Today

Well, I've got Steph down in the workshop making a milking stand, she asked if we could build one, so I thought I would teach her how to use all the powertools in the workshop, she's  used the dropsaw to cut them to length, the tablesaw to rip them down the middle and the thicknesser toclean them up..I'll put photos up when we've finished.

Fun in the kitchen

Whoo hoo, just had to use the fire extinguisher in the kitchen...I was cooking bacon on the stove, and something inside the stovetop under the element caught fire.

Unfortunatly the dishes were beside the stove, so now we've got to do them again as they are covered in dry powder...luckly I dealt to the fire, as Steph's version of a dry powder fire extinguisher is flour!!!!

So the stove moves up the list of priorities.

Tanks

Yesterday afternoon, (in the biting southerly), I decided to redo the fish tank, so I was outside in a T-Shirt washing one of the spare fishtanks to set up in the spare room..It was very cold!
Anyway, all the fish and plants are now down in the spare room, and we're currently trying to decide what to do with the tank in the lounge, it will set back up (or at least a tank in the lounge will be set up), wejust have to decide which one, and how to do it.

Watch this space.

Mum, I need a pony, this one is just to lazy!

Photos

It's snowing

FIrst time ever it's snowing

Ah, winter, such fun

Yeah, it's been awhile, that's starting to become almost the start of every blog, might have to try adn do something about that...but it's winter, and not much really happens here during winter, its just wet, muddy and wet!

We've spent this morning cleaning out the barn (we've had the goats in the barn for a few weeks every night, and man do they make a mess!)  I've made pallets so they are off the floor but we still have to clean up the wee's and poos, not a pleasant job!

Still no movement on the house, we've decided that if it hasn't sold by Amy's birthday we're going to stay and take it off the market, it's a bit frustrating 'cause now's the busiest time of the year for us, I have more spare time ('cause hunting has finished for 3 months due to lambing), we have lambing and kidding, the fencing season is just around the corner (that's fencing as in farm fencing) and we've got some to do, the vege bed is ramping up...the list just goes on!

Not sure if I blogged ages ago that we planted a paddock of turnips, well they are now ready for harvest, and we've even eaten a few, and have already put aside 60 or so for later.  Only a few weeks ago, we had a meal where everything on the plate was either grown or rasied by us, very satisfying.  And hopefully soon, we'll even have our own milk and cheese!

With regards to Connor, his signing is going really well, his volcabulary is quite extensive, esp with animals, to list a few, goats, sheep,horse, cow, bird, rooster, pig, dog, cat, elephant (a new one yesterday), and he also knows food,drink,sleep,toilet (only when we are going though!), biscuit to name a few.

Anyway, morning tea time, after which I think I'm trying to get the tractor going (might have to head into town and get more fuel though)