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Changes

Well as of this weekend coming up, my Oldest Daughter, Two Granddaughters and my two oldest sons, will be moving to NH to live with or near their dads. This for the first time in 7 years leaves Mark and I with only our own children at home. This is a good thing given the issues we were having with the boys. I also learned that my daughter in NH is exspecting a baby in Sept.

My children are Amanda 25, Brittany 21, Wesley 18, Michael 15 who will be in NH now.

At Home are Faith 6 in Aug, Hope 5 in Oct and Daniel who is now just over 2 months old.

(who is wearing 6-9 months size clothing already, he is a big baby boy !)

Does anyone have any clothing in Daniels size or larger sizes ? I could use sleepers and Onsies and outfits. Also a spring/summer jacket. Anything would be a blessing.

I am asking due to our income household wise going down by 1200.00 a month with no child support coming in for the boys.

I am still waiting on Angelina to kid, she is the only one left to kid still. I have sold several of my goats

Melani with a buck kid, Cowkid, Francis and Judah have all been sold. Daniel buck goat is also sold to a lady in PA. I have still here on our homestead Magnolia with two of her kids Levi a buck and Manessah a doe. Lucien Breeder buck and his buckling son Rueben. Joyful Spirit came back to live with us as she was malnurished and in need of individual attention and feedings, she is getting better daily. Well Angelina

will kid soon and we are praying for does. In a month I was able to bring in 600.00 by selling goats, another 100 when Daniel is picked up. So bills got paid and food purchased for us in the coming week or so.

I am saving eggs for a friend who lets teachers at the public school hatch them and then she will bring me back the buff chicks to raise for egg layers, this will work out quite nicely for me.

Prayers appreciated.

Love and Blessings

Linda

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11:21 AM

Update on Us

I am here tonight writing to let you know that we are alive here in NY. Daniel is 2 months old and such a big boy. He is 12 lbs now and growing. He is nursing so good and he is such a joy to me. My goats are doing well. I am waiting for Angelina to kid still, should be anytime in next two weeks. I have bucks here for sale. Francis Mini Nubian Buck, 4th gen, he is over the standard height now , he is 34 inches. Asking 150 or best offer. Judah Mini Nubian buckling, 5th gen, he is tri color and very pretty, nice long ears. Asking 150. Daniel Mini Nubian buck, 5th gen , nice long ears and he is buckskin with brown and black. Asking 150.

We are doing well, been sick on and off with viruses but I am managing to get more done here lately.

Blessings
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 10:34 PM

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Sweet Country Sisters and Fat Quarter Swap

Ladies, due to my MIL dying of Chrosis , she is not doing well and we don't know how long she has left, I am going to put this off for a few weeks. I will keep all your info and let you know when I can do this ok. With this and Daniel and my home to tend to I feel a need to wait on this for now. Prayer for Mark as he is doing college, working a job, trying to help her, has been staying with her and caring for her, being this is his mom, it is hard on him. We are praying that he will be home again soon and I would love your prayers for his return to our family soon. The children and I really miss and need him.

Love
Linda

Posted on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 11:53 PM

Cowkid and Melani

Well Cowkid had triplets, but we lost two to floppy kid syndrome, the doeling and her dam are at Toni's being cared for and are doing well. Melani had twin bucklings lastnight at about 5pm and all are doing well.

Blessings
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:55 PM

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Well we lost a doe also , floppy kid syndrome we think.

I would ask for prayers for FA Little Cherub and her dam Cowkid, both are not well, suffering as we believe Cowkid has a calcium deficency and from what we have read that leads to what Vets are diagnosing as Ketosis but that is a side effect of the lack of calcium. Both are weak and Toni has them both at her place and is caring for them as with the new baby I just cannot devote as much time to their care as she is able to do. Prayers for their recovery and healing are needed.
This all so troubles my heart. As I now wonder if this is what took Graces life last year also.

Pray for Melani , as she is due to kid March 5th and is pretty big, pray she kids well and is healthy and the kids are healthy.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 11:56 PM

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Triplets again !!!! but we lost the little buck as his dam laid on him.

