I really wanted to update the shop today but this medication is kicking my butt.  I don’t know if I will get the shop updated before Thanskgiving.  Maybe a big Black Friday sale?  I have to say I forgot just how bad Metformin makes me feel.  Thank goodness HL is home or poor Makinlee would have to fend for herself.  It will get better.  It WILL get better. It will get better….

Yesterday  that mean old monthly curse showed up.  To top it off my next door neighbor and friend found out her 16 year old daughter is pregnant.  I am baffled.  I feel slapped in the face and I want to shake the child.  I also am asking everyone why.  It’s not fair that we have to go to hell and back to get pregnant and this child gets pregnant to spite her parents.  I’ve cried so much I’m now laughing at the stupidity of it all.

Isn’t it beautiful?  The crappy photo I snapped through the car window does not do it justice.  It looks brand new.  Heck, it’s practically brand new with only 162 hours.  I’m in the process of talking the boss (read hubby) into the purchase.  We live near a HUGE river, the one I grew up on and a rather large lake or two or five.  What fun we could have. Good, simple, family fun each and every summer.  Keep your fingers crossed.  I’m already shopping for new skis.

Our new chicken “area” is finally finished.  We rebuilt the run, painted the coop and added shutters that were given to us, & replanted all my prize daylilies.  We also added to our berry patch.  We now have blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, & strawberries.  In a few years we should have a nice crop.

I cannot wait until next summer.  The daylilies should be nice and full with tons of blooms.  Daylilies are my absolutely favorite flower.

HL leaves early in the morning for Korea again.  Hopefully after a few days I can get back to blogging.  I have a ton of sewing projects on my list.  I did manage to make a few dolls while HL was home but mostly we worked on the house and the yard.  I hope over the next 5 weeks I can accomplish a lot more than I did while he was away last time.  However, Makinlee starts school somewhere in the middle of the next 5 weeks and that is going to be a huge transition in this household.

Lately we’ve been chasing our tails here on the farm.  We had a string of bad luck with the goats which I may write about later.  I will say that we lost our most valuable, loving, & favorite Boer buck.  We both cried when we had to put him down.  The jury is still out on what actually happened to him.  On a more positive note we are rebuilding the chicken run, clean out the coop, & repainting the coop.  I’ve also built huge day lily beds around the entire thing.  If you are in the market for day lilies please check out Endless Mountain Day lilies because for a mail order company they send HUGE, healthy fans.  I planted mine about 3 days ago and they already have bud stalks. Amazing.  I will have photos of that project tomorrow because it is currently raining. Praise. The. Lord.

Monday was Makinlee’s birthday party and my first attempt at making a birthday cake.  I have to say it turned out well except for the funky colors that Makinlee asked for.

I made it using Wilton’s vintage Precious Pony cake pan.

Here are a few shots from the party.  We really had a blast.  There was the new trampoline, a big water slide, and several small pools for all the kids.  I feel bad because I don’t have any photos of the slide or pools but you didn’t go near with a camera for fear of getting soaked.

This is where I’m at.

It’s too hot to do anything else.   I’ve been enjoying my porch, new books, new kittens, & the slow life.