Every Monday my kids report to their class about what they did "Over the Weekend." Here is a Farm Mom's report after a busy weekend...
Friday, March 22, 2013
4:00PM: Get the kids off the bus. Finish packing up a few last items and head into Lowell to setup our first-ever Expo booth!
6:00PM: Head to the St. Mary's for the Fish Fry (Yay! I don't have to cook!)
7:00PM: Hubby drops me and my daughter off at my friend's house. She did a presentation on her mission trip to Kenya.
9:00PM: Answer phone calls, texts, gather a few more items for the booth, get kids to bed
10:00PM: Bedtime
Saturday, March 23, 2013
3:57AM: My alarm goes off (but I don't get up because I like to push Snooze 2 times)
4:11AM: Eat a bowl of cereal and put on 3 layers of clothes- Spring has not sprung here yet. BRRR!
4:20AM: Arrive at the farm. (I have a 1 mile commute.) Mostly, I feed grain/milk/hay and care for new or sick babies. A few highlights from Saturday morning chores:
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| A few days ago our vet put a cast on this calf because her momma stepped on her right after she was born. He is giving her a painkiller and perscribed me to do it for 3 days. So, I had to tend to her. |
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| I got to see Pepper giving birth to a new litter of kitties! |
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| She had them in the rooster's hideout! He was so freaked out he didn't even crow once all morning! |
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| This guy here was born around 5AM. After his momma licked him clean , I fed him colostrum, gave him his vaccinations, and tucked him into his pen. (That's just the flash from the phone camera. His eyes really aren't scary at all.) 7:51AM: Speed home to take a light-speed shower and grab a few more items for the booth |
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| 8:30AM: The Dairy Discovery/SwissLane Farms booth at the Lowell EXPO! We had 500 cartons of TruMoo (donated by DFA- Thank you!), SwissLane Specialty Cheese samples, and Farm Fresh Maple Syrup. It was a great day! We sold out of 2 kinds of cheese and all of our Quarts of syrup and gave away all the milk! 1:10PM: Do a radio interview about Dairy Discovery/SwissLane Farms being a first-time vendor at the EXPO 3:00PM: Tear down EXPO booth 4:30PM: Head to the mall with Mom, Sis and the girls for our annual Easter dress shopping trip! 8:00PM: Home. Throw some left-overs and frozen goods together for a Not-So-Impressivve dinner 8:30PM: Head to the gas station for a Red Box movie. We watched Brave. (Pretty cute movie but I will not be accepting any "peace- offering" baked goods from any of my children.) 10:00PM: Bedtime Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:37AM: My alarm goes off (but I don't get up because I like to push Snooze 2 times) 5:50AM: Wake up my daughter(the farm kids will work 1 or 2 mornings a month feeding calves). She can't drive so that means I get to help too 6:12AM: Arrive (fashionably late) to feed the bull calves |
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| 8:30AM: Come home to a Pancake Breakfast! Dad and the boys even made us some bacon to go along with :) Get the kids/me/hubby in our Easter-best for the Sunday School program at church 10:30AM: Church. (Got all teary-eyed as I listened to my kids sing At the Cross and He Arose. PTL!) |
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| 12:00PM: Me and daughter leave straight from church with my Mom and Dad to go to my niece's graduation from Michigan State in Lansing (its about an hour drive). I am a proud "Auntie." (I did hesitate to post this pic- I couldn't for the life of me, find an Easter dress for me. Just look at my beautiful niece and daughter OK?) 3:30PM: Grab a snack at Old Chicago to celebrate! Me and daughter leave the party early to go to another party 5:45PM: Arrive at my God-daughter's 9th birthday celebration 8:50PM: Home. Put kids to bed. Crash on the couch. 9:15PM: Blog post on a busy weekend. 11:59PM: Bedtime *Please note this is only an estimate as I am deeply upset at the format of this post!! I will probably try for way too long to fix the margins. I added all the pics through the Blogger App on my phone because I thought it would be easier. I know...TMI. But sometimes a rant can make a lady feel better. |