Cowkid finally had her kids yesterday at 2 pm. She had triplets..... Once again Toni was here to help us.
Thanks Toni for saving Cowkids life and the life of her kids. She had a buck who was on the large size and was
stuck. Thank the Lord Toni got him freed up and out. The first doe was mixed up too and her legs were not to the front and so again Toni had to reach in and straighten out the kids and pull her out too. The last doe came out on her own Thank the Lord. As Toni said while doing this, what is this, no one sent directions to the party !!! I have two sweet does out there
one is white with black and a small amount of brown on her and a brown kid with a white heart on her shoulders.
We lost the buckling today as Cowkid accidently laid on him and my son Wes 18 found him out there not breathing but it was too late to do anything for him. We are thankful for the doelings as we needed more this year. I will try to post pictures of all the kids here Lordwilling in the very near future.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 9:28 PM

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Keepers At Home Magazine ( Amish ) Sugarcreek Ohio

I have the following issues for sale at $4.00 per issue, does not include shipping. I am selling these issues that I believe date back to the start of Keepers At Home Mag. I would like to copy some info from them for my own use before mailing them out to whomever buys them. This price will stay in effect until the end of this month, at that time I will be raising the prices on them to $5.00 dollars per issue for in March as they are collectors editions of the Magazine. I have seen them sell for as much as $9.00 each on ebay. Anyone wishing to get them as a set may email me requesting a special price for all of them. They are a great resource to the Keeper at Home. I am just making room for things I truely want to get now that are new for us and need to sell something to do that, so this is your chance.

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Blessings
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 10:16 PM

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Last call for anyone wanting to do the Fat Quarter Swap or Sweet Country Sisters

I am in the process of printing out the information for us to do the above two things, please feel free to join us by sending your information to me this week. Blessings Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 10:58 PM

Sarahs Promise magazines I have here for sale.

Here is the list of magazines I do have here for sale. $4.00 per issue shipping not included. I will be wanting to copy some of the info for personal use before mailing them out to whomever buys them. The price will be raised to $5.00 each in March, I have seen these also sell for $9.00 each on ebay. So my cleaning out is your time to get a good price on these.

Sarahs Promise : A homemakers magazine, included are recipies, testimonies of sisters , homeschool ideas, Homemaking ideas, baby ideas and the like, all from christian moms out there like yourself, also homesteading ideas and herbal helps.

Mar/Apr 1997
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Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 7:56 PM

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He is my Joy !!!!

I bet you thought this post was about Daniel or Jesus right ? Well it is about both.

What greater joy could I have right now , then to look at the sweet smiling face of my dear new son Daniel
and know that Jesus is the true Joy giver in all of this...What peace and joy it gives me to know that He is the
life giver and the true peace we have is in Him.

But also how blessed I feel each day holding Daniel and seeing his sweet smile when awake or when asleep.
What tickles me even more is to hear his soft baby giggles when he is sleeping and see him smile. What is it
babies dream about, other then Mamma's milkies and cuddles, only the Lord Jesus knows that for sure. I can
only imagine that he gives them sweet dreams of many things that perhaps they may not have exsperienced
in life yet or maybe it is more blessed dreams of heavenly things. Whatever it is it truely touches me deeply to
know that there is peace in his little heart.

He is today 2 weeks and 2 days old and already I have had him smile at me totally awake and it just melts my
heart inside.

Yes he is beautiful, handsome and oh so cute !!!

Thank each of you for your kind words.

Love
Linda

Posted on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 8:53 PM

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Daniel Josiah Finn : Born 1/30/08

Weight 9 lbs 4 ozs
Length 21 1/2 inches

Posted on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 10:09 PM

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Home and Feeling Blessed !

Unfortunately right now I have not got time to write out Daniels birth story, but I wanted everyone to know that we are here at home. They allowed us to come home before 48 hours old and although we were not home in time for Manolias kidding she has a lovely set of triplets she is raising up. She had 2 bucks and 1 doeling. I will try to post pictures of Daniel and of the triplets soon , Lordwilling. Daniel was born 1/30/08 at 8:21 pm. He weights 9 lbs 4 ozs and is 21 1/2 inches long. His head circumference is 14 3/4 inches and his chest is 14 inches. He is a very allert baby when not sleeping loves to look arround and see everything. He has dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. I want to thank each of you who prayed for us.
I went in to the hospital at 2am and was admitted at 3:08 am, it was a longer labor then I anticipated but it was a more natural one for us. I did have an epidural but not untill I was almost 7 cm dialated. This was due to anestiologist being tied up down in the OR till that time. I had my DH Mark and my wonderful MIdwife there with me and some really great nurses as well took fine care of us while we were there. I want to thank My dear friend Toni Pavo here, who came at a phone call to my home, to help Magnolia with kidding. My son Wesley was here for the first two buck kids being born, but Toni arrive in time to pull a breach birthed doeling who was the last to be born. Magnolia and her kids are doing fine.
Daniel and I are doing fine also, other then my being a bit tired right now.

