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Archive for March, 2009

Of Lions and Lambs

March 31 and snow. There’s not much to say about that. Better now than in May like last year. Still, *sigh*.

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watch this first
So I pumped. This is a remarkable feat for me. I managed to pump almost 12 entire ounces of milk from my breasts! YAY ME!
The boy refuses to drink my milk from a bottle.
So as not to let the milk spoil, I put it into not only Zoe’s hot chocolate this morning, but [...]

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what a weekend. tired. only a little worse for the wear. but mostly tired. more later.
I love home.

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House and Senate bills to kill all organic farms (FAST track bills in 2 weeks)
Food Safety Modernization Act (HR 875): Criminalization of Organic Farms
Bills are:
House H.R. 875 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=h111- 875
Senate S 425 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/ bill.xpd? bill=s111- 425
There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what [...]

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Are you a local reader? Does your kid or a kid you know have chicken pox? I’d love to get my girls together with them for a pox party!! comment below and I can email you!! Let’s party, share spit and juice and bodily contact among our children!!! I’ll travel as far as two hours [...]

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Tonight we had the fortune of having raw jersey milk at dinner. I finally found a VERY local supplier of raw cow milk. YAY! I am thrilled because that means I can make butter!! And have buttermilk for breads and pancakes! and fresh cream for coffee! and fresh cream for whipping!! oh so much yayness!
Rob [...]

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This past Saturday, two more doelings came

Sadly only one made it and she is named Juniper

Juniper appears to be Brandon’s offspring, making her half Alpine and Half Boer. So she’ll be a great milk goat and a great meat goat at the same time! Yay!!
That’s all I have got this evening.

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Random

It’s suppose to snow today. Snow big. I am attempting to keep optimistic. It’s more water for the garden.
Our trip to Duluth yesterday was long and taxing. It generally is but was made worse by the fact that lots of fun was had the night before. I drank too much, got quite emotional, bonded to [...]

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Sometime in the wee hours this morning, or late last night, our farm had an arrival

Pretty little Alpine girl kid. Yippee! Milk in June and the Circle turns again!

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The debate ensued tonight between Rob and I regarding the sacredness of human life versus nonhuman life. I strongly believe that Human life is the most sacred, and for many reasons. He thinks that life is life is life is life is life…..his life is no more important than a cow’s life, or a chicken’s [...]

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