartsguild[at]hotmail[dot]comor leave a comment.

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Friday, November 9, 2012

Book Thief copies will be in on Monday!

We have some copies coming in from other district libraries, and I'm picking up a book bag of ten copies from the public library, so we should be good to start reading Monday.  Make sure to stop by and pick up your copy  Page goal coming soon...
6th and 7th graders-- Please complete a parent permission slip for this book.  I have them in my office-- get one ASAP.

All of you have a lovely weekend.  See you Monday!
Mrs. P

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Andy Ripley RIP

Andy Ripley was an English Rugby player who died recently. The Telegraph obituary quoted the following from his forward to his book about cancer:

"Dare we hope? We dare. Can we hope? We can. Should we hope? We must, because to do otherwise is to waste the most precious of gifts, given so freely by God to all of us. So when we do die, it will be with hope and it will be easy and our hearts will not be broken.”

I hope I can remember this.

Sunday, June 06, 2010

King Ethelpiglet and the Coronation Stone

Piglet explores the sights in the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames earlier in the week.

Passing Out Parade

There I was thinking I was hot because I am in an office on the 2nd floor and it's a bit muggy up here. Then I saw this pic of a poor soldier rehearsing the Trooping of the Colour for the Queen's birthday. Am rather glad that rabbis' hats never got that tall :-)


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I packed up all the baby bottles last week, dumping them in a grocery bag, searching for spare nipples and bottle tops, a cap that was hiding in the back of the kitchen cabinet.

When I was done, I stood there for a while, staring at the empty shelf.

It’s hard to remember what we used that space for before, prior to bottles and sippy cups. That was 8 years ago, but it might as well be a lifetime -- life before kids.

As I cleared out all the bottles, I couldn’t help but think it was another “last” for us. Our baby girl, our little caboose, turned 2-years-old the next day. Most of the bottles hadn’t been used in a while, but I hadn’t quite gotten around to donating them, either.

As a mom of three kids, I’m taking my time with my youngest. While I was quick to switch my two other babies to sippy cups or to put them on solid food or to coax them to crawl, I’ve slowed down with my last child. I’m no longer in a rush to meet all the milestones and go on to the next stage.

The last child is the one you savor.

Our last child is the one who gets all those extra hugs, the one that I don’t mind trying to rock to sleep, if only she would let me, because I know now how quickly the baby phases go by. She’s the one that I didn’t coach into walking early, even though she took her first step at barely 9 months old anyway. While our two oldest children were in a toddler bed by 18 months, our youngest child at 2 has yet to climb out of the crib, and I’m perfectly fine with that. I know the day will come, sooner rather than later. And when I dismantle that crib, the one that looks like it’s been attacked by a beaver with all the bite marks up and down the rails from our three kids, I know it’s done it’s job. When I pack that crib up in the attic, it’s not coming out of storage any time soon.

While we look forward to everything that is before us, I know that as I pack up those little smocked bubble outfits, those handmade bonnets or baby blankets, I’m saving them for a future generation, one that is far away. But we’ve already sold or given away the bigger baby gear, the exer-saucer and swing, the infant carrier car seat.

While our jogging stroller is tattered, its red fabric faded from the sun, we keep using it anyway. It’s made its way through three kids, and there’s no real point in buying a new one just to make it through the last leg of this marathon of parenthood we’ve been on.

This particular phase of my motherhood is drawing to a close.

But as I woke my youngest daughter on her second birthday last week, as I dressed her, buckling her light pink sandals onto her chubby little feet and pulling her blonde hair into bow, she wrapped her arms around my neck and squeezed tight.

“I love you, Mama,” my toddler told me.

“I love you too, Eliza,” I replied.

This one phase is ending, but another is beginning. I’m welcoming the “terrible 2s” and all that it brings.

-- Lydia Seabol Avant writes The Mom Stop for The Tuscaloosa News. Reach her at lydia.seabolavant@tuscaloosanews.com.


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Seven Gates of Hell with IDOLATRY

8. listopadu 2016 v 17:28 | RaznAgul |  seven gates of hell interviews
The aim of the open series of the blogzine´s Seven Gates of Hell interviews is to introduce the bands and their music that struck my metalhead´s heart and soul recently. In seven questions, the gates are open for those who make their music of true metal spirit, pure dedication and of what I understand as underground approach and aesthetics.
The fallen music of IDOLATRY sprouts right from the breeding ground of the orthodox second-wave black metal. Yet, the band´s musicians play their instruments with such distinctive grips that they give very original seasoning to their orthodoxy, stepping high above the current devil´s flock. In that way, their debut album "Visions from the Throne of Eyes", released this year´s spring, can be listened to as a perfect homage to the coarse spirit of the genre, just as it can also give a very refreshing experience. The Canadian horde opened their promising hell just two years ago and have managed to cut out of its depth, beside the debut, their initial eponymous EP and two splits with their likes Unrest and Kult of Azazel, so far. I am honoured to have a chat with the band´s drummer, Daemonikus Abominor.