Love in Jesus
Linda

Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM

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Fat Quarter Swap for Feb, Sweet country Sisters and Friday Sale ,Trade, Barter Day

I wanted to encourage everyone to come over to The Country Homemakers Journal Blog and see what fun things will be starting in February.

I have listed the following things there:

Friday Sale, Trade or Barter Day List of my own.

February's Fat Quarter Quilters Swap

Sweet Country Sisters: Secret Sisters the Country Way

I hope that each of you will prayerfully think about joining me in
this wonderful clean and fun way of blessing eachother. so many
of you have blessed me recently, I wanted to add some fun things to my blogs
and to my list on yahoo groups. Please stop over and also stay tuned for our
Baby Daniels upcoming Birth Announcement.

Love
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 6:54 PM

2 cm dialated , cervix is thinning out, but I am at home again...Sigh

Well I am doing better this time, I am only 2 days late thus far and already at 2cm, beats a week late and still not getting much of anywhere. Least now she says I can have my water broke and do on from there when I am ready.
Dr Druff the OB Dr in the office doesnt like to induce less your 41 weeks along...figures a Dr gets to choose what you and your midwife do. So I will be patient and wait it out. I am tired and in need of a nap.

Please pray the goats will kid today or tonight and that perhaps I will go tomorrow after Mark gets back from college arround lunch time. Both of my does are all bagged up and complaining with being heavy with kids. Its time for everyone to have their blessings here !!!

Prayer Changes Things and I can tell the Lord has heard your prayers on my behalf as I am doing very good midwife says.

Love
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 2:03 PM

Update This Morning

Well I spent lastnight with contractions every 10 mins and then thought maybe my water broke a slight bit. (smells sweet ) Nothing more since then other then back ache to some extent and contractions. Anyhoo, this morning I had a slight pink/tan tinge and am feeling rather tired. I suffered a miserable headache all yesterday afternoon and lastnight. Only time it seemed to go away some was after I had that small amount of fluid leak . This morning no reg contractions but some rear pressure and feeling tired, so here I am taking it easy till I have to leave to go see the midwife at the office. Well I guess this morning I will see Emily to get checked and if midwife is needed she will be called, she was up all night bless her soul with another lady in labor. Emily is PA-C Physicians Assistant (something). not sure what that C is for but she is nice and is good at what she does. She was checking me after the OB lady Dr I had moved out of state, till the midwife came to work at their office. In a while we will get the girls up and get ready to leave for my appt.

Keep us in your prayers that I am farther dialated and able to go have daniel soon. I am feeling better headache wise, took something for it and its mostly gone. I did eat 2 eggs and toast this morning, Mark cooked for me as I was feeling so tired, even a bit dizzy at times. Shhh , don't let Mark or my boys hear that or they will say it is a blonde thing, not that my hair is any longer blonde mind ya, its light brown but I use to color it years ago... You know some men anything that will get a rise out of ya and make them laugh a bit.

Love in Jesus
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 8:33 AM

Appt tomjorrow with midwife at 10:45am / Does Bagged up and readying for kidding.

Well tomorrow is my next appt with the midwife and we will see if I am any farther dialated and if we can have Daniel this week , she says we'll make a plan and try not to go too much further over. Tomorrow I am 2 days later then when I was due to have Daniel. Prayers appreciated on my behalf that I would be farther dialated and able to have the baby. I am tired moreso lately, so I would look forward to having him and getting to care for him and relax more. Somehow we seem to have caught another virus , cold intestinal thing, not as bad as lasttime though, seems to have a sore throat with it.

Well my Does are bagged up too and I am not sure what is taking them so long to kid, they were due this week also for the most part. I am glad to finally see them both bagged up udder wise. I am praying they will kid tonight so that I dont have to worry about them kidding this week if I am in the hospital.

