Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Off to the Barn I Go

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Off to the Barn I Go. This is my parody of the song from Snow White... It means I'm about to begin my day.

So much planned for today. Off to Amish country to buy some more lye. Becky and I are making soap tomorrow. Becky informed me we may be making up to eight 8# batches... Screech!!! What did she just say? That's a lot of soap. That's somewhere between 240 to 400 bars depending on the size of the molds. And let me tell you, we will need every mold we can find with that much soap. But hey we will be prepared for Christmas and the great beyond.

Hope to get the new kids horns disbudded tomorrow. No my little trick-or-treating devils, but the cute litte Nigerian Dwarf babies. They are so sweet! Buttercup has adopted Snickers little doeling. We are thinking of calling her Sneakers because she sneaks drinks from Buttercup as well as her mom Angelica. She a down-right thief! No wonder she is growing like a weed!

SALE: Coffee & Cream Kitchen Soap

Who wouldn't like a little coffee & cream in the morning?
A treat for the senses, the coffee smells so de-li-cious while the cream (made with real goats milk from here on the farm) nourishes your skin. This soap is also great for removing all those icky kitchen smells like onions and seafood from your hands...

$4.50
Approximate 4 oz. bar

Carding, carding, carding

I have been hand carding mohair in preparation of dyeing it for a wonderful yarn I hope to spin. Maureen Pritchard, The Barefoot Spinner, loaned me a pair of carders at the end of her wonderful spinning class held at Millicent's (yarn shop) on the Downtown Cumberland Mall.

I have a long way to get all this fiber carded. And I still have wool to wash and pick thanks to Carol Manger at Briarwood Farms. I yearn for a spinning wheel of my own. All in due time.

Trying to find time to satisfy my curiousity of it all amongst the soapmaking, the 4-H meetings, work, getting ready to kid, and starting seeds for the garden.

Life is busy, but I am blessed.