I. The common sense of sticking to the raw black metal tradition seems to be a crucial driving force behind your music. Or is there even something else in the band´s spirit that puts together the conspicuous, omni-audiable individualities of the band´s members?
"The concept for Idolatry was indeed spawned initally by a devotion to the more traditional musical styles of second-wave black metal, but the lyrical and ideological elements have more to do with studies in philosophy, anti-theism, and Atheistic Satanism than merely an "I hate christianity" sentiment as we make no distinction between any of the fairy tales that people choose to believe in. The lyrics, while often subjective, also incorporate strong elements of objective truth. The occult is also a strong influence but in a more aesthetic presence than a literal or worship context. We use Satanic imagery and content because it is the most recognizable anti-religious sentiment in the western world, but we do not exclusively express our message with such imagery or lyrics. This translates through the music that tends to be very dynamic in that songs can go from violent savagery to calm in a moment."

II. The term "idolatry" depicts in a pejorative manner a religious attitude to divinity. Used as a name of the black metal band, it gets very weird connotations. What does the meaning of "idolatry" evoke in you, with respect to the band´s nature?
"The word is used in a more ecclesiastical context, in that it references anything that is worhsipped above god (sic). In that sense, and due to our denial of anything known above the intellect of humanity, we place ourselves above any god since all gods are man made."

III. It is quite unusual for a band to make merchandise dedicated to individual songs. If I count right, three of your debut album's tracks found their way into different designs of the band's merch apparel. Are these songs somewhat special within the album that you decided to put them into that kind of visual manifestation?
"I have always enjoyed it when a band puts a lyric or reference to specific songs, not just albums or tours, so I pitched that idea to the other members and they agreed that it was a good idea. If we come across some art that we like, we will go through lyrics and see if anything feels like it conveys an appropriate message for the image. Conversely, we have chosen lyrics that we want on a shirt and found an image that worked well with it. It can go either way but in the end, the image and the message should both be congruent."

IV. What is so temtpting for you in releasing splits with other bands, rather than keeping the ready songs till there is enough of them gathered for some major individual release, be it EP or another regular album?
"I personally enjoy splits. I like there are two bands on the same album where I will buy it because of one of the bands and be exposed to another (I learned about Horned Almighty through their split with Sargeist). It's also cost effective as the cost of producing a phycial copy of the album is split between more people (at least when done d.i.y. as with our split with Unrest). When Kult ov Azazel was looking to release a few songs from their new demo, we had a few songs that we had written shortly after finishing "Visions..." and after some discussions with our label Humanity's Plague Productions and with Xaphan, we agreed it would be a good move for both bands."

V. Shortly after the release of your latest recording, the split with Kult of Azazel, you parted with your vocalist Matzigkeitus. The fronting for the autumn tour that followed was taken over by a provisional vocalist, while you started searching for a new hopeful for the vacant post. Have you already found a new vocalist for the band? Considering the specific qualities Matzigkeitus, without doubts, had, like his malicious vocal pitch and satanic poetism in lyrics writing, what kind of virtues should a right adept for the vocal post in IDOLATRY have?
"Our tour was fronted by Caesar Tiberius of Ides of Winter and he pulled it off with great precision and excellent reviews and there will always be those who have their preferences, as is the case with any band that has a member change. That being said, we have not filled the vocalist position as we only returned from tour about a week ago (as of this writing). Obviously we want to maintain our dynamic element and their abilities with creative writing will be a consideration, but the lyrics were also penned by other members as well. The title and lyrics for the title track "Visions from the Throne of Eyes" were written by me and we had a number of other songs that had lyrics written for them before Lord Matzigkeitus joined the band."

VI. My first accidental encounter with your music stirred up enough temptation to prompt me to get the copy of your debut. I didn´t need any other lure. But it came, anyway, with the sabbathic music video to one of the album´s tracks titled "Satanas häxan". The clip kicks up the song, which is a riveting piece just by itself, even to a higher degree of hellish wickedness. At what devils´ did you come across those pictures?
"The video was put together by an associate of LM's, Belchior, which is a one man U.S. based black metal band. The images are taken from the 1922 silent film "documentary", Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages. I had actually rented the film years ago on VHS in my late teens but had not come across a copy of it for myself so to have it used for a video for my band was pleasing."

VII. Now, when your debut album is already out, do you plan to play live anywhere anytime to support the recording and spread the word? Or do you put more weight on writing new music, maybe with another ful-length coming soon? What are your priorities for a foreseeable future?
"We just finished our tour with Panzerfaust and Erimha in order to help push the release of "Luciferian Vengeance" with KoA and now we will be concentrating on finding a new vocalist. We are always seeking the next opportunity to bring our mayhem to the stage as we are a very amibitious band and new releases will happen when they happen. We rarely dismiss any possiblities or opportunities."