Well I am off to bed. I did have my oldest daughter and two granddaughters here for a day and a half so that was nice to see them and get to spend time with them, it is too bad I was so tired. Today I also updated Marks computer with windows XP that I bought years ago, he needed this to do online classes for college. I worked on that and other things on his computer for him all morning, so I was busy.

I did make a lap blanket for my midwife that is pink with pink roses and breast cancer ribbons on it, seemed womanly appropriate and lovely gift to give her for being there with me, she is such a sweet lady and she is so good with my girls too.

God Bless each of you this night and thank you for your prayers and love to me.

In Him
Linda

Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 9:38 PM

At Home Still, still only 1cm dialated... Prayer for things to progress more

Dear Sweet Sisters,

I am back at home as I am still only 1cm dialated. Midwife says she will see me tuesday morning and lordwilling my own body will work to bring us to the point of being able to have Daniel without using meds to dialate me further. She says my cervix is soft but still very long. So today I went to Walmart on the way home and was blessed to be able to get a rocking chair, glider type one that is very nice , as a sister blessed me with a gift card to use for the baby and since i had no rocker to rock Daniel in I asked her if she thought it ok to use it for that purpose and she was tickled to know that I would use the card for that and be thinking of what a blessing she was to us while I used it daily. So tonight there is a glider rocker in my bedroom, Mark put it together and my son Michael made me a little table for next to it. I am so thankful for the blessings sent our way to provide for Daniel and my own comfort. The Lord does surely provide, even if we do not know how he will do it and when. Just this week alone I was told that there are three boxes of things being sent to us for Daniel from other families who felt led to bless us. The outpouring of love to us has been so great and the Lord knows each thing needed for Daniel and I. Today I also used my own money to get a bathrobe finally, found one while getting the rocker that matches one of my nightgowns, so now I have a robe to wear in the hospital. PTL.

Well I came home, surprized my 18 year old son by showing up and I ate something and set right to work making two twin sized fleece blankets for my girls beds. They are 60 x 72 inches and light pink on one side and pink and white check on the other side. You take the two pieces and line them up and then cut a square from each corner and then cut fringe along all sides and tie them in knots all arround. So simple yet so wonderfully heavy and nice to have over them tonight as it is cold here 20's. Their room is heated, but I worry about them being warm enough in this old farmhouse of ours. We heat with propane and even on the budget plan it is 285.00 per month for 10 months.
The budget plan this year has allowed me to stay paid up and not have to apply for emergency HEAP and for this I am thankful, even when it is so costly. I am not sure if I had posted it but day before yesterday I had made a crib sized fleece blanket for Daniel, but smaller then the girls blankets. I had to buy the checked fleece at 7.49 per yard but the pink was 6.49 per yard and for Daniels I already had the blue that I got from Walmarts on clearance a few years ago for 1.00 per yard at the end of wintertime sale. So finally I have a chance to use up my fleece to bless my little ones.
It cost me 25.00 for making one twin sized blanket and 2 1/2 hours of my time to make it. I have seen them sell for twice that at markets and fairs. My son says I should take it up as a sideline hobbie and sell them. Time will tell if I add this to my website as a item for sale.

So tonight Myself, My Son Wesley; My son Michael and my daughters sat arround our diningroom table and I made blankets, Wesley worked on his homemade banjo, Michael worked on my small table and the girls sat chatting , while Mark worked on his college courses online and in his books.

Its been a long day , so as soon as I get a chance to look for personal emails , I am off to bed.
Prayers are so much appreciated and such a blessing and I am thankful to each one of you who
lifts us up before the Lord.

Love
Linda

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 at 9:54 PM

Prayer Request and thank you to everyone

I wanted to come and ask for prayer as I need rest tonight big time. Tomorrow my Chiropractor appt is at 11:45am and then my Midwife appt is at 1pm. She had said if I was dialated enough perhaps we would be induced to have Daniel.
I am pretty sure I am 2cm or more dialated as I was with the girls when induced, only thing was I was a week late with them and they were big girls for sure. Prayer for my rest and easy productive labor that is quicker then with the girls would be appreciated. I wanted to come and thank each of you who has blessed us in allowing the Lord to use you in provision for Daniels Birth and coming home with us. I cannot thank you enough in words to tell you how grateful I am to each of you who has sent things our way to help us. I feel so blessed and my heart is full and knowing that I have sisters and families here on homestead who love us in the Lord has been such a blessing. I cannot wait till I can post pictures of Daniel for you all to see Him. I know he is a healthy baby as he is even today so active inside me and I can hardly wait to see him.

