I'm Back!

 Whew. It's been a long haul. I exhausted myself with all the BOP, DOJ fighting.

Suffice it to say that husband is home. He was released from the halfway house in July of 2022 and has one more year of supervised release. And we're STILL in the midst of the legal battle. Our case went all the way to the Supreme Court. They declined to hear it, which was no surprise. So now we have a Habeas Corpus in the works. And we're waiting on a ruling from that.

For now, he has to work full time, so the farm is suffering from his lack of availability. I do what I can. Mowing seems to be my life right now. The hay fields have been reclaimed by the weeds, so we aren't getting much hay, even if he did have time to cut, rake, and bale. But the fields still have to be mowed. So I've been doing that with my riding mower.

I'm not milking goats this year. We're still raising them, but have cut back on the number of goats we have. Husband and I don't use a lot of milk these days, so there's really no need for me to store milk for the year. Plus, it really hurts my hands. I need a young'un to take over milking duties. We do still slaughter the meat goats, though. We had six this year, so the freezer is stocked.

I didn't put in a garden this year either. I intended to, but the weather didn't cooperate and I was just so busy. So, I'm glad I didn't because there is too much work on the farm for me to add to it.

BUT, I've started a new decorating project that I'm pretty excited about - the laundry room. It's been a long time coming. When we moved to the farm, we remodeled most of the house, but not the laundry room. It still has the original 70's linoleum and popcorn ceiling. I need a creative outlet. All work and no play makes me a dull bird. So, although, this project IS a lot of work, my mind's eye is on the finished product, which gives me joy and satisfaction. I have to do it as cost effectively as I can since we're still under the government's thumb and still have legal bills. So I'm DIYing it as much as possible. I think I'll be able to do everything except the floor. I want to have brick pavers, but I'll have to wait an undetermined amount of time for the floor since it's a big expense.

More to come on this project.