Thanks a lot for the interview! Let your black throne never shed its blasphemic visions!

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Abigail Breslin Attends 'All The Fine Boys' Opening Night

New York City, New York - Twenty year old actress Abigail Breslin looking lovely wearing a colorful dress and black heels attends the Opening Night for The New Group's new play 'All the Fine Boys' at Green Fig Urban Eatery on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 in New York City.

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18 June 2010

UK Trip Blog, Day 2

(once again I'll post pictures separately afterwards, because it's a lot easier. This is the journal blog only)

I left off after the hassle of the airport, ride over, and the first day walking tour of central London. We were exhausted that night, and by the time we went to sleep, my body had NO IDEA what time it was, so it was actually pretty easy for us to adjust to the new time zone (5 hours ahead over there). Tuesday we had set the alarm, thinking we'd leave Drifter behind and go back into London to see a museum or two and maybe Harrod's, but after I walked him I was still quite tired, and we agreed to scrap that plan and take a nap instead, and leave right before check-out time. And we did! It was nice to catch up on sleep. We got up again around 10:30am, packed up, and headed out to Stonehenge. I hadn't driven much at all on Monday, but as I drove down the roads with my British-lady GPS from Hertz, I got used to it. It was weird driving on a highway where the slow lane was leftmost, but it was fantastic to drive on a highway where practically nobody cruised in the passing lanes. My GPS warned me about traffic cameras too, which was appreciated (I'm still waiting to see if Hertz bills me for any I missed!). It took us about an hour and a half to get to Stonehenge. It is very cool, as you can see it before you get to the parking lot, from quite a ways away at the angle we approached. As I was trying to find a parking spot, I spotted a border collie - Kate and Karen Moureaux and Driven were walking around! I stopped and said "Hi!" and they decided to wait for us to go see the sights. So I parked, we found out that dogs weren't allowed up to the actual site, so we left them in the car (it was quite cool).

We paid our entry, got our "free" audio guide (all the major sights had these - you could push a button coordinating with each area and it would tell you the history) and walked up to Stonehenge. It was very cool, the stones are huge. As Kate exclaimed out of nowhere "SEVEN ELEPHANTS!" is what the largest one weighs (I wasn't listening to the audioguide but she was).
Lots of pics here. After that we got the dogs out and walked to the field next door which had very old burial mounds called barrows. Wandered around here, enjoyed the scenery, then went back to the parking lot, where we saw Angie and Mike Benacquisto arriving! We were done and they had just arrived, so we didn't stay with them. We found out Karen and Kate were heading up to see Cheddar, so we figured we'd tag along. We hadn't really had anything else planned other than heading to the hotel.

Getting to Cheddar wasn't as easy as it sounds. There aren't that many large roads in the South West of England, and the main road my GPS told us to take at one point was closed for construction. I tried to go around, and my GPS started freaking out taking me back to the same road via some of the tiniest roads I'd ever seeen (well, until a week later, but that's another story) - basically one lane with walls on either side. Eventually Karen and Kate got their GPS to "detour" and we got to Cheddar a while later. Of course, we arrived at 4:31, and the last tour of the caves there was at 4:30 so we missed it. We did, however, drive up the scary little public road that goes up through Cheddar Gorge, which is the highest inland cliffs in the UK (I think that's how they phrased it!). Very pretty. Lots of goats too, was interesting! After that we found an inn and had a nice little dinner before heading back to the hotel. The hotel was a very old (100+years) building built right on the cliffs overlooking Bristol Bay. Gorgeous! The floors were creaky, and some of the rooms were small, but we had a water view, and a bathroom that worked, even a flat screen TV! I was thrilled. Could've stayed there forEVER! That's it for Tuesday!

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Linda R. said...

Enjoying your blog about the trip.


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Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Totally Random Promo Blog - Part 9

I'm back with another Totally Random Promo Blog! It's been a while, I know, but here we go!
There is a random formula I've used and, again, I have recruited my son to choose the random products from my shops. Let's see what we get!

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Cheerful Plaid and Sunflowers Blank Note Card
Cheerful Plaid and Sunflowers Blank Note Card by sfcount
Check out more Sunflower Cards at Zazzle

Thank you for reading from Rdwnggrl's World!

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Cheryl Paton said...

Thanks for doing another random blog and including my basketball iphone cover. The a-paula-gized butter shirt gave me a chuckle.


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Monday, June 20, 2011

Catching Up (149 - 158)

Day 183

You'd think that since I'm on summer break I'd be better at keeping up. I've been reading...just not posting. So, I'm going to use this post to catch up.

149 -- So Much Closer --

Daelyn has tried several times to kill herself.

This time, she's determined to do it right. She starts using www.

She meets Santana at school. He knows that something isn't right with Daelyn and tries to let her know that there are people who care for her.
Is it too late?

158 -- Putting Makeup on Dead People -- Jen Violi

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