Prayer for my goat does also, Magnolia and Cowkid still have not kidded yet and I so hoped to be home when they did. I am praying that even if I do have Daniel tomorrow that the goats will wait till we are home to kid, so I can be here and if that is not the Lord's will I am praying that all goes well and my friend Toni will be called by my boys to come and help out if anything is wrong. Lordwiling all will be ok and all kids born healthy and well.

Well I am heading to bed soon as I am really tired, If anyone wants me to call them when Daniel is born, you can feel free to private message me with your number and I will get to each of you as I am able, I will be posting here when I come home after having him and filling you all in on his arrival and all the details.

Love and Blessings
Linda

Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 8:18 PM

Buff Chickens / Goats

Well after giving Maryanne the 4 red hens and rooster, I am still getting 3 eggs right now a day, so I guess this is good. I still have hens out there that are this years hens hatched, so all may not be laying as of yet. Nice thing is I have thier mammas out there as well to lay for me this year, they were last years hens hatched out. Its sorta nice to have all Buffs.
I can see all those little Buff chickies pecking arround this year with their mammas and learning to scratch and peck and then , more hens to lay more eggs for me right... I will keep a replacement rooster too perhaps come fall and butcher the rest. I am so looking forward to seeing those chicks though...

Well my does are not kidding as of yet. Magnolia has a nice udder , already bigger then when she had Daniel in July but she is still hanging in there. Cowkid has lost her ligaments, has a smaller udder but is still hanging arround too.
So here we all three are waiting ....Ladies in waiting.

Blessings from our Farm
Linda

Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 7:14 PM

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Still here at home waiting

I am still right here, not having reg contractions at all yet. Once in a while yes, but
my body I think is cleaning itself out to get ready. Today I made chicken and biscuits
for supper and I got laundry done up still, 2 loads today. all done and folded. Mark took my car
and started his classes today at CCC. Not sure what the Lord has planned in all this area of
college but it will be a miracle if he stays with it and finishes his AS , much less a Bach or Mast. Degree
as he has isses finishing anything he starts with the mental illness and such. But time will tell.
They did get his Pell Grant done and that should be available soon to pay for Gas and books.
Since he has his GED they are making him take alot of what I call Highschool classes, which really
seems like such a waste of time. Surely they have nothing to do with Human Services and
what he will do. All it did mean was his having to be at college 3 days per week all morning , Yes even
including this week when I am due to have Daniel. I guess it shows what is important to some folks and
what is not as important to others. I would appreciate prayers for Labor and Delivery of Daniel, I am waiting
to see if I go on friday to the chiropractor then to the midwife or if I will go before then.

I am feeling like I am dealing with alot of things I shouldnt have to lately.
Prayer for Michael, he is fighting going to school and giving me troubles again.
Prayer for Mark to see what is important , other then a worldly education, that only means a job maybe in 2 years that is better supposidly.
Prayer for Wesleys diabetes to get under control
Prayer for my Girls to be cared for while I am in hospital. Wes does a good job most the time when he has them.
Prayer for me to be able to rest, unlike today I got no nap, this whole pregnancy I have had two short ones.
Prayer for my oldest Amanda to do things safely and be careful if she goes to AL to get her things with the girls.
Prayer for Brittany and Issac , as I know not how they are really.

Well there are alot of things on my heart, but those are the main ones.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM

OK call it mommy hymerz , Pregnancy and Labor question for you ladies

Today I passed my mucus plug, I can guarentee it was that. Cannot say I ever passed one before all at once but oh well. At 43 and this being my 12th pregnancy, but only 7th full term one, I was wondering if you ladies could help me if you would....

How long after passing this could it be till I am in labor moreso ?

My water is still intact.

No Bloody show.

contractions are fairly mild and not painful and surely not regular at all.

Although today I kept feeling like running to the potty but couldnt go at all, 1 yes, 2 no till tonight....

I guess it was just pressure down there.

