Lack of water...

Well we have had frozen pipes for two days now. We did our own water system so we know how it works. It froze right where we knew it would and we could have fixed it before it did. We have been working on it, on and off today...it has been a long cold and wet and muddy day. Sometimes it is not better to put things off......maybe we will learn someday...

We are very close to having it done.....I hope to be having a shower at my house tonight, if not well, I will just go with the flow......

I am still smiling, but I know that some of the rest of us aren't

Christmas Presents

Well, we all received some great Christmas presents...they kids are even still playing with theirs...but I got the weirdest and best present of them all

I got an Autopsy table....yes you read it right, I even really wanted one....I live on a farm and we butcher our own animals....it will be great for butcher day. It is stainless steel, this is going to be so easy to clean and to keep clean. It even has a drain hole at the end....I see this being used a lot and it should last forever. If you are wondering where this came from...well we got it at NAU college surplus, I saw them there about 2 months ago and thought they were cool. Yes I do get weird things for Christmas(and birthdays) but most of the time it is for a reason.....

Actually, I got a quad for Christmas too...but I got it about 5 weeks ago and use it everyday. I am a practical person I guess.

Thankful for Family and the power company

We have had lots of family in town...it was a great time for all. Great Grandma was here, along with Jan, Krik, Jordan, Jeff, Patty and all of my bunch. We had many meals and fun was had by all. The kids got presents and seem to be still enjoying them the day after Christmas.

We went last Friday and saw the other grandparents, that was fun too and it was a nice visit.

Between these two things and stopping and visiting friends, we have been visiting a lot this month. That seems like all we have been doing. It has been fun, but it is time to get back on track.

---The thankful for the power company, well we had an ice storm last night and it took out power for 14 hours....I know that in the ice and rain it wasn't easy for them to fix it, but they did and I am thankful.

Selling Chickens and Different People

I have had a great day today, I sold two different groups of Chickens to two very different groups of people.

The first group of people, were more of what you would call normal people. If you ran into them in the store they would be clean and friendly toward you, they might say hi and if you knew then you would have a conversation for a minute or two. They were very nice and we took a tour of the ranch and it was really fun to meet them.

The second group....boy oh boy what a contrast to the first, they came 4 piled into the front of a small pick up truck....they were more of the hippy type. Nice enough people, in a big hurry to get the best deal that they could. They really tried to get me to give the birds away but in the end they realized that I was pretty set on my prices. One of the four, he was the most interested and had called to arranged to come over, is going to be more like the first group......I bet that he will call back and come over again for more birds.

So what does this say for the economy??? I seem to be selling to all walks of life.