Anyways here i am at home, waiting for my does to kid and wondering maybe how long I have till I go have Daniel.

Like I said friday I was 1cm dialated , so I am figuring I am farther along in that area now.

Today I did get a double fleece blanket made for Daniel and packed it in my bag to go to hospital with me.

It is light blue on one side and blue and white check on the otherside with fringe tied all arround. It is so soft and nicely heavy.

Will try to check in , in morning.

Blessings

Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM

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Yesterday's Events

I wanted to come and let everyone know what I was up to yesterday. My friend Maryanne came to visit and bring me some of her shirts and sweaters which was a blessing. While here I had her check the goats to see how ready they may be to kid. She says that Cowkid has lost her ligaments and is very ready and Magnolia while soft still has some of hers there , so here I am waiting for one or both of them to decide to kid. If I end up in the hospital to have Daniel before they kid, my friend Toni says she will come to help out with kidding if anyone has troubles, so this is a good thing. Thanks Toni and Maryanne.

I decided yesterday to give my red rooster and my 4 red hens to Maryanne and boy did I get a surprize... My Buff rooster who is usually the friendly one turned his rooster instincts on and tried to come after me while I was getting the hens out for Maryanne. Well least I know he will do his job now and not only breed my hens so we get chicks this spring but he will guard the hens now as if they are his girls only which is a good thing. We are getting 5 to 6 eggs per day, so I am pleased with what I have and I will be so totally happy when the hens or I incubate the eggs they lay this spring and get chicks that are only Buffs.

Oh I did work on cleaning and laundry yesterday , found the floor in the laundry room and I am so happy to have that all done and caught up. Today I will work on a blanket of fleece for Daniel and do more organizing in my bedroom and sewingroom too. Just here waiting to go into labor ... Next Midwife appt is friday at 1pm and I will go to chiropractor first to get aligned , this way if I am induced I am ready to go.

Blessings to each of you
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 8:23 AM

Prayer for Magnolia

Well it would seem tonight that my doe Magnolia is going to grunt her way into kidding sometime soon, she sure is making alot more noise out there, Mark says she is ok, but I know these sounds. Perhaps the Lord will allow her to kid
before I have Daniel and I am praying to for Cowkid to kid her kids before I go to the hospital also. Prayers appreciated f.or my two does who are due anytime.
ok s
Linda, who is sitting here with Braxton Hicks contractions herself.

Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 10:57 PM

Checking in after midwife appt today

Well I am 1cm dialated and midwife says come back next friday, this will be 2 days before my due date. If I am dialated enough she says she will have me be induced as she doesnt want me to have another huge baby. This is ok with me as I do not care to go over again like with the girls. She did say that Daniel is down farther this time then he was last week so that is a good sign. I am feeling better today, no nausea or back door trots, so this is a good thing. I was able to start eating lastnight for supper and ate good today too. Thank you for your prayers for my healing.

Blessings
Linda

Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 8:56 PM

39 weeks one more to go ! Prayer Request

I have one more week to go till Daniels due date of Jan 27th. I seem to have some stomac / intestinal virus and
it kept me awake all night lastnight pretty much. I seem to have shaken the lung congestion for the most part from
the last virus we had go through here. Prayers appreciated greatly for my healing before Daniel is born. I really do not
want him to be sick right off the bat.

I would appreciate any emails, real mail or whatever this last week as i patiently wait for labor to begin.

Blessings
Linda Finn
6378 Westbury Rd
Red Creek, NY 13143

Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 7:24 PM

Debbie Osborne's Animal Worming Recipe by Debbie Pearl 2003

Debbie Osbornes Herbal Wormer

While looking for a good wormer for my goats I happened upon this recipe to use. I try to look for natural ways to treat my animals. So while browsing The Bulk Herb Store I found this.

www.bulkherbstore.com

Ingredients

1 cup dry Mustard seed - powder
2 cups Thyme leaf - cut
2 cups Wormwood herb - cut*
1 cup Black Walnut hull - powder*
2 cups Sage leaf - chopped
1 cup Garlic - minced*
2 cups Rosemary leaf - chopped
1/2 cup Cloves - chopped
1 cup Psyllium seed - powder
2 cups Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.)*

She says, “As a rule of thumb, I use 1 cup of the powdered herbs to 2 cups of the cut herbs, except for the cloves and the D.E.” The most crucial ingredients in the recipe are marked by an asterisk (*).

Directions

Sprinkle the mixture on their feed in the morning and evening for 7 days straight. A mature goat gets about 1 tablespoon in the morning and evening. A mature pony gets about 1/4 cup in the morning and evening. A mature horse gets about 3/4 cup in the morning and evening. Use slightly smaller amounts for offspring.

This recipe can be used with other animals. Just use your judgment on adjusting the amounts of the daily dosages according to the animal's body weight.

Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 6:22 PM

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Dropping in to say Hi !!!

I wanted to stop in and say Hi today to everyone, I cannot tell you how excited and impatient I am to
have Daniel and I am just waiting for it to be time to have him. Labor in the past 6 years has had to
be induced as I am late it seems always and need to have babies before they get to big inside me.
Faith was 8 lbs 15 1/2 ozs and a week overdue. Hope was 9 lbs 8 1/2 ozs at a week overdue. So
I am praying that I will go ontime or be induced on time. most pregnancies I have walked arround 2 cm
dialated for that last week till induced. This time I am or was already 1 1/2 cm dialated as of last friday.
I am so grateful for your prayers on our behalf and cannot wait to come report to you Daniels birth when
it has finally happened. My mother in law keeps calling daily to see if I am there yet...smile She is excited
about this little guy coming to as he is the first Finn Grandson to carry on the Finn Family Name.
I keep cleaning and organizing here and getting things ready for our special day of coming home
with Daniel in our arms.

May the Lord bless each of you who have shown us the Love of the Lord.

In Him
Linda

Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM

Winter Weather in NY and How the girls are doing.

Well this is surely a strange January weather wise. There is no snow here and its 44 today. We cleaned the yard and checked in on my Hens. They are giving us 5 to 6 eggs a day now, for this I am glad as 4 today went into a nice
awesome batch of brownies for desert tonight. I made a huge batch of beef stew for supper also. I am still waiting for my does to kid, they are bagging up udder wise but no kids as of yet. I can hardly wait to see the kids this year and I can hardly wait to see the chicks my Hens hatch out this spring and summer.

Meanwhile, I am waiting on my time to have Daniel and the Lord's timing is totally perfect...

Blessings
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 3:31 PM

38 weeks, 2 more to go !!!

Well, here I am with 2 weeks to go till Daniels due date. I wanted to come update everyone and let you know that I am 1 1/2 cm diliated and he is still carrying high, but the midwife says he may not come down till I am in labor...so I am waiting patiently. She says she will try not to let me go over my due date as to not let him get too big in there. Tonight I am tired big time. She put me on antibiotics for my lungs as the congestion has been there for over two weeks. I am allergic to so many antibiotics, it is sorta scarey for me to have to take anything. I also have a cream as I have gotten a fungus infection behind my knees. Anyone know any natural remedies for fungus issues ? and also for getting rid of lung congestion ?

I am here and waiting, trying to keep up with things, prayers appreciated greatly.

Love in Jesus
Linda
Faithful Acres Farm

Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 at 10:14 PM

My girls are laying again !!!

Well this past fall I cut back on how many Hens and Roosters I kept over the winter. I wasn't getting any eggs for some time, but then we started getting one a day. Well Yesterday the girls decided to start laying 3 to 6 eggs per day, so this is a good thing. With the nice weather we can clean the coop and get them in full swing. Its been nearing 60 here the last two days. I ended up keeping 8 Buff Hens and a Buff Rooster ( Golden Boy ) and 4 Red Hens and a Red Rooster ( Red ).
Well I am glad to see them getting back to laying again.

It is what I call a mild winter here in New York, some might not think that but when the snow is gone Mid January and the Geese have never left to go south, well it has to be a mild winter here.

Lets just say that who would have thought that tonight January 7th, I BQ'd sirlion steak on the Gas Grill and my sons 14 and 18 were out back roasting marshmellows over a wood fire in the yard. And we did all this in T-shirts...Its been a nice
day here and tomorrow it is to be 63 degrees.

Yes the cold will return and so will the snow, but this too shall pass.... Right now I am just thankful for the good weather and a lower heating bill.

Blessings
Linda of Faithful Acres Farm

PS: still waiting for my does to kid....

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 8:37 PM